New features and launches in ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other AI tools, plus changes to pricing and availability.
Mistral just launched Mistral Code, an AI coding assistant built on the open-source Continue project to take on Cursor and GitHub Copilot. It bundles in-house models like Codestral and Devstral, with a private beta now rolling out for VS Code and JetBrains development platforms. The big draw for enterprise teams is deployment flexibility: companies can run it in the cloud, on private servers, or entirely air-gapped.
Epic Games just revealed plans to let creators build voice-interactive AI NPCs inside Fortnite, following the massive success of its AI Darth Vader. Creators will get access to the same safety guardrails Epic used to keep Vader from going rogue, with live demos showing dynamic voice conversations. Why it matters: Bringing unscripted, talking agents into custom worlds could turn static game maps into living playgrounds.
Figma just launched the beta of its Dev Mode MCP server, linking design context directly into AI coding agents like Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code. Instead of relying on flat screenshots, LLMs can now pull exact components, tokens, and code syntax straight from Figma files. Why it matters: It brings design systems directly into the agentic coding loop.
Anthropic quietly rolled out Claude Explains, a technical blog mostly written by Claude to showcase its drafting chops. But it's not fully automated: human editors and subject-matter experts review and polish every post before publishing. Anthropic insists this is a demo of human-AI collaboration, noting it's still actively hiring human writers.
Google just quietly hit pause on rolling out its AI-powered Ask Photos search feature. A product manager admitted the tool isn't where it needs to be due to latency, quality, and UX problems, promising a revamped version with better speed and recall in about two weeks.
OpenAI just expanded ChatGPT's memory to free users, letting the chatbot reference recent chats alongside saved notes for more tailored answers. Paid tiers get long-term retention while free users get lightweight continuity, and you can wipe specific details or turn off history reference in settings anytime.
OpenAI just started rolling out a lightweight version of memory improvements to free ChatGPT users. In addition to saved memories, the bot can now reference your recent chats to give more personalized responses. It makes casual writing, advice, and learning feel much more continuous without paying for Plus.
Google just rolled out public link sharing for NotebookLM, letting anyone browse and interact with your curated notebooks via a single URL. Viewers can ask questions and listen to generated Audio Overviews without touching source files. For now, it is limited to personal accounts.
Wispr Flow just launched an iOS app that functions as a system keyboard, letting you voice-type inside any app across more than 100 languages. It learns custom vocabulary, works in poor network conditions, and even picks up quiet whispers. Users get 2,000 words free per week, with an unlimited tier priced at $12 a month.
OpusClip just rolled out OpusSearch, an AI growth agent designed to automatically search, repurpose, and monetize back-catalog videos for creators. Major YouTubers like Mark Rober and Jubilee have already tapped into it over the past three months. Why it matters: it turns forgotten video archives into recurring ad revenue without manual recutting.
Topaz Labs just rolled out Bloom, a new upscaler designed specifically for AI images that boosts resolution up to 8x. It comes with 5 creativity modes ranging from Subtle to Max, generating 4 unique variations in a single click so you can add rich details without losing the core look of your image.
Character.AI just rolled out a major suite of multimodal creation tools, stepping far beyond 1:1 text chats. The update introduces AvatarFX to animate static character avatars into singing and talking videos, Scenes for pre-set interactive storylines, and Streams to let any two characters riff on a user-chosen topic. Animated chat exports are currently restricted to c.ai+ subscribers.
Clairity just received FDA De Novo clearance for CLAIRITY BREAST, an AI platform that predicts five-year breast cancer risk directly from a routine screening mammogram. Validated across more than 77,000 mammograms, the model catches subtle pixel-level tissue patterns invisible to the human eye, offering critical early warning for the 85% of patients with no family history.
Smart pet tech company Fi just launched the Series 3+, a smart dog collar that uses AI to detect behaviors like barking, scratching, licking, eating, and drinking with 80% claimed accuracy. It pairs with Apple Watch and uploads vet records for context, aiming to catch illness before costly vet emergencies.
Google just quietly dropped Google AI Edge Gallery, an experimental app that lets users download and run open-source AI models directly on Android devices. It taps into Hugging Face to handle image queries, chat, and text tasks completely offline without cloud servers. Why it matters: It brings on-device AI to regular phones with zero privacy compromises, and iOS support is coming soon.
Google just updated Gemini in Gmail to automatically generate summary cards at the top of long email threads without requiring a manual click, updating the synopsis as new replies arrive. It is initially available only for English emails, and users outside certain regions must manually opt out in settings if they don't want it.
ElevenLabs just added Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 to its Conversational AI platform to fix the trade-off between speed and deep reasoning in voice bots. The model brings tighter instruction following, long-context memory, and reliable tool calling to real-time speech. Developers can pick it from their dashboard and deploy with a single line of HTML.
Microsoft just launched a dedicated video playground inside Azure AI Foundry, featuring OpenAI's Sora model. Developers can now tweak text prompts, adjust resolutions and aspect ratios in a web sandbox, and directly export production-ready code into VS Code.
Perplexity just launched Perplexity Labs for its $20/month Pro subscribers, moving beyond instant search results to tackle heavy-duty research and development tasks. The tool can spend 10 minutes or more scouring the web, running code, and building interactive web apps, spreadsheets, or dashboards from simple prompts. Why it matters: Perplexity is pushing beyond the "better Google" label into full-on autonomous digital work.
ManusAI just launched Manus Slides, an AI tool that creates complete, structured presentations from a single prompt. Users can click to tweak details, then export or share the deck. It is designed to kill the chore of building boardroom or classroom decks from scratch.
