Scientists have developed a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) model that can reason differently from most large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, resulting in much better performance in key benchmarks. The new reasoning AI, called a hierarchical reasoning model (HRM), is inspired by the hierarchical and multi-timescale processing in the human brain — the way different brain regions integrate …
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Google is adding “Projects” feature to Gemini to run research tasks
Google’s Gemini is now testing a new feature called “Projects.” This will be similar to OpenAI’s Project Feature for ChatGPT. With Projects, you can add files, documents or your code. Then, you can ask Gemini to reference those files in project conversations. Google describes this as a feature where you “start by adding files to the project. Gemini can reference these …
Read More »Ocean’s new app brings inbox triage, tasks, and invites to Gmail users
A new personal productivity app called Ocean is launching to help you triage your overloaded inbox, take action on your emails by turning them into tasks, and share your availability for meetings with others, all in one app. Today, Gmail so heavily dominates the email market that few challengers emerge. Understanding this, Ocean made the decision to work with Gmail, …
Read More »Gemini Live rolls out Google Calendar, Tasks, Keep apps access
After starting in late June, Gemini Live on Android and iOS is now widely rolling out the ability to access Google apps like Keep and Tasks in real-time conversations. At I/O 2025 in May, Google announced how Gemini Live would be able to create Calendar events, Tasks reminders, and add notes to Keep, as well as access information stored in …
Read More »Automates 90% of Your Excel Spreadsheet Tasks with Shortcut AI
Imagine a world where your Excel spreadsheets practically manage themselves—no more endless hours spent troubleshooting formulas, cleaning up messy data, or building complex financial models from scratch. Sounds too good to be true? Enter Shortcut AI, a new assistant designed to transform how you work with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. By automating up to 90% of repetitive spreadsheet tasks, …
Read More »Social Security is making it harder for seniors to do routine tasks by phone in latest anti-fraud effort
Facebook Tweet Email Link Senior citizens soon won’t be able to simply call the Social Security Administration to change their address or check the status of their benefit claim. Instead, they will have to first verify their identity online or go to a field office if they are unable to do so. In its latest effort to thwart fraud, the …
Read More »OpenAI’s GPT-5 Shines in Coding Tasks – The Information
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Shines in Coding Tasks The Information OpenAI’s GPT-5 is coming in early August, per sources Axios OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August, The Verge reports Reuters OpenAI DevDay is back and bigger than ever OpenAI OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August The Verge Source link
Read More »Dia launches a skill gallery, Perplexity to add tasks to Comet
AI-powered browsers are nowhere near the easy future they promise, when they would be able to do complex multi-step tasks for you. However, the makers of these browsers are trying to make users’ lives easier by adding a way to easily repeat some prompts for the tasks they frequently perform. The Browser Company’s new Dia browser already has a skills …
Read More »OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you
OpenAI is going all in on the most-hyped trend in AI right now: AI agents, or tools that go a step beyond chatbots to complete complex, multi-step tasks on a user’s behalf. The company on Thursday debuted ChatGPT Agent, which it bills as a tool that can complete work on your behalf using its own “virtual computer.” In a briefing …
Read More »iOS 26 gives Apple’s Reminders app a new, faster way to add tasks
Apple’s Reminders app is getting a fresh Liquid Glass look in iOS 26, plus a handful of other new features. One standout addition enables you to create new reminders faster than ever, here’s how it works. ‘New Reminder’ control in iOS 26 enables fast task creation without opening the app I’ve tried many task managers over the years, and while …
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