New features and launches in ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other AI tools, plus changes to pricing and availability.
Microsoft just overhauled the AI Hub inside the Windows Store to help users discover AI experiences built for their machines. The redesigned hub tailors recommendations based on your hardware, spotlighting NPU-accelerated tools like djay Pro and Camo Studio for Copilot+ PCs alongside compatible apps for standard Windows 11 users. It is rolling out first to Copilot+ PCs in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Google just rolled out its Deep Research AI assistant to the Gemini mobile app for all Gemini Advanced subscribers across Android and iOS. The tool lets users generate comprehensive, readable research reports directly from their phones, turning heavy-duty investigation into an on-the-go workflow.
Perplexity just launched Deep Research, an autonomous agent that browses hundreds of web sources and synthesizes in-depth reports in two to four minutes. It scored a chart-topping 21.1% on Humanity's Last Exam, and unlike rivals, it is free for all users with daily query caps.
Google just updated Gemini Advanced to recall past conversations and tailor its responses without you having to re-explain everything. You have full control to review, delete, or turn off history. The feature is rolling out now in English for Google One AI Premium subscribers on web and mobile.
OpenAI just rolled out file and image upload support for both o1 and o3-mini inside ChatGPT. Plus subscribers also get a 7x limit increase for o3-mini-high, up to 50 messages per day, making it much more practical to feed complex documents and diagrams straight into top reasoning models.
YouTube just unveiled its 2025 roadmap, expanding AI auto-dubbing to all creators in the YouTube Partner Program. Shorts is also getting Google's Veo 2 inside Dream Screen for video backgrounds, alongside new AI tools for ideation and likeness detection.
MyFitnessPal just introduced an AI-powered meal planner following its acquisition of startup Intent. The tool builds custom meal plans around your diet goals and automatically turns them into grocery shopping lists or delivery orders. It launches this spring across select regions under a new $99.99 yearly Premium+ tier.
Bolt just rolled out native mobile app support on its platform, letting creators go from a text prompt straight to the App Store without writing any code. It effectively brings vibe coding directly to mobile software development.
Google just expanded Whisk, its experimental image-remixing tool, to more than 100 countries worldwide. Instead of typing text prompts, Whisk lets you combine up to three images to define the subject, scene, and style using Imagen 3. The catch: users in the UK, EU, and India still have to wait.
Google just bundled NotebookLM Plus into its $19.99/month One AI Premium plan at no extra charge. Subscribers get five times more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and queries, plus custom chat responses and viewer analytics. It makes Google's AI bundle a lot more compelling for heavy researchers.
Groq just opened its Developer Tier to everyone with no waitlist or prerequisites. Developers get higher rate limits, global billing support, and flex and batch processing options. It removes the scaling bottleneck for teams building real-time AI apps on fast LPU inference.
Perplexity just rolled out file and image uploads for free account holders, complete with a massive 1 million token context window. That means anyone can now dump an entire 400-page book or 1,000 pages of PDF financial reports into the search tool at once, easily trouncing ChatGPT's paid 128k context cap.
Krea AI just rolled out Krea Chat, an open beta tool powered by DeepSeek that brings image and video creation directly into a conversational interface. Users can generate visuals from text, borrow styles from uploaded references, or convert generated images into short video clips. It is free to try with a registered account, though compute limits apply.
OpenAI just increased the cross-chat memory limit in ChatGPT by 25% for Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers. The upgrade gives the chatbot more room to store ongoing preferences, details, and context across workflows without forgetting earlier notes. It is already live for paid accounts.
GitHub just introduced agent mode for Copilot in VS Code alongside the general availability of Copilot Edits. The agent can infer missing subtasks, propose terminal commands, and fix runtime errors on its own without manual copy-pasting. GitHub also added Gemini 2.0 Flash to the model picker and previewed Project Padawan, an autonomous agent built to resolve issues and open pull requests directly.
Mistral just rolled out dedicated iOS and Android apps for its le Chat assistant alongside a major platform upgrade. It packs web search, document processing, Flux Ultra image generation, and a new Flash Answers mode that replies over 10x faster than ChatGPT.
Topaz Labs just introduced Project Starlight, calling it the first-ever diffusion model designed specifically for video restoration. The tool reconstructs old, low-resolution clips into crisp high-definition footage, which the company bills as its biggest leap since Video AI debuted. Early access is currently opening up.
OpenAI just opened up ChatGPT Search to the public without requiring an account or login. Anyone visiting the site can now type a query to get real-time news, sports scores, and stock quotes directly from the web, though switching to the reasoning mode still requires signing in.
OpenAI just completed the rollout of its Deep Research feature to all Pro subscribers across Europe. The tool turns the web into a personal research assistant, leveraging autonomous agent capabilities to tackle complex research tasks. European Pro users can now run in-depth reports directly in ChatGPT.
Amazon is set to preview a major generative AI overhaul of Alexa at a February 26 event in New York. The revamped assistant can handle multi-turn conversations and act as an autonomous agent, partly powered by Anthropic's models. Why it matters: Turning Alexa from a glorified kitchen timer into an active assistant is Amazon's best shot at monetizing half a billion connected devices.
