Microsoft just added a new Generative Erase tool to the built-in Photos app, bringing pixel-style object removal straight to your PC. Even better, Microsoft is backporting the feature and background removal tools to Windows 10 and Arm64 PCs instead of forcing hardware upgrades. It is currently rolling out to Windows Insiders.
OpenAI just updated the GPT Store with a 1-to-5 star rating system and private creator feedback. Builders can now also link their LinkedIn, X, and websites on expanded profile pages while tracking total conversation stats. The promised revenue-sharing model, however, is still nowhere to be seen.
Google just rolled out an experimental 'Help me write' feature in Chrome M122 for Mac and Windows. Powered by Gemini, the tool understands webpage context to draft or polish reviews, inquiries, and emails directly inside text fields. It is currently available to English users in the U.S.
Google just added its Gemini AI directly into Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet for Google One AI Premium subscribers. For $19.99 a month, users can draft emails and build budgets without hopping between tabs or copy-pasting across apps. The English rollout spans over 150 countries, backed by a two-month free trial.
Groq just went viral with an AI chip architecture that makes standard cloud GPUs look sluggish. Powered by custom Language Processing Units (LPUs), independent benchmarks clocked Groq hitting 247 tokens per second—over 13 times faster than Microsoft’s cloud baseline. Why it matters: this raw speed bypasses memory bottlenecks, finally making lag-free, real-time voice conversations with AI viable.
OpusClip just rolled out version 3.0, introducing genre-specific curation models for formats like Q&As and webinars. It can generate clips up to 15 minutes long, runs 300% faster on hour-long footage, and adds AI b-roll and standalone captioning tools.
ElevenLabs just announced that AI Sound Effects are coming soon to its platform. The feature allows creators to generate custom sound effects, ambient audio, and soundscapes from text prompts, expanding the company's toolset beyond voice and music.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver just revealed NB-AI, a voice-driven assistant built to personalize live basketball broadcasts. In a demo with rookie Victor Wembanyama, Silver commanded the tool to remake a live play "as if it were a Spider-Man movie," instantly transforming players into comic-style cartoon characters and letting viewers buy sneakers off players' feet in real time.
Apple is reportedly expanding internal testing of new generative AI features for Xcode, aiming to release a GitHub Copilot rival to third-party developers later this year. The company is also exploring chatbot-like search upgrades for Spotlight across iOS and macOS to handle complex app actions. After staying relatively quiet in the AI arms race, Apple looks ready to finally show its hand at WWDC.
X is testing a new Explore page feature that uses Grok to generate brief summaries explaining why topics are trending. Instead of clicking through vague keywords and hashtags, users get an immediate rundown of the day's key stories. The feature is currently in limited testing and may not roll out globally.
NVIDIA just released Chat with RTX, a free tech demo that lets you run customized chatbots completely offline on Windows. By connecting local files and YouTube links to open-source models like Mistral and Llama 2 via TensorRT-LLM, you can query notes and documents without sending data to the cloud. You will need a GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU or higher with at least 8GB of VRAM.
ElevenLabs just rolled out voice monetization, allowing creators to earn passive cash from their AI voice clones in the Voice Library. Users simply upload 30 minutes of audio to build a clone, getting paid whenever paying subscribers generate speech with it. The platform also includes owner verification and daily payout tracking.
Microsoft just rolled out a new Copilot experience in the latest Windows 11 Canary builds, making the assistant far more context-aware. When you copy text or images, the taskbar icon animates to offer instant actions like summarizing or explaining, while Notepad is also getting right-click AI deciphering for code and logs. It's an early look at how Microsoft plans to reshape Windows for its 2024 "AI PC" push ahead of the 24H2 update.
Disney is beta-testing a new AI tool called "Magic Words" that tags scenes across its catalog by content, brands, and emotional mood. Partnering with six global ad firms, the system lets brands run contextual ads on Disney+ and Hulu tailored to the exact vibe viewers are feeling, rather than relying on broad demographics.
Perplexity just partnered with Vercel to plug its online search models directly into the Vercel AI SDK. Developers building JavaScript and TypeScript web apps can now tap into pplx-7b-online and pplx-70b-online to fetch live web data without training cutoffs. Vercel also launched a multi-model AI playground alongside the update.
Brilliant Labs just unveiled Frame, a $349 pair of smart glasses weighing only 39 grams. Backed by Niantic's CEO, the hardware features a 3,000-nit MicroOLED display and front-facing camera powered by an AI assistant called Noa for visual lookup and translation. Preorders are open now, shipping in April.
Artists now have a few ways to push back against generative AI scraping their work without consent. While tech giants like OpenAI and Meta offer cumbersome opt-out forms that don't touch existing models, tools like Glaze and Nightshade let creators cloaking or actively poison their images. Why it matters: Until copyright laws catch up, pixel-level sabotage is one of the few proactive defenses visual artists have left.
Meta just rolled out its Version 2.0 software update for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, adding camera noise reduction, better low-light capture, and unified touchpad volume controls. However, the much-anticipated AI-powered image recognition remains noticeably absent and locked behind closed betas. For now, you will still have to wait before your frames can identify the world around you.
Microsoft just rolled out a major redesign for Copilot across the web and mobile apps, celebrating one year since Bing Chat launched. The update brings a sleeker look and inline image editing powered by Designer, letting users blur backgrounds, enhance colors, or turn images into pixel art directly inside chat. Inline editing is currently limited to English in select countries.
OpenAI just rolled out a multi-layered provenance system across its AI outputs, pairing C2PA metadata with invisible SynthID and textGrain watermarks. It also launched a public verification portal so anyone can check whether an asset came from its models. Why it matters: embedding signals directly into pixels and token choices makes AI origins much harder to scrub off.
Roblox just launched a real-time AI chat translator supporting 16 languages, powered by its proprietary large language model. When a Korean user types in Korean, an English-speaking player sees it in English while a German speaker reads it in German instantly. It is now live across all Roblox experiences using TextChatService, with voice translation planned next.
