🚀 Google launches Gemini 3 Flash frontier model 🚀
Cost-effective model outperforms 2.5 Pro while being 3x faster

Google expanded its Gemini family with Gemini 3 Flash - a new frontier model that outperforms 2.5 Pro on several major benchmarks while being 3x faster at a fraction of the cost. The model features stronger instruction following and better detail preservation. Flash powers both AI Mode in Google Search and can generate complete apps from prompts. Google also upgraded Gemini's Deep Research mode with custom charts, diagrams, and animations to help users master complex topics quickly.

📱 ChatGPT app store has arrived 📱
Platform shift allows developers to publish tools directly inside ChatGPT

OpenAI has opened submissions for third-party apps inside ChatGPT, letting developers publish tools directly on the platform after review and approval. This replaces earlier invite-only experiments and signals a shift toward turning ChatGPT into a full app platform, not just a chatbot. Approved apps appear inside ChatGPT and can be used in conversations without downloads or extensions. Several apps already demonstrate the possibilities: Photoshop and Canva for design work, Apple Music for creating and saving playlists, Gmail for inbox summaries and drafted replies, and AllTrails for hiking advice based on a large trail database.

🎙️ xAI opens Grok voice API 🎙️
Sub-second latency at half the cost of OpenAI's Realtime API

xAI has opened up the voice stack powering Grok in Tesla vehicles to all developers through a new API. The system ranks #1 on Big Bench Audio with sub-1-second time-to-first-audio, delivering performance at $0.05 per minute - exactly half the cost of OpenAI's Realtime API. The release marks xAI's entry into the competitive voice AI infrastructure market, bringing Tesla's in-car voice technology to external developers.

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💰 Amazon eyes $10B+ OpenAI investment 💰

Amazon is reportedly considering investing $10 billion or more into OpenAI, just over a month after OpenAI agreed to purchase $38 billion in compute from Amazon Web Services. The deal would require OpenAI to use Amazon's AI chips. The news comes amid a shakeup in Amazon's AI leadership, with Peter DeSantis set to take over a new division that includes AI, silicon development, and quantum computing.

🔮 Stanford AI experts release 2026 predictions 🔮

Stanford HAI researchers have published their predictions for AI developments in 2026, covering AGI timelines, regulatory frameworks, and industry consolidation trends. The experts discuss the potential acceleration of foundation model capabilities, growing tensions between innovation and safety regulation, and the competitive landscape shaping up between major AI labs. The predictions provide insight into how leading academics view the next 12 months of AI progress.