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Cursor, the coding tool used across much of the Fortune 500, is quietly building a general-purpose AI agent for people who never touch code. Eloise Jones reports for TechTimes that the project, internally codenamed Sand, began rolling out to Cursor employees in late June, running on infrastructure leased from SpaceXAI. Sand is designed to answer …
Canva has launched Canva Code 2.0, a major update to its AI coding tool that lets anyone build interactive websites and apps from plain-language prompts, then edit the result like a normal Canva design. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the feature is now open to all 265 million monthly users, including those on Canva’s …
A new open-source framework called Agent-as-a-Router promises to make AI model selection smarter and cheaper. Ben Dickson reports for VentureBeat that the concrete implementation, called ACRouter, beats both static routing systems and the common strategy of defaulting to premium models like Claude Opus. Companies use model routing to send simple tasks to cheap, fast models …
OpenAI has rolled out a redesigned ChatGPT app for Mac, and the change is drawing sharp criticism. M.G. Siegler writes for Spyglass that the new “Super App” merges ChatGPT with Codex, OpenAI’s coding tool, and defaults to the new “ChatGPT Work” mode instead of the familiar chat interface. According to Siegler, the app now opens …
Slack has launched a major integration that lets its built-in AI assistant, Slackbot, tap directly into Salesforce’s CRM data, Tableau analytics, Data 360 customer profiles and dozens of third-party apps, all from a single chat message. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the feature relies on dedicated Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers connecting Slackbot to …
Meta is previewing a web-based detection tool that identifies images and videos created with its newest AI model, Muse Image. Karissa Bell reports for Engadget that the tool checks for invisible watermarks called Content Seal, which Meta says remain intact even after cropping, compressing, resizing or screenshotting an image. Content Seal marks a shift from …
Anthropic is rolling out a beta feature that lets Claude users track and review their own usage of the AI assistant. Anthropic announces in an official blog post that the tool responds to a question many users raised in interviews: how exactly should AI fit into daily life and work? The new reflection dashboard sits …
Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B round led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells Julie Bort of TechCrunch. The funding follows a $15 million Series A led by Benchmark’s Peter Fenton, bringing the company’s total funding to $88 million. Ollama, launched in 2023, lets developers run open-weight AI models on …
Character.AI is moving into microdramas, and it wants to make the format interactive. Ivan Mehta reports for TechCrunch that the company, known for letting people chat with customized AI avatars, now produces its own short form dramas using AI tools. The twist: users over 18 can chat directly with the shows’ characters, ask them questions, …
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work, a new agent built into ChatGPT that takes on entire projects instead of just answering prompts, the company announces in an official blog post. Ina Fried and Madison Mills report for Axios that the tool is powered by OpenAI’s newly released GPT-5.6 model family. From answering to doing ChatGPT Work gathers …