Changelog

Generate Presentations from Your Research

We're excited to introduce Slide Generation - a new way to turn your knowledge maps and documents into polished presentations.

Key Features

• One-click generation: Convert any space into a structured presentation
• AI-powered content: Smart content extraction and organization
• Speaker notes: Automatically generated talking points for each slide
• Image generation: AI creates relevant visuals for your slides
• Multiple themes: Choose from minimal, professional, and creative styles

How It Works

1. Open any space with documents or a knowledge map
2. Click "Generate Slides" from the actions menu
3. Review and customize the generated presentation
4. Export or present directly from Kerns

Activity Tracking

Slides are now tracked in your activity feed, so you can easily continue where you left off.

Note: This feature is currently optimized for desktop. Mobile support coming soon.

Always On

Never miss important updates on topics you care about. Always On continuously monitors the web for new content matching your interests and delivers relevant discoveries to your inbox.

• Set your interests: Pick topics you want to track
• Automatic discovery: We find relevant new content for you
• Email digests: Get summaries delivered when there's something worth reading

New Landing Page

We've completely redesigned our landing page to better showcase what Kerns can do for your reading and research workflow.

Discover Tab Improvements

• Better loading states while content is being fetched
• Cleaner source library organization
• Streamlined tab design that puts your content first

Multiple Maps

Spaces can now contain multiple knowledge maps. Explore different angles of the same topic or organize related research into separate maps.

• Create new maps: Add as many maps as you need per space
• Switch between maps: Easy navigation between your maps
• Independent exploration: Each map maintains its own structure and progress

Plan Artifacts

When researching complex topics, Kerns can now create structured plans that break down your research into actionable steps.

Rebuilt Map Generation

We've rewritten our knowledge map agent from the ground up. The new agent creates better structured maps with improved document understanding.

Better Document Tools

• Read pages: Navigate specific pages in your documents
• Read blocks: Access specific content blocks for precise referencing
• Screenshot tool: Capture visual content from documents

Source Cleanup

When you delete a source, all associated files are now properly cleaned up from storage. No more orphaned files.

Performance

• Fixed PDF remounting issues that caused unnecessary re-renders
• Reduced excessive streaming errors in the console

Native Web Search

Kerns can now search the web directly using Claude's native web search capability. Ask questions that require current information and get up-to-date answers.

Text-to-Speech

Listen to your documents with our new TTS feature. Powered by OpenAI's text-to-speech, with autoplay support for continuous listening.

Provider Flexibility

Under the hood, we've refactored our AI providers to make switching between models easier. This sets the foundation for more model options in the future.

Sign Up Improvements

Sign up is now the default action on the login page. Better error messages when an email already exists.

Podcast Mode

Transform your reading into listening. Podcast mode plays through your content with enhanced audio controls, perfect for when you want to learn on the go.

• Play/pause and skip controls
• Continuous playback through sections
• Background listening support

Deep Research

Go beyond surface-level understanding. Deep Research helps you explore topics comprehensively, pulling in relevant sources and building a thorough knowledge base.

Action Recommendations

Kerns now suggests what you might want to do next based on your current context. Smart recommendations to keep your research flowing.

Visual Improvements

Non-focused nodes now display at 60% opacity for better visual hierarchy when exploring your knowledge maps.

Native HTML Reader

Web pages now render natively instead of in iframes. Cleaner reading experience with proper scrolling and styling.

Share & Collaborate

Share spaces with others and keep content in sync. Discussions sync across collaborators in real-time.

Tree View

New tree view option for navigating your document structure. See the full hierarchy at a glance.

Redesigned Space Home

The Space Home has been completely refreshed with a cleaner layout. Find your sources, maps, and tools more easily.

New Map Creation Modal

Creating knowledge maps is now smoother with a redesigned modal that guides you through the process.

Sidebar Mirrors Space Home

The sidebar now reflects what you see in Space Home, making navigation more intuitive.

Continuous PDF Scrolling

PDFs now scroll continuously instead of page-by-page. Read naturally without interruption.

Highlights & References

Click any reference in chat or on your map to highlight the exact location in your PDF. Highlights appear with smooth animations and auto-clear after a few seconds.

Performance

• Page virtualization: Only visible pages are rendered, keeping large PDFs fast
• Caching: Pages load instantly when scrolling back