News & Reviews:   generative AI

As the Internet has been bombarded by Google’s impressive Veo 3 and Flow generative AI videos, we noticed that Microsoft has quietly added video creation capabilities to their Bing Image Creator. This has resulted in Bing Video Creator and you can choose to switch between either Image or Video generation for FREE.

Believe it or not, Google has rolled out and expanded AI services. Although it says the new AI Ultra subscription plan is available in the US today, the company unveiled the price at a staggering RM1,229.90 in Malaysia. There is also a quarterly plan, which is RM614.90 per month.

The Google NotebookLM app is now available for download on Android and iOS devices after being accessible only via a web browser for a long time. With this app, users can now more easily access the localized LLM or AI Chat that is NotebookLM. As we covered previously, while it requires you to upload your sources manually beforehand it does manage to reduce the problem of generative AI hallucinations by only sourcing from the references that you provide.

Google has officially rolled out video generation features to its Gemini platform thanks to the Veo 2 model, so you can create AI-generated videos directly from text prompts. This update is now live for users subscribed to Gemini Advanced and Google One AI Premium (which starts from RM97.99), including those in Malaysia. 

At the recent Google Cloud Next 25, Google Cloud expanded its Vertex AI platform with new generative media capabilities. The update includes the addition of Lyria, a text-to-music model, joining existing video, image, and speech generation tools. This expansion aims to provide enterprises with a comprehensive suite of generative media features.

As generative AI becomes more advanced, more people are finding new ways to use it. While many use them for work purposes, generative AI has the potential to be useful in a variety of situations. Here are 5 interesting use cases for generative AI in 2025.

The rise of generative AI has changed how many approach writing, design and coding. A simple prompt can now generate articles, images and code in a matter of seconds. However, a solid foundation or understanding of each of these crafts remains significantly important.

While being able to prompt Generative AI correctly and efficiently is a good skill, it shouldn’t be the only thing one is good at. Actual mastery of skills is just as important and should go hand-in-hand with expertise in prompting. Read on to find out why.

If you haven’t heard already, DeepSeek is quickly becoming the latest catchphrase in tech. So much so that other Gen AI brands are clamoring to say that their product or LLM model is more powerful or has better reasoning and so forth. We can’t help but feel that many are losing sight of why DeepSeek made such a splash in the first place, so here's all you need to know about DeepSeek so far.

Google has announced the integration of its generative AI (gen AI) Gemini tools into Google Workspace Business and Enterprise plans. These capabilities are included without additional add-ons, aiming to make AI accessible for businesses of all sizes. The updated pricing begins at RM58.40 per user per month, effective immediately for new customers. Existing customers will see changes on 17 March 2025, or at their plan renewal.

Google recently announced their updated Veo 2 and upgraded Imagen 3, for AI video and image generation. The tools are now available on VideoFX and ImageFX, with wider rollouts planned. Google also introduced Whisk, a new experiment for creative genAI image remixes. Unfortunately, not all of them are available in Malaysia just yet