TECNO EllaClaw AI agent gets cross-app intelligence, persistent memory, and 40+ Smart Skills

TECNO has showcased the next stage of evolution of EllaClaw, its beta-stage mobile AI agent designed to bring practical agentic AI into everyday mobile use. Continue reading “TECNO EllaClaw AI agent gets cross-app intelligence, persistent memory, and 40+ Smart Skills”

Mistral OCR 4 with structured document extraction, 170 languages and self-hosting launched

Mistral AI has introduced Mistral OCR 4, a new optical character recognition (OCR) model designed for enterprise document understanding. Unlike previous versions that mainly converted documents into text and tables, OCR 4 produces structured document outputs with bounding boxes, block classification, and confidence scores for every page and word. Continue reading “Mistral OCR 4 with structured document extraction, 170 languages and self-hosting launched”

Anthropic launches Claude Tag in Slack with shared memory, proactive AI and enterprise integrations

Anthropic has announced Claude Tag, a new collaborative AI experience that lets teams assign work to @Claude directly inside Slack. Claude Tag transforms Claude from an individual chatbot into a shared AI teammate that can collaborate across channels, remember context, access approved tools, connected data and codebases, and complete long-running tasks. Continue reading “Anthropic launches Claude Tag in Slack with shared memory, proactive AI and enterprise integrations”

Ericsson, Telia, and partners launch 5G, 6G and AI test center in Sweden

A consortium of major industry and research partners has launched Digital Arena Sweden, a new national connectivity and next-generation test center. Continue reading “Ericsson, Telia, and partners launch 5G, 6G and AI test center in Sweden”

Getty Images partners with OpenAI to bring licensed visual content to ChatGPT

Getty Images has announced a display partnership with OpenAI under which its licensed content library will be integrated into ChatGPT’s search and discovery experiences. Continue reading “Getty Images partners with OpenAI to bring licensed visual content to ChatGPT”

OpenAI expands Daybreak with Codex Security, GPT-5.5-Cyber and Patch the Planet initiative

OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative to help organizations identify and patch vulnerable software faster using AI. The company says its models have already discovered and generated patches for critical vulnerabilities affecting major web browsers, network infrastructure, and operating systems, including FreeBSD and the Linux kernel. Continue reading “OpenAI expands Daybreak with Codex Security, GPT-5.5-Cyber and Patch the Planet initiative”

Apple’s Siri could get AI agent in the future

Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts are beginning to show progress with the introduction of its redesigned Siri experience and updated Apple Intelligence features. Continue reading “Apple’s Siri could get AI agent in the future”

Xiaomi releases MiMo Code V0.1 as an open-source terminal AI coding assistant

Xiaomi has released MiMo Code V0.1 as an open-source terminal-native AI coding assistant for developers. It operates inside the terminal to read and write code, execute commands, manage Git operations, and maintain persistent project memory across sessions. Continue reading “Xiaomi releases MiMo Code V0.1 as an open-source terminal AI coding assistant”

Google expands Gemini in Chrome to more regions with image editing and personalized AI features

Google has announced the expansion of Gemini in Chrome to additional regions while rolling out several of Chrome’s latest AI features. The update introduces new image editing capabilities, expanded personalization features, deeper integration with Google services, and additional security safeguards. Continue reading “Google expands Gemini in Chrome to more regions with image editing and personalized AI features”

Google unveils DiffusionGemma open AI model with up to 4x faster text generation

Google has introduced DiffusionGemma, an experimental open-weight AI model that explores diffusion-based text generation. Released under the Apache 2.0 license, the 26-billion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model moves beyond the sequential token-by-token generation used by traditional autoregressive large language models, instead generating and refining entire blocks of text simultaneously. Continue reading “Google unveils DiffusionGemma open AI model with up to 4x faster text generation”

AI disruption days rise from 6 in Q1 2025 to 51 in Q1 2026: Ookla

Ookla’s latest analysis of AI platform reliability, based on 3.72 million Downdetector user reports, shows that the AI risk surface has significantly expanded as AI systems become deeply embedded in enterprise and consumer workflows. Continue reading “AI disruption days rise from 6 in Q1 2025 to 51 in Q1 2026: Ookla”

Anthropic rolls out Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 with improved vision, memory, and research abilities

Anthropic has introduced Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model designed for general use with safety safeguards, and Claude Mythos 5, a restricted-access version for cybersecurity defenders and scientific research partners. Both models share the same underlying system, with Mythos 5 operating under reduced safeguards in controlled environments. Continue reading “Anthropic rolls out Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 with improved vision, memory, and research abilities”

NotebookLM gets Gemini 3.5 with agentic AI and advanced reasoning upgrade

Google has announced a major across-the-board upgrade to NotebookLM, introducing new agentic capabilities and more advanced reasoning designed for complex, multi-step research workflows. Continue reading “NotebookLM gets Gemini 3.5 with agentic AI and advanced reasoning upgrade”

Meta expands Business Agent globally across WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, introduces Business Agent Platform

Meta has announced Meta Business Agent, a new AI-powered assistant designed to help businesses manage customer interactions and operations across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. The announcement was made at Conversations 2026 in London. Continue reading “Meta expands Business Agent globally across WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, introduces Business Agent Platform”

Google unveils Gemma 4 12B for local AI agents, coding, and multimodal reasoning

Google DeepMind has introduced Gemma 4 12B, a new open-weight multimodal model designed to bring agentic intelligence directly to laptops with mobile-first efficiency and advanced reasoning. Continue reading “Google unveils Gemma 4 12B for local AI agents, coding, and multimodal reasoning”