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Perplexity's AI browser "Comet" is now freely available

Perplexity is now making its AI browser "Comet" available for free. Comet includes a built-in AI assistant that helps with research, scheduling, and online shopping every time you open a new tab. Paid ...
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Microsoft 365 Premium promises more office AI features than ChatGPT Plus for one cent less

Microsoft has introduced Microsoft 365 Premium, a $19.99-per-month subscription that combines Office apps and advanced AI features, putting it in direct competition with ChatGPT Plus at the same price ...
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OpenAI’s head of ChatGPT says AI will not displace doctors but will displace not going to the doctor

OpenAI doesn't see AI as a replacement for doctors - but as a way to replace not going to the doctor at all. "I really don’t think you end up displacing doctors," said Nick Turley, who heads up ...
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ElevenLabs releases version 2 of its AI sound effects model with longer clips and better audio quality

ElevenLabs has updated its AI sound effects model to version 2, adding support for clips up to 30 seconds, seamless looping, and a 48 kHz sampling rate. Sound effects are generated using text prompts, ...
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GPT-5 dominated 210 Werewolf games with superior manipulation and strategic thinking

French startup Foaster.ai built a new benchmark to test how well AI models handle social interactions. After 210 games of "Werewolf," GPT-5 came out on top by mastering manipulation and strategic ...
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Anthropic claims context engineering beats prompt engineering when managing AI agents

Anthropic is looking to move beyond prompt engineering with a new approach it calls "context engineering." The idea is to help AI agents use their limited attention more efficiently and maintain ...
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Suno releases new AI music model v5

Suno has launched its latest music model, v5, for Pro and Premier subscribers. The company says v5 delivers more realistic vocals, improved sound quality, and greater creative control. Suno claims the ...
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IBM's Granite 4.0 family of hybrid models uses much less memory during inference

IBM has released the fourth generation of its Granite language models. Granite 4.0 uses a hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture aimed at lowering memory requirements during inference without cutting ...
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Google ships Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model with new features

Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model is now available for production use. The model can generate, edit, and combine images. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image supports ten aspect ratios, from cinematic 21:9 and ...
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Google adds command line and API access to its coding agent Jules

Google is adding a terminal interface and API access to its AI coding agent, Jules, to make it easier for developers to fit the tool into their existing workflows. With the new command-line interface, ...
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Stable Diffusion v2 removes NSFW images and causes protests

With Stable Diffusion Version 2.0, Stability AI strives to be more legally compliant and future-proof. Two important changes have been made. First, Stability AI has removed NSFW images from training ...
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Microsoft reportedly plans AI content marketplace for select publishers

Microsoft is developing a pilot project called the "Publisher Content Marketplace" (PCM), Axios reports. The platform would let publishers sell their content to AI products like Microsoft Copilot.