What\u2019s new in AI tools
Automated weekly roundup of release notes and changelogs across every AI tool we track. Currently indexing 369 updates.
This week \u2014 2026-W18
AI Tools This Week: 42 updates across 7 products
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April Drop 2026
Launched slide and interactive HTML page generation, plus embedded MCP Apps in Glean Assistant for cross-tool actions.
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May Drop 2026
Added real-time voice capabilities, company-aware Skills, and enhanced action-taking across existing team tools.
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Notion 3.7: Agent skills for your whole team
Introduces Skills - reusable AI instructions that teams can create, share, and run across different AI agents. Includes skills library, automatic execution, and integration with external tools like Claude, Codex, and Cursor.
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Your Prompts and Skills need a system of record
Studio now provides AI prompts and skills with a system of record that is versioned, owned, and traceable.
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Introducing Shieldstral
Mistral introduced Shieldstral, a new AI safety and security solution.
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Agentic Search. More accurate and efficient results from your AI systems
Mistral launched Agentic Search, a retrieval layer that helps AI systems navigate, read, and verify information inside and across complex documents.
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Vegas, Deal Us In! We're welcoming riders today
Waymo launched public autonomous ride-hailing service in Las Vegas, expanding to provide fully autonomous trips for residents and visitors.
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Unify your marketing data with Lakeflow Connect
Databricks introduces Lakeflow Connect to help organizations unify their marketing data across different sources and platforms.
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Control which AI models your agents can use
Workspace owners can now control which AI models are available in Notion Agent and Custom Agents, with separate controls and default model settings for compliance and cost management.
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Adaptive Instructed-Retriever: Frontier-Quality Search at 2x Lower Latency
Databricks releases Adaptive Instructed-Retriever, delivering improved search quality with 50% reduced latency for enterprise data agents.
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Control which AI models your agents can use
Workspace owners can now choose which AI models are available in Notion Agent and Custom Agents separately, with default model settings. Available on Business and Enterprise plans.
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March Drop 2026
Released remote MCP server to ground ChatGPT and Claude in company context, and expanded Assistant/Agents with third-party MCP tools.
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April Drop 2026
Added slide and HTML page generation features, plus embedded MCP Apps in Glean Assistant for cross-tool actions.
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May Drop 2026
Launched real-time voice capabilities, company-aware Skills, and enhanced action integration across existing team tools.
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Introducing Robostral Navigate
Mistral releases Robostral Navigate, their first model specifically designed for embodied navigation tasks. The model enables AI systems to navigate physical environments.
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Your Prompts and Skills need a system of record
Studio now provides a system of record for AI prompts and skills with versioning, ownership, and traceability features. This gives developers better control over their AI application components.
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Introducing Shieldstral
Mistral launches Shieldstral, a new AI safety and security solution. The product appears to focus on content moderation and safety controls for AI systems.
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Agentic Search
Mistral introduces a retrieval layer that helps AI systems navigate, read, and verify information across complex documents. The system provides more accurate and efficient results for AI applications.
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In-region inference, open models, and new European infrastructure for sovereign AI
Mistral is launching inference infrastructure, open models, and long-term commitments for European AI sovereignty. The initiative includes new compute infrastructure and a roadmap for global AI control.
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GPT-6 Astra is generally available in GitHub Copilot
The GPT-6 Astra model is now generally available for use within GitHub Copilot.
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GPT-6 Astra is generally available in GitHub Copilot
GPT-6 Astra model is now generally available for use in GitHub Copilot.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash model has been added as an available option in GitHub Copilot.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash model is now available as an option in GitHub Copilot.
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Expanding Genie Agents: Deep analysis, file reasoning, and more
Databricks announced the evolution of Genie Spaces to Genie Agents with enhanced capabilities for deep analysis and file reasoning. This represents a significant expansion of their AI agent functionality.
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Content exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI
Content exclusion features are now generally available in the Copilot app and command-line interface.
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Claude Fable 5.1 is generally available in GitHub Copilot
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 model is now generally available for use in GitHub Copilot.
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Copilot code review can now approve pull requests
GitHub Copilot code review gained the ability to automatically approve pull requests based on its analysis.
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LexisNexis and EvenUp Announce Strategic Alliance, Bringing Trusted Legal AI to Personal Injury Professionals
EvenUp announced a strategic partnership with LexisNexis to integrate trusted legal AI insights and citation-backed research capabilities for personal injury professionals.
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LexisNexis and EvenUp Announce Strategic Alliance, Bringing Trusted Legal AI to Personal Injury Professionals
EvenUp announced a strategic partnership with LexisNexis to integrate their AI-powered claims analysis with LexisNexis Protégé's legal research platform. The alliance allows mutual customers to access citation-backed legal insights and AI tools for personal injury cases.
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Welcoming our first riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa
Waymo began offering public autonomous rides in three new cities, bringing the total to 14 cities with fully autonomous ride-hailing service.
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LexisNexis and EvenUp Announce Strategic Alliance, Bringing Trusted Legal AI to Personal Injury Professionals
EvenUp announced a strategic partnership with LexisNexis to integrate their AI-powered claims analysis with LexisNexis Protégé's legal research platform. The integration allows mutual customers to access citation-backed legal insights and agentic AI capabilities.
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Welcoming our first riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa
Waymo begins offering fully autonomous ride-hailing service to public riders in three new cities. This expansion brings Waymo's service to 14 total cities.
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Claude Fable 5.1 is generally available in GitHub Copilot
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 model is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
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Copilot code review can now approve pull requests
GitHub Copilot's code review feature can now automatically approve pull requests.
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ChatGPT app, Dynamic voice speed, A/B testing, and more
Released ChatGPT integration allowing users to build production-ready voice agents directly through ChatGPT, plus dynamic voice speed adjustments and A/B testing capabilities.
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Agent Versioning 2.0, Granular Multilingual, Custom Voicemail, Voice Orb, and more
Introduced Agent Versioning 2.0 with environment tags and draft management, granular multilingual support with automatic language detection, and custom voicemail handling capabilities.
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Live Call Monitoring, Custom Dashboards, Built-in CRM, Colloquial Model, Expressive Mode, and more
Major platform update including real-time call monitoring, custom dashboards for different teams, built-in CRM integration with Salesforce and HubSpot, and new voice models for more natural conversations.
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Conductor, higher free-tier token limits, and more
Retell launched Conductor, an AI copilot for building and maintaining voice agents that simulates changes before deployment and learns from real calls. Free LLM token allowance was increased to 4,000 tokens.
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Groq Among the First to Bring NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX and Vera Rubin NVL72 to Market
Groq announces partnership to bring NVIDIA's latest Groq 3 LPX and Vera Rubin NVL72 hardware to market. This represents an expansion of Groq's AI inference hardware offerings.
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Leanstral 1.5: Proof Abundance for All
Mistral released Leanstral 1.5, an updated version of their formal reasoning model. The model provides enhanced mathematical proof capabilities and formal verification features.
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Introducing Robostral Navigate
Mistral released Robostral Navigate, their first model built specifically for embodied navigation tasks. The model is designed for robotics and spatial navigation applications.
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Prompts and Skills Management in Studio
Mistral Studio now provides a system of record for AI prompts and skills with versioning, ownership, and traceability features. This gives users better control over their AI prompt management workflow.
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Introducing Shieldstral
Mistral released Shieldstral, a new AI safety and moderation model. The model is designed to provide content filtering and safety capabilities.
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Agentic Search
Mistral launched Agentic Search, a retrieval layer that helps AI systems navigate, read, and verify information inside and across complex documents. The system provides more accurate and efficient results from AI systems.
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Ask your agent to suggest edits
Agents can now propose changes instead of making them directly, allowing users to review and approve edits line by line for better control over content modifications.
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Ask your agent to suggest edits
Agents can now propose changes instead of making them directly, allowing users to approve edits line by line. Great for grammar passes and precise content review.
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Beyond answers: New Genie One features to turn insights into action
Databricks introduces new features for Genie One that extend beyond providing answers to enable actionable insights. The update enhances the AI tool's capability to transform data queries into executable actions.
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Ask your agent to suggest edits
Agents can now propose changes instead of making them directly, allowing users to review and approve edits line by line.
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Copilot code review: Resolution reasons and expanded capabilities
Copilot code review now includes resolution reasons and expanded review capabilities for better code analysis.
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Introducing Governance Hub: Intelligent, account-level governance over your Databricks estate
Databricks launches Governance Hub, providing intelligent account-level governance capabilities across Databricks deployments. The feature enables FinOps teams to drill down into spending and identify cost drivers.