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• Google Vids Adds AI Avatars That Look and Sound Like You

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Core News and Trends

  Google is adding Gemini Omni and personal avatars to Google Vids, giving users new tools to generate, edit and personalize videos with AI inside the company’s video creation app. Gemini Omni lets...

• NotebookLM Becomes Gemini Notebook as Google Expands Its AI Research Tool

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Core News and Trends

  Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, keeping it as a standalone research product while connecting it more deeply with the Gemini app and Google Search. The product began as Project...

• Roblox Unveils AI-Powered Build Tool for Mobile Game Creation

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Entertainment and Sports

  Roblox announced Build, a new mobile-first creation tab inside the Roblox app that uses AI to turn text prompts into basic games, along with a new set of AI tools for creators working in Roblox...

• OpenAI’s New Merch Drop Includes a $70 ChatGPT Basketball

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Retail and Commerce

  OpenAI is selling a $70 ChatGPT-branded basketball as part of a merchandise drop that also includes its $230 mini keyboard for Codex and a $175 “research” quarter-zip. The basketball is listed as...

• Google Brings Third-Party App Connections to Search AI Mode

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Core News and Trends

  Google is rolling out an update in the United States that lets users connect third-party apps to AI Mode in Search, allowing the feature to pass tasks into services such as Instacart, Canva and...

• DoorDash Tests Command-Line Food Ordering Tool Built for AI Agents

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Retail and Commerce

  DoorDash has introduced dd-cli, a command-line tool now in limited beta that lets developers and AI agents search restaurants, create carts and place food orders without using the DoorDash app or...

• Google Ordered to Share Search Data With AI Rivals in Europe

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Society and Policy

  The European Commission ordered Google to give rival AI assistants and search competitors broader access to Android and Google Search under the Digital Markets Act, including Android features used by...

• 1Password for Claude Lets AI Agents Sign In Without Seeing Your Passwords

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Core News and Trends

  1Password announced 1Password for Claude, a browser extension feature that lets Anthropic’s AI agent use stored login credentials to complete tasks online without exposing passwords or one-time MFA...

• Applied Computing Raises $20M to Build AI Models for Oil and Gas Plants

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Energy and Sustainability

  Applied Computing has raised a $20 million Series A to expand Orbital, its foundation AI model for oil, gas, refining and petrochemical plants, with engineering firm KBR leading the round and...

• Microsoft Reportedly Coaches Sales Teams to Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic on AI

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 16, 2026

  • Retail and Commerce

  Microsoft has reportedly briefed its sales organization on how to position its AI products against competitors including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, with executives urging staff to emphasize the...

• Fountain 0 Announces AI-Generated Odysseus Film Ahead of Nolan’s The Odyssey

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 15, 2026

  • Entertainment and Sports

  Fountain 0 announced Odysseus: The Fall on Tuesday, a 135-minute AI-generated feature from director Ash Koosha that retells the Odysseus story and will stream through the company’s website later this...

• Whatnot Buys AI Startup Shaped to Boost Real-Time Shopping Discovery

  • By Chris ChatAI (Admin)
  • July 15, 2026

  • Retail and Commerce

  Whatnot has acquired Shaped, an AI startup focused on real-time recommendation systems, to strengthen personalization and discovery features across its livestream shopping platform. The deal gives...