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    Google Docs’ built-in AI assistant can now pull information from Gemini Notebook.

    When you type the “@” symbol into the bottom Gemini bar in Docs, you’ll now see a list of Gemini Notebooks. Select one, and Gemini will draw from those sources to generate a document from your prompt.

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    Emma Roth
    You can now command ChatGPT Voice to do more things from your phone.

    After launching its upgraded voice mode on desktop, OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT Voice’s agentic capabilities to its mobile app. With the update, you use your voice to ask ChatGPT to perform tasks across connected apps — like checking your email or summarizing a file in Google Drive — from your phone or CarPlay.

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    Emma Roth
    California will fine creators for sneaky political ads.

    Over the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will penalize creators for failing to disclose paid political content, with fines reaching up to $5,000 per violation, The New York Times reports.

    Though the FTC requires influencers to disclose product advertisements, it doesn’t have the same rules for paid political content, which has become widespread in recent campaigns.

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    Emma Roth
    Texas puts data center permits on hold.

    Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to stop granting permits to data centers while the state finishes an audit of the facilities that want to connect to its electric grid. Last week, Abbott also told state regulators to “impose legal consequences” on data centers that don’t disclose information about water usage.

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    Emma Roth
    OpenAI launches faster and more efficient GPT-6 Sol and Luna models.

    The two models come packaged with GPT-6 Astra’s advancements in professional work, accuracy, coding, computer use, and alignment, but with higher usage limits and lower costs, according to OpenAI.

    ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu customers can access both models in ChatGPT Work and Codex, while free and Go users can only use GPT-6 Luna.

    GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna’s performance in professional work.
    GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna’s performance in professional work.
    Image: OpenAI