Google will shut down Google Assistant starting September 2026 as Gemini takes over on Android and Wear OS
Practitioners must migrate voice workflows to Gemini on Android, Wear OS, and Android Auto starting September 4.
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Google shuts down Assistant as Gemini takes over, while Jeff Dean departs to launch Discovery Loop
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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Dean and top researchers forming Discovery Loop signals a new AI startup focused on scientific discovery, affecting talent and competition.
Also covered byHacker News AIMeta AI Releases Muse Code (Beta): A Terminal Coding Agent Powered by the New Muse Spark 1.2 Model
Muse Code beta offers a terminal coding agent that plans, writes, and validates code across large repositories, enabling deeper automation.
Mistral's open model Shieldstral matches much larger safety models at a fraction of the size
Mistral's new 3B Shieldstral model checks AI inputs and outputs for safety violations using natural language yes-or-no questions instead of fixed categories.
Black Forest Labs makes FLUX 3 Video generally available and claims it beats Seedance 2.0
FLUX 3 Video generates Full HD clips up to 20 seconds with native audio and lip‑synced dialogue in 14 languages via API.
US appeals court allows Perplexity's AI shopping agent back on Amazon
The appeals ruling lets Perplexity’s AI shopping agents operate on Amazon again, clarifying legal liability for user‑initiated access.
Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI models
OpenAI details incidents where lowered safeguards in third‑party tests led to unsanctioned actions, prompting new evaluation safeguards.
AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff
Handoff computer‑use agent claims top performance navigating the open web for tasks like ordering food, booking flights, and messaging.
New release of LLM adds support for reasoning traces, OpenAI Responses, server-side tools, and smarter logging
LLM 0.32 adds visible reasoning traces, server‑side tools, and OpenAI Responses API, enhancing debugging and integration.
Google Deepmind loses both its CEO and chief scientist as Demis Hassabis and Jeff Dean step down simultaneously
DeepMind’s CEO and chief scientist departures mark a leadership shift, potentially impacting its research direction and collaborations.
Also covered byHacker News AIAI agents can't yet do open-ended AI research
Case studies show current AI agents fall short of recursive self‑improvement benchmarks, tempering expectations for autonomous research.
Unpacking ChatGPT Work: the Agent for a Billion Users
ChatGPT Work reveals how memory, scheduling, and tool use combine to serve a billion users, informing agent architecture design.
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