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Google Cloud has introduced a universal Gemini agent designed to handle enterprise tasks that can span several applications and continue for hours or days. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the system will work across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack and other business tools. Google positions the agent as a single interface for larger assignments. …
Google has introduced Google AI Edge Foresight, a local-first meeting note-taking app for macOS that can operate without an internet connection. Ivan Mehta reports for TechCrunch that the app comes from the Google team behind an earlier experimental dictation tool that used local AI models. The app records and transcribes meetings across applications, including in-person …
Microsoft and startup Ghost are introducing expensive new computers built to run AI models locally, reflecting a growing push to make AI work less dependent on cloud services. Microsoft has opened preorders for its Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact developer system priced at $5,999 and scheduled to ship in November. The device uses …
Google has launched SynthID Detector, a public website for checking whether images, videos, and audio files contain its AI watermark. Ivan Mehta reports for TechCrunch that the service is now available to everyone after an earlier testing period for journalists, media professionals, and researchers. The site accepts a broad range of commonly used files. Image …
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 in ChatGPT, adding a feature called Intelligent UI that lets answers include interactive elements such as charts, buttons, forms, maps, and calculators. OpenAI announces the release in an official blog post, describing it as a broad expansion of its latest model to ChatGPT’s weekly user base. Intelligent UI is designed …
Anthropic has introduced Claude Haiku 5.5, a new small AI model aimed at high-volume work such as summarization, classification, database queries, document extraction, and customer support. The company says it is its fastest model to date and the first model in the Haiku family to offer adjustable effort controls. The new setting lets developers choose …
Google has released Nano Banana 2.1, an image generation and editing model that replaces Nano Banana 2 and cuts prices by roughly half. Matthias Bastian reports for The Decoder that the new model is based on Gemini 3.6 Flash and is rolling out across Google’s consumer and business AI products. Google says Nano Banana 2.1 …
Mistral has opened a public preview of Mistral Large 4, its largest model so far and a major addition to the market for open-weight AI systems. The company says it will release the model weights later this month, allowing organizations to run and adapt the system on their own infrastructure. The French AI company describes …
AWS has released Strands Decider 2B, a free open-source model designed to help AI agents make quick, limited decisions before they use tools or take actions. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the model is part of Strands Labs, AWS’s experimental project for agent development. Unlike a general chatbot, Strands Decider 2B does not write …
Microsoft has launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, a speech-to-text model designed to produce live transcripts with very low delay. Microsoft AI announces the models in an official blog post, alongside the new text-to-speech systems MAI-Voice-2.1 and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash. The company says MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming supports 60 languages and can continuously identify the language being spoken. Instead of waiting until a speaker …