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4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Perplexity launches Advanced Deep Research for Max users

What's new? Perplexity launches DRACO benchmark for AI research in law, medicine, finance and academia; it uses LLM as judge and is public;

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Apple adds Claude Agent SDK and Codex into Xcode 26.3

What's new? Xcode 26.3 now features built-in claude agent sdk for long-running coding tasks and swiftui previews; release candidate available to apple developer program.

2 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

StepFun launched Step 3.5 Flash open-source model

What's new? Step 3.5 Flash is a large language model using sparse experts and multi-token heads, deployable on NVIDIA and local hardware; MIS-PO stabilizes long-term training;

29 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Google releases Chrome auto browse for AI Pro and Ultra users

What's new? Chrome auto browse uses Gemini 3 for multi-step online tasks like vacation planning and shopping; opt in feature remembers past topics and gives full app control.

27 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Google launches Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash

What's new? Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash uses a think act observe loop with Python code for visual analysis; available via Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI;

27 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Manus AI launches Agent Skills open standard for AI workflows

What's new? Manus AI integrates Agent Skills on all platforms with team plan early access; Agent Skills offers modular scripts for domain expertise and lower memory use;

27 Jan 2026 · 2 min read

Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2.5 with swarm of 100 parallel agents

What's new? Kimi K2.5 is an open-source multimodal model on Kimi.com, Kimi App, API and Kimi Code; its agent swarm with 100 subagents executes 1,500 tool calls in beta.

26 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Anthropic integrates interactive MCP apps into Claude

What's new? Anthropics updated Claude to let users access Asana, Slack, Figma and Box tools in chat; developers can build apps with MCP and view live tool content mid-chat;

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Cursor 2.4 adds autonomous subagents and image generation

Cursor 2.4 introduces Subagents, image generation in agent flow, and new tooling for managing complex codebase tasks in the VS Code ecosystem.

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Google adds Personal Intelligence to AI Mode for AI Pro, Ultra users

What's new? Google has introduced personal intelligence to AI Mode in search to use Gmail and Google Photos data for tailored results; it is available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers;

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Devin launches AI-powered code review tool for GitHub projects

What's new? Devin review groups code diffs into logical groups and flags potential bugs; the tool is free on a web app, GitHub, or via a command-line tool;

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Inworld launches TTS-1.5 for real-time voice with 16 languages

Inworld launches TTS-1.5 with two real-time voice models, sub-250 ms latency, 16 language support, and flexible deployment for developers and enterprises.

21 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Google adds free SAT practice tests to Gemini for students

What's new? google adds full-length on-demand SAT practice exams on Gemini with Princeton Review content; global timed test sections mirror official exams with plans to add further tests;

16 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Black Forest Labs launches FLUX.2 klein AI models

What's new? Black Forest Labs debuted FLUX.2 [Klein] 4B via Apache 2.0 and 9B via FLUX non commercial license with sub second inference on consumer GPUs;

16 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Google unveils TranslateGemma AI models for 55 languages

What's new? Google launches TranslateGemma open-source models using Gemma 3 in 4b 12b and 27b sizes; the 12b model surpasses the Gemma 3 27b baseline on MetricX scores;

16 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Google rolls out Personal Intelligence in Gemini

What's new? Google introduces personal intelligence in Gemini, which utilises Gmail and Google Photos data for tailored suggestions. Users can select connected apps and set data usage in real-time.

13 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Slack launches AI-powered Slackbot for Business+ orgs

What's new? slackbot is a context aware ai agent in slack that summarizes messages and files; available now for business+ and enterprise+ in phased rollout;

13 Jan 2026 · 2 min read

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with Ingredients and 4K upscaling

What's new? Veo 3.1 generates videos from reference images and native vertical formats for mobile; it supports 1080p and 4K upscaling while embedding SynthID watermarks;