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Yelp's AI Assistant Now Books Reservations, Orders Food, and Schedules Appointments in One Chat

Yelp has upgraded its AI assistant to function as a digital concierge, allowing users to ask questions, book restaurant reservations, order food delivery, and schedule appointments without leaving the conversation. The feature integrates with DoorDash, Grubhub, Zocdoc, and other services, positioning Yelp as an answers and action platform rather than just a review site.

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Yelp's AI Assistant Now Books Reservations, Orders Food, and Schedules Appointments in One Chat

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Epic Games lets Fortnite creators build AI characters with voice interaction and strict guardrails

Epic Games has launched an experimental conversations tool that enables Fortnite developers to create AI characters capable of real-time voice interactions with players. Powered by Google Gemini and ElevenLabs, the feature comes with strict safety rules prohibiting romantic NPCs and medical advice, though no timeline exists for public release.

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Epic Games lets Fortnite creators build AI characters with voice interaction and strict guardrails

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Fynd processes 4.3 million AI customer interactions using OpenAI models across retail sectors

Fynd, backed by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, has processed over 4.3 million customer interactions using OpenAI's large language models. The AI-native retail technology company's conversational AI agent now serves 1.1 million users and handles 750,000 interactions monthly across fashion, beauty, healthcare, and e-commerce sectors.

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Fynd processes 4.3 million AI customer interactions using OpenAI models across retail sectors

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Character.AI launches Books feature to turn classic literature into roleplay experiences

Character.AI has unveiled a new Books feature that transforms classic literature into interactive roleplaying experiences, allowing users to engage with characters from works like Alice in Wonderland and Pride and Prejudice. The launch arrives amid intense scrutiny over the platform's safety record, including lawsuits linked to teen suicides and mental health crises among young users.

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Character.AI launches Books feature to turn classic literature into roleplay experiences

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Apple teases Siri's radical redesign in iOS 27 through WWDC 2026 artwork with glowing effects

Apple has quietly revealed the future of Siri through its WWDC 2026 promotional artwork. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that the glowing visual effects in the conference graphics mirror the new interface design coming to Apple's voice assistant in iOS 27. The redesign features a glowing cursor within the Dynamic Island and marks a fundamental shift toward a more conversational, AI-powered experience.

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Apple teases Siri's radical redesign in iOS 27 through WWDC 2026 artwork with glowing effects

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Gemini's Notebooks Feature Goes Free, Syncs with NotebookLM to Transform AI Research

Google made its Notebooks feature free for all Gemini users on the web, enabling seamless integration with NotebookLM. The update allows users to save Gemini chats as sources, organize conversations by project, and access up to 50 sources per notebook on the free tier. Paid subscribers get expanded limits, with Ultra users accessing up to 600 sources.

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Gemini's Notebooks Feature Goes Free, Syncs with NotebookLM to Transform AI Research

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Anthropic launches Claude Design, an AI design tool for prototypes and slides

Anthropic introduced Claude Design on Friday, a new experimental AI design tool that enables users to create visual prototypes, presentation decks, and wireframes through simple text prompts. Powered by Claude Opus 4.7, the tool targets founders and product managers without design backgrounds, positioning itself as a complement to existing platforms like Canva rather than a replacement.

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Anthropic launches Claude Design, an AI design tool for prototypes and slides

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Dropbox launches three apps inside ChatGPT to transform it into a productivity hub

Dropbox is launching three apps inside ChatGPT, bringing file storage, enterprise search, and AI scheduling directly into OpenAI's chat interface. The move positions ChatGPT as a central productivity operating system where knowledge workers can manage files, search company knowledge, and coordinate schedules without switching tools.

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Dropbox launches three apps inside ChatGPT to transform it into a productivity hub

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Google Chrome's AI Mode update lets you explore web pages side-by-side with AI search

Google rolled out a major update to AI Mode in Chrome that opens web pages alongside the AI chatbot sidebar, eliminating constant tab switching. Users can now search across multiple open tabs and ask follow-up questions while viewing source pages, streamlining research and shopping tasks.

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Google Chrome's AI Mode update lets you explore web pages side-by-side with AI search

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Solidroad Secures $25M Series A to Automate Quality Assurance for Customer Support with AI

Dublin and San Francisco-based Solidroad has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Hedosophia to automate quality assurance for customer support teams. The AI-powered platform reviews 100% of customer interactions versus the industry standard of 1-3%, serving clients like Ryanair, Crypto.com, and Oura while delivering up to 90% reduction in manual review time.

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Solidroad Secures $25M Series A to Automate Quality Assurance for Customer Support with AI

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Canva AI 2.0 transforms design platform with memory, automation, and third-party integrations

Canva unveiled its biggest platform update since 2013, introducing Canva AI 2.0 with a conversational interface that generates designs from text prompts. The update adds persistent memory, third-party integrations with Slack, Gmail, and Zoom, plus automated workflows. With enterprise growth at 100% year-on-year and models now 5x faster and 30x cheaper, Canva positions itself against Adobe's similar AI push.

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Canva AI 2.0 transforms design platform with memory, automation, and third-party integrations

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Opera launches Browser Connector to integrate AI chatbots into Opera One and Opera GX browsers

Opera introduced Browser Connector, a free feature for Opera One and Opera GX that lets users integrate AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude directly into browsing sessions. The tool uses Anthropic's Model Context Protocol to allow AI agents read browser content, understand open tabs, and take screenshots—eliminating the friction of manually providing context for queries.

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Opera launches Browser Connector to integrate AI chatbots into Opera One and Opera GX browsers

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EU threatens interim ban on Meta over WhatsApp AI policies blocking rival AI chatbots

The European Commission rejected Meta's pay-for-access remedy for third-party AI providers on WhatsApp, threatening interim measures to restore full access. The EU antitrust watchdog says Meta's fee-based approach is equivalent to an outright ban and constitutes abuse of dominant position, potentially harming competition in the AI assistant market.

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EU threatens interim ban on Meta over WhatsApp AI policies blocking rival AI chatbots

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Emergent's Wingman AI agent tackles routine tasks through WhatsApp and Telegram messaging

SoftBank-backed Emergent has launched Wingman, an autonomous AI agent that automates routine tasks across popular messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. Unlike competitors, Wingman operates with trust boundaries, seeking user confirmation for consequential actions while handling low-stakes tasks independently. The move signals Emergent's expansion beyond its vibe-coding platform into the rapidly growing AI agent space.

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Emergent's Wingman AI agent tackles routine tasks through WhatsApp and Telegram messaging

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Court ruling confirms AI chatbots lack legal privilege, prompting urgent warnings from US lawyers

A federal judge ruled that conversations with AI chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT are not protected by attorney-client privilege, meaning sensitive legal discussions could be seized and used as evidence. The February 2026 decision has prompted more than a dozen major US law firms to issue client advisories warning against treating AI tools as confidential legal advisors.

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Court ruling confirms AI chatbots lack legal privilege, prompting urgent warnings from US lawyers

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