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Anthropic Launches Claude Cowork for Agentic Everyday Work
Anthropic introduced Cowork, a research preview extending Claude to non-developers for tasks like file organization, spreadsheet creation from screenshots, and report drafting by accessing user folders. Available via Claude’s macOS app for high-tier subscribers, it expands AI agent capabilities beyond coding. This tool aims to handle everyday non-coding workflows efficiently.
Google Launches Open Protocols for AI Agents to Shop Across Platforms
Google introduced open protocols enabling AI agents to shop across multiple platforms seamlessly. This shift means storefronts are no longer single destinations, requiring product data optimized for AI channels and cross-journey measurement. Marketers must adapt to fragmented AI-driven shopping experiences.
Salesforce Makes AI-Powered Slackbot Generally Available
Salesforce launched a revamped AI Slackbot that summarizes documents, pulls info from multiple files, and enriches data from external apps like Salesforce and cloud storage. It expands beyond notifications to broad AI assistance in Slack and connected systems. The tool enhances productivity across integrated workflows.
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Translate to Rival Google Translate
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Translate, a web-based service supporting over 50 languages with text and voice input, featuring stylistic tone controls like business-formal. It lacks image, document, and website translation but formalizes translation as a core offering. This could improve localization with reasoning and tone precision for marketers.
Rise of Micro-Apps: Non-Developers Build Personal Apps with AI
AI tools like Claude Code and Lovable enable non-developers to create context-specific 'micro-apps' for web and mobile without deep coding knowledge. These niche apps address personal needs and fade when obsolete, with startups like Anything and VibeCode aiding mobile development. This trend empowers users to build instead of buy apps.
Sidekick Enhances Proactivity with Admin Apps and Automations
Sidekick now generates admin apps and automations from natural language and surfaces tasks via Sidekick Pulse. Shopify introduced SimGym for agent-based shopper simulations and Rollouts for experimentation. These updates support AI-driven marketing and e-commerce workflows.
AppXite Joins Aries Global for International Scaling
AppXite has been acquired by Aries Global Software Ltd., gaining backing to expand its eCommerce, billing, and order management platform internationally. The company will showcase telco-to-techco monetization at MWC Barcelona 2026. Business operations continue uninterrupted with continued platform investments.
Deepgram Raises Funding for Real-Time Voice AI Platform
Deepgram secured new funding from investors including NVIDIA to advance its neural voice AI for transcription, understanding, and synthesis in contact centers and AI agents. It emphasizes low-latency APIs, custom models, and on-prem options for regulated industries. This boosts real-time voice applications.
IBM Launches Sovereign Cloud Platform for AI Workloads
IBM unveiled a digitally sovereign cloud platform meeting data residency and control needs for governments and enterprises running AI and cloud-native apps. It combines IBM Cloud, partners, and governance tools for jurisdiction-specific data handling. This enables secure AI adoption in regulated sectors.
AI Chip Tariffs Disrupt Nvidia's Supply Chain
U.S. trade actions on AI chips are adding costs and uncertainty to Nvidia's global supply chain, impacting AI hardware pipelines. This positions AI compute as geopolitical infrastructure affecting budgets and timelines. Policy shocks heighten vendor strategy risks.
EU Intensifies Pressure on Google’s Ad Tech Stack
European regulators are sharpening scrutiny of Google’s advertising technology, potentially leading to structural remedies in digital ad supply chains. This echoes U.S. proceedings and could reshape ad operations. Global enforcement pressures mount on Big Tech.