The world of Artificial Intelligence is moving at breakneck speed, and this week's news highlights significant advancements from major players like Google and OpenAI. From enhancing search capabilities with multimodal AI to giving chatbots long-term memory, the integration of AI into our daily lives is becoming increasingly profound. Google's Gemini model is now powering Reddit Answers and receiving updates like Gemini 2.5 Flash for cost-efficient reasoning, while also enabling live camera and screen sharing for Android users. Not to be outdone, OpenAI has launched new reasoning models (o3 and o4-mini) and a surprise agent, alongside a memory feature for ChatGPT. Beyond these giants, Microsoft is rolling out its controversial Recall feature, and even platforms like Canva are integrating exciting new AI-powered tools. This flurry of activity underscores the intense competition and rapid innovation shaping the future of AI assistants, search engines, and creative applications.
Google's take on an AI search engine just got a multimodal improvement, allowing you to pull results of what you see.
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Google has now confirmed that Reddit uses Gemini to power Reddit Answers, an internal AI search tool for Reddit users. Contrary to some early reports, a Google PR representative told Mashable that Reddit Answers was already integrated with Gemini prior to the announcement. A beta version of Reddit Answers launched last December. And at the Google Cloud...
The chatbot's memory feature now offers even more personalized responses.
To no one's surprise, there have been a lot of AI-related announcements at the Google Cloud Next event. Even less surprising: Google's annual cloud computing conference has focused on new versions of its flagship Gemini model and advances in AI agents. So, for those following the whiplash competition between AI heavy hitters like Google and OpenAI,...
The new features use AI to develop charts from your data, edit photos, and even create projects for you.
Google for Developers, Apr 10, 2025 This article announces Agent2Agent (A2A), Google's new open protocol supporting interoperable AI solutions. According to Google, "A2A is an open protocol that complements Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP), which provides helpful tools and context to agents... A2A...
After several cybersecurity-related delays, Microsoft is finally releasing its controversial Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs.Starting Thursday, April 10, Microsoft began gradually rolling out a preview of Recall, which records a user's activity by taking continuous screenshots of their computer screen (via The Verge). Those screenshots then become...
These new models are the first to independently use all ChatGPT tools.
Mobvoi's new TicNote voice recorder captures accurate audio and then uses AI to create fantastic summaries, research, mindmaps, and more.
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Now in preview, the latest Flash lets you adjust reasoning capabilities to balance cost and complexity. Here's how to try it for yourself.
AI agents can be much more resourceful than human researchers. A new OpenAI test suggests some reasons why.
Grok, the AI assistant from Elon Musk's X, now has a memory. According to the company's official account on X, Grok can now remember your previous conversations. That means the responses it gives you will be more personalized using stored data; in an example shared on Twitter, a user asks for a workout plan, and gets a response that includes their previous...
Google rolled out live video and screen sharing abilities for Gemini Live in March, and now all Android users can play with the tools for free. Announced during Mobile World Congress (MWC) last month, Google's ChatGPT Voice Mode competitor now has the ability to "see" — meaning you can use your smartphone camera or share your screen to ask Gemini Live...
Google's Gemini Live launched for all Android users over the weekend. That means far more folks now have access to the AI assistant's tool that lets users live-share a video or screen. The feature rolled out last month to Pixel 9, Galaxy S25, and Gemini Advanced subscribers before now going wide to all Android users, Android Central reported. The move...
Just like AI models, AI news never sleeps. Every week, we're inundated with new models, products, industry rumors, legal and ethical crises, and viral trends. If that weren't enough, the rival AI hype/doom chatter online makes it hard to keep track of what's really important. But we've sifted through it all to round up the most notable AI news of the...
You're not the only one who turns to Wikipedia for quick facts. Lately, a deluge of AI bots training on Wikipedia articles has put enormous strain on the organization's servers.To curb the influx of "non-human traffic" scraping the site for training data, Wikipedia is taking a proactive approach: serving up its data directly to AI developers. On Wednesday,...
OpenAI's been busy adding some seriously cool features to ChatGPT recently to take it to the next level. Here are a few I love.
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