Google is testing a new Gemini feature called “Call for Me,” which can call businesses on a user's behalf for tasks such as checking stock or making restaurant reservations. It initially rolls out to U.S. Pixel 11 owners with a paid Gemini subscription and requires the beta Android Phone app; users can follow calls live and take over at any time.
YouTube announced updates to YouTube Studio at its Made on YouTube event, adding AI draft feedback, a research feed, and thumbnail and title generation. The draft-feedback feature reviews unpublished videos and suggests improvements to pacing, structure, and storytelling, while Ask Studio expands to iOS and Android. Dynamic thumbnails can generate three options and show each to a different audience segment.
YouTube on Wednesday announced a feature called custom feeds, which lets users describe in natural language the kinds of videos they want recommended. The prompt-based feeds use Google’s Gemini AI model, are pinned to a separate tab on the YouTube home page, and will not replace the main feed; support for creating multiple feeds will roll out on web and mobile starting next month.
Users of Meta’s AI assistant Muse began seeing an error on Sunday night when trying to buy goods on Amazon, saying continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon’s Conditions of Use. The block means Muse is not welcome as a shopper, and users trying to buy through the agent must go elsewhere.
Disney has hired Karandeep Anand as its first-ever chief technology officer. Anand is the former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney accused in a September 2025 cease-and-desist letter of infringing on its characters. The appointment was chosen by new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro.
Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination. It lets families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more.
A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined a plan to “pace the frontier” of AI development. The proposal leans on independent safety evaluators and coordination between AI labs in democratic countries, and it’s already picked up some industry support, along with some pointed pushback from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.
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OpenAI introduces the Australian Youth Safety Blueprint, a six-pillar roadmap for safer AI experiences that protect and empower young people.
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