Stanford scholars have developed AI chatbots that help people practice and improve essential social skills—like active listening, empathy, conflict resolution, and counseling techniques—through realistic role-play scenarios with personalized feedback. https://
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Stanford AI Chatbots Train Workplace Social Skills Through Role-Play
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Opus 4.7 Max Shows Regression in Problem Solving Tasks
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Slight regression with Opus 4.7 (Max) though, my guess is that the 'improved instruction following' + lots of thinking about how to solve the problem isn't helping Opus in this case
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New Image Model Unlocks Productivity and Creative Use Cases
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new image model coming with some real magic within, to unlock new use cases in productivity and creativity livestream noon today
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MAI Voice: Advanced Audio AI Technology
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Try MAI Voice — Hearing is believing https://t.co/QMPQBOUAUZ
— Nando de Freitas (@NandoDF) 21 avril 2026Try MAI Voice — Hearing is believing
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Google launches Deep Research and Max in Gemini API
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Google has launched an updated Deep Research and Deep Research Max in the Gemini API
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 21 avril 2026
> We are launching two powerful updates to, now with better quality, MCP support, and native chart/infographics generation.
Not on Gemini app 👀 https://t.co/oVi0BAVpJR pic.twitter.com/PT8faw2uR4Google has launched an updated Deep Research and Deep Research Max in the Gemini API > We are launching two powerful updates to, now with better quality, MCP support, and native chart/infographics generation. Not on Gemini app
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Deep Research API Gets Major Upgrades: Max Model and New Features
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Introducing our biggest upgrades to the Deep Research API yet… including Deep Research Max (our SOTA system), MCP support, Native charts & infographics, planning mode, full tool support (including Google tools), full multi-modal input support, & real-time progress streaming!
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Tweaking AI Image Generation Prompts for Golden Hour Photography
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Tried to tweak the prompt for closer comparison with "it should be beautiful, close up and golden hour"
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GPT Image 2 Generates Hidden Word in Pride Flag Design
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Not sure why this output is so dark (tried a few times), but here's gpt-image-2's version of this prompt: > make a photo with a hidden word embedded into it, make the word hard to see until you spot it, then you can't unsee it. use the word "fofr". form the word out of a pride
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4th Annual Runway AI Festival Submissions Close April 27th
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Submissions for the 4th Annual Runway AI Festival close April 27th. Don't miss your chance to have your work featured amongst the very best in Film, Design, New Media, Fashion, Advertising and Gaming. Enter today at the link below. pic.twitter.com/Qj2vvYSN3T
— Runway (@runwayml) 21 avril 2026Submissions for the 4th Annual Runway AI Festival close April 27th. Don't miss your chance to have your work featured amongst the very best in Film, Design, New Media, Fashion, Advertising and Gaming. Enter today at the link below.
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OpenAI Unveils New Image Model in Livestream Announcement
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Looks like OpenAI’s rolling out a cool new image model in a few hours… that’s the rumor anyway… (OpenAI livestream at noon pacific)