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.
ElevenLabs just added true text and voice multimodality to its Conversational AI platform. Agents can now process spoken audio and typed text at the same time, letting users speak naturally and switch to text when spelling out tricky info like emails or card numbers. It is a smart fix for pure-voice transcription headaches.
Google just revamped the Google Photos editor for its 10th anniversary, bringing former Pixel exclusives to all users. Features like Reimagine (text-to-edit backgrounds) and Auto Frame (AI outpainting and cropping) will start rolling out globally on Android next month, with iOS following later this year.
Factory just opened general access to Droids, its autonomous software development agents. The platform connects directly into engineering stacks like GitHub, Slack, Linear, Notion, and Sentry, giving agents full system context to independently build production-ready software across both local and remote workflows.
ElevenLabs just launched Batch Calling for its Conversational AI platform, allowing businesses to blast out hundreds of concurrent outbound calls with voice agents. Teams can upload contact spreadsheets, inject dynamic variables like names or order IDs, and route calls via Twilio or SIP trunking. It basically automates call center outreach at scale.
Opera just introduced Opera Neon, an experimental browser built for the "agentic web." It can either browse alongside you or actively take action and finish web tasks on your behalf. Access is currently invite-only via a waitlist.
Google just integrated Gemini AI directly into Google Drive to analyze and summarize stored videos. Users can now double-click a video to pull highlights or extract action items from meeting recordings. It rolls out to Google One AI Premium and select Workspace tiers, provided captions are enabled.
Anthropic just rolled out a beta Voice mode for its Claude mobile apps, powered by the new Sonnet 4 model. The feature supports five voice personalities with real-time transcription and Google Workspace integration for paid tiers. Why it matters: Anthropic was the last major holdout without voice, shifting the assistant battle to execution and latency.
The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller just explained why the startup stopped developing new features for Arc to focus on Dia, its new AI browser. Miller admitted Arc was too complex for mainstream users and cited growing security needs around autonomous AI agents. Arc will now only get maintenance patches, with no immediate plans to open-source.
Mistral AI just introduced its Agents API, a dedicated framework for building enterprise-grade AI agents. It comes with persistent stateful memory, multi-agent task handoffs, and built-in connectors for sandboxed code execution, web search, and MCP tools. Why it matters: developers can now build and orchestrate complex agentic systems without having to maintain conversation histories or tool integrations from scratch.
Microsoft just rolled out GPT-4o-powered image generation to the consumer version of Copilot, bringing photorealistic visuals directly into apps like Word and Excel. Users can now modify existing graphics and generate legible text inside images without leaving their documents. Why it matters: It leapfrogs older DALL-E tools, giving everyday users flagship AI art capabilities for free.
Microsoft just rolled out a suite of AI features to Windows 11 Insiders across classic native apps. Paint gains a prompt-based sticker generator and smart object selection, Snipping Tool introduces an AI-powered smart-snapping screenshot tool, and Notepad adds inline generative text drafting via Ctrl+Q.
Anthropic just rolled out four beta tools on its API for autonomous agents: in-sandbox Python code execution, native remote MCP connections, persistent Files API storage, and prompt caching extended to an hour. It basically lets Claude crunch data and call third-party tools across long tasks without custom infrastructure.
xAI just launched its Live Search API in beta, giving Grok real-time access to live data from X, trending news, and the broader web. The feature is currently free to test for developers for a limited time, plugging Grok directly into live internet chatter.
OpenAI just upgraded its Responses API, adding native support for remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, gpt-image-1 image generation, and Code Interpreter. Reasoning models like o3 and o4-mini can now call tools directly inside their chain-of-thought while preserving context tokens. OpenAI also officially joined the MCP steering committee to back the open standard.
Shopify just rolled out an AI store builder that lets merchants generate an entire storefront from a single prompt, alongside a new AI-integrated theme called Horizon. Its commerce assistant Sidekick also picked up voice chat, screen sharing, and mobile app support. Why it matters: Merchants can now bypass coding entirely to spin up and tweak storefronts on the fly.
Perplexity just launched Pro Perks, offering Pro subscribers exclusive deals from brands like Visa, Cursor, and Eight Sleep. The search engine is also integrating premium datasets from Statista, PitchBook, and Wiley, giving users direct citations to expert financial, medical, and market research. AI search engines are expanding from web scrapers into comprehensive, high-value decision platforms.
Google just unveiled major AI updates across Workspace at I/O 2025, bringing smarter inbox management to Gmail and automated video generation to Vids. Gmail now lets Gemini purge old emails with simple prompts and context-aware replies, while Docs can ground AI drafts in linked sources, and Vids converts Google Slides into videos with AI avatars. The Docs grounding feature is live today, with the rest rolling out in the coming months.
Google just launched Jules into public beta with no waitlist. Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, the autonomous agent clones your GitHub repos into secure cloud VMs to fix bugs, write tests, and submit PRs asynchronously in the background. It even reads aloud audio changelogs, turning routine backlog chores into hands-off tasks.
Google just evolved its Project Starline research into Google Beam, an enterprise 3D video communication platform powered by AI. Its volumetric video model converts standard 2D video feeds into realistic 3D visuals without requiring headsets, alongside near real-time speech translation. The first HP hardware will debut at InfoComm ahead of enterprise rollouts later this year.
Google just introduced an AI Mode shopping experience featuring personal virtual try-ons and agentic checkout. Shoppers can upload a full-length photo to see how billions of apparel items drape and fit on their own bodies, or have AI automatically complete a purchase via Google Pay when prices drop.
Google just packed its Gemini app with major upgrades from I/O 2025. Gemini Live's camera and screen sharing features are now free for all iOS and Android users, with 2.5 Flash taking over as the default model. Power users get access to the new Imagen 4, the audio-generating Veo 3 video model, and a hefty $249.99 monthly Ultra plan for bleeding-edge agent features.
Google just introduced SynthID Detector, a web portal that scans text, audio, images, and video to identify SynthID watermarks and pinpoint modified segments. Over 10 billion pieces of AI content already carry the mark. The tool is rolling out first to waitlisted journalists, media pros, and researchers.
Google just outlined its vision to turn Gemini into a universal AI assistant, aiming to evolve Gemini 2.5 Pro into a brain-like "world model." The company is integrating Project Astra's live capabilities and computer control into Gemini Live, while upgrading its Project Mariner browser agent to handle up to 10 tasks at once for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S.
Google just announced at I/O 2025 that NotebookLM will soon turn raw notes, PDFs, and images into digestible visual presentations via Video Overviews. It's also adding adjustable length to Audio Overviews, following the launch of dedicated iOS and Android apps with offline support.
Amazon Music just rolled out a test of "Explore," an AI-powered search feature designed to help fans deep-dive into artists. It surfaces obscure collaborations, discography highlights, and builds AI playlists via Maestro. The beta is currently limited to select U.S. iOS Unlimited subscribers across roughly 10,000 artists.
Google just launched the official NotebookLM mobile app on iOS and Android. You can now download Audio Overviews for offline background playback, tap Join to steer the hosts, and share webpages, PDFs, or YouTube clips straight into notebooks from any app. It turns your research into a truly portable podcast.
GitHub just introduced an autonomous coding agent for Copilot that works directly inside your existing workflow. Developers can assign a GitHub issue to Copilot, and it will spin up a GitHub Actions environment in the background, modify the codebase, and open a draft pull request. It also supports MCP servers and screenshot analysis.
Microsoft just baked its Phi-4-mini model directly into the Edge browser alongside new experimental AI APIs for prompting and text generation. Web developers can now tap local AI capabilities right on the client side without racking up backend costs or sacrificing privacy. The update also rolls out full-document PDF translation and brings Copilot agents directly to the Edge for Business sidebar.
Microsoft just rolled out a wave of Copilot updates for Outlook and Microsoft 365 at Build. Outlook can now automatically summarize search results, email attachments, and upcoming meetings before you join. Copilot Pages is also heading to mobile this month with one-click export to Word docs.
Microsoft just launched Windows AI Foundry at Build 2025, overhauling its Copilot runtime for local inference across CPU, GPU, and NPU silicon. Windows 11 is also gaining native Model Context Protocol (MCP) support so AI agents can control desktop apps directly, alongside an open-sourced WSL.
Microsoft just introduced Microsoft Discovery at Build 2025, an agentic AI platform built to supercharge scientific research and industrial development. It combines a graph-based reasoning engine with specialized AI agents orchestrated by Copilot to tackle everything from hypotheses to HPC simulations. Microsoft researchers already used it to design a non-PFAS datacenter coolant prototype in roughly 200 hours.
Salesforce just rolled out Agentforce in Slack, shifting workplace AI from generic chatbots to task-specific "digital teammates." These agents can reason through multi-step workflows, search across team chats, and query company data, with pre-built enterprise templates arriving June 12.
Runway just made its Gen-4 Image model, including References, available via API, letting developers plug its multimodal generation into their own apps. It costs $0.08 per image and targets workflows like virtual try-on, game assets, and interior design.
OpenAI just launched Codex, a cloud-based software engineering agent powered by codex-1, a specialized version of o3. It operates inside isolated cloud sandboxes to write features, execute test suites, and open GitHub PRs across multiple tasks in parallel. Why it matters: Developers can now offload entire background engineering workflows asynchronously rather than babysitting real-time completions.
Acer Gadget just unveiled two new AI-powered wearables at Computex 2025: the titanium FreeSense Ring for health tracking with zero subscription fees, and AI TransBuds for two-way translation across 15 languages. Remarkably, only one person needs to wear the earbuds to hold a conversation.
ElevenLabs just launched the SB-1 Infinite Soundboard, an interactive tool powered by its SFX API. Users can trigger multiple sound effects at once, loop tracks, or instantly generate custom audio clips simply by typing a short text prompt. It gives gamers, streamers, and Discord communities an effortless way to create custom audio cues without digging through royalty-free libraries.
Google just rolled out a suite of AI accessibility updates across Android and Chrome for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. TalkBack now lets blind and low-vision users ask Gemini questions about any image or their entire screen, while Expressive Captions can detect word elongation and sound effects like whistling. It turns basic transcription into genuine contextual comprehension.
Microsoft just started rolling out a "Hey, Copilot" hands-free wake word to Windows Insiders. As long as your PC is unlocked, you can start a voice chat without touching a keyboard or mouse. The wake word detection runs locally on-device and is opt-in, but it's currently English-only.
CodeRabbit just launched free in-IDE AI code reviews for VS Code and its popular forks, including Cursor and Windsurf. The lightweight extension analyzes uncommitted changes in real time, flags bugs line-by-line, and lets you apply one-click fixes or hand context over to AI coding agents before opening a PR.
Perplexity just partnered with PayPal to bring agentic shopping directly into search queries. Rolling out this summer to U.S. Pro subscribers, users can research products, book travel, or buy tickets and pay instantly via PayPal or Venmo without leaving the chat interface.
YouTube just unveiled Peak Points, an ad product powered by Gemini that spots the most engaging moments in popular videos to place brand placements. Announced at Brandcast 2025, the tool reads viewer attention peaks so advertisers can jump in right at emotional highs, alongside new edge-to-edge and shoppable formats for living room TVs.
Google is now testing a refreshed homepage layout that swaps the iconic "I'm Feeling Lucky" button with a dedicated AI Mode. Instead of conventional link snippets, the new button directs users to a full-length, AI-generated answer page. Google confirmed it is currently an ongoing experiment rather than a permanent redesign.
Google just announced a massive Gemini expansion across its entire Android hardware ecosystem. The AI assistant is coming to WearOS smartwatches, Android Auto for smarter conversational navigation, Google TV, and upcoming Android XR headsets co-developed with Samsung. It basically marks Google Assistant's official retirement across every screen you own.
Vectara just integrated a new Hallucination Corrector directly into its AI platform to catch and fix unreliable model responses in real time. Paired with its popular HHEM evaluator, the tool explains why a statement is inaccurate and rewrites it, reducing hallucination rates to about 0.9% in enterprise tests.
Alibaba's Qwen Chat just launched its Deep Research feature for the general public following weeks of testing. Users provide a topic, answer a quick follow-up question to narrow the scope, and let the model generate a comprehensive report. Why it matters: Autonomous research agents are rapidly shifting from exclusive enterprise tools to standard, free chatbot capabilities.
Notion just rolled out an AI meeting notetaker that listens via system audio to transcribe calls and generate structured summaries while you take notes alongside it. Currently live on Mac via the "/meet" command across dozens of languages, the update also brings enterprise search and an AI research mode.
Spotify just updated its AI DJ feature to support voice commands, letting users request specific songs, switch genres, or change the playlist vibe just by speaking. Currently available in English across more than 60 markets for Premium subscribers, the update turns the passive commentary DJ into a two-way interactive selector.
Audible just launched an end-to-end AI audiobook production suite for publishers, featuring over 100 voices across English, Spanish, French, and Italian. Later this year, a beta translation tool will also add speech-to-speech translation that preserves a narrator's original voice across languages. It’s a massive push to turn unvoiced backlists into global audio.
