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Google NotebookLM Upgraded With Mind Maps Feature and Output Language Selector Google NotebookLM is getting a couple of new features to offer newer ways of interacting with the artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The most notable feature is Mind Maps, which creates a flow chart of the concepts discussed in the content source and allows users to visualise connections between different concepts.

Facebook Introduces Friends Tab Without Recommended Content as Part of 'OG' Revamp Facebook is launching a 'Friends' tab to display posts, stories, reels, birthdays, and friend requests from your connections, free of recommended posts. Similar to Instagram's Following and Close Friends feeds, this feature marks the first of several "OG" updates Facebook plans to introduce in the coming months, enhancing the user experience.

Google Rolling Out New Features Across Its Platforms to Help Users Plan Vacations Google announced the rollout of several new features across its platforms on Thursday. Some of these features are powered by artificial intelligence (AI), while others are regular updates and language expansions. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that all of these features are aimed at helping users better plan their vacations and trips.

Nvidia Releases Project G-Assist AI Gaming Assistant That Runs on GeForce RTX GPUs Nvidia announced the release of Project G-Assist on Tuesday. The new feature is an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that runs locally on GeForce RTX GPU-powered desktop PCs. The current release is an experimental version of the chatbot, and it does not support RTX GPU-powered laptops. Focused on gaming, the AI assistant can control a wide range of PC settings.

Microsoft Introduces Two New Reasoning Agents in 365 Copilot, Launches Autonomous Agents in Copilot Studio Microsoft introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its 365 Copilot suite of features on Tuesday. These new AI agents are aimed at its enterprise users and can perform complex research and data analysis-related tasks. Dubbed Researcher and Analyst, these are built on OpenAI’s models with fine-tuning done by the Redmond-based tech giant.

Alibaba Qwen 2.5 Omni AI Model With Real-Time Speech Generation Released Alibaba’s Qwen team released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Qwen 2.5 family on Wednesday. Dubbed Qwen 2.5 Omni, it is a flagship-tier end-to-end multimodal model. The company claims it can process a wide range of inputs, including text, images, audio, and videos, while generating real-time text and natural speech responses.

Character AI Introduces Parental Insights Feature, Provides Information About Teenagers’ In-App Activities Character AI, the California-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform, introduced a new safety feature on Tuesday. Dubbed Parental Insights, the feature is aimed at the platform’s users under the age of 18. These users can add a parent or guardian’s email address, and the platform will send them a summary of their teen’s activity.