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OpenAI has rolled back its recent GPT-4o update after users reported the model becoming overly flattering and agreeable—a behavior often described as sycophantic. In a detailed explanation, the company acknowledged that they had focused too heavily on short-term user feedback during the update process, which resulted in responses that were “overly supportive but disingenuous.” The …
Meta has released a new standalone Meta AI app, built on its Llama 4 model. The app offers users personalized AI interactions through voice and text conversations, image generation capabilities, and web search functionality. Available on iOS and Android in select countries, the app represents Meta’s vision for making AI more personal and integrated into …
Google has made its NotebookLM Audio Overviews feature available in more than 50 languages, expanding accessibility globally. Michael Chen and Arielle Fox from Google Labs announced the update in an official post. The feature transforms source materials into podcast-like conversations and now supports languages ranging from Afrikaans to Hindi to Turkish. Users can select their …
Alibaba has released Qwen3, a new family of large language models that compete with leading AI systems from OpenAI and Google. The lineup includes two mixture-of-experts (MoE) models and six dense models, with parameters ranging from 0.6 billion to 235 billion. According to benchmarks shared by Alibaba, the flagship Qwen3-235B-A22B model outperforms DeepSeek R1 and …
Writer has released Palmyra X5, a new large language model featuring a 1-million-token context window that aims to accelerate AI agent adoption in enterprises. As reported by Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat, the model offers performance comparable to GPT-4.1 at 75% lower cost. Palmyra X5 is priced at $0.60 per million input tokens and $6 per …
OpenAI has launched a new shopping feature within ChatGPT that allows users to search for products and make purchases. According to Reece Rogers from WIRED, the feature will be available to all users, whether logged in or not. When users select a product, they will be redirected to the merchant’s website to complete their purchase. …
French AI startup Pleias has released two open-source small reasoning models specifically designed for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with native citation support. As reported by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat, the new models—Pleias-RAG-350M and Pleias-RAG-1B—are available under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing commercial use. Despite their small size, the models outperform many larger alternatives on multi-hop reasoning …
Adobe has launched a major update to its Firefly AI platform, including new image generation models and a redesigned web app that now features AI models from competitors. The company introduced Firefly Image Model 4, which Adobe claims offers improved quality, speed, and greater control over image outputs with resolutions up to 2K. A more …
Perplexity has released an update to its iOS app that adds voice assistant capabilities. According to Umar Shakir of The Verge, the new feature allows iPhone users to perform tasks such as setting reminders, sending messages, and making restaurant reservations through verbal commands. The assistant can continue operating when users navigate away from the app, …
Character.AI has announced AvatarFX, a new video generation model that can animate both AI characters and uploaded images. According to the company, the technology can generate photorealistic videos with audio that maintain consistency in face, hand, and body movements, even for long-form content. The system builds on diffusion model architecture with a parameter-efficient training pipeline …