August 27, 2026
Quick hits from across the AI world in the last 24 hours.
- ⚡ Quick hits
- Agents Cursor Cloud Agents can now create web apps without external repositories, save code to Origin, preview it in-browser, and publish through Vercel. Cursor on X ↗
- Industry Former Thinking Machines co-founder Barret Zoph joined Google as vice president of research, focusing on reinforcement learning and Gemini post-training. TechCrunch ↗
- Industry Google introduced Expert Intelligence, letting Gemini Notebook users interact with eligible books they own through Google Play Books. The Verge ↗
- Research A Wharton study found small contextual changes could substantially alter product recommendations made by AI shopping agents. The Decoder ↗
- Agents Databricks previewed chart-to-JSON enrichment for Genie One, helping agents answer questions about numerical information embedded in PDF charts. Databricks on X ↗
- Funding Runable raised $21 million to expand its AI-agent platform for building and operating small-business products, marketing, and growth workflows. SiliconANGLE ↗
- Agents Replit introduced Intelligent Model Routing, automatically selecting models for each Agent task by balancing quality, speed, and cost. Replit on X ↗
- Agents Bolt added collaborative prompt queues, allowing teammates to view, modify, and submit queued instructions while its coding agent continues building. Bolt on X ↗
- Agents Google AI Mode added conversational flight-price tracking, points-and-miles comparisons, and hotel booking, with availability varying by region. Google ↗
- Open Source Milvus 3.0 introduced StructArray, enabling multiple embeddings such as video clips or document passages to remain searchable within one entity. Milvus on X ↗
- Open Source Weaviate 1.39 made Boost API and multi-target vector search generally available while previewing additional search and storage improvements. Weaviate on X ↗
- Open Source Hugging Face unveiled Microduck, a $399 open-source robot whose behaviors can be trained in simulation and deployed directly to the hardware. TechCrunch ↗
- Agents Plaud unveiled AI recording earbuds paired with an eSIM-enabled case that provides an interface for speaking with AI agents. The Verge ↗
- Models Cohere released Parse 5, a 2.3-billion-parameter vision-language model that converts documents containing tables, forms, and images into structured Markdown. Cohere on X ↗