Augmented Intelligence, which is building neuro-symbolic AI models, raised $20M in a bridge SAFE round at a $750M valuation, taking its funding to nearly $60M
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Google releases the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, built on Gemini 2.5 Pro's capabilities to power agents that can interact with UIs, in preview via the API
Google released a new Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model today, specially designed … Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : Google's AI can now surf the web for you, click on buttons, and fill out forms with Gemini ...
Sora 2 is available for free with usage limits for users with an invite code, while ChatGPT Pro subscribers have access to the higher-quality Sora 2 Pro model
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AI infrastructure company Pinecone's CEO, Edo Liberty, will step into a new role as Chief Scientist and former Google executive Ash Ashutosh will become its CEO
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Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-Edit, the image editing version of Qwen-Image, supporting modifying Chinese and English text while preserving font, size, and style
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OpenAI rolls out Connectors for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts in ChatGPT for Pro subscribers, with Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu plans to follow
Release Notes Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : OpenAI adds new ChatGPT third-party tool connectors to Dropbox, MS Teams as Altman clarifies GPT-5 prioritization Rishaj Upadhyay / Windows Report : OpenAI I...
OpenAI says ChatGPT Pro users can select old models for now but plans to deprecate them in 60 days; Sam Altman says Plus users will be able to keep using GPT-4o
The “Best Friend” of Many ChatGPT Users Now Comes at a Price Jackson Chen / Engadget : OpenAI brings GPT-4o back online after users melt down over the new model Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide : ChatGPT-...
Manus unveils Wide Research, an experimental feature that lets users on its Pro plan enlist dozens of parallelized AI agents for large-scale, high-volume tasks
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Amazon launches Kiro, an IDE that aims to bridge the gap between rapidly vibe-coded prototypes and production systems with specs, testing, and documentation
A new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production — DE Tim Anderson / DEVCLASS : Hands on with Kiro, the AWS preview of an agentic AI IDE driven by specifications Forbes : AWS ...
Like its predecessor, DeepSeek-R1-0528 has an MIT License and model weights are on Hugging Face; DeepSeek API users will get to use the model at no extra cost
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