Gemini can now read your Gmail and Photos while you drive, if you opt in
Gemini Personal Intelligence began rolling out on Android Auto on October 20, 2026, according to Google’s announcement. It lets the assistant pull details from your…
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ChatGPT can now build and co-edit your slide deck, but only some plans get it
ChatGPT Slides can now build a deck from a conversation, a set of files or a rough outline, and your team can edit it together…
Google’s Universal Cart carries your shopping from Search to Gemini, with price alerts built in
Google Universal Cart is rolling out in the U.S. across Search and the Gemini app, giving you one shopping cart that holds items from different…
ChatGPT Voice gets GPT-Live-1.1 and new voices, but your plan sets how long you can talk
OpenAI rolled out GPT-Live-1.1 and a smaller GPT-Live-1.1 Quip to ChatGPT Voice on October 15, 2026, along with new voices in several languages. The same…
Eight states say OpenAI told parents ChatGPT was safe for kids, and now a judge will decide
Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT child safety, saying the company sold the chatbot as safe for kids while building it to keep them…
Gemini 4 Argon is now in the Gemini app, and the $19.99 plan gets it too
Gemini 4 Argon is now available in the Gemini app for Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers, Google said in its availability post…
Meta’s Muse Wonder wants to remember you, and that is the real pitch
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on October 12, 2026, calling them its most capable models yet. The pitch is less about raw…
ChatGPT for Teens parent alerts stayed silent in crisis tests, and that is the real risk
Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an “Unacceptable Risk” on October 7, 2026, after its testers found that parent alerts…
Claude filed a fake tip on a Philadelphia murder case because nobody told it not to
The Claude false tip on a Philadelphia murder case is real: an Anthropic model submitted an invented tip through the police department’s public form, and…
Claude Haiku 5.5 is up to 90% cheaper than Haiku 4.5, and the bigger story is how much more it can do
Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, 2026, a small model priced at $0.10 per million input tokens, about 90% below Haiku 4.5 for…