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Google I/O 🔥: A new $100 Gemini Ultra plan has been announced, and the price of the normal Gemini Ultra plan has been dropped from $250 to $200 a month.
Testing time 👀
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: ANTIGRAVITY 2.0 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED WITH LOADS OF NEW AGENTIC SYSTEMS AND REALTIVE VOICE EXPERIENCE!
> Available globally for everyone
> Gemini 3.5 Flash is 12x faster on Antigravity
> New Agent experience and integrations
> Antigravity CLI
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: GEMINI OMNI FLASH HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AND IS NOW AVAILABLE ON GEMINI AND GOOGLE FLOW.
GEMINI OMNI PRO IS COMING SOON 🤩
Google I/O 2026 livestream 🍿
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSncx9zLIU
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: Gemini on the web is getting a new "Avatar" (Likeness) feature!
It is being gradually rolled out and will soon be available on all platforms, but is not yet functional.
Did it work for you?
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: More Google Flow updates! Characters and Scenes are now available there, too!
Users can create characters that can later be reused for video generation. Different character voices are also available.
Besides that, the Google Flow app for Android is now available on Google Play.
TESTING TIME! 👀
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: Google Flow is getting Gemini Omni and a new Flow Agent experience!
> Your Agent is active! Ask Gemini to brainstorm concepts, generate image variations, rename assets, or answer questions about Flow. Start typing below or click the expand icon on the top right to open chat mode.
Customizable Style Tools are now available as well!
Anthropic announced self-hosted sendboxes and MCP tunnels for Claude Managed Agents during its "Code with Claude" event in London.
> With self-hosted sandboxes, you keep sensitive files, packages, and services in your own infrastructure or with a managed sandbox provider.
> With MCP tunnels, your agents reach MCP servers inside your private network without exposing them to the public internet.
A new UI experience is being rolled out on Gemini ahead of today's Google I/O.
It also comes along with a Thinking effort selector and a new Usage Limits tab in settings.
GoogleDeepMind theme 🔥
OpenAI launches personal finance on ChatGPT for Pro users
OpenAI is previewing a ChatGPT finance dashboard for U.S. Pro users, letting them connect financial accounts via Plaid, track spending and balances, and ask account-based money questions with controls for privacy and data deletion.
🗞 #chatgpt @testingcatalog
Zed ❤️ ChatGPT
Open-source IDE Zed now supports ChatGPT subscription in the Zed Agent.
OpenAI is working on a dedicated setting for Codex to allow users to enable "Locked use."
> Let Codex use your Mac while it's locked
No more need to carry a half-open laptop around?
Manus 🤝 Similarweb
Manus users can now access richer data from Similarweb to analyze their traffic and growth drivers.
After a TMZ report, fans are speculating that Kanye West was spotted with a mysterious AI device last week.
Earlier this year, the same device was a part of a leaked Super Bowl ad with connections to OpenAI, that they later denied.
OPENAI 🔥: A new Codex with Remote Control is now available inside the ChatGPT app for mobile in selected regions.
> Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app so you can stay in the loop from anywhere while Codex gets work done across your laptops, devboxes, or remote environments.
> Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app is rolling out in preview on iOS and Android across all plans, including Free and Go, in all supported regions. Support for connecting your phone to the Codex app on Windows is coming soon.
The time has come 👀
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: A 24/7 GEMINI SPARK AI AGENT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!
> Comes with a dedicated virtual machine
> Supports MCPs and Connectors
> Powered by Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity harness
Tons of use cases! 👀
Rolling out to trusted testers this week and to Ultra users in the US next week.
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: GEMINI 3.5 FLASH HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!
Gemini 3.5 performs on par with Gemini 3.1 Pro on Artificial Analysis Intelligence benchmark but is much faster.
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: GEMINI 3.5 FLASH HAS STARTED ROLLED OUT ON GEMINI AND APIs!
Testing time soon 👀
Gemini Omni test 🔥
One of the best "Cyberpunk hacker robot" videos I've seen so far. It handled scene composition much better than the latest Veo model.
Aspect ratio settings are available for Gemini Omni on the Gemini web as well!
How to watch Google I/O 2026 and what to expect
Google I/O 2026 starts May 19 with keynotes at 10am and 1:30pm PT. Expected reveals include Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, a Gemini UI refresh, AI Studio mobile, Spark for desktop, and agent-focused updates across Google tools.
🗞 #gemini @testingcatalog
Andrej Karpathy has joined Anthropic and getting back to the R&D!
> I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative.
GOOGLE I/O 🔥: We are getting Gemini 3.5 Flash today!
> GEMINI
> GEMINI
> GEMINI
> GEM 👀
GOOGLE 🔥: A new AI Studio mobile app is now available on Google Play for pre-registration!
> "Your next big idea is just a conversation away. Inspiration doesn't wait for you to be at your desk. It strikes on the couch, on the bus, or in the middle of the night. With Google AI Studio, you finally have a way to capture that spark and turn it into something real—right from your phone."
> "Whether you want to create a custom tool for your business, a personalized game for your friends, or a new way to track your goals, Google AI Studio makes building as easy as describing what you want."
APKPLZ 👀
SpaceXAI ❤️ Hermes
Users can now use their Grok subscription directly inside the Hermes agent. That's a combo!
Perplexity connects Computer to Snowflake and Databricks
Perplexity’s new Computer release connects live Snowflake and Databricks data to deliver SQL-backed answers, dashboards, and automations for non-technical teams, with admin-reviewed data mapping and platform-level access controls.
🗞 #perplexity @testingcatalog
OPENAI 🔥: A new Personal Finance feature is rolling out to Pro ChatGPT users in the US.
This feature allows users to connect their financial data to ChatGPT (bank accounts, Robinhood, etc) and ask financial questions.
> We’ll learn and improve from early use before rolling it out to Plus, with the goal of making it available to everyone.
GOOGLE 🔥: New Gemini Spark screenshots featuring advanced tool use and Skills creation flow.
It seems like there won't be an option to import SKILL MD files besides copeing and pasting. There is also no evidence of Browser or Computer Use atm (to control users' own laptops).
h/t x@Waguri_Kaoruko8
Perplexity Computer can now use Snowflake as a data source and work as a personal Data Science team if you are on Snowflake.
And the Data Analytics team as well 👀
OpenAI brings Codex to ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android
OpenAI is adding Codex to ChatGPT mobile in preview on iOS and Android, letting developers monitor sessions, review outputs, approve commands, and manage remote environments from a phone while code stays on the host machine.
🗞 #chatgpt @testingcatalog
SPACEXAI 🔥: Grok Build CLI is now live in Beta for Grok Heavy users. It supports Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and Planning Mode.
Heavy testing time /btw 👀