🤖 GPT-6 Astra Gets A Spatial Boost

Early testers are already building detailed models in Blender and vibe-coding games in UE5 and Unity.

For assets, Astra cycles through hundreds of materials to recreate locations and objects more precisely. It can also generate cutscenes.

A playable demo from a single prompt is now much easier, which could soon bring a wave of DIY projects to Steam.

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🏮 Xiaomi unveils 1,461-km hybrid crossover

The 5-seat Skynomad N70 uses a petrol generator. The top version has all-wheel drive, 416 hp, a 505-km battery range, and reaches 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds.

Prices in China start at $31.3k. First deliveries begin in October.

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🤖 OpenAI Updates ChatGPT Images

The new ChatGPT Images 2.5 keeps people’s appearance from reference images more accurately, edits specific details with greater precision, and generates images up to 50% faster. It can replace one object or the background while preserving the rest of the composition. Sequential edits also stay more consistent.

ChatGPT now includes Sketch, where users can draw a rough room or clothing layout, add a description, and generate an image from it. Developers get GPT-Image-2.5 Flare for speed and bulk generation, plus Sunburst for detailed work. The update is available across ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex.

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🚘 Bentley Gives Its EV a V8 Voice

Bentley’s first electric car, the Torcal, debuts at the end of the month. The pre-production crossover uses the electric Porsche Cayenne platform and gets a synthetic engine note based on the V8 from the Turbo R of the eighties.

The sound was recorded with a drummer and mixed like a track. Bentley also tuned the pedal response for the gradual power delivery of a torquey V8, including the small imperfections found in a real combustion engine.

Output is expected to exceed 800 hp and 949 Nm. The car weighs about 2720 kg, targets more than 595 km of range, and supports 400 kW charging, reaching 80% from 10% in under 20 minutes.

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