OpenAI just launched Projects for ChatGPT, letting users group related chats, custom context, and files into dedicated workspaces. The update integrates directly with Canvas and web search for multi-step tasks, rolling out now to Plus, Pro, and Teams subscribers before reaching Enterprise users next year.
Perplexity just rolled out custom web sources for Spaces, letting you lock searches down to specific domains and uploaded files. You can plug in target URLs via a new interface menu to cut through generic web noise. It essentially turns Perplexity into a focused research engine tuned strictly to your trusted sources.
Google just revamped NotebookLM with experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash integration, a new three-panel interface, and an interactive mode for its viral Audio Overviews that lets you jump into the conversation with your voice. The company is also rolling out NotebookLM Plus, a premium tier offering over 5x higher limits for heavy users and enterprises.
Google just introduced Google Agentspace, a new platform designed to help enterprise employees find internal data and automate multi-step workflows with AI agents. Powered by Gemini and Google-quality search, it connects to tools like Jira and SharePoint while bringing NotebookLM Plus to businesses. An early access program is now open.
Adobe just released a preview of its Reflection Removal tool inside Camera Raw, aiming to rescue photos ruined by glass reflections. Powered by AI trained on millions of simulated reflection pairs, it separates foreground reflections from background scenes and lets you adjust the effect via a slider. It currently only supports RAW files, with Lightroom rollout coming soon.
Amazon is testing a new Prime Video feature called "AI Topics" that replaces traditional recommendation algorithms with AI-generated thematic categories. Instead of generic genres, viewers get tailored suggestions like fantasy quests or character journeys, with options to keep refining results. It is currently rolling out to select living room devices like Fire TV in the US.
lmarena.ai just launched Image Arena, bringing blind side-by-side battles to AI image generation. Users enter a prompt to get two anonymous outputs from models like FLUX, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Recraft, and Ideogram, then vote for the winner ahead of an upcoming leaderboard.
OpenAI just rolled out a festive 'Santa Mode' across all ChatGPT platforms for the holiday season. Users can tap the snowflake icon next to the chat bar to talk with a jolly-sounding Santa Claus, and the conversations won't save to history or touch your memory. It is free for everyone, but only until the end of the month.
TIME just launched TIME AI, an interactive tool built with ElevenLabs and Scale AI that turns static articles into a two-way voice conversation. Readers can ask follow-up questions directly to an audio agent equipped with article context and archives, essentially giving legacy journalism a personalized interactive guide.
Runway just launched its Student Ambassador Program to get AI video tools into college classrooms. Enrolled students receive 100k free credits, a complimentary Pro plan, and direct networking access to the Runway team. The initiative is already working with universities like NYU and USC to back young creators.
Time just rolled out an AI chatbot alongside its 2024 Person of the Year feature, built in partnership with Scale AI. Readers can ask questions about the story, digest it into short summaries, translate it into six languages, or generate audio playback. It is a major experiment to see if conversational AI can keep digital readers engaged longer.
Google just rolled out Deep Research for Gemini Advanced users, turning the assistant into an autonomous research partner. It creates a multi-step search plan, browses the web across several passes, and compiles findings into a clean report with source links. Plus, a speedy experimental preview of Gemini 2.0 Flash is now open to all Gemini users on the web.
ElevenLabs just teamed up with Mistral, Perplexity, Hugging Face, and over a dozen other platforms to launch the AI Engineer Pack. Builders get $50 or more in credits across each participating tool, taking the financial sting out of testing multiple paid APIs when prototyping new projects.
Midjourney just revealed Patchwork, a standalone web-based infinite canvas designed for collaborative storytelling. Powered by at least three LLMs, it lets up to 100 users map out characters, events, and scenes together in real time. It is rolling out as an early research preview for users who link their Discord and Google accounts.
Apple just released iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, bringing the next wave of Apple Intelligence. Users can now create Genmoji, generate artwork in Image Playground, and tap into ChatGPT directly through Siri and Writing Tools. It is live now for localized English, with other languages rolling out starting this April.
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.
Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly preparing to release a standalone consumer app to let people access the Grok chatbot directly, similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The rollout will likely follow a fresh $5 billion funding round that could value the company at $50 billion.
ElevenLabs just added GenFM to its ElevenReader iOS app, letting you convert PDFs, articles, and ebooks into customized podcasts voiced by AI co-hosts. The feature supports 32 languages and generates conversational episodes in seconds. Android support is expected in the coming weeks.
Anthropic just added custom response styles to Claude, moving beyond generic AI outputs. Users can choose from three presets—Concise, Explanatory, or Formal—or upload their own writing samples so Claude mimics their personal tone. The custom persona stays consistent across new chats, meaning no more repetitive prompt tinkering.
Google just rolled out a Spotify extension for Gemini on Android, letting users search and stream music using everyday language. You can pull up tracks by artist, album, or vibe, though it won't build custom playlists just yet. The catch: it's currently English-only and won't work on iOS or the web.
Google Labs just released GenChess, an experimental project powered by the Imagen 3 image generation model. Players can type text prompts to design custom classic or creative chess pieces, then play a match directly against the computer across several difficulty levels. It is currently available in select regions.
OpenAI just added an 'Open SearchGPT' action to Apple's Shortcuts app for iPhone and iPad. Tapping the shortcut immediately launches ChatGPT right into its web search feature without extra clicks. The capability is currently live for Plus and Team subscribers, with rollout to free users planned in the coming months.
Perplexity just partnered with Quartr to integrate its API, giving users worldwide access to live earnings call transcripts paired with AI summaries. Institutional investors used to hoard these analytical tools, but now anyone can track corporate earnings in real time.
Intuit just rolled out new AI features for QuickBooks, embedding Intuit Assist to automatically turn notes, emails, or PDFs into invoices and categorize expenses. CEO Sasan Goodarzi noted that longer-term, AI agents could even take over roles typically handled by CFOs or CMOs at midsize businesses.
Luma AI just expanded its video generator Dream Machine into a full creative platform, introducing a new foundation image model called Photon. The model is reportedly up to 800% faster than comparable tools, arriving alongside a refreshed interface, an iOS mobile app, and a dedicated image API for developers.
AMD just launched Amuse 2.2 Beta, bringing support for Stable Diffusion 3.5 to Ryzen AI 300 and Radeon 7000 hardware. The update introduces offline high-quality modes and XDNA super-resolution, boosting native output resolutions up to 2048x2048 pixels. Why it matters: Local generative AI on everyday AMD laptops is finally getting fast, painless, and sharp.
Google's first Android 16 developer preview reveals a new "app functions" API designed to let Gemini perform tasks directly inside apps. Instead of just searching your inbox, the assistant could soon order food without you opening a delivery app, mirroring Apple's App Intents roadmap. Why it matters: Mobile AI assistants are finally evolving from conversational chatbots into actionable agents.
Threads is now testing AI-generated summaries in its U.S. "Trending now" section, taking a page out of X's Grok-powered playbook. Alongside date-range search and expanded topic lists, Meta is rushing out quality-of-life upgrades as rival Bluesky keeps picking up steam.
