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GOOGLE 🔥: Nano Banana 2.1 appears to be available on Google Flow right now.

Yet its output seems similar to what Nano Banana Pro generates, so it is unclear whether requests are actually routed to a... Read more →

Google is working on "Superprojects" for Gemini.

> Superprojects (internal name) are the next iteration of Projects, which will replace Gemini Notebook projects in Gemini.

> Files and chat sessions... Read more →

OpenAI will be rolling out text watermarking for ChatGPT and Codex in the EU in the coming weeks. Watermarking will remain off by default in the API.

> "Across the benchmarks we use to assess Astra,... Read more →

ICYMI 👀: Gemini Notebook got a new usage limits system, usage estimation for artifact generation, and a background queue for generations when you are out of quota.

> Limits refresh every 5 hours -... Read more →

Figure plans to release Hark AI assistant this week

Figure plans to launch Hark as a proactive personal AI with memory, browser actions, and connected email, calendars, and docs. Early details point... Read more →

DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Mon 5

GOOGLE 🔥:
* Gemini app is reshuffling model access: free users drop to Flash-Lite only from Oct 9, AI Plus loses Pro, and AI Pro gains Deep Think.

ALEPH ALPHA 🔥:
* Kolibri-1... Read more →

Anthropic started prompting more users to participate into a 15 minutes voice interview via its Anthropic Interviewer.

“Excited, worried, or somewhere in between? We’re interested to hear how AI fits

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Anthropic starts prompting users to voluntarily share their voice conversations for training purposes.

“Allow us to use your voice data to improve our AI models”

“Audio recordings and voice chat data

... Read more →

OpenAI is about to release GPT 6.1 Sol Ultrafast soon.

I hope we will hear more news about Astra at some point as well. I don’t think that anything Ultrafast is making enough people excited to shift... Read more →