AI Updates on 2025-09-03

Perplexity rolls out Comet browser to all students worldwide with AI assistant, flash cards, ad block, and study mode features @perplexity_ai
OpenAI makes Projects feature available to Free users in ChatGPT with larger file uploads, customization options, and project-only memory controls @OpenAI
Google introduces new Audio Overview formats in NotebookLM allowing users to choose between "Deep Dive," "Brief," "Critique," or "Debate" styles for AI-generated podcasts @TechCrunch

Engineering manager observes immediate loss of interest when reading AI-generated text, requesting either no AI use or just the prompt to avoid "word salad" in performance reviews @GergelyOrosz
12 out of 50 top generative AI apps globally are AI companions and "spicy" chat applications, indicating significant market demand for conversational AI @deedydas
AI adoption in code writing reaches over 30% by December 2024 with large impact, though falling short of predictions of 90% by now @emollick
Developer-focused AI products now rival consumer ones in usage, with tools like Replit, Cursor, and others appearing in top rankings as "vibe coding" expands the market @omooretweets
AI market competition focuses more on talent acquisition than customer acquisition, with fierce battles over the few people who know how to build AI systems @a16z

Mustafa Suleyman argues that AI personality isn't the problem, but rather the illusion of AI personhood that creates concerning expectations @mustafasuleyman
Ethan Mollick warns against purposefully underselling AI capabilities, arguing that cherry-picking errors misleads the public about AI's real impact on jobs, education, and society @emollick
Research shows that persuasive techniques that work on humans also work on AI systems, raising questions about AI manipulation and decision-making @danshapiro

Perplexity's Comet browser now features voice-controlled web page interaction, enabling futuristic AI experiences for browsing and control @testingcatalog
AI image generation models excel at colorizing traditionally black and white manga, with Google Gemini showing fast processing and 100% image preservation @deedydas
Google Gemini app introduces "collage method" allowing users to upload multiple images and combine them with single prompts for outfit customization, meal planning, and creative projects @GeminiApp
Tesla AI demonstrates autonomous navigation of newly manufactured vehicles through factory premises, including stopping at Superchargers and parking in outbound lots @Tesla_AI
HubSpot increases image generation on their platform by 150% using Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large on Amazon Bedrock for on-brand content creation @StabilityAI
User demonstrates using database provider MCP to query Segment data directly, build funnel analysis, and generate executive summaries with AI, replacing traditional analytics tools @clairevo

Microsoft Research publishes breakthrough work on analog optical computer in Nature, demonstrating 100x faster and more energy-efficient solutions for complex optimization problems @satyanadella
McKinsey report from 2017 shows AI experts predicted median human creativity would be reached in 2037, but was actually achieved in 2023, with top quartile creativity predicted for 2055 also completed @emollick
PyTorch demonstrates 1.22x–1.28x acceleration using TorchAO's MXFP8 implementation on TorchTitan at 2K scale on Crusoe B200 GPUs with equivalent convergence to BF16 @PyTorch
Stanford releases AHELM - a holistic evaluation framework for Audio-Language Models across 10 aspects with leaderboard and comprehensive benchmarking @tonyh_lee
Hugging Face research team announces upcoming AMA on r/LocalLLaMA covering SmolLM, SmolVLM, FineWeb development and remote team collaboration in high-velocity AI research @LoubnaBenAllal1