You.com has announced that its Advanced Research & Insights (ARI) tool outperforms ChatGPT’s Deep Research in head-to-head testing, winning 76% of comparisons according to tests judged by OpenAI’s own o3-mini model. The company has launched ARI Enterprise, targeting business users with enhanced features and integration capabilities. According to You.com, ARI achieved 80% accuracy on the …
TikTok has introduced AI Alive, a new feature that allows users to turn static photos into dynamic videos within TikTok Stories. The tool enables creators to animate photos with movement, atmospheric effects, and ambient sounds. Users can access the feature through the Story Camera by selecting a photo from their Story Album. TikTok emphasizes that …
A new report from Poe provides insights into AI model usage trends from January to May 2025, showing significant shifts in user preferences across text, reasoning, image, video, and audio generation models. The report draws on aggregated usage data from Poe’s platform, which offers users provider-agnostic access to various AI models. Assistants: According to the …
Sakana AI, co-founded by former Google AI scientists, has unveiled a new neural network architecture called Continuous Thought Machines (CTM). Unlike traditional transformer-based models that process information in parallel, CTMs incorporate a time-based dimension that mimics how biological brains operate, allowing for more flexible and adaptive reasoning. The key innovation in CTMs is their treatment …
A group of Lloyd’s of London insurers has launched a specialized insurance product to cover companies against losses caused by malfunctioning AI tools. As reported by Lee Harris and Melissa Heikkilä in the Financial Times, the policies developed by Y Combinator-backed startup Armilla will pay for damages and legal fees if companies face lawsuits due …
Notion has launched an all-in-one AI toolkit featuring OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 models directly in its workspace. According to Emilia David of VentureBeat, the productivity platform now offers AI meeting notes, enterprise search, and research capabilities without requiring users to switch between different applications. The new features allow users to chat with either …
OpenAI has released its GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini AI models in ChatGPT, according to an announcement posted on X. As Maxwell Zeff reports for TechCrunch, the GPT-4.1 models are particularly beneficial for software engineers using ChatGPT for coding or debugging. OpenAI spokesperson Shaokyi Amdo told TechCrunch that GPT-4.1 outperforms GPT-4o in coding and instruction following …
Perplexity AI is integrating PayPal to enable direct purchases within its chat interface. According to MacKenzie Sigalos from CNBC, U.S. customers will soon be able to book travel, buy products, and secure concert tickets without leaving the platform. PayPal will handle payment processing, shipping, tracking, and invoicing through one-click purchases with passkey checkout. This move …
OpenAI has launched integration between ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature and Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint, allowing users to analyze their stored files directly through the AI system. According to Kevin Okemwa from Windows Central, this functionality is currently in beta and requires an active ChatGPT Plus, Pro, or Team subscription. The integration enables ChatGPT to access …
A new benchmark called Phare has revealed that leading large language models (LLMs) frequently generate false information with high confidence, particularly when handling misinformation. The research, conducted by Giskard with partners including Google DeepMind, evaluated top models from eight AI labs across multiple languages. The Phare benchmark focuses on four critical domains: hallucination, bias and …