Google Gemini 2.5: enhanced reasoning and new capabilities

Google has announced significant updates to its Gemini AI model series, introducing new capabilities and performance improvements. The company revealed Gemini 2.5 Pro with „Deep Think,“ an experimental enhanced reasoning mode, and an improved 2.5 Flash version that offers better performance while using fewer computational resources. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Think According to Google, …

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Google expands AI Mode in Search to all US users

Google has announced that its AI Mode in Search is now rolling out to all users in the United States, marking a significant expansion beyond the initial Labs testing phase. The company revealed this update during its I/O 2025 developer conference, alongside several new AI features coming to the search experience. AI Mode represents Google’s …

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You.com claims its AI research tool outperforms ChatGPT’s

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 …

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TikTok launches AI Alive feature to transform photos into videos

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 …

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Sakana AI introduces Continuous Thought Machines, a novel neural network that mimics brain processes

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 …

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Notion integrates GPT-4.1 and Claude 3.7 in new AI toolkit

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 …

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OpenAI brings GPT-4.1 models to ChatGPT

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 …

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ChatGPT Deep Research connects to Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint

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 …

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Prime Intellect releases model trained with decentralized reinforcement learning

Prime Intellect has introduced INTELLECT-2, a 32B parameter AI model that represents the first of its kind trained using globally distributed reinforcement learning. The model employs a decentralized approach, utilizing compute resources from contributors around the world rather than centralized GPU clusters. In a technical report, Prime Intellect details their custom-built infrastructure components, including PRIME-RL, …

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Google’s Veo 2 AI video generator debuts on Honor 400 smartphones

Honor has integrated Google’s new Veo 2 AI image-to-video generator into its upcoming Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones, launching May 22nd. As reported by Dominic Preston, the feature converts static images into five-second videos within the phones’ Gallery app. The tool processes requests in one to two minutes and works with both portrait and …

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