AI startup Mimica secures $26.2 million in Series B funding led by Paladin Capital Group to develop AI agents that perform workplace tasks like human employees, as investment pours into agentic AI technology.
Google rolls out Search Live nationwide, allowing US users to have real-time AI conversations using voice commands and camera through a new 'Live' button in their mobile apps, instantly answering questions while providing relevant web links for tasks like cooking tutorials or device setup.
Stanford researchers coin 'workslop' to describe low-quality AI-generated content that 40% of workers now receive monthly, creating productivity drains as managers redo subpar projects and employees lose respect for colleagues submitting AI-generated work.
Google Labs launches Mixboard, an experimental AI-powered visual brainstorming tool in public beta across the U.S., enabling users to generate and edit images from text prompts using the new Nano Banana model for creative projects ranging from home decor to product development.
Apple launches MCP (Model Context Protocol) support in new developer betas, allowing AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to directly control iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps autonomously without requiring custom developer integrations.
Humanly launches AI video interviews priced at $3-$30 per candidate, with companies reporting triple hiring rates, 50% pipeline increases, and massive cost reductions from $25K-$39K to just $500 per hire using specialized AI interviewers trained on 5 million candidate interviews.
AI automation threatens repetitive office jobs like transcription and scheduling while careers requiring empathy, physical dexterity, and human judgment—including firefighters, surgeons, therapists, and skilled trades—remain protected, with many roles evolving into human-AI partnerships rather than complete replacement.
AI proves invaluable for seniors in coding, automating routines, prototyping, and bridging knowledge gaps, but lags behind in complex tasks like code review, architecture design, code quality assurance, and security analysis, highlighting its current limitations in software development.
Revolutionizing web browsing, Gemini, a groundbreaking AI assistant, seamlessly integrates into Chrome, offering intelligent summarization, question answering, and concept clarification based on open tabs, while empowering users with control over activation and activity management.
Chrome introduces Gemini, an AI-powered assistant that helps users understand complex information, work across tabs, find past webpages, and handle tasks like booking haircuts, while AI Mode in the omnibox provides AI-powered answers to complex queries.