Bland Introduces a New Approach to Text-to-Speech The First Voice AI To Cross The Uncanny Valley.

Bland has released a new text-to-speech (TTS) system that diverges from the conventional pipeline-based models in favor of a large language model (LLM) architecture designed to predict audio directly from text input.

Claude.ai Introduces RAG for Enhanced Project Capacity

Claude.ai has updated its Projects feature to include Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), a new capability now available to all paid plan users, including Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers.

ChatGPT Now Supports Connectors for Integrated Workflows with Trusted Apps

OpenAI has introduced a new feature "Connectors" within ChatGPT that enables users to securely connect to third-party applications like Google Drive, GitHub, Microsoft SharePoint, and others.

NotebookLM Unveils Public Sharing Upgrade, Boosting AI Collaboration

NotebookLM has rolled out an exciting upgrade, introducing public sharing for its notebook platform. This feature allows users to share notebooks with anyone via a simple link, amplifying collaboration and discovery.

Codex Update: OpenAI Expands Internet Access and Enhances Developer Workflow in ChatGPT

OpenAI has introduced a significant set of updates to Codex in ChatGPT, a new cloud-based software engineering tool designed to assist software developers by automating and streamlining coding tasks.

From Prompt to Playback: Microsoft’s Bing Now Lets You Turn Words into Short Videos

The team behind Bing has launched Bing Video Creator, a new tool that lets users turn simple text prompts into five-second videos for free.

Introducing FLUX.1 Kontext: A New Chapter in In-Context Image Generation

The Black Forest Lab just unleashed FLUX.1 Kontext, a suite of generative flow matching models that allows you to generate and edit images using both text prompts and image integration.

Perplexity Labs: Turning Ideas Into Action Without the Overhead

Perplexity has always been more than just a search engine. It’s a tool for curious thinkers, the kind of people who want clear answers, fast. With the release of Perplexity Labs.

Sakana AI unveiled A Self-Improving AI

Self-Improving AI Goes Wild: The Darwin Gödel Machine’s Coding Frenzy!

Here’s what it really takes to get hired at Google, straight from the CEO.

Robotic Systems Lab Researchers Develop Four-Legged Robot That Can Rally in a Game of Badminton

Robotic Systems Lab in ETH Zurich has introduced a four-legged robot capable of playing badminton with humans named ANYmal-D

Data and AI Quote for the week

“API security starts with humans, not computers.” Brenton House

THIS WEEK NEWS RECAP

DeepSeek R1 Model Upgraded with Enhanced Reasoning Capabilities

The updates to DeepSeek-R1-0528 reflect a meaningful step forward in AI model development, particularly in reasoning and task-specific performance.

Odyssey Launches Public Preview of AI-Powered Interactive Video

Odyssey has unveiled the first public research preview of what it calls “interactive video” a format where viewers don’t just watch, but also interact with AI-generated content in real-time

Introducing Hands-Free Mode with Claude: A Guide to Voice Mode on Mobile

Claude now offer a voice mode feature on its mobile app for iOS and Android users, currently in beta, that lets you have spoken conversations with Claude.

Google Announces SignGemma: A New Model for Sign Language Translation

Google DeepMind has recently announced SignGemma, a new AI model designed to translate sign language into spoken text.

Mistral’s New Agents API: Building Smarter, More Capable AI Workflows

Mistral AI unveiled its Agents API, a powerful step forward in making AI agents more capable, context-aware, and action-oriented

Making Websites Talk: Microsoft’s NLWeb Helps Turn Sites into AI-Powered Apps

Microsoft’s NLWeb project is a new tool that makes websites feel like a conversation

Introducing BAGEL: An Open, Scalable Multimodal Model from ByteDance-Seed

ByteDance-Seed, has unveiled BAGEL, a unified multimodal model designed to process and generate both text and visual content

Mistral’s Document AI: Precision Document Processing at Scale

Mistral has launched Document AI, a powerful enterprise-grade solution powered by world-class optical character recognition (OCR) technology.

Anthropic Introduces Claude 4 Prompt Engineering Best Practices: Enhancing AI Interactions

If you’ve been using Claude 4 (Opus or Sonnet) and wondering how to get more “wow” and less “meh,” here’s your insider tip: It’s not just the model, it’s how you talk to it.

NVIDIA Unveils GR00T N1.5 and GR00T-Dreams Blueprint at COMPUTEX 2025

At COMPUTEX 2025, NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang introduced the Isaac GR00T N1.5

Robots Throw Punches, Steal Hearts at CRA 2025

Two humanoid robots went head-to-head in a friendly boxing match that had the crowd cheering and the internet buzzing.

Quote of the Week

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