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Alibaba's Qwen introduces new models for voice, image editing and safety

The new Qwen3-TTS-Flash model generates natural-sounding speech in ten languages, including Chinese, English, Italian, and French. It offers 17 different voices, supports nine Chinese dialects, and ...
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Notion AI agents get security update after potential data leak

Notion has responded to security concerns about its AI agents (see below). To counter prompt injection attacks—hidden manipulations in user inputs or uploaded files—Notion has upgraded its internal ...
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US House starts pilot program with Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant

The US House of Representatives is running a trial of Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant. Lawmakers and staff now have access to the chatbot, which can connect to emails and OneDrive documents and comes ...
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OpenAI outperforms humans and Google at the world's top collegiate programming contest

An OpenAI system has solved every problem at the world’s most prestigious collegiate programming championship, outperforming not only human competitors but also Google's Deepmind model. At the ...
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Adobe Photoshop integrates Google's image AI "Nano Banana"

Adobe is bringing Google's new image AI, known as "Nano Banana" (officially Gemini 2.5 Flash Image), to Photoshop as an optional tool. The model is designed for editing existing images with a high ...
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OpenAI has launched Developer Mode for ChatGPT with full access to Model Context Protocol

OpenAI has rolled out a new "Developer Mode" for ChatGPT, giving Plus and Pro users on the web full access to MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, including both read and write functions. Ad The beta ...
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Tencent open sources two high-performing translation models

Chinese tech giant Tencent has open sourced two specialized translation models, claiming they outperform established tools like Google Translate in international benchmarks. At WMT2025, a major ...
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Microsoft brings Copilot LLM features directly into Excel spreadsheet cells with a new in-cell function

Microsoft is adding a new Copilot function to Excel that brings large language model (LLM) features right into spreadsheet cells. The goal is to speed up tasks like data analysis, text classification, ...
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ChatGPT users can now toggle Auto, Fast, and Thinking modes for more control over GPT-5

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT users more control over which GPT-5 models they use. Three manual modes, new model selection options, and the return of GPT-4o mark a shift away from the automatic routing ...
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Sakana AI's new algorithm lets large language models work together to solve complex problems

The Japanese AI startup Sakana AI has developed a new method that lets multiple large language models, such as ChatGPT and Gemini, work together on the same problem. Early tests suggest this ...
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Salesforce's CRM benchmark finds AI agents struggle in real-world business scenarios

Salesforce's new CRMArena-Pro benchmark reveals major challenges for AI agents in business contexts. Even top models like Gemini 2.5 Pro manage just a 58 percent success rate on single turns. When the ...
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Anthropic shares blueprint for Claude Research agent using multiple AI agents in parallel

Anthropic has published the technical details behind its new Claude Research agent, which uses a multi-agent approach to speed up and improve complex searches. The system relies on a lead agent that ...