Google Releases New Feature Boost To Millions Of Google Nest Users
Google Gemini voice assistant is expanding to millions of US users on smart speakers. This includes Gemini Live, Home Brief, and premium AI features.
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Reported in the daily briefing this week. Not reviewed for the directory.
OpenAI has Released the 'circuit-sparsity': A Set of Open Tools for Connecting Weight Sparse Models and Dense Baselines through Activation Bridges
OpenAI team has released their openai/circuit-sparsity model on Hugging Face and the openai/circuit_sparsity toolkit on GitHub. The release packages the models and circuits from the paper 'Weight-sparse transformers have interpretable circuits'.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates 'Code Red'
The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its "best model yet" as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.
Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model
Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics, and avatar applications.
Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs
Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.
Rivian announces new AI tech, in-house chip and robotaxi ambitions
The company has also developed AI models to power its Autonomy+ subscription, which it intends to roll out early next year for $2,500 upfront or $49.99 a month.
Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers
The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.
Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools
Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services "agent-ready by design," starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy integrations and help AI agents use real tools.