Global handheld smart camera shipments rose 83% in 2025 to 16.65 million units, generating more than RMB 46.1 billion in revenue, according to IDC. The figures suggest rapid expansion in a consumer imaging category that IDC defines as portable, handheld devices with onboard computing, stabilisation and at least 2K resolution. The segment includes action cameras, … Read more
Google has released Gemini Embedding 2 in public preview, which it describes as its first natively multimodal embedding model for developers using the Gemini API and Vertex AI. The model generates embeddings for text, images, video, audio, and documents in a single shared embedding space. This enables retrieval and classification across media types within the … Read more
Adobe has rolled out new conversational AI features in Photoshop and Firefly that let users create and edit images through chat-style prompts and guided actions. The updates include AI Assistant in Adobe Photoshop, now in public beta on the web and mobile versions of the app, and a refreshed Adobe Firefly Image Editor that brings … Read more
AMD has expanded its Ryzen AI Embedded P100 Series processor lineup with new x86 chips aimed at industrial and edge AI systems, including factory automation, robotics and medical imaging. The new parts join the previously announced P100 Series models and target higher CPU core counts, more graphics compute and greater AI inference throughput within the … Read more
Google has added agentic vision to Gemini 3 Flash, combining visual reasoning with code execution to “ground answers in visual evidence”. According to Google, this not only improves accuracy, but more importantly unlocks entirely new AI-driven behaviors. Briefly, rather than analyzing an image in a single pass, Gemini 3 Flash now approaches vision as an … Read more
IRVINE, Calif., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Syntiant Corp., the recognized leader in low-power edge AI deployment, today announced it will demonstrate its multimodal vision transformer (ViT) at ISC West 2025 in Las Vegas, April 2-4. Deployed on an Ambarella CV75M system on chip (SoC), Syntiant’s real-time edge AI security solution significantly enhances security … Read more