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Release-by-release coverage of the AI creation stack: video, image, music, voice, design and code generation tools.

Release-by-release coverage of the AI creation stack: video, image, music, voice, design and code generation tools.

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How Headspace built an AI companion that fosters trust and transparency
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How Headspace built an AI companion that fosters trust and transparency

Run MiniMax Speech-02 models with an API
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Run MiniMax Speech-02 models with an API

MiniMax's Speech-02 models give you high-quality text-to-speech with voice cloning, emotional expression, and multilingual support.…

Config 2025 launches deepen Figma’s design capabilities as its platform expands
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Config 2025 launches deepen Figma’s design capabilities as its platform expands

Introducing Figma Make: A new way to test, edit, and prompt designs
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Introducing Figma Make: A new way to test, edit, and prompt designs

24 artifacts that define craft
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24 artifacts that define craft

Express yourself with Figma Draw
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Express yourself with Figma Draw

Config 2025: Pushing design further
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Config 2025: Pushing design further

Figma Buzz is where design and marketing teams co-create
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Figma Buzz is where design and marketing teams co-create

Publish your designs on the web with Figma Sites
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Publish your designs on the web with Figma Sites

Figma launches Brazilian Portuguese localization, expanding global reach
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Figma launches Brazilian Portuguese localization, expanding global reach

Ideogram 3.0 on Replicate
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Ideogram 3.0 on Replicate

Ideogram 3.0 is packed with powerful design, style transfer, and realism capabilities.…

Stability AI and Arm Collaborate to Release Stable Audio Open Small, Enabling Real-World Deployment for On-Device Audio Generation
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Stability AI and Arm Collaborate to Release Stable Audio Open Small, Enabling Real-World Deployment for On-Device Audio Generation

We’re open-sourcing Stable Audio Open Small in partnership with Arm, whose technology powers 99% of smartphones globally. Building on the industry-leading text-…

Double click: Does efficiency kill love?
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Double click: Does efficiency kill love?

Run 30,000+ LoRAs on Hugging Face with Replicate
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Run 30,000+ LoRAs on Hugging Face with Replicate

We've partnered with Hugging Face to bring Replicate inference to their platform.…

NVIDIA H100 GPUs are here
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NVIDIA H100 GPUs are here

NVIDIA H100 GPUs are here, with better performance and lower cost.…

Andrew “Boz” Bosworth's 10 rules for navigating the next design paradigm
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Andrew “Boz” Bosworth's 10 rules for navigating the next design paradigm

Stable Video 4D 2.0: New Upgrades for High-Fidelity Novel-Views and 4D Generation from a Single Video
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Stable Video 4D 2.0: New Upgrades for High-Fidelity Novel-Views and 4D Generation from a Single Video

We’ve upgraded Stable Video Diffusion 4D (SV4D) to Stable Video 4D 2.0 (SV4D 2.0), delivering higher-quality outputs on real-world video. This multi-view video …

Generate incredible images with Google's Imagen 4
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Generate incredible images with Google's Imagen 4

Google's flagship image generation model, Imagen 4, is now available for you to try on Replicate. Create images with fine detail, versatile styles, and improved…

Run OpenAI’s latest models on Replicate
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Run OpenAI’s latest models on Replicate

OpenAI's latest models are now available on Replicate, including GPT-4.1, GPT-4o, and the o-series.…

From multi-day latency to near real-time insights: Figma’s data pipeline upgrade
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From multi-day latency to near real-time insights: Figma’s data pipeline upgrade

Use FLUX.1 Kontext to edit images with words
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Use FLUX.1 Kontext to edit images with words

This is how to get the most from Black Forest Labs' new image editing model.…

FLUX.1 Kontext from the community
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FLUX.1 Kontext from the community

FLUX.1 Kontext is everywhere - see what folks are cooking.…

Introducing our MCP server: Bringing Figma into your workflow
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Introducing our MCP server: Bringing Figma into your workflow

Double click: What does MCP mean for agentic AI?
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Double click: What does MCP mean for agentic AI?

Get the most from Google Veo 3
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Get the most from Google Veo 3

We're sharing our experiments and tips on Google's new Veo 3 model.…

Bill Atkinson’s 10 rules for making interfaces more human
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Bill Atkinson’s 10 rules for making interfaces more human

8 essential tips for using Figma Make
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8 essential tips for using Figma Make

How to prompt Veo 3 for the best results
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How to prompt Veo 3 for the best results

Learn expert prompting techniques to create stunning videos with Google's Veo 3.…

Issue no.11: Made with love
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Issue no.11: Made with love

What they’re not teaching in design class—and what you can do about it
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What they’re not teaching in design class—and what you can do about it