OpenAI
This week’s highlights
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, the maker of Sky, to integrate its macOS capabilities directly into ChatGPT, enhancing AI’s intuitiveness and contextual responsiveness. Additionally, ChatGPT Atlas, a new MacOS browser with ChatGPT built in, is now available, offering instant answers, summaries, and smart web assistance with privacy controls. Company knowledge features are also live, enabling businesses to bring their app data into ChatGPT for secure, contextualized responses with clear citations.
- Consensus accelerates research with GPT-5 and Responses API
- AI in South Korea—OpenAI’s Economic Blueprint
- The next chapter for UK sovereign AI
- AI in Japan—OpenAI’s Japan Economic Blueprint
- Continue your ChatGPT experience beyond WhatsApp
Slack
This week’s highlights
Slack unveiled its agentic OS at Dreamforce, introducing native AI and agent apps that create a smarter, more integrated work experience. Learn more about how these innovations are transforming collaboration with Slack AI.
Atlassian
This week’s highlights
Atlassian’s latest post highlights five essential human skills—critical thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, technical proficiency, and decision-making—that teams should develop to thrive alongside AI. These skills help future-proof workforces, enabling teams to leverage AI not just for automation but for enhanced innovation and collaboration. Read more about building these capabilities in 5 skills teams need to thrive in the age of AI (and how to build them).
Google Blog
This week’s highlights
Google AI Studio introduces vibe coding, a new creative coding feature enhancing AI-driven development. The October Gemini Drop brings fresh monthly updates to the Gemini app, including new tools like Veo 3 and Nano Banana for creating AI images. Additionally, Google Fi Wireless has improved its service with faster connectivity, clearer calls, and instant in-app support.
- Turning AI momentum in Southeast Asia into tremendous economic growth
- How AI is pitching in at this year’s World Series
- Research@ 2025: Our latest breakthroughs
- Google Research: accelerating scientific breakthroughs to real-world impact
- 3 ways we’re helping make classrooms more accessible
- Announcing the 2025 Google PhD Fellows
- New updates and more access to Google Earth AI
- Our first carbon capture and storage project
- Celebrating 25 years of Google Ads
- A new water infrastructure project is increasing water security in Oregon.
- 6 ways I spent a busy weekend with Gemini on Pixel Watch 4
- Check out what leaders in technology, business and culture discussed at Zeitgeist 2025.
- Our quantum hardware: the engine for verifiable quantum advantage
- Our Quantum Echoes algorithm is a big step toward real-world applications for quantum computing
- The CMA’s designation of Google’s mobile ecosystem
- Introducing Galaxy XR, the first Android XR headset
Anthropic
This week’s highlights
No new product updates, features, or agent content were announced this week. However, Anthropic reaffirmed its dedication to American AI leadership in a statement from Dario Amodei, which can be read here.
Salesforce
This week’s highlights
This week, Salesforce introduced Enterprise Deep Research, a novel AI framework combining adaptive planning, diverse internal and external data retrieval, and long-form synthesis to generate trusted, well-cited strategic insights for business decision-making. Additionally, Salesforce showcased how Agentforce was deployed to enhance accessibility at Dreamforce through a Slack Channel Expert agent, improving response times and personalized support for attendees with disabilities. Finally, the company announced the impending general availability of two-way email conversations via Agentforce Marketing, enabling marketers to transform campaigns into dynamic, conversational experiences powered by unified data and AI agents.
- Customer Testimonials: 10 Ways to Maximize Their Impact
- The Future of Commerce: Unified and Augmented by AI Agents
- From Dreamforce To Your Door: 3 AI Takeaways For SMBs
- What is Vibe Marketing? The Complete Guide to Grow Your Startup
- Software Engineering Agent via Self-Abstraction from Grounded Experience
- How to Detect Sensitive Data at Scale Within your Salesforce Org
- 3 Ways Agentforce 360 for Life Sciences Improves Outcomes from Clinical through Commercial
Google Workspace
This week’s highlights
Google Meet introduces a new waiting rooms experience that gives hosts more control over participant entry, ideal for private or sensitive meetings. Additionally, Ask Gemini in Google Meet expands to Enterprise Standard and Plus, acting as a personal assistant to summarize discussions and highlight key takeaways. In Google Sheets, Gemini now analyzes data across multiple tables, enabling complex formulas and holistic data insights across different tables in one spreadsheet tab.