New features and launches in ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other AI tools, plus changes to pricing and availability.
YouTube just rolled out its AI-powered auto-dubbing to hundreds of thousands of knowledge-focused channels in its Partner Program. English uploads now get automatically dubbed into eight languages, with creators able to preview or delete tracks before publishing. The voices still sound robotic, but updates to match emotion and environment are coming.
Microsoft just started rolling out an updated Copilot experience to Windows testers, ditching the clunky web app wrapper for a floating quick view UI above the taskbar. It triggers via Alt + Space and stays pinned on top, though existing apps using the same shortcut might fight Copilot for priority.
OpenAI just graduated its Canvas workspace out of beta, making the collaborative interface available to all free and paid ChatGPT users. The update brings native Python code execution with live data visualizations, side-by-side diff editing, and integration with custom GPTs. It is rolling out on the web and Windows desktop apps right now.
Cognition Labs just made Devin, its autonomous AI software engineer, publicly available for $500 a month. Eight months after its viral debut, users can now deploy Devin in a sandboxed computing environment with Slack and IDE integrations to build apps and fix bugs end-to-end. Why it matters: This is the first major commercial test for fully autonomous coding agents.
South Korean startup Spaid just showcased its Geo AI solution powered by the CYLO engine, which converts GIS and satellite imagery into interactive 3D maps. The system monitors regional data like demographics and traffic to detect anomalies, with adoption already underway by telecom providers and Armenia's national land survey.
Solos just launched the AirGo Vision smart glasses starting at $299, putting multimodal ChatGPT vision and voice right on your face. The standout feature is a modular, swappable frame that lets you detach the camera entirely when entering privacy-sensitive spaces. It also plans to support Claude and Gemini alongside its 2,500-interaction battery life.
Yelp just rolled out its end-of-year product release packed with over 20 updates, headlined by AI-powered Review Insights. The feature uses LLMs to score topics like food quality, wait times, and ambiance from 1 to 100 directly above reviews. It gives users a quick snapshot of what people actually think, currently live on iOS for dining and nightlife.
Reddit just launched Reddit Answers, an AI-powered conversational search feature that curates bullet-point summaries directly from public threads. Instead of serving a single synthetic answer, it links straight back to top-voted comments and relevant subreddits to preserve authentic community context. It's rolling out in beta to limited US users on web and iOS.
Hugging Face just made 83 popular open models available directly within Amazon Bedrock Marketplace. The models are managed via SageMaker JumpStart under the hood, allowing developers to plug open weights into Bedrock features like Agents, Knowledge Bases, and Guardrails with standard Bedrock API calls.
xAI just opened its Grok AI chatbot to all free users on X. Non-paying users can now send up to 10 prompts every two hours without a Premium subscription. It is a clear move to take on the free tiers of ChatGPT and Gemini, with reports suggesting a standalone app is also in the works.
Microsoft just launched a preview of Copilot Vision inside Edge, allowing the AI to see what is on your screen and talk with you in real time. Browsing sessions are opt-in and deleted immediately afterward to address privacy concerns. It is currently rolling out to select Copilot Pro subscribers in the US via Copilot Labs.
Oura just rolled out Symptom Radar, an early-warning feature that flags signs of respiratory illness before symptoms hit. By tracking shifts in resting heart rate, body temperature trends, and breathing rates, the ring alerts users to take it easy. It arrives on Oura Ring Gen 3 and Oura Ring 4 by December 11.
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly plan aimed at researchers and engineers tackling hard problems. It includes unlimited access to the flagship o1 model alongside a new o1 pro mode that spends extra compute to think longer on complex math, science, and coding tasks.
Spotify just partnered with Google to bring NotebookLM's viral podcast hosts straight to your 2024 Wrapped. The AI hosts generate a customized, two-person audio show diving into your unique listening habits and favorite artists from the past year. It is currently rolling out for a limited time in select English-speaking regions.
Google just detailed Face control for Chromebooks, a hands-free accessibility feature powered by machine learning. It maps 478 facial points in 3D to recognize up to 18 distinct facial gestures for moving the cursor and triggering actions. The tool is currently available in the ChromeOS beta channel and rolls out widely early next year.
ElevenLabs just rolled out Conversational AI, an all-in-one platform for building custom, interactive voice agents. It combines lifelike text-to-speech, speech recognition, and custom LLMs with real-time turn-taking and interruption handling. Why it matters: developers can now roll out responsive voice bots for sales or support with native Twilio integration.
The Browser Company just revealed Dia, a new AI-first web browser set to launch in early 2025. Instead of living as a chatbot, Dia integrates deeply into the browser window to handle everyday tasks, like copying links across tabs into an email or adding items to your Amazon cart via address bar commands. The team insists Arc isn't dead, but they're betting the entire web experience is shifting toward agentic AI.
EVI 2 just introduced Voice Control, an experimental feature that replaces prompts and risky voice cloning with 10 continuous sliders like confidence, nasality, and smoothness. Traits are disentangled so tweaking one won't distort the others, letting creators sculpt reproducible custom voices in seconds.
AWS just rolled out new generative AI features for Amazon Connect, its cloud contact center service. The update brings dynamic self-service to Amazon Q in Connect without requiring code, alongside customizable guardrails and automated agent evaluations. Fujitsu and Priceline are already among the early adopters.
Hume AI just rolled out Voice Control in beta for its Empathic Voice Interface 2 (EVI 2), bypassing clunky text prompts and risky voice cloning with 10 continuous perceptual sliders. Developers can tweak traits like confidence, nasality, and assertiveness in real time to generate unique, reproducible brand voices. Extreme parameter settings are still being fine-tuned.
