Microsoft has expanded its artificial intelligence assistant Copilot with new capabilities that allow it to take direct, multi-step actions inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Sumit Chauhan, President of the Office Product Group, writes that these so-called agentic features are now generally available and the default experience for subscribers. Previously, Copilot could answer questions but struggled …
Tencent has opened an international beta for QClaw, an artificial intelligence agent product built by its PC Manager team. T. K. Lin reports for KrASIA that the tool is designed for non-technical users and allows them to deploy and operate AI agents through messaging apps such as WhatsApp or Telegram, without any terminal commands or …
OpenAI has introduced workspace agents in ChatGPT, a new product that lets business teams build and share AI agents capable of handling complex, multi-step tasks across workplace tools like Slack, Google Drive, Salesforce, and Microsoft apps. Workspace agents are powered by Codex, OpenAI’s cloud-based AI coding platform. Unlike previous chat-based interactions, these agents can write …
Canadian AI company Cohere has agreed to acquire German AI firm Aleph Alpha. The deal values the combined company at around $20 billion. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, and the deal remains subject to regulatory approval. Cohere will retain its name and operate with dual headquarters in Canada and Germany. Aleph …
OpenAI has announced GPT-5.5, its latest large language model, positioned as a significant step forward in handling complex, multi-step tasks on a computer. The model is rolling out to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.5 is designed to handle “agentic” work: tasks where an AI model operates …
European governments are racing to reduce their reliance on American technology companies, driven by fears that Washington could use digital services as political leverage. Mathieu Pollet and Anouk Schlung report for Politico that the effort is proving far more difficult and expensive than officials had anticipated. The urgency stems from a stark imbalance. Amazon, Microsoft …
Canva has launched a major update to its design platform, calling it Canva AI 2.0. The Australian company, valued at $42 billion, describes the shift as moving from “a design platform with AI tools to an AI platform with design tools.” The update is the company’s largest product release to date. The core change is …
OpenAI is rapidly building out its advertising business inside ChatGPT, and the cost of running ads there is already falling. The rate advertisers pay per thousand users — known as a CPM — dropped from $60 at launch to as low as $15 in some cases, depending on the platform used to buy the ads. …
Mistral, the French artificial intelligence company, has become a $14 billion business not by outperforming its rivals but by positioning itself as an independent alternative to American and Chinese AI. Iain Martin reports for Forbes that the Paris-based startup has found a profitable niche among governments, banks and corporations that want control over their own …
Google has introduced Workspace Intelligence, an underlying AI system that connects Gemini to data across Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Instead of answering questions based on what a user types into a prompt, Gemini can now draw on emails, files, chat threads, and calendar entries automatically to provide context-aware responses. According to …