What\u2019s new in AI tools
Automated weekly roundup of release notes and changelogs across every AI tool we track. Currently indexing 105 updates.
This week \u2014 2026-W18
AI Tools This Week: 42 updates across 7 products
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Remote agents in Vibe. Powered by Mistral Medium 3.5.
Mistral AI introduces Mistral Medium 3.5 model, remote coding agents in Vibe, and a new Work mode in Le Chat for handling complex tasks.
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Remote agents in Vibe. Powered by Mistral Medium 3.5.
Mistral AI introduced Mistral Medium 3.5 with remote coding agents in Vibe and a new Work mode in Le Chat for complex tasks.
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Workflows for work that runs the business
Mistral AI launches Workflows in public preview, enabling automated business processes.
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Workflows for work that runs the business
Workflows feature is now available in public preview for business automation.
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Langfuse v3.171.0
Allows source=ANNOTATION on the public scores API endpoint and adds model pricing for GPT-5.5. Includes ClickHouse performance improvements and PostHog export window fixes.
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The next generation of Databricks Genie
Databricks announced the next generation of its Genie product with new capabilities for data interaction. The update was published as a platform and product release.
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OpenAI GPT-5.5 + Codex, now available and fully-governed on Databricks
OpenAI GPT-5.5 and Codex are now available on Databricks with governance through Unity AI Gateway. The integration targets agentic enterprise workflows and complex tasks.
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Langfuse v3.170.0
Adds public evals API endpoints, DELETE endpoint for LLM connections, region selector in user menu, prompt metrics time window filtering, floating multi-select action bar, and configurable blob storage export frequencies. Includes security fixes for CSS injection in score config names and constant-time comparison for admin API key auth.
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Announcing the Public Preview of Lakeflow Designer
Lakeflow Designer has entered public preview after its initial introduction at Data and AI Summit. The tool is aimed at data pipeline design within the Databricks platform.
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Databricks partners with OpenAI on GPT-5.5
Databricks announced a partnership with OpenAI to offer GPT-5.5 as a frontier model on its platform. The post outlines the collaboration and availability details.
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Mail & Calendar, now in your settings
A new dedicated settings tab allows users to connect their calendar and inbox to Notion. Once linked, Notion AI can perform cross-app tasks such as scheduling meetings and drafting emails.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo opened its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents and visitors in Miami and Orlando after initially serving 150,000 riders from an interest list.
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Connect the dots: Build with built-in and custom MCPs in Studio
Mistral AI introduces enterprise data connectors in Studio with reusable connectors, direct tool calling, and human-in-the-loop approval controls.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo expanded its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents and visitors in Miami and Orlando after serving over 150,000 riders from initial interest lists.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo has opened its autonomous ride service to all users in Miami and Orlando, Florida. The service is now available to the general public in these two cities.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo opened its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents and visitors in Miami and Orlando after initially serving over 150,000 riders from an interest list.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo has opened its autonomous ride service to all users in Miami and Orlando, Florida. The service is now publicly available in these two cities without waitlists.
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Connect the dots: Build with built-in and custom MCPs in Studio
New connectors feature allows enterprises to connect data to AI applications with reusable connectors, tool calling, and approval controls.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo has opened its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents and visitors in Miami and Orlando, removing the prior interest-list requirement. Users can now download the Waymo app and hail a ride immediately in both cities.
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Florida's New Way to Ride: Waymo Opens to Everyone in Miami and Orlando
Waymo expanded its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to all riders in Miami and Orlando, Florida. The service is now open to the general public in both cities.
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Connect the dots: Build with built-in and custom MCPs in Studio
Mistral Studio now supports reusable connectors for enterprise data, direct tool calling, and human-in-the-loop approval controls for AI applications.
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Schedule meetings with Notion Agent
Notion Agent can now access a user's calendar to identify available meeting times with teammates. Users can view a ranked list of scheduling options, compare schedules, and book directly from the chat interface.
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New database permission: Can create pages
A new database permission level allows teammates to create new pages without being able to view or edit other content in the database. This is intended for use cases involving external contributors or sensitive data.
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New AI connectors: Salesforce and Box
A Salesforce connector enables searching accounts, opportunities, and notes within Notion AI for call prep and follow-ups. A Box connector allows searching and summarizing files such as proposals and contracts.
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Notion 3.4 part 2: Custom Agents, AI Autofill, and more
This release expands Custom Agents with lower running costs (35–50% cheaper), private Slack channel access, and a credits dashboard for visibility. New AI Autofill brings agent-powered continuous enrichment to database rows, and Notion Agent gains Skills, voice input, and Calendar/Mail/Slack integrations.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo has partnered with Waze to share pothole data collected by its autonomous vehicles to help cities identify and repair road infrastructure issues. The collaboration aims to improve road conditions using data from Waymo's fleet.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo launched a pilot program with Waze that uses its perception systems to detect potholes and provide real-time data to cities through the Waze for Cities platform.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo has partnered with Waze to share pothole data collected by its autonomous vehicles to help cities identify and repair road infrastructure issues. This collaboration uses Waymo's sensor data to improve road conditions.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo and Waze launched a pilot program using Waymo's perception systems to detect potholes and provide real-time data to cities through the Waze for Cities platform.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo has partnered with Waze to share pothole data collected by its autonomous vehicles to help cities identify and repair road infrastructure issues.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo partnered with Waze to use its perception systems to detect potholes and provide real-time data to cities and transportation departments through the Waze for Cities platform.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo has partnered with Waze to share pothole data collected by its autonomous vehicles to help cities identify and repair road infrastructure issues. The collaboration uses Waymo's sensor data to improve road conditions.
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Partnering with Waze to help cities patch their potholes
Waymo and Waze announced a pilot program using Waymo's perception systems to detect potholes and share that data with cities and state DOTs via the Waze for Cities platform. The program aims to provide up-to-date road condition information in cities where Waymo operates.
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Mute discussion replies
Users can now mute reply notifications on discussions they no longer want to follow. Notifications automatically resume if the user is @-mentioned or posts a new comment, and can be manually unmuted via the options menu.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo began welcoming public riders to its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville on a rolling invitation basis.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo began welcoming public riders to its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville, with invitations rolling out gradually.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo has launched its autonomous ride service in Nashville, Tennessee. The service is now available for riders in the Nashville area.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo began welcoming the first public riders to its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville on a rolling invitation basis.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo has launched its autonomous ride service in Nashville, Tennessee. Users can now book rides through the Waymo app in the Nashville area.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo launched its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville, beginning to invite public riders on a rolling basis.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo has launched its autonomous ride service in Nashville, Tennessee. The service is now available to users in the Nashville metropolitan area.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo launched its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville, beginning with a rolling invite to public riders. Users can download the Waymo app to join the service.
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Your Waymo ride, now arriving in Nashville
Waymo launched its autonomous ride-hailing service in Nashville, Tennessee. The service is now available to riders in the city via the Waymo app.
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Share Notion AI chats as a link
Notion AI chat conversations can now be shared as read-only links with teammates or publicly. Shared links are manageable from Settings under Public pages.
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Speaking of Voxtral
Voxtral TTS is a new open-weights text-to-speech model designed for fast, adaptable, and lifelike speech generation for voice agents.
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Speaking of Voxtral: Voxtral TTS
Mistral released Voxtral TTS, an open-weights text-to-speech model designed for voice agents with fast inference and adaptable voice output.
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Voxtral TTS: Speaking of Voxtral
Mistral released Voxtral TTS, an open-weights text-to-speech model designed for low latency, voice adaptation, and use in voice agent applications.
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ChatGPT app, Dynamic voice speed, A/B testing, and more
Retell AI launched a ChatGPT GPT app for building and deploying AI voice agents, introduced dynamic voice speed that adapts to caller pace, and added A/B testing to split call traffic across multiple agents. Additional platform upgrades include ElevenLabs v3 voice support, webhook event controls, and data retention settings.
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Introducing Forge
Forge is a new Mistral system that enables enterprises to build AI models grounded in their proprietary knowledge at frontier quality.
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Introducing Mistral Small 4
Mistral released Mistral Small 4, a new small-scale model in their model lineup.