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xAI is rolling out support for shareable Imagine templates on the Grok web.

Users can now create custom templates with 3 different options
- Photo > Video
- Photo > Style Edit
- Photo > Edit > Video

Additionally, the "Image Reference" template type is also in the works.

xAI rolling out custom, shareable Imagine templates for Grok

xAI is testing Grok web tools for custom Imagine templates with editable prompts, share links, and a new image-reference workflow. The rollout aligns with a new Discover feed and Skills support.

🗞 #grok @testingcatalog

Mistral AI launched Workflows on Mistral Studio for Enterprise customers!

> Durable execution - Workflows track state at every step
> Observability - Every branch, retry, and state change is recorded in Studio
> Human-in-the-loop - A single line of code pauses a workflow for approval
> Native to Studio - Workflows use the same agents and connectors as the rest of Studio
> Enterprise readiness - Workspaces within Studio keep teams and projects separated
> Built for developers and business teams
> Deployment flexibility - The control plane runs on Mistral

ElevenLabs launches Agent Templates for faster bootstrapping

ElevenLabs launched 50+ ElevenAgents templates with preset prompts, workflows, and integrations for support, sales, onboarding, feedback, and reception, helping teams deploy conversational AI faster with less setup and testing.

🗞 #elevenlabs @testingcatalog

SpaceXAI is working on a new discovery feed for Grok Imagine powered by video generations from X users.

Imagine videos appearing in the X Imagine Discover feed are ones that have been posted on X by their authors.

OpenAI can now host models with other cloud providers, like AWS

Microsoft and OpenAI revised their pact: Azure remains the primary launch platform, while OpenAI can sell products across any cloud. Microsoft keeps non-exclusive IP rights through 2032, with revenue-sharing terms fixed through 2030.

🗞 #chatgpt @testingcatalog

GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing for all plans in 2026

GitHub will shift Copilot to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, with monthly AI Credits for all plans. Base prices stay the same, overages can be purchased, and admins gain spending controls.

🗞 #github @testingcatalog

OpenAI models are coming to AWS Bedrock in the coming weeks. Besides that, Amazon is hosting a livestream on April 28 with OpenAI leaders.

> Watch Matt Garman, Colleen Aubrey, Julia White, and OpenAI leaders in a candid conversation about what's next with agentic AI.

Meta partners with Overview Energy to bring up to 1 GW of space solar energy to Earth!

Meta also partners with Noon Energy to deploy up to 1 GW/100 GWh of energy storage.

It is Meta vs SpacexAI now 👀

Microsoft rolled out Agent Mode for Outlook to Frontier early access users.

> Copilot in Outlook is now agentic, taking on the ongoing work of running your inbox and calendar. It triages emails, reschedules conflicts, and surfaces what matters most before you even ask.

ICYMI: Gemini can now generate Docs and Sheets on web and mobile. Not sure when it was added though.

Slides are not working for now but looking at Gemini for Business, we will likely get them too, as well as an inline editor potentially.

Anthropic is working on sidebar customisation for Claude on mobile and a common Tasks list for Claude Dispatch and Claude Code.

Conway WIP as well 🚧

Sonar 2 is now available on Perplexity web 👀

> Sonar models are Perplexity’s in‑house LLMs, optimized specifically for fast, web‑grounded search and answering

Which base do you think was used for Sonar 2? DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2.6, or Qwen?

OpenAI 👀 Microsoft

OpenAI and Microsoft have published an amendment to their partnership allowing OpenAI to host their models via other cloud providers.

Microsoft also won’t be paying revenue share to OpenAI after 2030.

More freedom to OpenAI!

Meta 🚫 Manus AI

China has blocked Meta’s $2.000.000.000 acquisition of Manus AI platform.

The time for a new update 👀

> Manus
> from China

Yet, it is quite disappointing to observe. I think for Meta it will be much harder to catch up without them.

Whom are they gonna buy next?