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Atlassian
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Atlassian recently shared deep insights into their AI transformation through their AI Builders Week, a hands-on program that equips hundreds of product managers and designers to build and ship advanced AI-driven workflows and prototypes. This initiative underscores Atlassian’s commitment to becoming AI-native by embedding AI tooling directly into workflows, empowering teams to innovate faster and more collaboratively. Additionally, the post featuring Elena Verna highlights the strategic view of AI as a tool to automate foundational tasks and free humans to focus on creativity and innovation, a key principle shaping Atlassian’s product growth strategy.
Google Blog
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This week, Google introduced significant updates to its AI-powered Gemini app, now available as a native macOS experience and enhanced with the new Nano Banana 2 feature that creates personalized images using your Google Photos context. Additionally, the Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS launched, offering next-generation expressive AI speech across Google products. Developers can also now prepay for the Gemini API via Google AI Studio, providing more control over spending. Chrome’s AI Mode was upgraded to transform web interaction, and the new Skills in Chrome feature lets users save and remix AI workflows for one-click use. Finally, Dynamic Search Ads have been upgraded to AI Max, which is exiting beta with improved targeting and creative capabilities.
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Anthropic
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Anthropic Labs has launched Claude Design, a new feature aimed at enhancing user experience. Additionally, they released Claude Opus 4.7, introducing key updates to their AI model’s capabilities.
Salesforce
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This week, Salesforce unveiled significant advancements in its AI agent development ecosystem with the open sourcing of Agent Script, an enterprise-grade agent definition language designed to streamline agent authoring using LLM reasoning and deterministic logic. Complementing this, Agentforce Labs launched to reduce setup friction and accelerate experimentation, while new Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC) Skills close the production loop with command-line testing, deployment, and observability capabilities. Additionally, Salesforce introduced Backup & Recover Next, a Salesforce-native, FedRAMP High compliant data protection solution offering fast, automated backups and granular security controls tailored for regulated industries.
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Google Workspace
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This week, Google Workspace expanded NotebookLM capabilities for Education Plus and Teaching and Learning add-on customers, offering increased usage limits and multimedia generation tools. The new Gemini app for Mac is now available, providing a native desktop experience with quick access via a global shortcut. Additionally, streamlined admin controls for Gemini Enterprise have been introduced in the Workspace Admin console under a dedicated Generative AI section.
- New more expressive AI voiceovers in Google Vids, and 16 additional languages, powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS
- Gemini in Google Classroom is now available in all Classroom-supported languages
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- Additional BYOD peripheral switchers certified for Google Meet in ChromeOS touch controller rooms
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- Improved video quality on high-resolution displays in Google Meet
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