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Best Open Source Vector Databases in 2026
I looked at 31 open source vector databases, Postgres extensions and search engines with vector search, and ranked the ones I'd trust with a production RAG or search system. Then I loaded the same 100,000 OpenAI embeddings into Qdrant, Milvus, Weaviate, Chroma and pgvector on one cloud server and ran 1,000 searches on each. Data refreshedOctober 19, 2026MethodologyHow we evaluate Founder of Geekflare Chandan Kumar is a founder of Geekflare.
Best Open Source Web Scraping Tools in 2026
I looked at 35 open source scraping tools, crawlers and browser libraries and ranked the ones I'd use to collect web data for a business or an AI pipeline. I've also installed Crawl4AI, Firecrawl, Scrapy, Crawlee and Maxun and ran the scraping jobs on each. Data refreshedOctober 19, 2026MethodologyHow we evaluate Founder of Geekflare Chandan Kumar is a founder of Geekflare. He is a technology enthusiast and entrepreneur who loves to help businesses and people around the world.
Respond.io Review: Is It Actually Worth the Money?
Business is all about managing your customers correctly and promptly. You start small, but soon find out that there are too many social media platforms. This leads to customers with diverse service requests and priorities. It can start overwhelming customer support, or worse, impact your lead-capturing pipeline. That’s why you need a robust and centralized platform to manage all the conversations.
OpenAI Ordered to Pay Damages for Using Protected Music in ChatGPT
A German court has ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated national copyright laws by using licensed musical works without permission during its model training process. The decision, first reported by The Guardian, marks one of the first major legal setbacks for the American AI company in Europe. The case was brought by GEMA, the German society responsible for managing music rights, which filed the lawsuit last November.
YouTube Adds Gemini AI-Powered ‘Ask’ Button
YouTube has started rolling out a new “Ask” button powered by Gemini AI. The feature allows viewers to generate instant summaries, pull out key points, and ask specific questions about the video they’re watching, all without leaving the app. Powered by Google’s multimodal Gemini AI, the new feature goes beyond simple transcript analysis. It understands what’s being said in the video, what appears on screen, and even the context of visuals or captions to deliver accurate and meaningful answers.
SurveyMonkey Review - Tested Surveys, Forms and Quizzes
After testing SurveyMonkey for a month, I can confidently say that it is a powerful survey maker platform. It is AI-powered, gives you all the tools to create surveys that you need, and brings insights that directly impact growth. However, it is not for everyone. Its cost can deter micro businesses with a low budget from looking for simpler solutions. In fact, SurveyMonkey might be overkill for smaller businesses that are looking for just simple forms and quizzes.
ChatGPT Go Plan Now Free in India for One Year: Here’s How to Claim It
OpenAI has made its most affordable plan ChatGPT Go free in India for all users for one year starting November 4, 2025. It gives access to the latest GPT-5 model, faster responses, increased message limits, image generation, and file uploads. The free offer applies to new users, existing free-tier users, and current ChatGPT Go subscribers with accounts in good standing.
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, and Others Accuse OpenAI's Sora 2 of Copyright Breach
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is back in controversy as some of Japan’s most powerful entertainment companies are taking a stand against the platform. The group, represented by the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), has formally demanded that OpenAI stop using its copyrighted works to train its AI. CODA’s members include some of Japan’s most recognised names in anime and gaming, Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Toei Animation, Kadokawa, and Aniplex.
OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Deal with AWS to Power Next-Gen AI
OpenAI has now signed a whopping $38 billion multi-year contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power and scale its artificial intelligence workloads over the next seven years. This is likely to be one of the biggest cloud partnerships in the AI space and indicates OpenAI’s growing infrastructure needs as it continues to advance the intelligence and capabilities of its models.
Telegram Launches Cocoon: Decentralized AI Powered by TON Blockchain
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, has announced a new initiative called Cocoon. It is a decentralised AI compute network built on the TON (The Open Network) blockchain. It was announced at the Blockchain Life 2025 conference in Dubai. Cocoon, which stands for Confidential Compute Open Network, is scheduled to launch this month and will count Telegram as its first major customer.
Apple Chooses Google Gemini Model to Power New Siri
Apple seems to be making a big change with its voice assistant Siri, and the updates are said to be revealed by March 2026. If we go by some latest reports, Siri will be backed by a custom version of Google Gemini, and will bring new web-search and AI-powered features to Apple’s ecosystem. Interestingly, Apple is said to be paying Google to create a custom Gemini-based model that runs on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers.
Google Is Offering Its AI Pro Plan Worth Rs 35,100 Free in India: 5 Things to Know
Google has partnered with Reliance Jio to make its advanced AI tools accessible to millions of Indians. Under a new partnership, eligible Jio users can now get free access to Google’s AI Pro plan for 18 months, an offer valued at Rs 35,100. Here are five things you should know about the offer: The free Google AI Pro plan gives Jio users access to the latest Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model via the Gemini app. It also unlocks tools like Nano Banana and Veo 3.1 for generating images and videos.
Perplexity Launches AI Tool for Easier Patent Search
Today, Perplexity has launched a new tool called Perplexity Patent, which is an AI-powered patent research tool designed to make intellectual property (IP) intelligence accessible to everyone. It is said to be the first AI patent research agent, and it plans to simplify and modernize how people discover, analyse, and interact with patents. Traditional patent search systems often demand complex keyword syntax and professional expertise to yield meaningful results.
Gemini Can Now Create Full Google Slides Presentations from a Simple Prompt Original
Google has announced a new update to its Gemini app that allows users to automatically create entire Google Slides presentations using just a simple text prompt or an uploaded source file. The feature, powered by Canvas inside the Gemini app, wants to save hours of manual work by generating complete slide decks with themes, visuals, and structured content.
YouTube Will Use AI to Turn Millions of Old Videos Into HD, 4K Coming Next
YouTube has announced a big AI update to improve how older, low-resolution videos look on today’s screens. The company announced that it will start automatically upscaling millions of videos to HD quality, with plans to expand the feature to 4K in the near future. The new capability, called “Super Resolution,” uses artificial intelligence to improve the visual quality of videos originally uploaded below 1080p, including those as low as 240p.
Google launches a Canva alternative, built with DeepMind
Google has launched a new experimental marketing tool called Pomelli that promises to generate on‑brand social posts and ad creatives from the company’s website. The tool is built in partnership with Google DeepMind, and is available in public Beta in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The idea here is simple: Google thinks that small and midsize businesses often don’t have the time, budget, or design resources to produce consistent marketing content.
NotebookLM Finally Adds Chat History, Here's What Changes
NotebookLM is finally getting the much-awaited saved chat history feature. The update will start rolling out over the next week and is part of the company’s bigger design changes as the platform is preparing itself to become smarter and more capable for long-term projects. If you have used NotebookLM in the past to analyze documents, then the addition of a chat history feature can become quite an important update. Earlier conversations would disappear once a session was closed.
Over a Million ChatGPT Users Discuss Suicide Weekly
In a shocking revelation, it has appeared that over a million people around the world use ChatGPT each week to talk about suicide. According to the company’s latest analysis, around 0.15% of its roughly 800 million weekly active users show signs of potential suicidal planning or intent.
Adobe's Firefly Video Editor Does It All
Adobe has rolled out some major updates to its Firefly creative AI studio. At the Adobe MAX conference this week, the company unveiled new AI tools for video and audio generation alongside an upgraded image model and a lineup of partner AI models integrated directly into Firefly. The expansion addresses a gap in Firefly’s capabilities. Until now, the platform has focused primarily on image generation and design.
Apple releases new AI dataset to improve image editing models
Apple has quietly released a new research dataset called Pico-Banana-400K: A Large-Scale Dataset for Text-Guided Image Editing. It is said to be one of its biggest open contributions to the AI research community in years. The research paper was published on arXiv and is designed to advance research in instruction-based image editing. It includes 400,000 real-world images sourced from the OpenImages collection, paired with artificially edited counterparts.
Claude Now Works Inside Excel as Anthropic Expands Focus on Financial Services
Anthropic has launched some big updates for its AI assistant Claude, introducing Microsoft Excel integration and new financial-focused agent skills. It is said to make Claude more useful for professionals working in investment, banking, and research roles. Claude for Excel is launching in beta as a research preview. It allows users to work directly with Claude inside Microsoft Excel through a sidebar. Within this interface, Claude can read, analyze, modify, and create Excel workbooks.
Elon Musk Unveils Grokipedia v0.1, An AI-Powered Alternative to Wikipedia
Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia v0.1, which is an AI-powered encyclopedia designed to rival Wikipedia. Developed by his xAI team, the platform went live on October 27, 2025, positioning itself as a “truthful and independent alternative” to what Musk has often described as Wikipedia’s editorial bias and bureaucracy.
ChatGPT Go Plan Is Now Free for Users in India Original
There’s good news for ChatGPT users in India. OpenAI is giving all its users in the country free access to its ChatGPT Go plan for one year, starting November 4, 2025. According to the company, this move underscores its growing commitment to the Indian market, which has become ChatGPT’s second-largest and fastest-growing user base worldwide. The free access rollout will coincide with OpenAI’s DevDay Exchange event in Bengaluru.
AI School Security System Mistakes a Doritos Bag for a Gun
Police handcuffed a high school student in Baltimore County after an AI-powered security system mistook his Doritos bag for a gun. The incident occurred on October 20, 2025, at Kenwood High School in Maryland, when 17-year-old student Taki Allen was waiting for a ride home after football practice. The AI surveillance system, developed by Omnilert, detected what it believed to be a firearm and automatically alerted both school staff and local law enforcement.
ChatGPT Might Soon Show Ads Based on Your Chats
OpenAI is said to be working on introducing ads inside ChatGPT, and with this strategy, the company is planning to monetize its massively popular AI chatbot. The idea is to use ChatGPT’s growing understanding of users, their interests, location, and chat habits to deliver ads that feel natural and conversational. The company’s approach centers on ChatGPT’s new “memory” feature, which allows the model to remember details from past interactions.
OpenAI Is Bringing Music Generation to Its AI Lineup Original
OpenAI is said to be in the advanced stages of building a new generative AI music tool. It looks like the company is planning to tap into the fast-growing AI-driven audio creation space with this new tool. The tool is said to allow users to generate original music, soundtracks, and multi-vocal tracks simply by typing text or providing audio prompts. Something similar to how ChatGPT handles text and Sora manages video.
What is Microsoft's Mico and why is Everyone Talking About it?
If you are on social media or keep up with the latest tech news, then you’ve probably seen Mico trending everywhere. It’s a new animated AI assistant from Microsoft. It is said to make the interactions feel more human, emotional, and even a little nostalgic. The Mico was launched during the company’s Fall 2025 Copilot Sessions in Los Angeles. At its core, Mico is an avatar, a blob-like character that reacts visually and emotionally during your conversations.
You’ll soon be able to create Data Tables in NotebookLM Original
NotebookLM is said to be getting a new Data Table artefact and a Deep Research mode soon. The details were first revealed by Testing Catalog, which found references to these features in recent builds of the platform. The new Data Table artefact will allow us to create structured tables for comparing and analysing information from multiple sources. This will be useful for professionals who work with varied datasets, including those who handle reports and researchers who need organised data outputs.
You can now share ChatGPT projects with your team
OpenAI is expanding collaboration inside ChatGPT with two major updates. The company has rolled out shared projects to all users globally and introduced a new “company knowledge” feature for Business, Enterprise, and Education customers. Starting today, shared projects are available to everyone, including Free, Plus, Pro, and Go users on the web, iOS, and Android. With shared projects, ChatGPT can use anything inside the project, from chats and uploaded files to custom instructions.
Reddit Sues Perplexity for Data Scraping: 5 Things to Know
Reddit has accused Perplexity of illegally scraping its content to train its AI search engine. However, it’s not only Perplexity, the social media giant has accused other companies as well. Here’s everything you need to know about this issue: Reddit sued Perplexity and three other companies in a New York federal court on Wednesday. The complaint claims these companies bypassed Reddit’s data protection measures to steal content needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine” AI system.
New zero-click AI attack “Shadow Escape” could quietly steal company data
Operant AI has found a new kind of cyberattack called “Shadow Escape”; it is the first known zero-click agentic exploit targeting the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that connects AI agents to enterprise systems. The company said the exploit enables data theft through widely used AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others that rely on MCP for access to internal tools, APIs, and databases.
Airbnb delays ChatGPT integration as Chesky says tech isn’t ready Original
In an interview this week, Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, acknowledged that while the company intends to eventually integrate ChatGPT-style AI capabilities into its platform, the current technology isn’t yet ready for the demands of travel and lodging.
Hidden AI Prompts in Browsers Could Steal Your Data
These days, AI browsers are quite popular as all the AI companies are racing to launch an AI-powered browser. But some security researchers have uncovered new vulnerabilities in AI-powered browsers that allow hidden instructions, known as prompt injections, to manipulate users’ browsers without their knowledge. The findings, shared by Brave, highlight risks in Comet, Fellou, and potentially other agentic browsers.
Netflix Tests Generative AI in Shows, Ads, and Search
Netflix is going all in with generative AI on its platform. The company plans to use AI to improve content creation, marketing, and user experience, making it one of the first major streaming players to embrace AI at this scale. The streaming giant is equipping creators with generative AI tools designed to speed up production and inspire innovation.
OpenAI's Take on the AI-Powered Web Browser Original
Perplexity has started this race for AI-backed browsers with Comet, and after that, Google joined by integrating Gemini into its Chrome browser. And now OpenAI has joined the race with its latest ChatGPT Atlas browser. So in this article, I have talked about 6 things that you should know about the latest ChatGPT Atlas. As you already know, ChatGPT Atlas is a web browser and is deeply integrated with ChatGPT at its core.
WhatsApp Says Goodbye to ChatGPT After Meta’s New AI Rule
ChatGPT and other third-party AI chatbots will no longer work on WhatsApp from January 15, 2026. Meta has introduced a new policy that bans general-purpose AI assistants from using the WhatsApp Business API. The new rule is shutting out ChatGPT and similar bots like Perplexity, Luzia, and more. The update quietly rolled out on October 18, 2025, and as a result, only Meta’s AI chatbot will be available on WhatsApp.
Google’s Next AI Update Might Just Be Its Cutest Yet
It seems like Google is working on a new style for the Video Overviews feature on NotebookLM. According to a post by Testing Catalog on X, the company is working on a new “Kawaii” style for its Video Overviews feature in NotebookLM. Kawaii, a Japanese term meaning “cute,” refers to a culture of cuteness expressed in fashion, art, and design. Google is working on a new "Kawaii" style for Video Overviews.
You Can Now Code with Claude, Right from Your Browser
Anthropic has introduced Claude Code on the web. It allows developers to delegate coding tasks directly from their browser. While the feature is currently in beta as a research preview, the web version allows users to assign multiple tasks that run on Anthropic-managed cloud infrastructure, which is ideal for clearing bug backlogs, automating routine fixes, or handling parallel development projects. It also removes the need to open a terminal.
ChatGPT May Soon Get a Built-In Prompt Library, Leaks Suggest
ChatGPT is likely to be getting a new built-in prompt library feature. If we go by the latest findings shared by X user Tibor Blaho, the company is second time working on a feature like prompt library. The feature, which seems to be under internal testing, could soon allow us to create, manage, and quickly reuse prompts directly within the ChatGPT workspace.
GPT-6 is Expected to Arrive by the End of 2025, Says Analyst
We all know that OpenAI is already working on the GPT-6 model. But it looks like the company does not want to wait too long and wants to release the model by the end of the year. Mark Mahaney of Evercore ISI stated in the recent CNBC “Market Alert” segment that the GPT-6 is likely to arrive by the end of the year.
From Idea to App: Manus 1.5 Unveils Full-Stack AI Agent Capability
Manus has announced the launch of Manus 1.5. It is said to be the most advanced agent system yet. According to the company, the new version delivers major improvements in speed, reliability, and task quality, while also introducing the ability to build and deploy complete web applications through simple conversation. It is built on a redesigned engine and completes tasks nearly four times faster than before. The average task time has dropped from 15 minutes in April to under 4 minutes now.
Japan Warns OpenAI Over Sora 2’s Anime and Game Copyright Violations
Japan has issued a formal warning to OpenAI, the maker of Sora 2, asking the company to stop generating videos that infringe on anime and gaming copyrights. The government said it may take legal action if OpenAI continues to use characters from Japanese franchises without permission. The warning comes after Sora 2’s recent release led to a flood of social media clips showing characters like Mario, Pikachu, and other well-known icons appearing in AI-generated scenes.
NotebookLM in Your Pocket Can Now Create Multiple Audio Overviews
The mobile app of Google’s NotebookLM has a new studio design that gives you more flexibility when creating audio overviews. The company announced the update on X, saying users can now generate multiple audio versions per notebook. It also supports different languages, lengths, and customizations. You've been asking for more mobile updates. There's more to come, but as of today we are officially unveiling our ✨new studio design✨.
Anthropic Expands Claude Lineup With Cost-Efficient Haiku 4.5 Model
Anthropic is back with a new model, Claude Haiku 4.5. This is a small model designed to deliver near-frontier AI performance at a fraction of the cost. The model is now available to all users across Claude apps, Claude Code, and via API access. According to Anthropic, Haiku 4.5 offers coding performance comparable to Claude Sonnet 4, which was launched earlier this year, but does so at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed.
Gmail’s New Gemini Feature Can Now Schedule Meetings for You
Now, setting up meetings from Gmail is going to be quite simple. Google has launched a new Gemini-powered feature called “Help me schedule”. It automatically suggests meeting times based on your availability and the context of your email. The majority of the official communication happens via Gmail, and we all know how messy it gets to do the back-and-forth, especially with clients or external partners.
New ChatGPT ‘Golden Hour’ Feature Spotted
It seems like OpenAI is on the verge of rolling out an improved ChatGPT memory feature. Obviously, the company has not revealed any details about it. But an X user named Tibor Blaho has revealed that we might see a new, improved ChatGPT memory feature soon. According to Blaho, a new “Golden Hour” prompt has appeared in the ChatGPT web app, which hints towards a forthcoming feature called Automatic Memory Management.
You can now turn your notes into custom-animated videos on NotebookLM
Google just gave NotebookLM’s video overview feature a big update with its latest Nano Banana model. The new update makes learning from dense documents not only easier but also more visually engaging. Nano Banana can now generate contextual illustrations based on the content you upload, turning otherwise text-heavy material into clear, visual summaries. The video overviews feature now comes with six style options, including Watercolor, Papercraft, Anime, Whiteboard, Retro Print, and Heritage.
Meet MAI-Image-1: Microsoft’s First Homegrown Image Generator
Microsoft has launched MAI-Image-1, which is the first natively built image generation model from the company. According to the company, the new model has already made it to the top 10 text-to-image models on LMArena, which is a big win for any newly arrived model, especially in the increasingly competitive image-generation space. MAI-Image-1 was trained with a focus on providing practical value for creators.
Now You Can Use ChatGPT Right Inside Slack
ChatGPT is now available on Slack. OpenAI is rolling out two new ways for users to integrate ChatGPT with Slack to make workplace communication smarter and more efficient. The rollout includes a ChatGPT app for Slack and a ChatGPT connector, both available for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise/Edu users. The ChatGPT app for Slack allows users to chat one-on-one with ChatGPT directly from a dedicated sidebar within Slack.
"AI Won't Replace You" Google Cloud CEO Tries to Calm Job Anxiety
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has offered a more optimistic take on artificial intelligence, stating that it will augment jobs rather than replace them. This message eases fears about tech layoffs as AI adoption accelerates across industries. Speaking to Big Technology, Kurian said AI’s role is to “enhance human capabilities rather than replace people outright,” arguing that there’s “a middle ground” between hype and panic around automation.
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