Claude gets web search capability, allowing access to real-time information

Anthropic has officially launched a web search feature for its AI chatbot Claude, enabling the assistant to access and process real-time information from the internet. The new capability, which addresses one of the most requested features from users, is currently available in preview for paid Claude users in the United States, with plans to expand …

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Google shares six effective strategies for using Gemini Deep Research

Google has released new advice on how to effectively use its Deep Research tool, which is now available to all users. According to a post on the official Google blog, Deep Research helps users explore complex topics through comprehensive reports. Aarush Selvan, Gemini Senior Product Manager, and Mukund Sridhar developed the tool to reduce research …

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OpenAI launches o1-pro, its most expensive AI model to date

OpenAI has released o1-pro, an upgraded version of its o1 reasoning AI model, available to select developers who have spent at least $5 on OpenAI API services. As reported by Kyle Wiggers, o1-pro costs $150 per million tokens for input and $600 per million tokens for output, making it twice as expensive as GPT-4.5 for …

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Operative Games launches AI platform for interactive storytelling

Operative Games has unveiled its AI-driven interactive storytelling platform after emerging from stealth with backing from 1AM Gaming, Samsung Next, and LongJourney.vc. As reported by Dean Takahashi, the company was founded by Jon Snoddy, former head of Walt Disney R&D, Jon Kraft, founding CEO of Pandora Media, and game industry veteran Pegi Bryant. Their proprietary …

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Stable Virtual Camera creates videos from 2D images

Stability AI has released Stable Virtual Camera, a new multi-view diffusion model that transforms 2D images into videos. According to Ana Guillen, the research preview enables users to generate immersive videos with realistic depth and perspective without complex reconstruction or scene-specific optimization. The model can create videos from a single image or up to 32 …

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Nvidia unveils Llama Nemotron models to advance AI agents and reasoning capabilities

At the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, Nvidia announced a new family of AI models called Llama Nemotron designed to enhance reasoning capabilities for autonomous AI agents. These models are based on Meta’s open-source Llama models but have been refined through post-training optimization techniques to improve their performance in complex tasks such as multistep math, …

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Adobe introduces AI agents for marketing automation

Adobe has unveiled new AI agent tools that help automate marketing and sales processes. The Adobe Experience Agent Orchestrator, announced at the Adobe Summit, can manage multiple AI agents working with customer data. According to SiliconANGLE, Adobe released ten pre-built “Experience Agents” that perform specialized tasks like evaluating sales leads, optimizing audience segments, and generating …

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Google adds Canvas and Audio Overview features to Gemini

Google has introduced two new features to its AI-powered Gemini platform, enhancing its capabilities as a collaborative tool for content creation and information processing. The additions include Canvas, an interactive workspace for document and code editing, and Audio Overview, which transforms documents into podcast-style discussions. Canvas: A collaborative workspace Canvas provides users with a dedicated …

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Baidu launches ERNIE 4.5 and X1 models at lower costs than competitors

Baidu has released two new AI models, ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, claiming they outperform competitors like DeepSeek and OpenAI on various benchmarks while offering significantly lower pricing. Carl Franzen, writing for VentureBeat, reports that ERNIE 4.5 is a multimodal language model while X1 focuses on reasoning capabilities. The models are notably cheaper than competitors, …

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Mistral AI launches small but powerful open-source multimodal model

Mistral AI has released Mistral Small 3.1, a new open-source AI model with only 24 billion parameters that reportedly outperforms larger models from competitors like OpenAI. According to Michael Nuñez’s article, the French startup claims their model matches or exceeds the capabilities of GPT-4o Mini while offering text and image processing, multilingual support, and a …

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