AI startup Ankar raises $20 million to revolutionize patent approval processes, using language models to slash approval times from 24 months while increasing productivity by 40% for clients like L'Oréal.
Sam Altman's AGI masterclass goes viral as industry experts debate potential AI bubble concerns, while new VoiceAgentBench research exposes significant gaps in current voice assistants' ability to handle complex tasks, even as breakthrough Voila voice-language models promise emotionally expressive real-time AI agents.
Google launches Gemini 3 Flash AI model, delivering Pro-grade reasoning capabilities 3x faster than previous versions while using 30% fewer tokens, now processing over 1 trillion tokens daily and becoming the default model in Gemini app globally with developer access through multiple platforms.
Allen Institute for AI launches Bolmo, revolutionary language models that process raw UTF-8 bytes directly without tokenizers, offering superior multilingual capabilities and handling of text errors through innovative 'bytefying' technology that transforms existing models cost-effectively.
DoorDash launches Zesty, an AI-powered social app that delivers personalized restaurant recommendations by analyzing data from multiple platforms including TikTok and Google Maps, now available in San Francisco Bay Area and New York with social sharing features.
Google Labs unveils CC, an experimental AI agent powered by Gemini that integrates Gmail, Calendar, and Drive to automatically deliver personalized daily productivity briefings with schedule summaries, task updates, and pre-drafted emails to users' inboxes each morning, now available in early access for U.S. and Canadian subscribers.
HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah unveils Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), a revolutionary SEO strategy designed to get businesses cited in ChatGPT responses as AI threatens Google's search dominance, while warning about hidden risks of low-quality AI content damaging rankings.
Google launches upgraded Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio featuring live speech-to-speech translation across 70+ languages while preserving speaker intonation, now rolling out to enterprise customers and beta users in the US, Mexico, and India.
Google Translate unveils Gemini AI-powered translations that better handle slang and idioms across nearly 20 languages, plus launches revolutionary real-time speech translation through headphones for over 70 languages while expanding language learning tools to 20 new countries.
Zoom AI shatters the previous record on Humanity's Last Exam with a groundbreaking 48.1% score, beating Google's benchmark through revolutionary federated AI technology that combines multiple language models, signaling a major leap toward advanced workplace automation capabilities.