Granite Switch 4.1.1 updates model capabilities like software
IBM’s compatible patch updates speech recognition and decision adapters without recomputing the Granite Switch base model.
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Deepgram brings Daily and Pipecat into an open voice AI stack
Deepgram is acquiring Daily while committing to keep Pipecat BSD-licensed and independent, and to develop the open Real-Time Context Standard.
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Hugging Face brings open speech and decision models to Apple apps
AnySpeechRecognizer and AnyDecisionModel let Swift apps run speech recognition and typed decisions on device through open models.
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AGIBOT Worken proposes measuring robot productivity through effective work hours
The Worken framework combines the number of active robots, autonomous working time and an accepted-output ratio to measure how much useful work physical AI systems produce in practice.
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Akeneo adds enterprise governance for product-data agents
Autumn Release 2026 expands product readiness policies, compatibility relationships, identity and security controls, and Ziggy workflows for Shopify.
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Google expands ads in AI Mode to 10 countries
Ads in AI Mode are expanding to 10 new markets, while a multiturn format that places ads in follow-up queries is launching in the US.
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Chrome can pull order and flight details from Gmail into web forms
Gemini-powered enhanced autofill can suggest order numbers, tracking details and flight bookings from Gmail directly inside online forms.
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Kong becomes a founding member of ServiceNow’s AI governance alliance
Kong is joining the ServiceNow Control Tower Alliance with real-time policy enforcement for API, model, MCP and agent traffic.
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OpenAI and ServiceNow bring governed workflow actions into ChatGPT
A new ServiceNow integration brings enterprise context and permission-governed workflow actions into ChatGPT, while the MCP plugin is available today.
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Google opens a developer platform for apps across Gemini and Search
The Connected Apps Platform preview lets developers build one integration with a cloud-hosted MCP server or Android AppFunctions and submit it to Gemini, Search or both.
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Google begins limited Gemini 4 Carbon rollout to cyber defenders
Gemini 4 Carbon focuses on cybersecurity and long-running agent tasks. Access begins with selected defenders, while broader developer and consumer availability is planned for later.
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NVIDIA releases open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe and Granary v2
Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe combines multilingual transcription, translation, speaker attribution and audio question answering in one open-weight model, while Granary v2 provides a public manifest covering 463,062 hours across 48 languages.
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