Google cuts video generation costs as Claude adds financial tools

Google has released Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash publicly, supporting videos up to 15 seconds long, conversational editing and improved reference-image accuracy. Video generation at 720p costs $0.07 per second following a 30% price reduction. Anthropic has introduced Claude’s Personal Finance beta for Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the US. It connects bank accounts and credit cards through Plaid to analyze spending and budgets. Access is read-only, transfers and investments cannot be executed, and dedicated finance conversations are excluded from model training.

Box announced Box Architect to design workflows combining AI agents, business tools and human approvals, with beta availability for selected customers starting in November 2026. Its separate Box for Industries offering targets banking onboarding, public-records requests and media production reviews, with additional sectors planned.

NTT DATA and FLUX have begun offering management-analysis agents that use internal data, company terminology and calculation rules to explain performance and support decisions. NTT Advanced Technology and Open are integrating TotalAgility and WinActor, combining AI information processing with RPA execution and optional human approvals.

Meta is adding real-time voice conversations and expressive avatars to its Muse agent, initially in the United States; Japanese availability for these features remains unannounced. KDDI and newmo aim to commercialize autonomous taxis in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, by 2028, combining communications and computing infrastructure with driving technology and dispatch systems. The service launch is not finalized.