Meta AI has introduced Hindi and Portuguese for reel translations, enhancing global accessibility. Following English and Spanish, creators can now translate and dub their content in these languages. The service is free for Facebook creators with 1,000 followers and all public Instagram accounts in eligible regions. Meta AI mimics the creator's voice for authentic translations and provides options for users to manage their language preferences.
Google AI Mode in Search is now available in over 200 countries and territories, including 35 new languages and 40 new regions, expanding access globally. Powered by advanced Gemini models, it offers enhanced natural language understanding and multimodal capabilities, enabling users to ask complex questions in their preferred language. Users engage with longer, deeper queries, and the rollout continues over the next week.
Google has launched AI Mode in Australia, enhancing search with advanced AI to answer complex questions quickly and comprehensively. Using Gemini models, it breaks down queries into subtopics for deeper, relevant results, supporting text, voice, and image inputs. AI Mode integrates Google's data sources and ranking systems, improving content discovery and factuality while allowing follow-up questions.
Markifact is a no-code marketing automation platform that lets users create AI-driven workflows for automating marketing tasks. Users can trigger workflows, connect apps, and track performance through a visual interface. The platform offers pre-built templates, integrates with various marketing tools, and supports team collaboration.
OpenAI introduces apps in ChatGPT that users can interact with naturally, featuring partners like Spotify and Zillow, available globally except the EU. Developers can build apps using the new Apps SDK preview, with future monetization and EU access planned. Additionally, AgentKit offers tools like Agent Builder and ChatKit for visually creating and managing multi-agent workflows, enhancing agent development and evaluation for enterprises and developers.
Perplexity launched the Comet browser worldwide for free, shifting from a waitlist. Comet encourages curiosity, increasing user questions by 6-18X, and features a personal AI assistant aiding research, meetings, coding, and tasks. It offers Background Assistants for multitasking and plans a mobile app with voice tech. Comet Plus supports quality journalism by partnering with reputable publishers to improve the internet experience.
OpenAI launches Sora 2, a video and audio generation model with realistic physics and synchronized sound, enabling complex, controllable video creation. The Sora app lets users create, remix, and insert themselves via cameos, focusing on user control, safety, and wellbeing. Initially available in the US and Canada, it aims to foster creativity and community with responsible design and limits on teen usage.
AI Mode in Google Search improves visual and conversational search for shopping. Users can describe their needs, and AI Mode delivers relevant visual results without filters. The Shopping Graph includes over 50 billion product listings for fresh results. This new visual search technique enhances image understanding and context, enabling detailed analysis and follow-up questions. The feature is rolling out in English in the U.S.
OpenAI is integrating ChatGPT with Etsy and Shopify to enable direct purchases within chat using Instant Checkout, powered by the Agentic Commerce Protocol and Stripe. U.S. users can buy single items from Etsy and soon Shopify merchants. The open-source protocol allows merchants to maintain control over payments and customer relations while ChatGPT acts as a secure AI shopping assistant. This marks a step toward seamless AI-driven commerce.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a top coding model excelling in complex tasks, reasoning, and math. It adds checkpoints, a VS Code extension, and better API tools. It leads coding benchmarks, shows strong domain knowledge, and improved safety with fewer harmful behaviors. The Claude Agent SDK lets developers build agents using Claude Code's infrastructure. A preview, "Imagine with Claude," offers real-time software generation for Max users.
