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Atlassian
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Atlassian introduces a practical approach to AI adoption with AI working agreements, enabling teams to co-create tailored guidelines that boost alignment, confidence, and clarity around AI use. Additionally, they share strategic insights on how to reinvest time saved by AI with seven actionable ways to enhance skills, workflows, and personal growth, detailed in 7 ways to reinvest the time AI saves you at work.
Google Blog
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This week, Google announced new AI-powered educational tools in collaboration with Khan Academy and Oxford University, featuring Gemini models for enhanced learning experiences. Additionally, Gemini now offers free full-length SAT practice tests, and Google Classroom received updates including audio and video recording features for educators. Explore all the latest in AI education and product innovations here and here.
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- Google and Oxford University are collaborating to provide students and faculty with AI tools for higher education
- Transform teaching and learning with updates to Gemini and Google Classroom
- New ChromeOS tools to support classroom collaboration
- Bett 2026: Celebrating the art of teaching and the science of learning
- New security and AI detection features for Google Workspace for Education
- Premium Google AI for more educators and students
- Meet the winner of the 2025 Google Vids Education Film Festival.
- Building a community-led future for AI in film with Sundance Institute
- New retailers are joining Google’s Commerce Media Suite.
Anthropic
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Anthropic has announced a new constitution for Claude, enhancing its guiding principles and capabilities for safer AI interactions. Additionally, they have partnered with Teach For All to launch a global AI training initiative aimed at equipping educators with essential AI knowledge and skills. Read more about these updates here and here.
Salesforce
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This week, Salesforce announced significant new capabilities in Agentforce Commerce, including AI-powered guided shopping, contextual search with semantic understanding, ChatGPT catalog integration, and enhanced intelligent order management features. Additionally, the From Zero to Agentic Enterprise guide highlights how startups and small businesses can rapidly adopt the Agentforce 360 platform to scale AI-driven CRM workflows across sales, service, marketing, commerce, and productivity. Also, the blog on Humans in the Loop (HitL) illustrates how AI complements human judgment to ensure trustworthy, personalized customer interactions for SMBs, emphasizing AI augmentation rather than replacement.
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Google Workspace
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This week, Google Workspace introduced full-length, on-demand SAT practice tests within the Gemini app, offering rigorous, instantly scored practice exams to support student preparation. Additionally, Ask Gemini in Google Meet is expanding to Workspace Business Standard customers, new languages, and mobile users, enhancing AI-powered meeting assistance across more users and platforms. Lastly, admins gain more flexible control with a new “Reboot when idle” option for Google Meet hardware devices, enabling seamless restarts without disrupting active meetings. Learn more about these updates in the Gemini SAT practice tests, Ask Gemini in Google Meet expansion, and Google Meet hardware reboot flexibility posts.
- Increasing flexibility when rebooting Google Meet hardware with “Reboot when idle”
- Ask Gemini in Google Meet is expanding to Workspace Business Standard customers, additional languages, and mobile usage
- Prepare for the SAT with full-length practice tests in Gemini
- Styled captions in Google Vids
- Granular OAuth consent in Google Chat apps
- View Google Meet usage metrics in Gemini reports dashboard
- Forward messages in Google Chat
- Neat now a certified Google Meet hardware partner
- Automatic addition of owned secondary calendars to your calendar list