New Google AI Models

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First up, Amazon is going all in on generative AI, weaving it into everything from Alexa to their warehouses to completely transform how they operate and how you experience their services.

Then, we've got Google, who just rolled out the stable versions of their powerful Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash AI models, plus a new Flash-Lite. They're also making pricing simpler, which is great news for developers.

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• 🤝 In Partnership: Meet your AI employee

• 🤿Deep Dive: New model updates for Google’s AI

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

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• 🤿Deep Dive: Gen AI powers Amazon

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Gemini 2.5 Model Family Expands with Flash-Lite and Pricing Updates

Intelligence: Google has officially launched stable versions of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash, introduced a new lightweight Flash-Lite model in preview, and simplified pricing to offer developers more clarity and flexibility when choosing between performance, cost, and response latency.

• Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash are now generally available with no changes from their respective recent previews.

• New Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite enters preview, optimized for speed and cost with the lowest latency and highest throughput in the 2.5 family. It's ideal for large-scale tasks like classification and summarization.

• Flash-Lite supports dynamic “thinking” control, but it’s off by default to prioritize speed. Developers can turn it on via API.

• Flash-Lite integrates with key tools, including Grounding with Google Search, Code Execution, URL Context, and function calling.

• Flash-Lite offers a cheaper alternative to Flash for latency-sensitive use cases, with or without reasoning enabled.

• Gemini 2.5 Pro shows the highest adoption ever, with strong performance on complex tasks like coding and agent workflows. Stable version now live under “Gemini-2.5-pro”.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Amazon Doubles Down on Generative AI Across Products, Operations, and Workforce Strategy

Intelligence: Amazon is embedding generative AI across nearly every corner of its business. From Alexa and shopping to AWS and internal operations, while ramping up its investment in AI agents to transform customer experiences, drive innovation, and reshape its workforce for a more automated future.

• Alexa+ becomes smarter and more action-capable, marking the first personal assistant that can perform significant tasks beyond answering questions.

• AI shopping tools see massive adoption, including a lens for visual shopping, Buy for Me for cross-site purchases, and recommended size for smarter apparel fit predictions.

• AI tools for sellers and advertisers help nearly 500,000 sellers and 50,000 advertisers create better listings and campaigns more easily.

• Generative AI boosts Amazon’s internal operations through smarter inventory forecasting, robotic efficiency, customer service chatbots, and product detail page generation.

• AI agents are central to Amazon’s future, envisioned as intelligent teammates that perform research, write code, automate complex workflows, and handle personal tasks like shopping or travel.

• Amazon plans to massively expand AI agent development, with over 1,000 GenAI applications already underway.

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📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

🛡️ OpenAI Wins Pentagon Contract for AI Tools

OpenAI secured a $200 million deal with the US Defense Department to build prototype AI systems aimed at supporting national security operations through 2026.

🧠 Meta and OpenAI Clash Over AI Talent

Meta has offered massive compensation to lure top AI researchers from OpenAI and DeepMind, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says none of his core team has left, highlighting a growing rivalry over AI leadership.

📢 Microsoft Told to Clarify Copilot Claims

An ad watchdog has urged Microsoft to revise its Copilot marketing, citing unclear productivity claims and confusing branding across its AI tools, including Business Chat.

🎨 Adobe Firefly App Now on Mobile

Adobe has launched the Firefly app on iOS and Android, giving users mobile access to its AI tools for generating and editing images, video, audio, and vectors. The update also expands Firefly Boards and adds new third-party model support.

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