OpenAI
This week’s highlights
This week, OpenAI spotlighted breakthroughs in specialized AI applications, including the deployment of the GPT-4b micro model to accelerate life sciences research with Retro Biosciences, enhancing protein engineering for therapies (Accelerating life sciences research). Additionally, Blue J demonstrated how GPT-4.1 combined with Retrieval-Augmented Generation is scaling domain expertise in complex tax research across multiple countries (Scaling domain expertise in complex, regulated domains).
Slack
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No updates this week
Atlassian
This week’s highlights
This week, Atlassian introduced its AI Gateway, a centralized platform offering unified access to over 20 large language models (LLMs) from 5+ providers, enabling seamless integration, automated fallback, and robust security controls. This gateway powers many Atlassian apps with advanced features such as GPT-5 on launch day, Google’s Gemini for Confluence editing, and Anthropic’s Claude 4 for deep research, showcasing a leading-edge, secure AI infrastructure. Read more about this innovation in Atlassian’s AI Gateway: Best in Class Model Garden.
Google Blog
This week’s highlights
This week, Google unveiled the AI-powered Pixel 10 series along with the Pixel Watch 4, Pixel Buds 2a, and Pixel Snap Qi-2 accessories at Made by Google 2025. Significant Gemini updates enhance Pixel phones with new features (5 new things Gemini can do on Pixel) and improve Gemini Live’s expressiveness and visual integration (Gemini Live: A more helpful, natural and visual assistant). Additionally, “AI Mode” in Google Search has expanded globally with new agentic capabilities (AI Mode in Search gets new agentic features and expands globally).
- AI breakthroughs are transforming industries, from healthcare to finance
- Explore all the Made by Google news with NotebookLM.
- Journey through Pixel’s history with our Gemini-made web app.
- Looking back on 10 generations of Pixel
- Our approach to energy innovation and AI’s environmental footprint
- Hear how a decade-long bet on AI and hardware led to the new Pixel 10.
- There’s a new way to manage parental controls on Android.
- Gemini for Home: Your household’s new, more helpful assistant
- What’s new, Pixel Buds Pro 2?
- A new, personal health coach is coming to Fitbit
- 5 reasons why Google Tensor G5 is a game-changer for Pixel
- Introducing Pixel 10 Pro Fold: Google’s most durable foldable phone
- Meet Pixel Buds 2a
- 10 things to know about the camera on Pixel 10
- Powerful and proactive: Pixel 10 phones are here
Anthropic
This week’s highlights
This week, Anthropic introduced Claude Code, a new coding assistant designed to enhance developer productivity. Alongside this, new admin controls were launched for business plans, providing improved management capabilities for teams and enterprises.
Salesforce
This week’s highlights
This week, Salesforce highlighted breakthroughs in AI agent capabilities with the launch of GTA1, a Computer Use Agent that can intelligently click, scroll, and navigate complex enterprise software interfaces using reinforcement learning for better accuracy and adaptability—read more about GTA1 here. Additionally, Salesforce introduced BFCL Audio, an expanded benchmark for audio-native function calling in AI agents, addressing challenges unique to voice interactions and improving evaluation methodologies for real-world voice applications—details are available here. Lastly, the new MCP-Universe framework was unveiled, offering a modular, scalable platform to develop, orchestrate, and benchmark AI agents with multi-model support and extensive tooling integration for production-ready deployments; learn more here.
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- How Three Trailblazers Pivoted Their Careers for the Agentic AI Era
- Automate Your Startup or SMB With These AI Tips and Tools
- Busting Beliefs About AI Agents: The Truth for Small Business Owners
- Unlock Your Data’s True Potential: The Zero Copy Revolution
- Agentforce on Our Site — 185K Conversations Later, Here’s What We Learned
Google Workspace
This week’s highlights
This week, Google Workspace introduced several enhancements including the ability to edit Google Drive videos directly in the browser using Google Vids, and an improved booking experience in Google Calendar with pre-configured booking pages accessible from the sidebar (learn more). Additionally, Gemini Live now seamlessly incorporates data from Calendar, Tasks, and Keep to enrich conversations (details here), and the new feature to catch up on unread messages within conversations in Google Chat using Gemini has launched (read more).
- Effortlessly work with ServiceNow data across Google Chat and Sheets
- Arrow keys now move an object by a pixel distance in Google Slides
- Create and manage student groups using the Google Classroom API
- Listen to your documents using Gemini in Google Docs
- Improving the ISEMAIL and ISURL functions in Google Sheets
- Coming soon: A refreshed user interface for Google Meet hardware touch controllers, test it now in preview
- Increased credit limit for Google AI Ultra for Business users and expanded country availability to Whisk
- Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – August 22, 2025