Perplexity starts testing Comet browser for Android in beta

Perplexity has begun a limited beta of its Comet browser for Android, mirroring the desktop layout with features like homepage widgets, tab control, dark mode, and ad blocking, while broader functionality and rollout plans remain pending.

🗞 #perplexity

BREAKING 🚨: GPT-5.1 confirmed as new traces of "gpt-5-1-thinking" have been spotted on ChatGPT.

Gemini 3 vs GPT 5.1 soon 🥊

BREAKING 🚨: Kimi Moonshot is preparing to announce "kimi-k2-thinking" and "kimi-k2-thinking-turbo" as these models appear on the API Playground.

OpenAI readies GPT-5.1 Thinking model ahead of Gemini 3 Pro

Traces of GPT-5.1, including a “Thinking” variant optimized for multi-step reasoning, suggest an upcoming release from OpenAI. Variants may differ by context size and compute limits, with reduced API pricing also rumored.

🗞 #chatgpt

Google Cloud unveils Ironwood TPU and Axion instances

Google Cloud introduces Ironwood TPUs and Axion Arm-based instances targeting AI training and inference at scale. Ironwood offers a 10× gain over TPU v5p, while Axion shows strong price-performance for enterprises shifting workloads.

🗞 #ai

Moonshot AI unveils Kimi K2 Thinking with 44.9% achievement on HLE

Moonshot AI's Kimi K2, a trillion-parameter open-weight model, outperforms GPT-4.1 in reasoning and coding with groundbreaking accuracy and efficiency. Its MoE architecture and agentic tools mark a shift toward autonomous, task-oriented AI.

🗞 #kimi

Written by Kimi K2 Thinking 👀

UPD: And it was bad cuz it hallucinated the whole thing. Now fully re written by Erin!

ICYMI: Google Flow updates from 11/4/2025

- Adjusting the camera position or motion in a previously generated video is now available to Ultra subscribers.
- Prompt Expanders support with Ingredients to Video.

BREAKING 🚨: Comet browser got a major upgrade for its agentic capabilities.

- It can work longer and on more complex jobs across larger periods of time.
- It performs 23% better than its predecessor.

Longer context was a top request from all the users! Now it can write a weekly recap newsletter for me in one shot as well as seamlessly work with spreadsheets.

Testing time 👀

A new stealth model, "Polaris Alpha," is now available on OpenRouter. 256k context window and a quite good performance.

It is worth to test 👀

Google is working on a Chrome Extension for NotebookLM (not available yet). Possibly, it will let users add open pages as sources to the selected notebook.

Google rolls out Opal AI Agent builder in 160+ countries

Google has expanded Opal, its no-code AI app builder, to over 160 countries, targeting non-technical users who want to automate tasks or create content. The platform integrates with Google services and supports rapid app development.

🗞 #opal

Google test annotation and background removal on Mixboard

Google’s Mixboard is evolving as a visual tool for structuring complex topics, with new features like background removal and image annotations in development, suggesting its role in advancing multimodal workflows across Google products.

🗞 #aitestkitchen

Now you can upload PDFs and Spreadsheets from your Google Drive as a source to NotebookLM.

Now in ✅
Soon out 👀

BREAKING 🚨: OpenAI is preparing to ship GPT-5.1 family with 3 new models:
- GPT-5.1
- GPT-5.1 Reasoning
- GPT-5.1 Pro

These traces appear in the code for Enterprise RBAC settings, and the release date is set to "November 24".

You can now test upcoming GPT-5.1 on OpenRouter

OpenAI is preparing to launch the GPT-5.1 model family, including GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1 Reasoning, and GPT-5.1 Pro, with an expected release by November 24. Early testing under the name Polaris Alpha suggests strong benchmark results.

🗞 #chatgpt

Microsoft prepares Copilot Shopping updates ahead of Black Friday

Microsoft is transforming Copilot into an AI-driven shopping hub, introducing features like tracked prices, order history, product insights, and review summaries—positioning it as a competitive alternative to Amazon and Google Shopping.

🗞 #microsoftcopilot