Grammarly pulls AI “expert review” feature after backlash

Grammarly, a subscription-based writing assistant owned by the company Superhuman, has disabled an AI feature called “expert review” after widespread criticism from writers, academics, and journalists whose names and likenesses were used without their consent. The feature, which launched in August, presented users with AI-generated writing suggestions attributed to real people, including living authors like …

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Perplexity launches enterprise AI agent and local computer tool

Perplexity has introduced two new AI agent products at its Ask 2026 developer conference in San Francisco. The announcements signal the company’s move beyond consumer search into enterprise software. The first product, Perplexity Computer, is a cloud-based AI agent that the company now also launched for enterprise customers. It coordinates approximately 20 AI models from …

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Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform designed for artificial intelligence agents, and will bring its founders into the company’s AI research division. The deal brings Moltbook co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs, the unit led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. The pair is expected to start on …

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Google adds Gemini AI features to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive

Google has announced a new set of AI-powered features for four of its core productivity apps: Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The additions expand what Gemini, Google’s AI system, can do inside these tools by connecting it to information stored in a user’s Gmail, Google Chat, and Drive files. The new features are available in …

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With a little help from Claude: Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork takes over your to-do list

Microsoft has announced Copilot Cowork, a cloud-based AI agent that can complete complex tasks across Microsoft 365 applications on behalf of users. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the tool is built using technology from Anthropic, the AI company behind the competing Claude Cowork product. Copilot Cowork forms the centerpiece of Microsoft’s “Wave 3” update …

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Anthropic launches Claude Marketplace for enterprise AI tools

Anthropic has launched Claude Marketplace, a new platform that gives enterprise customers access to third-party tools built on its Claude AI models. Emilia David reports for VentureBeat that the marketplace currently features products from companies including GitLab, Harvey, Lovable, Replit, Rogo and Snowflake. The platform is designed to simplify procurement. Enterprises with an existing Anthropic …

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Google’s new tool lets AI agents take care of your emails and edit your documents

Google has released an open-source command-line interface (CLI) that gives AI agents direct access to its Workspace suite, including Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Drive and Calendar. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the tool, called googleworkspace/cli, is designed for both human developers and automated AI agents. The CLI allows developers to interact with all major …

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Think less, do more: Microsoft’s new tiny AI knows when to skip the hard thinking

Microsoft has released Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B, a compact AI model that processes both images and text and can solve complex math and science problems. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the 15-billion-parameter model matches or exceeds the performance of much larger systems while using significantly less computing power and training data. The model is available now on …

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GPT‑5.4 aims to handle real professional work as OpenAI expands agent-style AI

OpenAI has released GPT‑5.4, a new AI model designed for professional tasks such as coding, document creation, spreadsheet analysis, and multi‑step workflows. The company positions the model as its most capable system for knowledge work and software development so far. The model is available across ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, and the company’s coding tool Codex. …

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Alibaba releases new Qwen3.5 models that run on laptops and phones

Alibaba’s Qwen research team has released two new series of open source AI models that run on consumer hardware, from desktop PCs to smartphones. The releases cover a range of sizes, from 0.8 billion to 122 billion parameters, and are available for free download under the Apache 2.0 license on Hugging Face and ModelScope. The …

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