Last week in the world of AI felt like the World Cup final – everyone was watching, everyone had an opinion, and some were left breathless. While GPT-5 and Google’s Genie 3 dominated the headlines, a parade of tools, features, and AI acrobatics slipped under the radar – and they deserve their moment in the spotlight.

🎮 Microsoft Copilot 3D Forget Photoshop – Copilot now turns ordinary images into 3D models. Not just “text-to-3D,” but actual photo-to-object magic: that picture of a guitar or a taco becomes something you can rotate, 3D print, or throw into a game engine. It’s free via Microsoft Copilot Labs (with a Microsoft account). Perfect for devs, designers, or anyone who’s ever dreamed of a digital burrito in glorious 3D.

🎥 Perplexity Video Gen Perplexity quietly added text-and-image-to-video generation. Ask it for a cowboy riding a kangaroo or a Mountain Dew river – it delivers. Depending on your plan (Pro or Max), you get 5 to 15 videos per month. The quality? Surprisingly watchable, and delightfully weird.

📖 Open Art: One-Click Story For those who find TikTok too tame – Open Art creates a surreal video from just one sentence or song lyric. It feels like the fever dream of a Gen Z director hopped up on caffeine and Vine nostalgia. Subscription required, but the chaos is worth it.

🧠 Recall: AI memory Imagine an AI that not only remembers what you told it, but summarizes, connects, and actually talks to your saved content. Yes, that’s Recall. Now with a new feature: chat with your own digital memory. Available at getrecall.ai – currently discounted.

📓 Notebook LM Google asked: “Why just watch videos when you can generate them from notes?” Notebook LM turns your input into a podcast or video presentation. Tested with the topic “Birds Aren’t Real” – and yes, it worked.

🔍 Google AI updates Google is sprinkling AI everywhere – finance, travel, search. Gemini now remembers conversations and allows temporary chats. AI-powered Google Flights is live in the US, Canada, and India. Let your next trip be AI-assisted.

🧬 Claude remembers Anthropic’s Claude now remembers past chats – but only with your consent. Personalized responses are becoming the new normal. Finally, an AI that “really listens.”

🎭 AI drama bonus Of course, there was tabloid-level drama too: Elon Musk accused OpenAI of cozying up to Apple. Will AI become an iPhone-exclusive? Stay tuned – popcorn optional.

So, if you missed these updates – you’re not alone. But don’t sleep on them. Because while we scroll, AI’s not sleeping. It’s modeling, generating, and remembering.