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24 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

Google tests new Gemini modes including Agent, Go and Immersive View

What we know so far: Agent Mode will power autonomous exploration, planning and task execution. Gemini Go will help with ideating and prototyping. An Immersive View will bring Visual Answers.

24 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Microsoft testing new Study and Learn mode in Copilot

What we know so far: Study and Learn mode is coming to Microsoft Copilot ahead of the school season; It will likely mimic a similar feature on ChatGPT.

24 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

xAI tests new object highlighting feature in Grok voice mode

What we know so far: A new toggle called "Objects Highlighting" has been added to the latest build of Grok on iOS; Grok will soon be able to highlight objects in the camera view. Earlier, Elon Musk mentioned that Grok 4.20 is expected to arrive with advanced video understanding;

23 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Google tests Gemini Canvas export to Firebase Studio for faster prototyping

What we know so far: Model selector will be moved to the prompt bar; A new option to export into Firebase Studio will surface on Gemini Canvas.

21 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

NotebookLM to pull sources from web and Google Drive via Deep Research

What we know so far: The Deep Research feature from Gemini is coming to NotebookLM. Likely with a possibility to pull sources from Google Drive as well.

21 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

Flow to get text to image generations powered by nano-banana

As anticipation grows around the nano-banana model, Google is steadily laying the groundwork for its integration across several creative tools. The upcoming deployment of this model isn’t limited to

20 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Mistral AI prepares Memory feature for the Alpha rollout

What we know so far: A new announcement banner has been added to the Mistral AI on the web, announcing an upcoming Memory feature.

19 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Perplexity prepares GPT-5 Thinking for Max subscribers

What we know so far: GPT-5 Thinking will initially be available to Max users and appear in the list of reasoning models.

19 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

xAI readies Grok web with Imagine tool and Team profiles

What we know so far: Grok Imagine is coming to the web soon to bridge the gap with a featureset on Grok mobile. Users will be able to generate images and short videos.

17 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Google bets on Vibe Coders with Select and Ask for Gemini Canvas

What we know so far: The Select and Ask feature will appear on the rendered canvas UI and will let Gemini users "in-paint" any part of the UI with a prompt.

17 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

New Knowledge tab in ChatGPT aims to centralize team artifacts

What we know so far: The Knowledge tab will be located in the ChatGPT Library, next to AI-generated images and potentially contain a list of generated Canvases.

16 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

Google adds GitHub integration to AI Studio for its AI Apps

What's new? Now you can connect your AI Studio account to GitHub and commit App changes directly.

15 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Gempix surfaces in Whisk as Google tests precise reference modes

What we know so far: GEM_PIX might be a new model for image editing powered on top of Imagen 4. Given its name, it might be coming during the Pixel event on August 20.

15 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Google develops Projects feature for Gemini

What we know so far: Gemini is likely to get the Projects feature, where it will be able to run Research tasks across uploaded files.

15 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

OpenAI readies ChatGPT to power its upcoming AI browser

What we know so far: An upcoming AI browser is expected to have Agentic features and is likely to be launched on macOS first.

15 Aug 2025 · 1 min read

Google rolls out Gemma 3 270M multimodal model for phones and edge inference

Google released Gemma 3 270M - a small model that can run locally on devices with strong instruction following! It can also be fine-tuned in minutes 🤯

14 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

Google readies image generation update ahead of August 20 Pixel event

What we know so far: Google is preparing to announce new AI features on August 20, which potentially will include an upgrade for Gemini Image Generation.

14 Aug 2025 · 2 min read

Google rolls out Temporary Chat in Gemini and new personalisation controls

What's new? Gemini now has a temporary chat button and a new option in personalisation settings to let Gemini recall context gathered from past chats.

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