Anthropic pilots Claude extension for Chrome

AI company Anthropic has started a limited test for a new Chrome browser extension for its AI assistant, Claude. In an official post, the company announced that the extension allows Claude to see a user’s screen, click on website elements, and fill out forms on their behalf. Anthropic stated that while this capability makes the …

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“Nano Banana”: Google wows with new AI image model

Google has released an updated AI model, Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, designed to provide users with more control over image generation and editing. The model, which was anonymously tested on the crowdsourced evaluation platform LMArena under the codename “Nano Banana,” is now integrated into the consumer-facing Gemini app and available to developers through the Gemini …

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Alibaba’s new AI model edits images with text commands

Alibaba’s Qwen Team has released a new open-source AI model named Qwen-Image Edit that allows users to modify images using simple text instructions. The tool is capable of performing a wide range of complex editing tasks that challenge established software like Adobe Photoshop. According to an article by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat, users can upload …

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DeepSeek challenges top AI models with new open-source release

The Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek recently released its new model, DeepSeek V3.1, which is freely available as open source. According to an article by Michael Nuñez in VentureBeat, early tests show its performance rivals that of leading proprietary systems from American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The model quickly gained popularity among developers after …

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Most corporate generative AI projects are failing, an MIT report finds

A new report from MIT’s NANDA initiative reveals that 95% of corporate generative AI pilot programs are failing to deliver significant revenue growth. Sheryl Estrada of Fortune reports on the study, “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025”. The research identifies a “learning gap” and flawed integration into company workflows as the primary …

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Opinion: AI agents could fundamentally change how people use the internet

New artificial intelligence agents that can autonomously perform tasks online may significantly reduce the need for direct human interaction with websites. In a recent newsletter, web expert Jens Jacobsen describes how this technology could make many websites become invisible background infrastructure. He argues their primary role would shift from serving human users to providing data …

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An experiment shows how AI-generated answers can be influenced

A British marketing agency has successfully influenced the answers of large language models like ChatGPT in a controlled experiment. The agency, Reboot, managed to get AI models to name its CEO as the “sexiest bald man of 2025”. The experiment and its results were described in an article by the company’s search director, Oliver Sissons. …

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Google makes Imagen 4 text-to-image models generally available

Google has released its Imagen 4 family of text-to-image models, making them generally available in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. According to a post on the Google Developers blog, the release includes the new Imagen 4 Fast model, which is optimized for speed and high-volume tasks. This model is priced at $0.02 per …

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ChatGPT can now access your Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts

OpenAI is integrating Google services into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to access and use information from a user’s Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts. According to a report by Mayank Parmar in Bleeping Computer, this feature enables ChatGPT to reference personal data directly within a conversation. The integration uses a feature called Connectors, designed to link …

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Anthropic expands Claude Sonnet 4’s context window to one million tokens

Anthropic has announced that its AI model Claude Sonnet 4 can now process up to one million tokens in a single request, a fivefold increase from its previous limit. This expanded “context window” allows the model to analyze an amount of information equivalent to an entire book series like The Lord of the Rings or …

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