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23 May 2025 · 2 min read

Perplexity prepares Scheduled Tasks feature to automate your web browsing

Perplexity is quietly progressing toward a much-anticipated automation layer by developing a feature internally labeled “Scheduled Tasks.” Although not yet active in the user interface, its presence in the codebase

22 May 2025 · 1 min read

Claude Sonnet 4 now available to all Perplexity Pro users

Perplexity Pro users now have access to Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and the new Sonnet 4 Thinking mode. The update was made public by Perplexity’s team, including CEO

22 May 2025 · 2 min read

Opus 4 outperforms GPT-4.1 and Gemini 2.5 Pro in coding benchmarks

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, marking a leap in hybrid AI models tailored for coding, advanced reasoning, and multi-step agent workflows. These models debuted on

22 May 2025 · 1 min read

Devstral from Mistral AI tops open-source benchmarks for agentic tasks

On May 21, 2025, Mistral AI, in collaboration with All Hands AI, introduced Devstral, a 24-billion-parameter open-source large language model tailored for software engineering tasks. Released under the Apache 2.

21 May 2025 · 2 min read

Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 spotted in early testing round

Anthropic appears to be approaching the public launch phase for its next-generation Claude 4 model family. Internal web configurations now reference “Claude 4,” with early access given to a group

20 May 2025 · 2 min read

Comet enters early testing as Perplexity debuts its agentic browser

Perplexity has started rolling out its new Comet Browser to early testers, with initial reports and screenshots surfacing on Reddit and X. While it may resemble a conventional browser at

20 May 2025 · 4 min read

Google expected to add credit system to Flow AI video editor

Google appears to be rolling out its new video creation platform Flow to selected early testers via Google Labs, likely targeting users who already had access to the earlier VideoFX

19 May 2025 · 2 min read

Google launches coding agent Jules in beta with free daily tasks

Google has quietly moved its experimental coding agent Jules out of private preview and into a global beta, giving any developer with a Google account the chance to let an

19 May 2025 · 2 min read

Google launches NotebookLM mobile app with audio-first features on mobile

Google is officially launching the mobile app for NotebookLM during its I/O developer conference, expanding access via the App Stores for mobile users. This release marks the product’s

18 May 2025 · 2 min read

First look into upcoming AI-generated Video Overviews from Google

And some upcoming Illuminate features

18 May 2025 · 2 min read

Google readies upgrade to Stream Realtime feature in AI Studio

Over the weekend, Google quietly updated AI Studio on the web, introducing a concealed feature flagged only by a generic “new” label in the What’s New section. While the

17 May 2025 · 2 min read

Google prepares to launch Flow, a new video editing tool, at I/O 2025

Google is preparing to unveil a new experimental product called Flow at the upcoming Google I/O event, likely on May 20. The feature recently appeared in Google Labs with

17 May 2025 · 2 min read

OpenAI rolled out Codex for automated coding tasks in ChatGPT Pro

OpenAI has introduced Codex, a cloud-based software engineering agent designed to automate a wide range of coding tasks. Codex is powered by the codex-1 model, a specialized version of OpenAI

17 May 2025 · 1 min read

Windsurf launches SWE-1 AI model for real-time on-device use

Windsurf has introduced the Wave 9 SWE-1 model, its latest AI system designed specifically for real-time, on-device applications. The announcement highlights that SWE-1 is part of Windsurf’s Wave 9

17 May 2025 · 1 min read

Microsoft begins testing user memory feature in Copilot for Pro users

Microsoft appears to be moving forward with a user memory feature inside Copilot, signaling another step toward parity with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Recent reports from early-access users show a new

17 May 2025 · 2 min read

Microsoft tests in-app shopping with Copilot checkout system

Microsoft appears to be accelerating its push into AI-driven commerce by expanding the shopping capabilities of Copilot. The feature in development, a native checkout system, was previously teased during their

17 May 2025 · 1 min read

Sketchpad and native Mermaid support coming soon to Grok

xAI continues to expand Grok’s capabilities on the web, and the latest addition is a feature called Sketchpad, allowing users to submit hand-drawn input directly into a conversation. This

16 May 2025 · 2 min read

OpenAI prepares SWE Agent that answers code questions and drafts PR

Sam Altman’s note on X still stands: a low-key research preview drops today, 16 May 2025, aimed squarely at developers. Inspecting the web app shows strings for a “software-engineering