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Google Just Turned Search Into Your Personal AI Assistant, And It Can Now Use Your Favorite Apps

Imagine asking Google to plan your weekend barbecue... Instead of giving you a recipe and leaving the rest to you, it builds your shopping list, fills your grocery cart, suggests a flyer design for your event, creates a party playlist, and sends everything to the apps you already use. That is exactly the future Google is building.

OpenAI's Former CTO Just Launched a Massive AI Model to Challenge OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and China's AI Giants

For the past two years, the AI race has been dominated by familiar names: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, and a growing wave of Chinese AI companies. Now, another major contender has entered the arena. Thinking Machines, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, has officially unveiled Inkling, its first general-purpose open-weight AI model.

A Japanese AI Startup Says It Can Rival Anthropic's Best Models Without Building a Bigger AI. Meet Fugu Ultra.

Tech giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI have spent billions building ever-larger AI systems in the race for artificial intelligence supremacy. But a Japanese startup believes there may be another way. Instead of building a single gigantic AI brain, what if you could create a team of AI specialists that work together like experts solving a problem in the same room? That's the idea behind Fugu Ultra, a newly launched AI system from Tokyo-based startup Sakana AI.

A Nigerian AI Startup Just Got Acquired And It Could Be a Turning Point for African Innovation

A local AI startup that many people had never heard of a few years ago has just been acquired by one of Africa's leading technology companies. And it was not building another ChatGPT clone. It was teaching artificial intelligence how to sound Nigerian.

OpenAI Under Fire: State Attorneys General Launch Major Investigation

A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general has launched an investigation into OpenAI, raising serious questions about how the company handles user data, protects vulnerable users, and designs its AI systems. And the timing could not be more dramatic.

ChatGPT Images 2.0 Just Dropped, And AI Visuals May Never Be the Same

While most people were busy using ChatGPT for writing and coding, something major just happened in the background. OpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new and significantly improved image generation model that’s already being integrated across the platform.

Inside Nigeria’s AI Skills Movement: How Rotimi Awaye, Founder of Kini AI, Is Training 1 Million People

AI is everywhere right now. From classrooms to WhatsApp groups, people are asking ChatGPT questions, generating content, and experimenting with tools. But here’s the catch…

Gemma 4 Is Running on iPhones Offline… Wait, Is Google Quietly Changing AI Forever?

So here’s what just dropped, and people aren’t talking about it enough. Google just released Gemma 4, and it’s not your regular “cloud-only, internet-required” AI. This one? Runs fully on your phone Works without internet Still delivers Gemini-level intelligence

Anthropic Just Passed OpenAI in Revenue? Here’s What’s Really Going On

For the longest time, OpenAI has been the name everyone associates with the AI boom. From ChatGPT taking over conversations to partnerships with giants like Microsoft, it felt like no one was even close. But now? There’s a plot twist.

Figma Make — The AI That Turns Your Ideas Into Real Apps (No Coding?!)

Let’s be real for a second… Every designer (and even non-designers) has had that moment: “I have an idea… but I don’t know how to build it.” Now imagine typing that idea like a WhatsApp message… …and boom, you get a working app. That’s exactly what Figma Make does.

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