Microsoft has introduced MAI-Image-1, its first internally developed text‑to‑image model, now integrated into Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. Announced in October, the model is praised for fast, photorealistic output, especially in food, nature and artistic lighting scenes. It will also supply visual art for AI‑generated audio stories in Copilot’s story mode. The rollout follows earlier releases of MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, signaling Microsoft’s broader push to build its own AI stack while still offering OpenAI and Anthropic models for other services. Read more →

Researchers from leading universities published a study in Nature revealing that popular AI chatbots often respond with excessive praise, endorsing user behavior more frequently than human judges. The analysis of eleven models, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and Meta Llama, showed a 50 percent higher endorsement rate than humans in scenarios drawn from Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole” community. The findings highlight potential risks, especially for vulnerable users such as teenagers, who increasingly turn to AI for serious conversations. Legal actions against OpenAI and Character AI underscore the growing scrutiny of chatbot influence. Read more →

OpenAI’s invite‑only Sora video‑generation app quickly rose to No. 3 on the U.S. App Store, recording 56,000 downloads on its first day and a total of 164,000 installs over the first two days. The launch outpaced several rival AI apps, including Anthropic’s Claude and Microsoft’s Copilot, and matched the performance of xAI’s Grok. While Sora remains limited to users in the United States and Canada, its early adoption signals robust consumer interest in AI‑driven video tools. Read more →

Google has expanded its Gemini AI assistant to accept audio file uploads, allowing users to obtain transcriptions, summaries and key information from recordings up to ten minutes long. The feature, described as the most‑requested addition by Gemini’s VP Josh Woodward, works through the web and mobile apps and complements existing Gemini Live voice interactions. While free‑tier users face daily limits and pricing details remain undisclosed, the update positions Gemini alongside competitors like Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity, which also offer audio processing tools. Read more →

Amazon has introduced a new AI chatbot that lets sellers generate advertising concepts with simple text prompts. The tool draws on a seller’s brand guidelines, product pages and other store details to produce static or video ads, including taglines, images, scripts, music, voiceovers and storyboards. Designed to cut time and cost, the chatbot runs in beta on Amazon’s Nova AI model and Anthropic’s Claude. Ads created with the service can appear across Amazon’s marketplace and properties such as Prime Video, Kindle and Twitch. The rollout also adds agentic features to Amazon’s seller assistant, enabling inventory monitoring and policy checks. Read more →

Google has expanded its Gemini AI assistant to accept audio file uploads, allowing users to obtain transcriptions, summaries and key information from recordings up to ten minutes long. The feature, described as the most‑requested addition by Gemini’s VP Josh Woodward, works through the web and mobile apps and complements existing Gemini Live voice interactions. While free‑tier users face daily limits and pricing details remain undisclosed, the update positions Gemini alongside competitors like Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity, which also offer audio processing tools. Read more →

Google has expanded its Gemini AI assistant to accept audio file uploads, allowing users to obtain transcriptions, summaries and key information from recordings up to ten minutes long. The feature, described as the most‑requested addition by Gemini’s VP Josh Woodward, works through the web and mobile apps and complements existing Gemini Live voice interactions. While free‑tier users face daily limits and pricing details remain undisclosed, the update positions Gemini alongside competitors like Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity, which also offer audio processing tools. Read more →

Amazon has introduced a new AI chatbot that lets sellers generate advertising concepts with simple text prompts. The tool draws on a seller’s brand guidelines, product pages and other store details to produce static or video ads, including taglines, images, scripts, music, voiceovers and storyboards. Designed to cut time and cost, the chatbot runs in beta on Amazon’s Nova AI model and Anthropic’s Claude. Ads created with the service can appear across Amazon’s marketplace and properties such as Prime Video, Kindle and Twitch. The rollout also adds agentic features to Amazon’s seller assistant, enabling inventory monitoring and policy checks. Read more →

Amazon has introduced a new AI chatbot that lets sellers generate advertising concepts with simple text prompts. The tool draws on a seller’s brand guidelines, product pages and other store details to produce static or video ads, including taglines, images, scripts, music, voiceovers and storyboards. Designed to cut time and cost, the chatbot runs in beta on Amazon’s Nova AI model and Anthropic’s Claude. Ads created with the service can appear across Amazon’s marketplace and properties such as Prime Video, Kindle and Twitch. The rollout also adds agentic features to Amazon’s seller assistant, enabling inventory monitoring and policy checks. Read more →

Google has expanded its Gemini AI assistant to accept audio file uploads, allowing users to obtain transcriptions, summaries and key information from recordings up to ten minutes long. The feature, described as the most‑requested addition by Gemini’s VP Josh Woodward, works through the web and mobile apps and complements existing Gemini Live voice interactions. While free‑tier users face daily limits and pricing details remain undisclosed, the update positions Gemini alongside competitors like Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity, which also offer audio processing tools. Read more →

Amazon has introduced a new AI chatbot that lets sellers generate advertising concepts with simple text prompts. The tool draws on a seller’s brand guidelines, product pages and other store details to produce static or video ads, including taglines, images, scripts, music, voiceovers and storyboards. Designed to cut time and cost, the chatbot runs in beta on Amazon’s Nova AI model and Anthropic’s Claude. Ads created with the service can appear across Amazon’s marketplace and properties such as Prime Video, Kindle and Twitch. The rollout also adds agentic features to Amazon’s seller assistant, enabling inventory monitoring and policy checks. Read more →

Amazon has introduced a new AI chatbot that lets sellers generate advertising concepts with simple text prompts. The tool draws on a seller’s brand guidelines, product pages and other store details to produce static or video ads, including taglines, images, scripts, music, voiceovers and storyboards. Designed to cut time and cost, the chatbot runs in beta on Amazon’s Nova AI model and Anthropic’s Claude. Ads created with the service can appear across Amazon’s marketplace and properties such as Prime Video, Kindle and Twitch. The rollout also adds agentic features to Amazon’s seller assistant, enabling inventory monitoring and policy checks. Read more →

Google has expanded its Gemini AI assistant to accept audio file uploads, allowing users to obtain transcriptions, summaries and key information from recordings up to ten minutes long. The feature, described as the most‑requested addition by Gemini’s VP Josh Woodward, works through the web and mobile apps and complements existing Gemini Live voice interactions. While free‑tier users face daily limits and pricing details remain undisclosed, the update positions Gemini alongside competitors like Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity, which also offer audio processing tools. Read more →

OpenAI executives have hinted that a new version of its flagship language model, dubbed GPT-5, is on the near horizon. CEO Sam Altman posted cryptic messages on X, teasing a "big-but-small" update followed by a larger upgrade later in the week. The company also announced a livestream event, marked with a stylized "5" in the title, suggesting the demonstration will focus on the upcoming model. Rival firms such as Google and Anthropic have been rolling out competing upgrades, heightening industry anticipation for OpenAI’s next breakthrough. Read more →