Microsoft is testing Copilot Portraits, a feature that uses AI avatars to support tasks like job interview prep, studying, public speaking, and more, as part of its push to evolve Copilot into a broader productivity and learning tool.

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Perplexity is developing meeting automation tools for its assistant, including auto-recording, autonomous joining, and recap distribution, aiming to support business workflows and align with AI productivity trends seen in rivals like Google and Microsoft.

Comet's new Privacy Snapshot centralizes privacy controls into a homepage widget, allowing users to manage data use, site permissions, and assistant access. Data remains mostly local, with minimal server reliance for tasks.

In addition to an update to its subscription-based revenue-sharing model, the company announced today two AI-powered features that will help creators streamline their pre- and post-production processes. Here are the details. more…

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