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Google Flash Thinking, GitHub Padawan and a new browser for mindfulness
- Google has released an updated version of its Gemini app mobile and desktop which includes its own reasoning model Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking. The model can now be connected to other Google products. Theoretically, these new AI-powered interactions can't be matched by competitors like OpenAI and Deepseek.
- GitHub has launched a new agentic product called “Agent Mode” that elevates Copilot from pair to peer programmer. Available in VS Code, agent mode allows Copilot to iterate on its own code, propose and guide terminal commands, and analyze and resolve run-time errors.
- Google Photos will have the new feature to 'hide clutter from other apps,' which will remove all non-Photo materials from other apps, like WhatsApp.
- Snapchat is launching an AI text-to-image research model for mobile devices, which makes it more cost-efficient. It is said to produce high-resolution images in about 1.4 seconds on the iPhone 16 Pro Max and will be used to power features such as AI Snaps and AI Bitmoji backgrounds.
- A new browse called Opera Air has been launched, which is built entirely around the idea of mindful web browsing. It includes meditations, beats for productivity, and more.
- Linear's Head of Product, Nan Yu, argues that org charts should reflect a company's product focus and not be symmetrical and aesthetically pleasing.
- Lightning AI's new AI Hub is a marketplace for both AI models and applications. Pre-built AI apps can be used for things such as speech generators, facial recognition, synthetic data sets, and image classification.
- New analysis reported that the gap between API revenues and subscription revenues is narrowing at OpenAI, with paying subscribers nearly tripling from 5.8 million in 2023 to 15.5 million in 2024.
- Spotify set a new Q4 record and its first full year of profitability. Subscribers grew to 263 million, up 11% YoY.
- Mobile app retention rates are falling, with overall day 1 retention rates from 14% to 13%. Day 30 retention remained at 3%. E-commerce marketplace apps had a day 1 retention rate of 25%.
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