I’ll keep you up-to-date with the latest tools and updates. There’s a lot to cover …
Microsoft opens its annual Build conference in San Francisco this week, aiming to rebuild trust with developers at a moment of significant change. Tom Warren reports for The Verge that sources point to a packed agenda, including new AI models, a revamped Windows developer experience, and a so-called Copilot “super app.” Windows gets a developer-focused …
Nvidia has announced the DGX Station for Windows, a deskside workstation it describes as the world’s first deskside AI supercomputer. Mike Wheatley reports for SiliconANGLE that the system was unveiled at GTC Taipei alongside the Computex conference and is planned for release in the fourth quarter of 2026. The machine is built around Nvidia’s GB300 …
AI company ElevenLabs has released Dubbing v2, a new dubbing model that transfers a speaker’s emotional delivery and tone into more than 90 languages. Imogen Mulliner and Jakub Lichman write for ElevenLabs that the system conditions directly on the original audio performance rather than relying on a transcript alone. Traditional AI dubbing tools work primarily …
Canadian AI company Cohere has unveiled Command A+, a large language model designed for complex reasoning, document processing, and autonomous workflows. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the model is available for free on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license, making it the first Cohere model that anyone can use, modify, and commercialize without …
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, a new version of its most advanced publicly available AI model. The update arrives just 41 days after its predecessor, Opus 4.7, and brings measurable improvements in coding performance, agentic tasks, and — notably — honesty. The model is available immediately at the same price as before. Standard pricing …
ElevenLabs has launched Music v2, a new version of its AI music-generation model that can switch between genres within a single track. Ivan Mehta reports for TechCrunch that the model is built to handle complex vocals and compositions, arriving nearly ten months after the company released its first music-generation model. According to ElevenLabs, the model …
A new startup called Trajectory is building a platform that helps AI products improve continuously by learning from real user interactions. Maxwell Zeff reports for WIRED that the company was founded by researchers who previously worked at Google DeepMind, Apple, and OpenAI, and has raised a $15 million seed round at a $115 million valuation. …
Spotify has struck a deal with Universal Music Group that allows subscribers to create AI-generated covers and remixes of songs from participating artists. Anna Nicolaou reports for the Financial Times. The agreement makes Spotify the first major streaming platform to launch a commercial AI music product with backing from a major record label. Spotify co-chief …
Researchers have developed a lightweight memory module for AI agents that retains information across long interactions without expanding the context window or relying on external retrieval systems. Called delta-mem, the system adds just 0.12% of additional parameters to a base language model while outperforming much larger alternatives on memory-intensive tasks, Ben Dickson reports for VentureBeat. …
Runway, the AI video startup behind tools used in Hollywood productions, is betting that the future of artificial intelligence lies not in language but in video and so-called world models. Rebecca Bellan reports for TechCrunch that the company, now valued at $5.3 billion, is pushing into territory that puts it in direct competition with Google …