Microsoft turns Excel spreadsheets into interactive canvases with Copilot
Microsoft is adding Copilot features that turn Excel spreadsheets into interactive canvases, per Neowin, letting users explore data visually.
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Monday 12 October 2026
Pendo launches game teaching AI agent training
Pendo released a game set in liminal spaces that teaches players how AI agent training works.
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Proba NTree launches AI agent for fertilizer emission data
Proba NTree is an AI agent that produces traceable fertilizer emission data, letting users track and verify agricultural emissions figures through an automated workflow.
Proba NTree
Google Maps adds Gemini route-impact comparison code
An APK teardown reveals Google Maps is building code for Gemini-powered route-impact comparisons in navigation alerts, letting the app explain how incidents affect a route. Not yet live to users.
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Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) iPhone app updates to 1.61.7
Google's Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, released iPhone and iPad version 1.61.7 with bug fixes and improvements to its research and study tools.
Version 1.61.7 · iPhone / iPad
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Aidan Guo builds AI desktop assistant startup attracting investors
A young entrepreneur named Aidan Guo is building an AI desktop assistant, and his startup has already attracted backing from investors, according to The Economic Times.
Musk touts Grok shopping purchases from a credit card photo
Elon Musk promoted how easily Grok can complete shopping purchases for users, saying you can just take a picture of your credit card to have the AI buy items.
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Review weighs ChatGPT work tasks for small businesses
A News Anyway piece assesses ChatGPT tasks aimed at small businesses, describing real productivity gains alongside caveats about reliability and oversight.
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App turns any historical moment into an interruptible AI podcast
A new app lets you type any topic, person or moment and produces a researched two-host podcast with sources and artwork that you can interrupt.
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Literary prize winner suspected of being AI-generated
A Reddit post notes another literary prizewinner that appears to have been written by AI, adding to debate over AI in creative writing contests.
The RealReal rolls out AI shopping agent to all 45M members
After a pilot, The RealReal is rolling out its AI shopping agent to all 45 million members, giving them automated help finding resale luxury items.
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Google tests new Gemini Live mobile UI with waveform animation
Google is testing a redesigned Gemini Live mobile interface with a new waveform animation and a dedicated voice output control.
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Mistral Vibe iPhone app updates to 2.14.0
Version 2.14.0 of Mistral Vibe (Le Chat) for iPhone, an AI agent for long-horizon tasks, brings various fixes and improvements.
Version 2.14.0 · iPhone / iPad
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Etoro launches connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Grok Bot
Etoro launched connectors that link its trading platform to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Grok Bot.
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Tesla brings Grok Bot voice tasks to Cybercab and Model Y vehicles
Tesla is bringing the Grok Bot to Cybercab and robotaxi fleet vehicles, enabling voice-controlled tasks during rides, and expanding Grok Bot voice tasks to Model Y.
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Microsoft adds Office file creation to Copilot, kills Outlook AI themes
Microsoft Copilot can now create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, while Copilot themes in Outlook are retired starting mid-October 2026 after user pushback.
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Microsoft upgrades Copilot Notebooks with task delegation and Office editing
Microsoft upgrades Copilot Notebooks with task delegation, Office document editing and interactive reports, positioning it against Google's NotebookLM.
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Rivian rolls out new AI voice assistant to its vehicles
Rivian is rolling out a new AI voice assistant in its vehicles, with InsideEVs detailing what it can do.
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Kudos 3.0 launches on Product Hunt to find money users are missing
Kudos 3.0 launches on Product Hunt as an AI tool that finds money users are owed and helps get it back.
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Atticus, a hold-to-talk macOS voice assistant running on Claude, shared on Hacker News
Atticus is a Mac voice assistant: hold Control-Option-Space, speak or type a task, and it runs it, sending simple tasks to cheaper handling. Built by a 9th-grade developer and shown as Show HN.
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Nature essay recounts ChatGPT going too far on 'continue'
A Nature piece describes a user telling ChatGPT to 'continue' and the model taking the instruction much further than intended.
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Mira Tours launches on Product Hunt as an AI walking tour guide
Mira Tours is an AI walking tour guide app launched on Product Hunt, where it is open for discussion and linked for access.
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Takes for Mac launches to record talking-head videos with Claude Code editing
Takes for Mac is a Mac app for recording talking-head videos, where Claude Code handles the editing. Launched on Product Hunt with discussion and a link.
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SupoClip, an open-source AI tool, turns long videos into viral shorts
SupoClip is an open-source AI clipper that cuts long videos into short viral clips. Launched on Product Hunt with a link and discussion.
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Android Auto calling problem on foldable phones linked to Gemini, Engadget reports
Engadget reports that a Android Auto problem affecting calls on foldable phones may be caused by Gemini.
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Google adds a map tool and replaces the slash command in Gemini, JournalArta reports
JournalArta reports that Gemini has added a map tool and replaced the slash command, with an explainer of what changed for users.
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Agibot launches always-on personal AI agent for Mac
Agibot is a personal AI agent app for Mac that runs always on, letting you delegate tasks to it. It is free forever, according to its Product Hunt listing.
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ONLYOFFICE 10.0 adds AI tools, modular apps and stronger security
ONLYOFFICE 10.0, an open-source office suite for documents, spreadsheets and presentations, adds AI tools, modular apps and stronger security.
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Open-source AnyPS5 project reaches 100% GPU shader instruction coverage
AnyPS5 is an open-source project aiming to run PS5 games natively on PC. It has now reached full GPU shader instruction coverage, a key milestone, though games are not yet playable.
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Cisco adds Claude to Webex, turning it into an AI agent workspace
Cisco is turning its Webex collaboration platform into an AI agent workspace with Anthropic's Claude built in, according to Startup Fortune.
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Steam Deck gets Nvidia DLSS 3.7 upscaling through a community mod
Club386 reports a community mod lets the Steam Deck handheld run Nvidia DLSS 3.7 AI upscaling, a feature the device does not support natively.
Google transitions Gemini Gems to Skills, RS Web Solutions reports
Google is moving its Gemini Gems custom assistants over to a new Skills format, according to RS Web Solutions, which lists key details of the change.
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Claude arrives in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
Anthropic's Claude is now available inside Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, Tom's Guide reports, with seven suggested uses for the new integration.
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Benchmark shows DLSS 3.7 on AMD Radeon uses less load than FSR 4.1
GameGPU reports that Nvidia DLSS 3.7 running on AMD Radeon GPUs produces a lower load than AMD's FSR 4.1 upscaling in its tests.
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Google moves free Gemini users to Auto model selection, adds thinking levels
Google's Gemini app now gives free-plan users only an Auto model option, removing manual model selection. Everyone gets access to thinking or effort levels, rolling out now.
Maildun launches for Mac to design emails with AI or over MCP
Maildun is a Mac app for designing on-brand emails by hand, with AI assistance, or through MCP. It was launched on Product Hunt.
Friday 09 October 2026
PixRater launches on Product Hunt to cull and rate photos faster
PixRater is a photo tool for culling and rating images faster, launched on Product Hunt.
OpenAI says ChatGPT Android content outage resolved after October 9 incident
OpenAI says it resolved a ChatGPT Android content unavailability issue from its October 9 outage. Its advice during the incident was to use ChatGPT on the web.
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Casepoint launches first purpose-built AI agents in Casepoint IQ
Casepoint expanded its Casepoint IQ legal platform with its first purpose-built AI agents for legal work. The source gives no availability details.
FloorGen offers free AI floor plans from drawings or text prompts
FloorGen is a free web tool that creates floor plans from a hand-drawn sketch or a text prompt. It is listed on Product Hunt.