Apple's Image Playground overhaul targets quality gap with competitors
At WWDC 2026, Apple announced significant improvements to its built-in image generation tool, addressing long-standing quality concerns through enhanced AI capabilities and private cloud compute.
Google Pics brings conversational image editing to Workspace
Google's new AI image editing app uses Gemini and Nano Banana 2 to let users annotate and modify specific image regions without rewriting full prompts.
AI-Generated Hype Derailed the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop Launch
Photorealistic AI images of a wristwatch collaboration flooded Instagram before launch, setting expectations the real pocket watch couldn't meet.