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• 2026-08-11SOCIETYGoogle pulls AI image generator from Google Earth

  Just one day after launch: Google switched off the AI image feature 'Nano Banana' in Google Earth after users created misleading scenes.

• 2026-08-11CHINAAlibaba Qwen 3.8-Max: 2.4T open-weight model debuts

  Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8-Max, a mixture-of-experts model with 2.4 trillion parameters – and plans to open its weights. A fresh Chinese push toward…

• 2026-08-09PRODUCTxAI ships Grok Imagine Image 2.0 with precise image editing

  The new image model from Elon Musk's xAI enables targeted partial edits and up to five reference images at once – and, by its own account, ranks…