Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, a new text-to-speech model that the company describes as its most natural and expressive to date. The model is available in preview through the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Vertex AI for enterprise users, and Google Vids for Workspace users. The model supports more than 70 languages and …
Google has launched a feature called Skills in the Chrome browser that lets users save AI prompts and run them again with a single click. The feature is available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome on desktop. Without Skills, repeating an AI task required users to type the same prompt each time they visited a …
Mistral AI, one of Europe’s leading artificial intelligence companies, has published a detailed policy playbook calling on European governments and institutions to take urgent action to build a self-reliant AI ecosystem. Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, warns that without decisive steps, Europe faces economic decline, reduced strategic influence, and growing dependence on …
Google has released a native Gemini app for macOS. The app is available for free to all Gemini users on macOS 15 and later and can be downloaded at gemini.google/mac. Unlike using Gemini in a browser, the desktop app is always accessible via a keyboard shortcut: Option + Space. This opens a pill-shaped prompt bar …
Adobe has unveiled the Firefly AI Assistant, a new tool that lets users control multiple Adobe Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, and Lightroom through a single conversational interface. Users describe what they want in plain language, and the assistant executes multi-step workflows across the relevant apps. The assistant is the commercial release of …
Anthropic is gaining ground on OpenAI in the competition for paying business customers. New data and revenue figures suggest the gap between the two leading AI companies is narrowing quickly. According to payments company Ramp, which tracks roughly $100 billion in annual card and invoice spending from 50,000 customers, nearly one in three US businesses …
AI-generated avatars are flooding social media feeds, promoting products and building loyal audiences, often without disclosing that they are not real people. Charlie Warzel reports for The Atlantic, drawing on an interview with New York Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu, who has investigated the rise of synthetic influencers selling supplements and other consumer products. One …
YouTube has introduced a new feature that allows users to create a photorealistic AI avatar of themselves for use in Shorts. Abner Li reports for 9to5Google that the tool captures both a user’s appearance and voice to generate personalised video clips. To set up the avatar, users record a live selfie and read a few …
Anthropic’s newest and most capable AI model, Claude Mythos, can autonomously find and exploit security vulnerabilities in virtually all major software systems. As I wrote previously, Mythos is currently only available to a select group of technology companies through Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s initiative to patch critical software before the capabilities become more widely known. Zvi …
AI use in the American workplace is rising steadily. Half of employed U.S. adults now say they use AI in their job at least a few times a year, up from 46% the previous quarter, according to Gallup. Daily AI use has reached 13%, and 28% of workers report using it at least a few …