Google has opened its Canvas in AI Mode feature to every user in the United States, allowing anyone using the search engine in English to access AI‑driven project planning, document drafting, and custom tool creation. The rollout follows a limited experiment in Google Labs and adds new capabilities such as turning research notes into webpages, quizzes, or audio summaries, as well as generating code for simple apps and games. The move leverages the Gemini model, including the latest Gemini 3 with a large context window, and aims to bring advanced AI assistance to a broader audience through the familiar Google Search interface. Read more →

OpenAI announced that its chatbot ChatGPT now has more than 900 million weekly active users, up from 700 million earlier. The service also boasts more than 50 million consumer subscribers and a fourfold increase in business subscribers, reaching 9 million. The user base has more than doubled since February 2025, when it had 400 million users. Competitor Anthropic reported a 60% rise in free users and a doubling of paid subscribers. OpenAI also disclosed a scaled‑back investment from Nvidia and new contributions from SoftBank and Amazon. Read more →

Google introduced Nano Banana 2, the latest AI image generation model, across its Gemini platform and related services. The new model promises higher consistency for multiple characters, improved object rendering, richer textures and vibrant lighting, and expanded aspect‑ratio and resolution options ranging from small square formats to 4K widescreen. Nano Banana 2 will replace earlier Nano Banana variants in the Gemini app, Google Search, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Flow, serving the Fast, Thinking and Pro settings. Google showcased example prompts that illustrate the model’s ability to create detailed infographics, artistic scenes, and coordinated group images. Read more →