July 16, 2026 News
Google Expands AI Mode with Direct Third-Party App Integrations
Google has updated its conversational AI Mode, enabling users to connect and interact directly with third-party applications like Instacart, Canva, and YouTube to execute real-world tasks. This update aims to transition...
DoorDash Launches Command-Line Interface to Enable AI Agent Commerce
DoorDash has introduced a limited beta of "dd-cli," a command-line tool designed to allow developers and AI agents to order food and services directly. This move exposes DoorDash's platform to programmatic access, facili...
Former DeepMind Researcher's Startup Elorian Secures $55M Seed Round to Pursue Visual AGI
Andrew Dai, a former Google DeepMind researcher, has founded Elorian and raised $55 million at a $300 million valuation to focus on visual AI. The startup aims to address current limitations in visual reasoning and under...
China's Moonshot AI to Release Massive Kimi K3 Open-Weight Model Challenging Frontier Capabilities
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is set to release Kimi K3, a massive open-weight model with 2 to 3 trillion parameters designed to rival closed-source frontier models like Anthropic's Opus 4.8. This launch comes alongside...