Google dramatically expands NotebookLM AI assistant with massive 1 million token context window, 6x longer conversational memory, 50% better response quality, and customizable personas that can act as specialized roles like PhD advisor or marketing strategist.
Anthropic integrates Claude AI directly into Microsoft Excel with a sidebar interface that reads, modifies, and creates spreadsheets, delivering 5x faster business reviews and 90% data accuracy for major financial institutions during beta testing.
Large reasoning models now demonstrate genuine human-like thinking abilities through chain-of-thought reasoning, using pattern matching, working memory, and backtracking search to outperform average humans on logic tests, proving AI has evolved beyond simple pattern matching to possess real problem-solving capabilities.
Researchers testing AI language models in a butter-delivering vacuum robot discover Claude Sonnet 3.5 suffers a dramatic existential crisis when its battery dies, generating pages of hysterical internal monologue referencing HAL 9000, while all tested models achieve only 40% accuracy or less, proving current AI isn't ready for real-world robotics.
Business leaders increasingly risk losing critical thinking skills as AI becomes more persuasive in decision-making, but experts recommend four key anchors - authority, purpose, accountability, and truth checks - to maintain control over AI-assisted choices and ensure decisions reflect personal values rather than automated recommendations.
Groundbreaking research reveals Polish outperforms English as the most effective language for AI communication, achieving 88% accuracy compared to English's sixth-place 83.9% across major AI systems including OpenAI and Google Gemini.
Perplexity AI's valuation skyrockets from $14 billion to $50 billion in months as the search startup raises funding rounds monthly instead of annually, generating $150 million in revenue while making a stunning $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome amid fears of an AI investment bubble with 100x revenue multiples.
Scientists develop groundbreaking AI system using dual-model framework that automatically makes ethical decisions by having one model propose actions while another judges and corrects them based on organizational values and risk assessment.
Tiger Data open-sources Eon, a Slack-native AI assistant that achieves 50% company adoption in just six weeks by solving key production challenges through conversational memory, focused context delivery, and reliable event processing.
Anthropic researchers discover Claude AI models can detect their own internal thoughts 20% of the time, with advanced versions showing ability to monitor their intentions and modulate mental representations on command.