New features and launches in ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other AI tools, plus changes to pricing and availability.
Google just added a dedicated Images tab to its mobile app to make visual discovery easier. The new feed serves up daily images tailored to your interests, letting you save them to collections or search for related ideas in one place. It is rolling out to Android and iOS users in the U.S. over the next few weeks.
ElevenLabs just partnered with legal AI platform Harvey to add conversational voice features for lawyers. Harvey can now speak answers aloud across dozens of languages and dialects. Upcoming features include real-time voice mode, spoken trial simulations, and custom tones, bringing voice tech straight into top law firms.
Epidemic Sound just launched Studio, an AI-powered tool that automatically builds synchronized soundtracks for uploaded videos using licensed music and foley effects. It draws on data from billions of daily plays to match audio to visuals, aiming to turn a multi-hour scoring grind into a quick, copyright-safe process.
Google's Flow platform just launched a new "Images" tab in the top left of projects. The dedicated workspace lets creators generate and refine visuals with Nano Banana separately from video outputs. Why it matters: Separating asset refinement from final video generation keeps projects organized when fine-tuning creative ideas.
Google just rolled out Remix in Google Messages, an in-app photo editing tool that uses Nano Banana, the Gemini image model. Users can long-press any image in a conversation to change hairstyles, redesign rooms, or transform pets into action figures without leaving the app. The feature lets friends remix photos back and forth, and is currently rolling out exclusively on Android for users 18 and older.
Google just integrated its Nano Banana image editing model into Google Photos alongside a batch of new AI features. Users can now tweak facial expressions or restyle pictures using natural language prompts, tap into smart templates, and search via Ask Photos across 100+ new countries. It effectively turns your camera roll into an interactive AI editor.
ElevenLabs just launched its Iconic Voice Marketplace, letting brands license AI-replicated voices of celebrities and historical figures for ads. The catalog kicks off with 28 names—from living actors like Michael Caine to legends like Alan Turing and Mark Twain—promising royalties and explicit consent. It is a big push to turn sketchy celebrity voice-cloning into legitimate ad revenue.
Dharmesh just launched Company Research agent, an AI tool designed to automate company and startup deep dives. It pulls firmographics, executive rosters, web traffic, and G2 reviews into a single report that can be customized, shared without a login, and synced straight into HubSpot.
Samsung is rolling out Vision AI Companion across its 2025 TVs, upgrading Bixby with generative powers from Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity. Viewers can ask in real time about actors on screen, check sports scores, or plan dinner using contextual follow-ups. Why it matters: without a smart speaker of its own, Samsung is turning the biggest screen in the house into its primary conversational agent.
ElevenLabs just launched Scribe v2 Realtime, a low-latency speech-to-text model built specifically for live voice agents and meeting assistants. It transcribes audio in under 150 ms across 90 languages and uses next-word prediction to cut perceived lag. This brings conversational AI much closer to natural, instant banter.
ByteDance’s Volcano Engine just debuted Doubao-Seed-Code, a coding agent priced at an introductory 9.9 yuan ($1.30) for the first month and 40 yuan thereafter. It handles up to 256,000 words per query, boasts a 78.8% score on SWE-bench Verified, and is already integrated into the Trae IDE to replace Anthropic's Claude.
Google just updated NotebookLM to let users import PDFs and Google Sheets straight from Google Drive, with support for pasting Drive URLs directly. Microsoft Word (.docx) support is also coming soon. You no longer have to waste time downloading and re-uploading cloud docs just to feed them into your AI notebook.
Perplexity just rolled out a completely reimagined Comet Assistant to all users. Built into its Comet browser, the agentic assistant can now handle multi-tab workflows simultaneously, making tasks like cross-referencing spreadsheets and travel searches much smoother. Perplexity says internal tests show a 23% performance gain, backed by tighter user permission controls before it touches your browser.
Google Labs just expanded Opal, its no-code AI mini-app builder, from 15 countries to over 160 worldwide. The tool lets anyone build multi-step workflow automations, custom content generators, and quick MVPs without writing code. Basically, turning loose ideas into custom AI productivity tools is now accessible to almost anyone.
Amazon just launched Kindle Translate, an AI tool currently in beta for select Kindle Direct Publishing authors that translates full books between English, Spanish, and German. Generated editions will carry a clear warning label. It’s huge for indie writers chasing a global audience, though catching literary nuances and dodging hallucinations is still a massive hurdle.
Google just launched File Search, a fully managed RAG pipeline integrated directly into the Gemini API. The tool automates file storage, chunking, vector retrieval, and automated source citations. Google is also waiving storage and query-time embedding fees, charging only a one-time indexing fee of $0.15 per million tokens. Developers can now ground Gemini models in custom documents without wrestling with custom vector databases.
Meta just brought its revamped Meta AI app to Europe, rolling out Vibes—a TikTok-like feed dedicated to AI-generated short videos. Users can generate clips from prompts, remix other creators' posts, add music, and push videos directly to Reels or Stories, while also managing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in the same hub.
Google just upgraded Google Finance with AI-powered Deep Search, using Gemini to run hundreds of simultaneous queries and compile thorough, cited research reports. The update also brings prediction market odds from Kalshi and Polymarket directly into search, alongside live audio and transcripts for earnings calls. Why it matters: Google is evolving its ticker tracker into an active financial analyst.
Ring just launched AI Single Event Alert, a feature that collapses multiple motion triggers from the same ongoing activity into a single notification. By analyzing brief AI video summaries, it recognizes patterns like someone mowing the lawn and stops alert spam while keeping full history intact. It is now rolling out to Ring Premium subscribers.
Sandbar just introduced the Stream Ring, a $249 minimalist wearable built by two former Meta employees for instant voice notes and AI conversations. It skips health tracking entirely—you simply hold a touchpad to record thoughts, get auto-transcriptions, or talk to a bot that can even mimic your own voice. Why it matters: Turning smart rings into discreet voice inputs is a clever pivot from fitness trackers, though it remains iOS-only and won't ship until next summer.
