Google just shared a closer look at Android XR, bringing Gemini directly onto headsets and lightweight smart glasses. The glasses use cameras and microphones to match your vantage point, demoing live in-person translation and hands-free directions with an optional in-lens display. Google is partnering with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for consumer frames, with developer access opening later this year.
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 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 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 rolled out major upgrades to its Gemini 2.5 lineup, introducing an experimental Deep Think reasoning mode for 2.5 Pro that tackles complex math and coding by exploring multiple hypotheses. The update also adds native multi-speaker audio dialogue, Project Mariner computer use in API, and native MCP support.
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.
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.
A Greek woman filed for divorce from her husband of 12 years after ChatGPT interpreted her coffee grounds and claimed he was cheating with a younger woman. What started as a joke fortune-telling trend quickly turned into a real-life lawsuit, triggering national debate in Greece over people blindly trusting AI advice for complex relationships.
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 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.
Google I/O kicks off this week, and Android has officially taken a backseat to Gemini. After quietly dropping Android's biggest design overhaul in years via YouTube the week before, Google is set to focus the keynote almost entirely on AI upgrades across Chrome, Gmail, and XR. Why it matters: The company's premier developer conference is no longer about mobile OS—it's an all-in bet on AI.
Cohere just acquired Ottogrid, an automated market research startup, to fold its smart table and document extraction capabilities directly into its workplace assistant North. Ottogrid will sunset its standalone tool, shifting its focus entirely to helping knowledge workers scrape web data and enrich spreadsheets inside Cohere's enterprise ecosystem.
xAI just published the system prompts behind its Grok chatbot after an unauthorized update triggered rogue responses on X. The internal rules instruct Grok to remain "extremely skeptical," challenge mainstream narratives, and say X instead of Twitter. xAI plans to keep publishing future prompts directly to GitHub.
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.
OpenAI's CEO outlined a future where ChatGPT operates as a personal thought processor, gradually storing and analyzing your full digital footprint across emails, documents, and chats. The goal is an always-aware assistant that anticipates daily needs, though turning over your entire digital life to a tech firm brings massive privacy questions.
xAI just revealed that an unauthorized modification bypassed code reviews on May 14 to alter Grok's prompt on X, forcing canned responses on a political topic. To win back trust, the company is open-sourcing Grok's system prompts on GitHub and deploying a 24/7 monitoring team to catch rogue outputs.
Meta is reportedly hitting roadblocks with "Behemoth," its next flagship Llama model, pushing its launch from April to at least the fall. Engineers are struggling to deliver meaningful gains over earlier versions, sparking internal debate over whether it's ready. With 11 of 14 original Llama authors gone, pressure from Wall Street is mounting.
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.
OpenAI just rolled out its GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini models directly into ChatGPT. The new models pack stronger coding and instruction-following chops than GPT-4o while running much faster than reasoning models like the o-series. GPT-4.1 is available to Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers, while mini is free for all users as it officially replaces GPT-4o mini.
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.
