The latest launches and changes in AI tools for creators and small businesses, summarised in plain English, with links to our full explainers and tests.
Chimera turns a character image and 4 to 30 seconds of speech into a talking video, pairing ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 voice model with the Seedance 2.5 video model. In our account, video generation was not available on the free plan; the Starter plan was $1 for the first month.
Read the full story →Claude Duet sends a morning brief, checks connected apps every few hours and completes tasks in its own cloud browser, asking for approval before sensitive actions. It launched as a waitlisted research preview for US Pro and Max subscribers.
Read the full story →Spotify says it kept more than 50 million AI slop and spam tracks out of recommendations this year, targeting mass uploads, duplicates and keyword-stuffed titles. AI Persona artists are left out of recommendations by default.
Read the full story →Voxtral 3 adds transcription in 50+ languages, text-to-speech in 35+ languages with voice cloning, and an SDK for real-time voice agents. Batch transcription starts at $0.0035 per minute.
Read the full story →TypeSafe AI, whose Jev model makes fast structured decisions for software instead of writing text, raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation, according to reports.
Read the full story →OpenAI rolled out GPT-6 in ChatGPT: Sol for paid plans and Luna for Free and Go. Answers can now include interactive charts, forms, checklists and small tools built right into the chat.
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