AI Announcements - TestingCatalog AI News (Page 21)

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Cursor rolls out hooks, team rules and sandboxed terminals

What's new? Hooks beta and Team rules let teams script AI agents with Bugbot control; shareable deeplinks, sandboxed terminals, menubar status and image support aid workflows;

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Anthropic launches Claude integration for Slack workspaces

What's new? Anthropic launches Claude Slack integration for paid Slack workspaces on Slack Marketplace; Claude works via DM, panel and @Claude for doc and chat summary;

1 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Hume AI launches Octave 2 and EVI 4 mini voice models

What's new? Octave 2 is a TTS model with sub200ms response, 11 languages, voice conversion and phoneme editing soon; EVI 4 mini powers speech-to-speech tasks with external LLM;

1 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Microsoft announces Agent Framework preview

What's new? Agent Framework is a public preview SDK for multi-agent AI with OpenAPI and Agent2Agent support; Voice Live API and Azure AI Foundry add realtime speech and workflows;

1 Oct 2025 · 2 min read

ICYMI: Google unveils visual AI mode update with Gemini 2.5 in US

What's new? Google AI mode in search now accepts text and image queries using Gemini 2.5; Google Shopping Graph shows over 2B listings for online products;

30 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

OpenAI releases Sora 2 with a new iOS app in US and Canada

OpenAI debuts Sora 2, a text-to-video model with precise controls and consent checks with an invite-only iOS app in the U.S. and Canada

29 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Imagine feature

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, a coding model for long-term reasoning and code execution with new API tools for developers.

29 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

OpenAI launches instant checkout in ChatGPT in US

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Instant Checkout for U.S. Etsy and Shopify buyers on the web, with ACP and Stripe powering in-chat purchases.

29 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches parental controls for ChatGPT teen accounts

OpenAI rolls out parental controls for ChatGPT that let guardians link teen accounts and potentially restrict voice, image, memory, and content use.

29 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

Microsoft launches Agent Mode and Office Agent for 365 Copilot

What's new? Agent Mode adds AI help in Excel and Word on the web for multi-step tasks; Office Agent in Copilot chat crafts presentations and documents on the web;

28 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

Google Flow adds Nano Banana editing and prompt expander

Google Flow now introduces a Nano Banana editing option and prompt expander, fueling a refined image generation process while Veo 2 phases out.

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches shared projects for ChatGPT Business

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Business updates with shared projects, connectors from top apps and new compliance controls for admin oversight.

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

GitHub introduces Copilot CLI for vibe coding in terminal

What's new? GitHub Copilot CLI offers an AI agent for terminal code tasks; it uses GitHub MCP with custom servers for repo management;

25 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

Perplexity unveils Search API for startups, enterprises, and agent builders

Perplexity debuts Search API on Sept 25, 2025, offering devs billions of pages, regional filters, academic mode and multi-query calls.

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse preview on iOS and Android

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse for Pro on iOS and Android, providing a curated morning brief from memory, chat history and app data.

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Meta introduces Vibes feed for AI-generated content

What's new? Meta has introduced Vibes on its AI app and Meta.ai for AI-generated short videos; users can remix and share clips with visuals, music and style options;

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Cloudflare launches NET Dollar stablecoin for AI payments

What's new? Cloudflare reveals its NET Dollar stablecoin for AI payments; it uses its global network to support micropayments and pay-per-use models;

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Google upgrades Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite on AI Studio and APIs

What's new? Google previewed updated Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI with -latest alias; models cut tokens and add audio, image, translation;