OpenAI
This week’s highlights
OpenAI launched GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, a faster, more intelligent coding model designed for long-running, project-scale tasks with improved reasoning and token efficiency. Significant partnerships were announced with Foxconn to strengthen U.S. AI infrastructure hardware manufacturing, and with Target to introduce AI-powered shopping experiences within ChatGPT. Additionally, OpenAI shared early research on how GPT-5 is accelerating scientific discovery across several fields.
- Helping 1,000 small businesses build with AI
- Strengthening our safety ecosystem with external testing
- How evals drive the next chapter in AI for businesses
- GPT-5.1-Codex-Max System Card
- Teacher Access Terms
- How Scania is accelerating work with AI across its global workforce
- A free version of ChatGPT built for teachers
- Intuit and OpenAI join forces on new AI-powered experiences
- OpenAI named Emerging Leader in Generative AI
Slack
This week’s highlights
No updates this week
Atlassian
This week’s highlights
Atlassian has launched the new Rovo Dev agent in the CLI, delivering an enterprise-ready AI coding assistant directly into developers’ terminal workflows. This AI agent excels at code understanding, development acceleration, and seamless integration with Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, positioning Atlassian as a leader by scoring #1 on the SWE-bench benchmark.
- How to make space for AI experimentation on your team
- Kene Anoliefo on turning AI anxiety into AI fluency
- Are AI skills the silver lining in a tricky job market?
Google Blog
This week’s highlights
This week, Google introduced Gemini Drop November 2025, featuring Gemini 3 with enhanced intelligence and new capabilities. Alongside this, the launch of AI image verification in the Gemini app now lets users confirm whether images were created or edited by AI. Additionally, Gemini 3 Pro Image, also known as Nano Banana Pro, debuted as Google DeepMind’s most advanced image generation and editing model.
- Gemini is here for Android Auto: 5 things to try
- Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.
- Simplify the holidays with 4 new Google Maps features
- 4 ways to use AI for easier Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping
- 16 Google AI tips for stress-free holiday hosting in 2025
- 48 tips and prompts for holiday planning, travel and more
- 3 Pixel Camera settings to use for pro-level holiday photos
- Build with Nano Banana Pro, our Gemini 3 Pro Image model
- 7 tips to get the most out of Nano Banana Pro
- Here’s how the McLaren Formula 1 Team is reimagining its future with Gemini.
- We’re opening a new hardware engineering hub in Taipei.
- How Westinghouse is reenergizing nuclear power with — and for — AI
- GeForce NOW and Chromebook are launching an exclusive Fast Pass.
- Court testimony highlights the risk and disruption of the DOJ’s ad tech proposals
- Helping students “hack” real Colorado problems
- Google’s 2025 Accelerator Impact Report is here
- Develop a deeper understanding with interactive images in Gemini.
Anthropic
This week’s highlights
No updates this week.
Salesforce
This week’s highlights
Salesforce introduced several advancements around AI agent technology this week, highlighting the growing impact of Agentforce 360 designed for small businesses to automate and enhance sales, service, and marketing workflows without heavy coding. The Agentforce Success for All event in Oakland showcased efforts to democratize AI skills and promote ethical, inclusive AI adoption across communities and industries. Additionally, Salesforce detailed the critical role of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) who embed with customers to accelerate AI adoption, troubleshoot deployment issues, and relay feedback to product teams, ensuring AI tools like Agentforce meet real-world needs. Explore more about Salesforce AI solutions for SMBs here, the Oakland initiative here, and details on FDE roles here.
- How to Build an Email Sales Cadence That Converts: Examples and Best Practices
- How Joey Monroe Extends the Impact of Non-Profits with Agentforce
- How Veteran Mindsets Drive Top Performance in Salesforce Sales
- 7 Cutting-Edge Video Marketing Hacks For Small Teams
- How Conversation Design Differs from Conversational UI
- Don’t Just Adopt AI Tools — Adapt to AI Work
- My First Dreamforce
Google Workspace
This week’s highlights
This week, Google Workspace introduced the powerful new Nano Banana Pro image generation and editing model, now available across Google Slides, Vids, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM, enabling stunning visuals and infographics with AI-driven creativity. The Gemini 3 Pro model launched in the Gemini app, delivering advanced multimodal AI reasoning for complex tasks. Additionally, admins can now leverage custom OpenID Connect profiles for SSO, enhancing secure authentication options for organizations.
- Block off time to work on a task in Calendar
- Use Veo 3.1 ingredients-to-video to create clips from images in Google Vids
- New Google Meet links when changing recurrence or start time of recurring Calendar events
- Gemini in Google Classroom is expanding to students in higher education
- Collaborate seamlessly across Google Workspace and Egnyte
- Preview unread Google Chat messages from the left-hand menu
- Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – November 21, 2025