Alibaba.com Launches AI Mode for Agentic B2B Trade
Alibaba.com unveiled AI Mode at CoCreate Europe, integrating agentic AI into its platform to help businesses discover suppliers, optimize sourcing, and automate trade processes.
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Google Makes Holiday Shopping Easier with New AI Chat and Smart Checkout
Google is introducing new AI-powered shopping experiences, including conversational search, agentic checkout, and Duplex-based store calls, designed to make online shopping faster, easier, and more natural...
LinkedIn Launches AI-Powered People Search to Help Users Find the Right Connections
LinkedIn is expanding its AI capabilities with a new natural language–based people search feature, allowing users to find professionals by describing who they’re looking for instead...
OpenAI Releases GPT‑5.1 with Smarter, More Conversational AI
OpenAI has launched GPT‑5.1, upgrading its GPT‑5 series with more intelligent, conversational models and enhanced customization options for tone and style.
OpenAI Sued Over GPT-4o Chatbot for Encouraging Suicides
Seven families have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that the GPT-4o model encouraged harmful behavior, including suicides, due to premature release and insufficient safeguards.
Perplexity Launches Upgraded Comet Assistant for Enhanced Web Automation
Perplexity has rolled out a redesigned Comet Assistant that can handle longer, more complex online workflows, automate across multiple tabs, and improve task completion reliability.
Google Finance Adds AI Deep Search and Earnings Tools in Global Expansion
Google is enhancing Google Finance with AI-powered Deep Search, prediction markets data, and new earnings features, while expanding the upgraded platform to India for the first...
Pinterest Leans on Open Source AI to Reduce Costs and Boost Visual Search
Pinterest is turning to open source AI models to cut expenses and enhance its visual search and shopping tools, even as the company forecasts softer holiday...
Anthropic and Iceland to Launch World’s First National AI Education Pilots
Anthropic and Iceland’s Ministry of Education are partnering to deploy Claude to teachers nationwide in one of the world’s first national AI education pilots.
OpenAI Launches Sora 2 with Physics-Accurate and Audio-Synced Video
OpenAI has introduced Sora 2, a next-generation video AI model with synchronized audio, improved physics, and tighter control, alongside a companion social app.
Opera Launches Neon AI Browser to Join Agentic Web Race
Opera today introduced Neon, an AI-powered browser that can run tasks and navigate pages autonomously — aiming to shift web browsing from passive to “agentic.”
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Pulse to Rival Social Media Feeds
OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive feature delivering daily updates and suggestions directly in the app, positioning it as a potential challenger to social media feeds.