NotebookLM unveils Deep Research feature that automatically scours hundreds of websites to create comprehensive, source-backed reports on any topic while expanding file support to include Google Sheets, Word documents, images, and PDFs.
Slack unveils a redesigned AI-powered Slackbot that analyzes users' messages, files, and calendar data across multiple platforms including Google Drive and Salesforce to deliver personalized insights, automatic summaries, and workflow assistance directly within existing team communication channels.
Cursor secures $2.3 billion Series D funding at $29.3 billion valuation as the AI code editor crosses $1 billion in annualized revenue, with backing from tech giants including NVIDIA and Google while serving millions of developers worldwide.
New research testing 24 advanced AI language models reveals they systematically fail to distinguish between belief and knowledge, with accuracy plummeting from over 90% to as low as 14.4% when processing first-person false beliefs, exposing critical flaws in their reasoning capabilities.
Collins Dictionary crowns 'vibe coding' as Word of the Year, recognizing the revolutionary practice of creating computer programs by simply describing them to AI instead of manually writing code, making app development accessible to non-programmers.
WisdomAI secures $50 million Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins and NVentures as the startup explodes from 2 to 40 enterprise customers including Cisco and ConocoPhillips with its hallucination-free AI analytics platform that lets users query business data in natural language.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.1 with two variants - GPT-5.1 Instant for enhanced conversations and GPT-5.1 Thinking for adaptive reasoning - while introducing specialized mental health safety features targeting delusions, psychosis, and emotional dependency concerns.
MIT researchers unveil SEAL, a groundbreaking technique that enables AI models to permanently learn new information by creating their own study sheets and updating internal weights, boosting accuracy by 15% on question-answering and over 50% on skill-learning tasks.
Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable surges to nearly 8 million users and attracts Fortune 500 companies despite experiencing a 40% traffic drop since September, as the one-year-old company seeks a massive $5 billion valuation after previously raising $228 million.
Israeli AI startup Wonderful secures $100 million Series A funding to expand its customer service agents that resolve 80% of daily requests across voice, chat, and email, with plans to enter Germany, Austria, and Nordic markets in 2025.