Google tests Whiteboard Animation format in NotebookLM

Google’s NotebookLM may add two new Video Overview formats, “Short” and “Whiteboard Animation,” spotted in its customization UI. The additions would expand beyond Cinematic, Explainer, and Brief, targeting condensed clips and step‑by‑step illustrated explainers, though no release date is confirmed.

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Anthropic tests Claude Operon for scientific research in biology

TestingCatalog uncovered “Operon,” a new Claude desktop mode built for biology and health research. It offers a dedicated workspace for tasks like phylogenetics, CRISPR design, and single-cell analysis, with project-wide prompts, local file access, and multi-session support.

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BREAKING 🚨: Anthropic is working on a new Operon agent for Claude Desktop, built for scientific research in biology!

Operon will have a "private environment" to work alongside you. Users will be able to create different sessions within Operon projects, manage generated artefacts, and work with Skills.

Cowork but for scientists 👀

xAI is working on Skills support for Grok 🤖

Anthropic redies powerful Mythos model with high cybersecurity risk

A CMS error revealed Anthropic’s upcoming Claude Mythos, a new tier above Opus and its most capable model yet. Described as highly compute-intensive, costly, and advanced in reasoning and cybersecurity, it may launch with restricted access due to risk concerns.

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xAI prepares Skills support for Grok to rival Claude and ChatGPT

xAI is developing a Custom Skills feature for Grok, enabling users to create reusable, task-specific instruction sets via the web interface. Spotted in code, the unreleased tool supports skill creation and file imports, aligning Grok with similar moves by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

🗞 #grok

Gemini for Business prepares NotebookLM integration and Skills

Google is preparing new Gemini for Business features, including direct NotebookLM access, built-in research agents, customizable skills, and an AI Coding hub.

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Google continues working on Skills for Gemini Business and on deeper integration with NotebookLM, which is currently only available on the consumer version.

NotebookLM everywhere 👀

Exclusive: Meta tests Avocado 9B, Avocado Mango Agent, and more

Meta’s Avocado AI faces delays after underperforming against Google and OpenAI models. Internal tests show multiple variants in development, with some Meta AI queries routed to Gemini.

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Qwen released the Qwen3.5-Omni model family, designed for native understanding of text, images, audio, and video.

- Qwen3.5-Omni-Lite
- Qwen3.5-Omni-Flash
- Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus
- Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus-Realtime

CREAO launches Super Agent for AI-powered workflow apps

CREAO’s Super Agent lets users turn plain language tasks into live workflows that connect to tools like Gmail, GitHub, and Slack, then lock them into deterministic Agent Apps that run on schedule without AI. It also auto-builds reusable API integrations for persistent automation.

🗞 #sponsored