What\u2019s new in AI tools
Automated weekly roundup of release notes and changelogs across every AI tool we track. Currently indexing 485 updates.
This week \u2014 2026-W18
AI Tools This Week: 42 updates across 7 products
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Shared agentic work with GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams
GitHub Copilot now supports shared agentic workflows within Microsoft Teams for collaborative development.
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The new GitHub Copilot experience in Slack
GitHub Copilot introduces a new integrated experience within Slack for enhanced collaboration.
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Shared agentic work with GitHub Copilot in Microsoft Teams
GitHub Copilot now supports shared agentic workflows within Microsoft Teams for team collaboration.
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The new GitHub Copilot experience in Slack
GitHub Copilot is now available with enhanced integration in Slack for collaborative development workflows.
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A look under our trunk: what's in our compute
Waymo reveals details about their custom compute hardware and silicon designed for real-time autonomous driving. The system is co-designed with sensors and algorithms for deterministic, low-latency performance.
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Busting SQL Migration Myths: How New SQL Features Make Lift-and-Shift to Lakehouse Easier
Databricks introduced new SQL features designed to simplify migration from traditional data warehouses to the lakehouse architecture.
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Inbound Private Link now supports account-level Genie One, the account console, and custom URLs
Databricks expanded Inbound Private Link support to include account-level Genie One, the account console, and custom URLs for enhanced enterprise security.
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Your Developer Portal, now in the sidebar
Adds a new Developer section to the sidebar for managing Workers, connections, and personal access tokens, plus a developer bar for easy API object access.
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Your Developer Portal, now in the sidebar
New Developer section in workspace sidebar for managing Workers, connections, and tokens. Includes developer bar for easy API ID copying.
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Your Developer Portal, now in the sidebar
New Developer section in workspace sidebar for managing Workers, connections, and tokens, plus a developer bar for copying API IDs.
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Your Developer Portal, now in the sidebar
New Developer section in workspace sidebar for managing Workers, connections, and tokens, plus developer bar for copying API IDs.
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Your Developer Portal, now in the sidebar
Added a new Developer section to the sidebar for managing Workers, connections, and personal access tokens. Includes a developer bar for easily copying API IDs and objects.
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Databricks Document Intelligence: pushing the frontier for complex document extraction
Databricks launched Document Intelligence, a new capability for extracting structured data from complex unstructured documents.
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Enterprise managed settings in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains
Enterprise administrators can now manage GitHub Copilot settings centrally for JetBrains IDEs.
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Groq Closes $350 million Series A, Building the World's Leading AI Inference Cloud
Groq successfully raises $350 million in Series A funding to expand their AI inference cloud infrastructure. The funding will support scaling their cloud business operations.
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Groq Closes $350 million Series A, Building the World's Leading AI Inference Cloud
Groq successfully raises $350 million in Series A funding to expand its AI inference cloud infrastructure. The funding will support scaling of the company's inference capabilities globally.
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How Databricks Feature Store serves features with sub-second freshness
Databricks enhanced its Feature Store to deliver machine learning features with sub-second latency for real-time applications like fraud detection.
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March Drop 2026
Integrated ChatGPT and Claude with company context via new remote MCP server and expanded Assistant/Agents with third-party MCP tools.
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April Drop 2026
Added slide and interactive HTML page generation, 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-taking across existing team tools.
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June Drop 2026
Introduced meeting notes functionality that turns meetings into searchable context with interactive content for team collaboration.
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July Drop 2026
Added voice content creation capabilities, enterprise-ready workflow scaling, and Snowflake/Databricks data querying with business context.
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Bringing more control over your connectors
Mistral enhances connector functionality with improved control and management capabilities for enterprise integrations.
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Leanstral 1.5: Proof Abundance for All
Mistral releases Leanstral 1.5, an updated version of their mathematical proof generation model.
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Introducing Robostral Navigate
Mistral releases Robostral Navigate, their first model designed for embodied navigation in robotics applications.
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Introducing Shieldstral
Mistral AI introduces Shieldstral, a new AI safety and moderation solution.
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Model selection, simplified
Redesigned model picker with shortlisted models for specific tasks, scorecards comparing speed/intelligence/cost, and ability to pin favorites for easier access.
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Model selection, simplified
Redesigned model picker with shortlist of recommended models and scorecards comparing speed, intelligence, and cost. Users can pin favorites and adjust effort levels.
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Model selection, simplified
Redesigned model picker with shortlisted models for specific tasks, scorecards comparing speed and cost, and ability to pin favorites.
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Model selection, simplified
Redesigned model picker with shortlisted models for specific tasks, scorecards comparing speed/intelligence/cost, and favorites pinning.
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Using AI_Functions in Your Data Warehouse: Top Use Cases
Databricks highlighted AI_Functions capabilities for processing unstructured data directly within data warehouse environments.
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Model selection, simplified
Redesigned the model picker with a shortlist of recommended models and scorecards showing speed, intelligence, and cost comparisons. Added ability to pin favorites and adjust effort levels.
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Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot
The Grok 4.6 language model is now integrated and available for use within GitHub Copilot.
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Model selection, simplified
Notion AI introduces an improved model picker with scorecards comparing speed, intelligence, and cost, plus the ability to pin favorite models and adjust effort levels.
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Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot now supports Grok 4.6 as an available AI model option.
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Smart Routing in Unity AI Gateway: Match frontier quality with 30%+ lower cost per task
Databricks introduced smart routing in Unity AI Gateway to optimize model selection for coding tasks, achieving frontier-level quality while reducing costs by over 30%.
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Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot adds support for Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model.
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Groq Becomes an NVIDIA Cloud Partner
Groq establishes a cloud partnership with NVIDIA to enhance their AI inference capabilities. This partnership expands Groq's ecosystem integration with NVIDIA's cloud services.
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Groq Becomes an NVIDIA Cloud Partner
Groq enters into a cloud partnership with NVIDIA to enhance AI inference capabilities. This partnership expands Groq's ecosystem integration with NVIDIA's cloud infrastructure.
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Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app
Agent Plugins 1.0 are now available across VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot application.
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Groq Becomes an NVIDIA Cloud Partner
Groq announced a partnership with NVIDIA to become an official cloud partner. This collaboration aims to enhance AI inference capabilities through NVIDIA's cloud infrastructure.
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Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app
Agent Plugins 1.0 is now available across VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app.
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Open-sourcing Metals v2: Databricks' Java and Scala language server for multi‑million line codebases
Databricks open-sourced Metals v2, a Java and Scala language server designed to handle multi-million line codebases for improved developer productivity.
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Taking AUTO CDC to the next level: Solving the hardest real-world use cases
Databricks enhanced AUTO CDC capabilities to address complex real-world change data capture scenarios that data engineers commonly build on Spark.
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MAI-Code-1.1-Flash available in GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot adds support for the MAI-Code-1.1-Flash model.
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Copilot memory and Ollama in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now includes memory functionality and Ollama integration.
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April Drop 2026
Added slide and interactive HTML page generation features, plus embedded MCP Apps in Glean Assistant for cross-tool actions.
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Agent Versioning 2.0, Granular Multilingual, Custom Voicemail, Voice Orb
Released improved agent versioning with staging/production environments, multi-language support with automatic detection, custom voicemail handling, and shareable voice agent links.
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Live Call Monitoring, Custom Dashboards, Built-in CRM, Colloquial Model, Expressive Mode
Retell AI launched five major features including real-time call monitoring, CRM integration with Salesforce/HubSpot, customizable dashboards, and enhanced voice agent naturalness through Colloquial and Expressive modes.
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Groq Expands to Asia-Pacific with Sydney Data Center
Groq launched a new data center in Sydney, Australia to serve the Asia-Pacific region with AI inference capabilities.