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Alex Banks

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Founder and Writer at The Signal

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  • Google Talks the Talk, OpenAI Goes on the Record, and ElevenLabs Puts Agents to Work

    6 days ago | thesignal.so | Alex Banks

    My top-3 picks of AI news this week. Google launches Search Live / Search Engine LandGoogle1. Google Talks the Talk Google has launched Search Live with voice input, a new way to interact with search through free-flowing, back-and-forth voice conversations in the Google app for Android and iOS. Voice-first experience: Users can now engage in natural conversations with Search by tapping the "Live" icon and asking questions verbally, receiving AI-generated audio responses in real-time.

  • ChatGPT Gets Connected, ElevenLabs Drops the Mic, and Cursor’s Coding Conquest

    2 weeks ago | thesignal.so | Alex Banks

    My top-3 picks of AI news this week. OpenAI1. ChatGPT Gets Connected OpenAI has announced a major expansion of ChatGPT's capabilities, allowing it to connect directly to internal sources and pull real-time context while maintaining existing user permissions. Deep Research Connectors: Available for Plus & Pro users (excluding EEA, CH, UK) and Team, Enterprise & Edu users, including Outlook, Teams, Google Drive, Gmail, Linear, and more.

  • ElevenLabs Talks the Talk, Mistral Goes Agentic, and Claude Breaks the Silence

    3 weeks ago | thesignal.so | Alex Banks

    My top-3 picks of AI news this week. ElevenLabs team / ElevenLabsElevenLabs1. ElevenLabs Talks the Talk ElevenLabs has launched Conversational AI 2.0, a major upgrade to their voice agent platform that delivers enterprise-grade capabilities and more human-like interactions. Natural turn-taking: Advanced models that understand conversational cues like "um" and "ah" to seamlessly handle interruptions and pauses, creating fluid dialogue flow.

  • Google’s AI Takeover, Microsoft’s Agent Army, and Claude 4 Drops the Mic

    1 month ago | thesignal.so | Alex Banks

    My top-3 picks of AI news this week. Sundar Pichai / Google I/O 2025Google1. Google’s AI Takeover Google's annual I/O conference showcased how the company is rapidly transforming AI research into practical, widely available tools and features. Google Search: AI mode is starting to roll out in Google Search, starting with all users in the US. This provides a Perplexity-like interface, and perhaps marks the end of search engines once and for all.

  • U.S.-Saudi AI Alliance, OpenAI Multiplies Coders, and Google’s AlphaEvolve Breakthrough

    1 month ago | thesignal.so | Alex Banks

    My top-3 picks of AI news this week. U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman / ReutersMiddle East AI Partnerships1. U.S.-Saudi AI Alliance Takes Shape This week's U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh showcased a growing partnership in artificial intelligence between the two nations, alongside Saudi Arabia’s launch of Humain, a new AI venture backed by its $940 billion Public Investment Fund (PIF).

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