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Hello AiNews Readers!

I wanted to provide a quick update on today’s article production.

The good news: My ChatGPT assistant has been upgraded to the new reasoning model, which enhances accuracy and overall performance.

The challenge: This update significantly slowed down the writing process, with a single article taking over an hour to complete. As a result, I wasn’t able to produce as many articles as usual today. However, I’ve identified a workaround and expect to be back to the regular pace by tomorrow.

I appreciate your patience and understanding, and I look forward to delivering more articles soon!

Alicia

Today’s Headlines:

• Amazon Unveils Alexa+: Smarter AI Assistant, Free for Prime Members - Alexa+ is more conversational, action-oriented, and deeply personalized, making it feel like a helpful companion rather than just a voice assistant. The new service will be free for Amazon Prime members and available to others for $19.99 per month.

  
  
  
  

• Day 4 of Open Source Week: DeepSeek's DualPipe & EPLB Boost AI Training - As part of #OpenSourceWeek, DeepSeek has introduced two open-source tools to improve AI training efficiency: DualPipe and EPLB (Expert-Parallel Load Balancer). These innovations help optimize computation and communication overlap, reducing inefficiencies in large-scale deep learning models.
  
  
  
  

• Microsoft Removes Limits on Copilot Voice and Think Deeper AI - Microsoft is rolling out free, unlimited access to Copilot’s Voice and Think Deeper features, giving all users extended AI-powered conversations and deeper reasoning capabilities. These upgrades, powered by OpenAI’s o1 model, aim to make Copilot a more powerful, versatile AI assistant for learning, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  
  
  
  

• OpenAI Expands Advanced Voice Mode: New Access, Features, and Limits - OpenAI has announced that Advanced Voice Mode is now available to all free-tier ChatGPT users as a daily preview powered by GPT-4o Mini. This means that anyone using ChatGPT can now experience more natural, real-time voice conversations across platforms.

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In this section, you'll find short, practical tutorials that walk you through using the latest AI tools, helping you quickly unlock their full potential.

Today’s AI in Action: Personalize your AI coding assistants

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add custom instructions to Cursor and Windsurf AI coding tools to personalize and enhance your AI coding development workflow.

Here’s your step-by-step guide:

• Download Cursor or Windsurf on your device from their official websites.

• To set up Windsurf rules, create a .windsurfrules file in your project root or choose between global rules or project rules via “Edit Rules” in Settings.

• Similarly, to configure rules in Cursor, head over to its Settings and set up global AI rules or project-specific rules.

Pro tip: Global rules set universal preferences, while project rules define instructions for specific project requirements. You can also browse this GitHub repo for ready-to-use templates of Cursor rules.

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