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Made by Google was this week, featuring a full range of reveals from Google’s biggest hardware event. Google unveiled its new lineup of Pixel 9 phones, including the $1,799 Pixel 9 Fold Pro; advanced AI-powered photo-editing tools; and the new Pixel Buds Pro 2, which are infused with Gemini AI. The company also announced Gemini Live, a conversational AI voice assistant to compete with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, though the live demo had a few hiccups.
Epic Games launched its rival iOS app store in the European Union. It’s launching with games like Fortnite, Rocket League, Sideswipe and Fall Guys, and is working with developers to launch their games on the Epic Games Store in the future. Fortnite’s return to iOS comes over four years after Apple first removed the game from its App Store, years of legal battles, and regulatory changes brought by EU’s Digital Markets Act.
X launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta with improved reasoning. The new Grok AI model can now generate images on X, though access is currently limited to the social network’s Premium and Premium+ users. However, Grok’s image-generation feature doesn’t seem to have any guardrails around creating images of political figures like similar products do — and many users are taking advantage of it.
