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GPT-5.6 aims to do more work with fewer tokens
OpenAI says GPT-5.6 can complete complex work using fewer tokens, fewer tool calls and less time than earlier models.
ChatGPT is back on WhatsApp for UK and European users
ChatGPT is available again through WhatsApp in the UK and European Economic Area, giving people another way to ask questions, send voice notes and share images.
Canva AI 2.0 can take a project from rough idea to finished design
Canva AI 2.0 brings conversational design, memory, connected apps, web research, scheduled work and editable creative outputs into one workflow.
Google is being forced to open parts of its AI to competitors
The European Commission has ordered Google to give rival AI assistants broader access to Android features and to share anonymised search data with qualifying competitors under the Digital Markets Act.
ChatGPT can finally help you find things you created before
ChatGPT now lets users search past chats, Projects, generated images and uploaded documents from one place on web, iOS and Android, with filters to narrow results by content type.
The new ChatGPT desktop app is becoming easier to understand
OpenAI has updated the ChatGPT desktop app with clearer choices between Chat, Work and Codex, unified recent conversations, Projects in the app and Work conversations that can continue across devices.
ChatGPT Work could turn AI into a proper workplace assistant
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Work, a workplace-focused AI assistant designed to help create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports and websites using context from a user’s workflow.
Microsoft Teams is giving users more control over meeting AI
Microsoft Teams is rolling out controls that let licensed meeting organisers disable AI tools such as Copilot, Facilitator and Intelligent Recap for meetings.
ChatGPT Voice should now feel more like a real conversation
OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT Voice with GPT-Live, bringing more natural turn-taking, better live conversation handling and support for tools such as search, memory, text and images.
You can now start ChatGPT Work and Codex tasks by voice
ChatGPT Voice is now available inside Work and Codex on the desktop app, letting users start tasks, check progress and coordinate work by speaking instead of typing.
Claude can now show how you are actually using AI
Claude has added a reflection dashboard that summarises usage patterns, common tasks and activity over time, with optional quiet hours and reminders to take a break.
ChatGPT now gives you much more room to explain how it should respond
ChatGPT users on eligible paid plans can now save up to 5,000 characters in custom instructions, increased from 1,500 characters.
ChatGPT free users are getting more room to experiment
OpenAI is rolling out unlimited text chats for Free and Go users, while keeping separate limits for files and images. Free and Go users are also being moved to GPT-5.6 Luna, with a new Think button for more complex questions.
Microsoft is preparing security tools for the age of AI agents
Microsoft has introduced Project Perception, a public-preview security project built for agentic security. It uses MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside Microsoft’s MDASH vulnerability workflow and is designed for faster AI-era threat detection and response.
Gemini Omni is making Google Vids more useful for AI video
Google is rolling out higher-quality AI video clip generation and broader video editing features with Gemini Omni in Google Vids, with scheduled-release rollout beginning in August.
Claude Tag shows how AI assistants may join team chats
Anthropic has introduced Claude Tag, starting in Slack, where teams can tag Claude into selected channels, connect it to approved tools and data, and delegate work from inside team conversations.
Microsoft Copilot is adding watermarks for AI-generated media
Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes say organisations can add watermarks to AI-generated or AI-altered video and audio content to improve transparency.
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