Kling AI's $3B Mega-Round, Google's Conversational Video, and Humanoid Robots at Home
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Kling AI closes ~$3B round backed by Alibaba and Tencent at $18B valuation, Google launches Gemini Omni Flash with conversational video editing, UBTech unveils mass-produced humanoid robot with 13000+ pre-orders
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Alibaba, Tencent back Kuaishou's Kling AI in $2.8 billion fundraise | Reuters
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Kuaishou shares jump after Tencent joins $2.8 billion raise for Kling AI subsidiary | CNBC
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Kuaishou's Kling AI raises nearly $3 billion in funding | TechNode
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Kuaishou's Kling AI seeks fresh funding ahead of planned 2027 IPO | KR Asia
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UBTech's lifelike humanoid robots built for companionship arriving in homes across China | South China Morning Post
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UBTECH Launches UWORLD U1, the World's First Full-Size Mass-Produced Ultra-Bionic Humanoid Robot | PR Newswire
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UBTECH unveils consumer humanoid robot U1, says orders secure 11,000 ahead of first deliveries | TechNode
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UBTech launched its first full-size Ultra-Bionic humanoid robot, but what it really wants to do is make robot replicas of loved ones — that's a hard no | TechRadar
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Introducing Gemini Omni | Google Blog
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Generate and edit videos with Gemini Omni Flash | Google AI for Developers
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Gemini Omni Flash Review: Google's AI Video Model Tested (2026) | Build Fast With AI
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Google debuts new Omni world model at Google I/O with advanced AI video capabilities | Mashable
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