OpenAI launches Codex plugins that automate workflows

• Google tests Whiteboard Animation format in NotebookLM
• Google offers new Demand Gen ad campaign features

• Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri
• Meta introduces new ad and discovery options

• OpenAI discontinues Sora video platform
• Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: Making audio AI more natural and reliable

1. Anthropic brings viral work tools on phone, now Claude can do your work without laptop
2. Bring your AI memories and chat history to Gemini
3. Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages

1. OpenAI launches visual product discovery in ChatGPT for all users
2. Google Lyria 3 Pro makes longer AI songs]
3. Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook

1. Claude Code and Cowork can now use your computer
2. Claude Dispatch
3. Auto Mode in Claude Code

1. Anthropic has introduced new capabilities for Claude Code
2. Google has upgraded AI Studio into a full-on app building platform
3. Instagram adds AI transition option for still image-based Stories

1. OpenAI is planning a desktop ‘superapp’
2. Microsoft launched a second-generation version of its AI image model

1. Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
2. Amazon is making an Alexa phone