July 1, 2026

Gemini Can Now Create and Edit Videos For You

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Gemini launched a major video creation tool and a new Mac helper, while Claude released a smarter model and got two others approved for wider use.

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GeminiGemini adds a Mac helper and a new video creator.

Gemini

You can now create and edit videos just by talking to the app, using a new feature called Gemini Omni.

A new helper called Gemini Spark is coming to the Mac app to help you with tasks like organizing your computer's folders.

What: Gemini Spark, your personal AI agent, is coming to the Gemini app for macOS. It helps you navigate your digital life by working on tasks on your behalf.

Claude

A new version called Claude Sonnet 5 is now available, which is better at planning and completing multi-step tasks for you.

The government has lifted restrictions on two of Claude's most powerful versions, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, which means they could be available to everyone soon.

A news story showed how a researcher used Claude to find a security bug that could have let him get free tickets to almost any music festival (reported by WIRED).

ChatGPT

As companies struggle to integrate AI, they’re increasingly ready to bring in outside help — and service providers are launching new purpose-built groups to make sure they get it.

On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers.

In a post announcing the new org, AWS VP of Frontier AI Francessca Vasquez emphasized that the org would do more than build and maintain requested systems.