ElevenLabs just dropped Eleven Multilingual v1, bringing its expressive text-to-speech tech to seven new languages, including French, German, Hindi, and Spanish. The model preserves a speaker's unique tone and accent across languages, working seamlessly with existing voice-cloning tools. Why it matters: Localizing games, audiobooks, and media just got much easier, though non-English numbers and acronyms still occasionally trip it up.
Microsoft just opened up the preview of Microsoft Designer to everyone, ditching the waitlist and rolling it directly into the Edge browser sidebar. The AI-powered design tool now lets users generate captions and hashtags, create animated visuals, and automatically resize graphics across 20 social media layouts. It makes spinning up custom social posts as seamless as tapping a sidebar icon without switching tabs.
Tinder just upgraded its Photo Verification feature, ditching static photo poses for AI-powered video selfies. The new system uses 3D facial mapping to ensure users are real and match their profile pictures, directly countering the rise of AI-generated personas. Even existing blue-check users will need to re-verify on camera to keep their badges.
Yelp just revamped its search experience with AI that deciphers user intent and pulls relevant snippets directly from reviews into search results. The platform also introduced 12-second high-resolution video uploads for reviews and a "Surprise Me" button to quickly dish out nearby recommendations.
OpenAI just added privacy controls to ChatGPT that let users turn off chat history. When disabled, conversations aren't used to train models and are permanently wiped after 30 days. You can also export your data with one click, and a dedicated ChatGPT Business tier is on the way.
Google just updated Bard with full programming support, tackling one of its most-requested features. The experimental AI can now generate, debug, and explain code across more than 20 languages like Python, C++, and Go, plus export directly to Google Colab. Google notes it's still experimental and prone to bugs, so you will definitely want to double-check its output.
Webflow just announced it is integrating generative AI directly into the Webflow Designer. Users will soon be able to generate layout components, rewrite CMS copy, auto-generate SEO settings, and customize templates using natural language prompts. Why it matters: bringing AI inside a visual editor solves the headache of manually stitching raw AI-generated code into working websites.
Snap just rolled out its My AI chatbot to all Snapchatters globally, dropping the previous paid subscription requirement. Users can now pull the AI into group chats with an @ mention, design a custom Bitmoji for it, and ask for Snap Map and Lens recommendations. Snap also added age-aware safety controls to curb inappropriate responses.
Amazon just rolled out Dialogue Boost on Prime Video, an AI feature that isolates and amplifies spoken lines over loud background music and sound effects. Viewers can choose between medium and high enhancement levels across any supported device, starting with select Amazon Originals.
Adobe just announced that its Firefly generative AI is expanding to Creative Cloud video and audio apps. While it cannot generate videos from scratch yet, users will soon be able to color grade clips with simple text prompts, generate background audio, and automatically turn scripts into storyboards.
Google is scrambling to roll out new AI-powered search features next month under the codename Magi, aiming to reach up to one million US users first. With ChatGPT surging and Samsung reportedly weighing a switch to Microsoft's Bing, Google is on high alert to defend its search kingdom.
Amazon just launched Bedrock, a serverless cloud platform letting builders access top-tier AI models from Anthropic, Stability AI, and its own Titan family via API. Developers can privately fine-tune models with as few as 20 labeled examples without managing clusters. Why it matters: AWS is turning into an enterprise AI bazaar, embedding generative tech straight into its existing cloud stack.
Adobe just introduced Text-Based Editing in Premiere Pro, turning rough cuts into a simple copy-and-paste job. Powered by Adobe Sensei, the tool automatically transcribes footage so editors can search keywords and rearrange dialogue text to update timeline clips directly. It is currently in public beta ahead of a planned May release.
Google just partnered with cloud coding platform Replit to bring its foundation AI models directly into Replit's Ghostwriter assistant. Coming just a week after GitHub unveiled Copilot X powered by GPT-4, the alliance sets up a fierce battle between Google and Microsoft over who will power the next generation of software developers.
Microsoft just launched Microsoft Security Copilot, a cybersecurity assistant combining OpenAI's GPT-4 with proprietary security models trained on 65 trillion daily threat signals. Defenders can run natural-language queries to investigate incidents, summarize alerts, and reverse-engineer threats in minutes instead of days. Why it matters: with a global shortfall of 3.4 million cyber pros, it gives overwhelmed defenders an AI-scale safety net.
Asana just launched a new suite of work intelligence dashboards, giving managers instant visibility into budgets, team capacity, and pre-built workflow bundles. While none of these tools include AI just yet, the company designed this new data foundation to roll out AI-generated portfolios in its next iteration.
Microsoft just rolled out a ground-up rebuild of its Teams app, ditching Electron for WebView2 and React to run twice as fast while cutting memory usage in half. Alongside a Windows 11 UI refresh and AI video filters, the overhaul is built to support rapid iteration for its Copilot assistant. It is currently in preview for Windows commercial users.
Zoom just partnered with OpenAI to supercharge its Zoom IQ assistant, letting latecomers ask AI to summarize what they missed and answer follow-up questions. It can also draft chat responses and create whiteboards from text prompts. It is Zoom's direct answer to Microsoft Copilot, though email and chat drafts roll out invitation-only in April.
OpenAI just launched plugins for ChatGPT, allowing the AI to browse the web, run Python code, and connect with third-party services like Expedia and Zapier. Acting as "eyes and ears" for the model, plugins solve knowledge cutoff and hallucination limits. Access is currently rolling out to waitlisted developers and ChatGPT Plus subscribers.
Canva just debuted a heavy slate of AI features at Canva Create, led by OpenAI-powered Magic Design to spin up curated templates and presentation decks from a single prompt. The refresh also adds Magic Edit for instant object swaps, expands Magic Write across all formats, and bumps text-to-image resolution by 16x.
Microsoft just launched the public preview of Loop, a dynamic workspace app featuring modular components that sync live across Teams, Outlook, and other 365 apps. The platform also integrates Microsoft 365 Copilot for AI-assisted brainstorming, drafting, and page summarization. The main app is now open to everyone, though Loop's Copilot features remain in private preview.
Ubisoft just introduced Ghostwriter, an in-house AI tool designed to generate first drafts of NPC chatter and combat barks. Writers select and edit variations through pairwise comparisons, letting the model learn preferred phrasing over time. While meant to save writers from repetitive grunt work, the announcement immediately drew pushback from developers urging studios to keep hiring humans.
GitHub just unveiled Copilot X, a major vision powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 that moves AI far beyond basic code completion. It integrates a ChatGPT-style chat directly into IDEs, automatically drafts pull request descriptions, answers questions on documentation, and assists in the CLI. Basically, your AI pair programmer is stepping up to cover the full software development lifecycle.
Opera just added a suite of generative AI tools to both Opera Browser and Opera GX. Users can highlight text for instant summaries or explanations with "AI Prompts," while ChatGPT and ChatSonic are now baked right into the sidebar. Early access is available across desktop platforms, though you'll still need your own accounts to chat.
Google just opened waitlist access to Bard, its experimental chatbot powered by a lightweight version of LaMDA. The tool helps with writing and brainstorming by offering multiple response drafts alongside a Google Search shortcut to fact-check answers. For now, access is rolling out exclusively in the U.S. and UK.
