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Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages

techcrunch.com • 3h ago

Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portugues...

Everything Apple launched on Oct. 15: M5 chipset, MacBook Pro, iPad, Vision Pro, more

www.zdnet.com • 15h ago

Apple this week unveiled three new Pro devices with an all-new chipset that focuses on AI compute performance. Here's what to know....

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Apple's new M5 chipset offers up to 4x the peak GPU compute performance and 45% higher ray tracing compared to M4, powering enhanced AI-driven workflows in new devices.

Key Takeaways:

The M5 chipset provides up to 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to M4.
New devices powered by M5, including the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro, offer improved AI performance and workflows.
The M5's Neural Engine provides a nearly 30% increase in unified memory bandwidth to 153GB/s.

IBM Announces New AI Agents on Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace

newsroom.ibm.com • 21h ago

- Three new AI agents, built with Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, automate enterprise tasks...

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IBM announces new AI agents now available on the Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace, designed to help customers achieve operational efficiency.

Key Takeaways:

IBM's new AI agents are built with Oracle AI Agent Studio and can automate processes, common workflows, and address complex workflows.
IBM plans to release more agents for supply chain and HR using its Watsonx Orchestrate platform, which works with Oracle and non-Oracle applications.
The partnership is aimed at helping clients drive innovation, agility, and productivity at scale with the collective enterprise AI and business transformation expertise of IBM and Oracle.

Mozilla’s Firefox adds Perplexity’s AI answer engine as a new search option

techcrunch.com • Oct 14, 2025

The integration offers conversational, cited answers instead of traditional links and follows positive feedback from earlier tests in select markets. ...

TL;DR

Mozilla brings AI-powered search option Perplexity to its Firefox browser, allowing users to swap out their default search engine.

Key Takeaways:

Perplexity offers a conversational search experience with answers and citations.
The AI search option is now available globally on desktop Firefox and will arrive on mobile devices in the months ahead.
Mozilla plans to add more AI answer engines or search options to its browser in the future, as determined by user feedback.

You’ll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT

techcrunch.com • Oct 14, 2025

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart ac...

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Walmart announces partnership with OpenAI to integrate AI shopping experience through ChatGPT, offering consumers a more personalized and proactive way to shop online.

Key Takeaways:

Walmart and Sam's Club members will be able to shop and checkout instantly through the ChatGPT AI chatbot, covering products from Walmart and third-party sellers.
The integration is expected to improve e-commerce shopping experiences with multimedia, personalized, and contextual interactions.
Walmart has existing relationships with OpenAI, leveraging their technologies for internal AI adoption and other business areas.

Your Slack chatbot is about to get a huge AI upgrade - what's new

www.zdnet.com • Oct 13, 2025

Slackbot is turning into a fully personalized AI companion....

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Slack is upgrading its bot 'Slackbot' to a fully personalized AI companion, capable of handling complex tasks and queries, and expected to be rolled out to all users by the end of this year.

Key Takeaways:

The new AI-powered Slackbot will be able to handle complex tasks such as compiling information across multiple channels and creating personalized plans.
It will learn from user interaction and be able to gather data from all channels, files, and workspaces.
70,000 employees at Salesforce are already testing the feature, with plans to roll out to everyone by the end of this year.

I tested all of ChatGPT's new app integrations - here are the ones actually worth your time

www.zdnet.com • Oct 10, 2025

The future of ChatGPT with Spotify, Canva, and more shows promise, but there are still kinks to work out....

TL;DR

ChatGPT Apps offers a mix of successful and unsuccessful integrations with popular apps, with potential for meaningful experiences with proper developer focus on generative AI capabilities.

Key Takeaways:

Some integrations, like Expedia and Zillow, show potential with enhanced search and filtering capabilities.
Spotify integration fell short of expectations, highlighting the challenges of leveraging AI for content creation.
Success of ChatGPT Apps depends on developers' ability to integrate tools effectively and utilize generative AI capabilities.

Kayak launches an ‘AI Mode’ for travel questions, search, and bookings

techcrunch.com • 12h ago

Kayak is bringing AI directly to its main platform with a new “AI Mode” that lets travelers research, plan, and book trips through a built-in chatbot....

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Kayak has launched an AI Mode feature on its website, allowing users to research trips and book travel using an integrated AI chatbot.

Key Takeaways:

Kayak's AI Mode feature uses ChatGPT to deliver contextual results and allows users to ask travel-related questions and compare flights, hotels, and cars.
The feature is currently available on desktop and mobile web, with plans to expand to other countries and languages, as well as additional platforms and voice-based requests.
The rollout aims to provide more direct access to consumer insights about the AI's use, as compared to testing on a separate site like Kayak.ai.

How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot

www.wired.com • 15h ago

An AI chatbot developed by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is now more popular than DeepSeek. The feat proves that user-friendly design often matt...

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ByteDance's Doubao AI chatbot has surpassed DeepSeek in popularity in China, with over 157 million monthly active users.

Key Takeaways:

Doubao has become the most popular AI app in China, with over 157 million monthly active users.
DeepSeek, a competing AI startup, has slipped to second place with 143 million monthly active users after Doubao regained the top spot.
ByteDance's Doubao integrates richer functions, clear visual cues, and scenario-based guidance, making it more approachable for mass-market users.

Agora, Exotel Launch AI Voice Bots for Real-Time Engagement

ai-techpark.com • 19h ago

Agora integrates its Conversational AI Engine with Exotel’s AgentStream across PSTN and IP Channels to enable plug-and-play AI voice bots. Agora, Inc....

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Agora and Exotel integrate their technologies to enable plug-and-play AI voice bots for real-time engagement.

Key Takeaways:

Targeting 50-100 million AI-led voice interactions annually across India and the Middle East.
Enable enterprises to automate 30-40% of routine voice queries and reduce operational costs by up to 30%.
Combining Agora's Conversational AI Engine with Exotel's AgentStream to provide a reliable and secure voice AI infrastructure.

Try Google's Nano Banana image generator in Search and NotebookLM - here's how

www.zdnet.com • Oct 14, 2025

Google's AI image editor is coming to a new lineup of applications....

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Google's Nano Banana AI image generator is now available in Google Search and NotebookLM, with plans to release it in Google Photos soon.

Key Takeaways:

Nano Banana can transform images using natural language user prompts, changing subtle details or bigger aspects of photos.
The tool has been integrated into the Gemini app, generating over 5 billion images since its release in August.
Nano Banana will offer new styles for illustrations and Briefs in Google NotebookLM, including watercolor and anime.

Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop - Ars Technica

arstechnica.com • Oct 14, 2025

Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop Ars TechnicaNVIDIA DGX Spark Arrives for World’s AI Developers NVIDIA NewsroomNvidia’s...

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Nvidia has launched the DGX Spark, a desktop AI computer with 1 petaflop computing performance and 128GB of unified memory, targeting AI developers who need larger-than-typical AI models for local tasks.

Key Takeaways:

The DGX Spark can handle up to 200 billion parameters for local AI tasks, including running larger open-weights language models and media synthesis models.
The system includes 128GB of shared memory between system and GPU tasks, allowing for larger AI model sizes.
The pricing of the DGX Spark starts at $4,000, making it potentially more cost-effective than high-end GPUs and AI server GPUs.

Google’s Gemini can now help you schedule Google Calendar meetings

techcrunch.com • Oct 14, 2025

Designed for one-on-one meetings, the tool lets you insert available time slots directly into an email, automatically creating a calendar invite once ...

TL;DR

Google launches a new tool using AI to make it easier for Gmail users with Google Calendar to schedule their meetings.

Key Takeaways:

The new feature uses Gemini's AI to suggest ideal meeting times based on calendar availability and email context.
It's designed for one-on-one meetings, not those with multiple contacts or group meetings.
This tool uses the email's context when making meeting suggestions, such as a requested 30-minute time slot.

Spend too much time scheduling meetings? This Gemini feature could save you the hassle

www.zdnet.com • Oct 14, 2025

Google says this new Gemini feature will put an end to tedious emailing. Here's how it works....

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Google introduces a 'Help me schedule' feature in Gemini that utilizes AI to suggest meeting times with individuals and automatically add them to calendars.

Key Takeaways:

The feature eliminates the need to send multiple emails to coordinate meeting times, especially with people who don't make their calendars visible to others.
It only works with individual contacts and requires both participants to be using Gmail and Google Calendar for scheduling meetings.
This is part of Google's continued investment in creating AI-powered productivity tools for the workplace, aiming to reduce tedious tasks.

Google updates Search and Discover with collapsible ads, AI features, and more

techcrunch.com • Oct 14, 2025

Google is rolling out updates to Search and Discover that introduce AI-powered features, improved navigation, and a new option to collapse ads. While ...

Google’s Photoshop-killer AI model is coming to search, Photos, and NotebookLM - Ars Technica

arstechnica.com • Oct 13, 2025

Google’s Photoshop-killer AI model is coming to search, Photos, and NotebookLM Ars Technica...

TL;DR

Google's Photoshop-killer AI model, Nano Banana, is expanding to search, Google Photos, and NotebookLM for conversational image editing.

Key Takeaways:

Nano Banana AI model is a 'major upgrade' over Google's previous image-editing model, providing more efficient conversational editing.
The updated AI image editor will be available in search, Google Photos, and NotebookLM, bringing the feature to a wider user base.
Nano Banana offers a range of video styles powered by AI, including whiteboard, anime, retro print, and more, available in NotebookLM.

Ready or not, enterprises are betting on AI

techcrunch.com • Oct 11, 2025

This has been a big week for AI companies signing enterprise deals, with Zendesk unveiling new AI agents that are supposed to be able to resolve 80% o...

TL;DR

Several leading AI companies announce enterprise deals and partnerships, but the use of AI in report generation raises concerns about accuracy and responsibility.

Key Takeaways:

AI companies are prioritizing enterprise deals over consumer-facing applications, which offer a more immediate path to significant revenue.
The Australian government has set a precedent by pushing back against the use of AI-generated reports, emphasizing the need for accountability and accuracy.
Zendesk introduces AI-powered customer service tools that could potentially remove humans from the process, but the adoption rate among businesses remains uncertain.

Amazon takes shots at ChatGPT with Quick Suite - your new AI 'teammate' at work

www.zdnet.com • Oct 10, 2025

Amazon Quick Suite aims to be 'everything you want to do with ChatGPT at work, but can't.'...

TL;DR

Amazon launches Quick Suite, an agentic AI experience that reimagines work done by pulling data from various sources and completing tasks using natural language prompts.

Key Takeaways:

Quick Suite uses conversational language to find and perform tasks on behalf of users, pulling data from enterprise systems, databases, and external sources.
The tool offers a hub-like experience, allowing users to create custom agents, ask questions, and generate detailed research reports.
Quick Suite connects with over 1,000 apps through its MCP connector and offers automated workflows and process automation capabilities through Quick Flows and Quick Automate features, respectively.

What is Alexa+? Everything you need to know about Amazon's new AI assistant

www.zdnet.com • Oct 10, 2025

Amazon's Alexa+ service is smarter, more natural-sounding, and more capable than the virtual assistant you've come to know over the years....

TL;DR

Amazon launches Alexa+, a generative AI-powered virtual assistant with improved natural cadence, contextual awareness, and customization power.

Key Takeaways:

Alexa+ offers a subscription-based model for $20 per month (included with Prime subscription), with compatibility on select Echo devices.
Features include contextual awareness, natural cadence, and customization power, surpassing competitors like Gemini and Copilot.
Compatible Echo devices will receive the Alexa+ update and offer access to the new AI-powered assistant.

Google pitches Workspace tools for ‘when, not if’ Microsoft 365 fails

www.theverge.com • 16h ago

Google is trying to capitalize on what it calls “frequent and severe” Microsoft 365 outages by offering up services like email, storage, and videoconf...

TL;DR

Google is offering Workspace tools as a backup solution for businesses in the event of Microsoft 365 outages.

Key Takeaways:

Google's Business Continuity plan will sync emails, calendars, chat, and more with Microsoft 365 in the event of an outage.
Google is offering a Work Transformation Set as a replacement for Microsoft 365 customers.
Microsoft and Google have a long history of trading blows publicly over their cloud businesses.

Uber is turning its app into an AI training ground

www.theverge.com • 17h ago

In its quest to become the ultimate app for “flexible work,” Uber launched today a new pilot to allow its US drivers and couriers to earn extra money ...

TL;DR

Uber allows US drivers and couriers to earn extra money by performing microtasks to train AI models.

Key Takeaways:

Uber is challenging established players like Scale AI and Amazon's Mechanical Turks with its AI training pilot.
Drivers will be able to earn extra money by performing tasks such as audio voice recording, image upload, and document submission.
Uber's app is being redesigned to make it easier and safer for drivers and riders, with features such as a new heatmap for high-demand areas and a Delayed Ride Guarantee.

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

www.theverge.com • 18h ago

As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10 and gets ready to mark the 40-year milestone of its operating system, it’s looking forward to what’s next for...

Google's Veo 3.1 can turn separate images into a single video

www.zdnet.com • Yesterday

Surrealist visuals, scene extensions, fill-in-the-blank features - here's what the new Veo can do....

TL;DR

Google's Veo 3.1 AI model can blend separate images into a single natural-looking video, with enhanced realism and richer audio.

Key Takeaways:

Veo 3.1 can create videos with synchronized audio from a selection of images.
The model offers richer audio and enhanced realism, capturing true-to-life textures and understanding storytelling, cinematic styles, and character interactions.
Veo 3.1 can also fill in intermediary frames from just the first and last images in a sequence.

Your Roku devices are getting a big, free upgrade - including AI Voice

www.zdnet.com • Yesterday

Enhancements are coming to Roku City screensaver, Roku Voice, Live TV Channels, the mobile app, and headphone mode. There's also a new smart projector...

TL;DR

Roku is upgrading its devices with AI-powered Roku Voice, new interactive features, and a new smart projector.

Key Takeaways:

Roku Voice will answer complex questions about movies and shows.
The new Roku smart projector is priced at $198 and features 1080p HD resolution.
Roku is also introducing new navigation and customization features across its devices and mobile app.

Roku’s AI-upgraded voice assistant can answer questions about what you’re watching

www.theverge.com • Yesterday

Roku is updating its voice assistant with AI features that can answer questions about movies, shows, and actors, as well as help you find something to...

TL;DR

Roku is upgrading its voice assistant with AI features that can answer questions about movies, shows, and actors, and help users find something to watch next.

Key Takeaways:

Roku's upgraded voice assistant can respond to complex questions and provide text-based answers.
The AI-powered voice assistant will also offer links to relevant shows or movies based on user queries.
The upgrade is similar to Amazon's Alexa Plus integration, which provides additional features like scene search and actor background information.

Aquawise will show off its AI-driven water quality tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com • Oct 14, 2025

Aquawise uses satellite images and a physics-based AI model to monitor and predict water quality at aquaculture farms....

TL;DR

Aquawise, a Bangkok-based startup, uses AI and existing satellites to continuously monitor water quality for aquaculture farmers in Southeast Asia, addressing an $30 billion annual loss.

Key Takeaways:

Aquawise's AI model monitors water quality continuously, replacing traditional daily or weekly monitoring methods.
The startup aims to make its platform accessible to farmers in Southeast Asia by offering a software-based solution without hardware purchases required.
Aquaculture, which Aquawise believes is key to feeding 10 billion people in the coming years, is expected to grow rapidly as the fastest-growing food sector worldwide.

I unleashed Copilot on my Microsoft and Google accounts - here's what happened

www.zdnet.com • Oct 14, 2025

With a new update rolling out to Windows Insiders, Copilot can access your Microsoft and Google accounts to work with your email, calendar, and contac...

TL;DR

Microsoft's Copilot Windows app can now link to personal services like OneDrive, Outlook, Google Drive, and Google Calendar, allowing users to access files and emails across different services.

Key Takeaways:

Copilot can now connect to external services like OneDrive, Outlook, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive, expanding its capabilities beyond Microsoft services.
The integration makes it possible for users to access and interact with content across different services, such as files, emails, and calendar appointments.
The feature is currently rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders and may take a few months to reach all Windows 11 users.

Palmer Luckey’s Anduril launches EagleEye military helmet with help from buddy Zuck

www.theverge.com • Oct 13, 2025

Anduril, the military tech company founded by Oculus creator Palmer Luckey, has announced the first hardware to come out of its recent partnership wit...

TL;DR

Palmer Luckey's Anduril launches the EagleEye military helmet, a mixed-reality system with AI-powered capabilities, in partnership with Meta.

Key Takeaways:

EagleEye features a modular hardware design with a heads-up display, spatial audio, and radio frequency detection.
The system is designed to provide mission briefings, overlays maps, and control drones and robotics, aiming to be a 'new teammate' for soldiers.
Anduril's partnership with Meta is a reunion for Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg, building on their previous collaboration through Meta's acquisition of Oculus.

LSEG and Microsoft transform access to AI-ready financial data in customer workflows

news.microsoft.com • Oct 13, 2025

The post LSEG and Microsoft transform access to AI-ready financial data in customer workflows appeared first on Source....

TL;DR

LSEG and Microsoft have transformed access to AI-ready financial data, enabling the deployment of secure and accessible AI agents with LSEG-licensed data in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Key Takeaways:

The partnership combines LSEG's trusted financial data with Microsoft's advanced AI capabilities to enhance decision-making and productivity in financial services.
LSEG's AI Ready Content and taxonomies include datasets stretching back over decades, totaling over 33 petabytes, to generate insights for confident decision-making.
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enables secure, seamless connectivity and industry-wide interoperability for AI-enabled workflows, simplifying and speeding up the delivery of secure, governed, and scalable AI tools.

ChatGPT Go is just $10 a month - here's who gets it

www.zdnet.com • Oct 10, 2025

The latest subscription tier is now available in 18 countries. This is what it includes....

TL;DR

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go, a $10 monthly subscription tier offering access to popular features in 18 countries.

Key Takeaways:

ChatGPT Go sits between Free and Plus plans, offering extended access to GPT-5, image generation tools, and file uploads.
The subscription tier is available in 18 countries, with plans to expand to more countries.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Go competes with Google's AI Plus Plan, which offers increased limits for photo editing and image generation models.

Meta is building a smart TV — in VR

www.theverge.com • 16h ago

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscriber...

TL;DR

Meta's new Horizon TV app for Quest VR headsets offers a content-forward user interface, but may inherit problems from traditional smart TV operators.

Key Takeaways:

Meta's Horizon TV app aims to attract older, less gaming-focused audiences to VR with a familiar smart TV-like interface.
The app features content from partners such as Amazon, Pluto, and Peacock, but lacks support for popular streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.
Meta plans to announce new partnerships and features, including more 3D content and live sports, to compete with traditional streaming companies.

Improve Variant Calling Accuracy with NVIDIA Parabricks

developer.nvidia.com • Oct 14, 2025

Built for data scientists and bioinformaticians, NVIDIA Parabricks is a scalable genomics software suite for secondary analysis. Providing GPU-acceler...

TL;DR

NVIDIA's Parabricks v4.6 enhances genomics software with support for Google's DeepVariant and DeepSomatic, improving accuracy and speed.

Key Takeaways:

Parabricks v4.6 offers over 8x speedup in STAR quantification compared to CPU-only solutions on two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs.
DeepVariant with pangenome-aware mode reduces errors by up to 25.5% across all settings compared to linear-referenced-based DeepVariant.
Giraffe and DeepVariant combination provides a 14x speedup in runtime compared to CPU-only Giraffe and DeepVariant with pangenome-aware mode on four NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs.

It’s not too late for Apple to get AI right

techcrunch.com • Oct 11, 2025

Apple still has a shot at leading the AI-powered app era. As OpenAI launches its ChatGPT app platform, Apple’s smarter Siri and deep ecosystem could k...

TL;DR

OpenAI has launched an app platform allowing users to run apps directly within ChatGPT, but Apple's Siri upgrade may still disrupt this ecosystem.

Key Takeaways:

ChatGPT's app platform currently works with 800 million weekly active users and a handful of apps, but lacks a seamless user experience.
Apple's AI system, reportedly nearly ready, could catch up and offer a more natural way to interact with apps using Siri voice commands.
OpenAI is struggling to develop a hardware device to integrate AI into consumers' daily lives, which may hinder its app model's long-term success.

OpenAI’s Sora Is in Serious Trouble

futurism.com • Oct 10, 2025

"It's official, Sora 2 is completely boring and useless." The post OpenAI’s Sora Is in Serious Trouble appeared first on Futurism....

TL;DR

OpenAI's new text-to-video app Sora 2 sparked copyright infringement concerns, leading to implementation of new guardrails and intense backlash from users.

Key Takeaways:

OpenAI's Sora 2 app generated copyrighted content without proper clearance, causing a storm of controversy and legal concerns.
The app now implements new restrictions on text prompts, but power users continue to find workarounds to generate copyrighted content.
The controversy has dealt a significant blow to the app's reputation, with a 2.9-star rating on the App Store and growing disillusionment among fans and rightsholders alike.

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