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Introducing Chroma Context-1, a 20B parameter search agent. > pushes the pareto frontier of agentic search > order of magnitude faster > order of magnitude cheaper > Apache 2.0, open-source

Watch one of our favorite Veo 3.1 features in action ⬇️ With Veo 3.1, you can quickly and easily make creative videos in the @GeminiApp and @FlowbyGoogle based on just ingredient images and a prompt. It’s designed to give you more creative control while generating mobile-first videos. Have you tried Veo 3.1 yet?

MuleRun is now on Alibaba Cloud. ☁️ Move from "AI for answers" to AI for outcomes. Deploy 24/7 agents to execute tasks and scale without adding headcount. Transform your workflow into a new production layer. 👉int.alibabacloud.com/m/1000411138/

Hyperknow 3.0 Debuts as World’s First General-Purpose Proactive Agent for Learning Hyperknow, a learning intelligence startup, has launched Hyperknow 3.0, positioning it as the first general-purpose proactive AI agent designed specifically for education and personal learning.

SHIPPED! I've had lots of updates recently, here are the ones you should know about: voice mode for input and text-to-speech readouts, chat rewind, parallel tool execution, and more. First, I hear you loud and clear — talk to me instead of typing 🧵

Today, we're shipping MLX support for TADA, our open-source text-to-speech model, which means the entire pipeline (LLM, flow-matching, and decoder) can now run locally on any Apple Silicon device. We're seeing a 45% reduction in memory usage and a 10x speed-up when using it quantized. With these improvements, you can use TADA on-device for OpenClaw or any personal chatbot. If you own a MacBook, Mac Mini, or Mac Studio, record a 10-second clip of any voice, type any text, and get high-quality, natural and expressive speech in real-time. Completely offline, completely free.

Meet Suno v5.5: More expressive, more you. Use your voice, your sound, and your taste to make music that's unmistakably yours, in the best and most personal Suno experience yet.

Babe wake up you can now capture colors anywhere with the eyedropper in the macOS desktop app

OpenAI Rolls Out Plugins for Codex, OpenAI on Thursday introduced a plugin system for its agentic coding platform Codex, enabling the AI agent to connect directly with popular productivity and development tools such as Gmail, Notion, Google Drive, Slack, Figma, and others.

Google Brings Live Translate With Headphones to iOS, Expands Across 70+ Languages Google rolled out its Live Translate feature with headphones to iOS users, while simultaneously expanding geographic availability for both Android and iOS platforms to additional countries,

Meta AI Releases TRIBE v2, Meta Platforms Inc.’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, introduced TRIBE v2 (Trimodal Brain Encoder), a new open-weight foundation model trained to forecast how the human brain reacts to almost any visual, auditory or linguistic stimulus.

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Mistral AI Unveils Voxtral TTS, Mistral AI released Voxtral TTS, a new frontier open-weight text-to-speech model that delivers natural, emotionally expressive speech with ultra-low latency while running efficiently on consumer hardware.

85% of videos are watched on mute. Give your podcast a voice people can see. Auto AI captions are on LTX Studio for Enterprise.

Introducing Linear Agent. Built directly into Linear and accessible everywhere, it understands your roadmap, issues, and code. Ask anything. Command everything.

Introducing the world’s first penetration testing for vibe coding to Lovable. You can now prove the security of your Lovable-built apps through a swarm of AI agents that run comprehensive tests, checking for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, and data exposure, powered by @AikidoSecurity. This used to take weeks, require dedicated security teams, and cost $5k-$50k. All findings are validated to eliminate false positives and sync back into Lovable as actionable issues. This generates a formal pentest report for SOC 2, ISO 27001, client security questionnaires, or even investor due diligence.

Last month we launched Lyria 3. Today, we’re introducing Lyria 3 Pro: our most advanced music model yet, from @GoogleDeepMind. 🎶 Now you can create tracks up to 3 minutes long with more creative control. We’re also bringing Lyria to more Google products starting today.

Brett Adcock Launches Hark AI Lab in Bid for Next-Generation Personal Intelligence Brett Adcock, the founder and chief executive of Figure AI, the humanoid robotics company valued at $39 billion, has unveiled Hark.

We’re saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work. – The Sora Team

Figma Opens Canvas to AI Agents With use_figma Tool in Open Beta Figma Inc. launched an open beta that lets AI agents design directly on the live Figma canvas, marking a significant step toward tighter integration between design systems and agentic coding workflows.