Anthropic introduces ‘Skills’ to customize Claude for specific workflows

AI company Anthropic has launched a new feature called “Skills” for its Claude series of models. According to the company, Skills are designed to equip its AI with specialized expertise for specific tasks, making it more useful for business and professional workflows. The feature is available for users of Claude’s Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise …

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OpenAI enters browser market with ChatGPT Atlas

OpenAI announced the launch of its web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, today. It’s initially available for macOS only, with other platforms to follow. According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the product represents “a rare once-in-a-decade opportunity to rethink what a browser can be.” The launch places OpenAI in direct competition with established players like Google Chrome …

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“Hey Copilot” voice control and AI agents for all Windows 11 PCs

Microsoft is integrating new generative AI features into its Windows 11 operating system, making them available to all users, not just those with new, specialized hardware. The company states its goal is to fundamentally change how people interact with computers. The updates introduce three core capabilities: The company emphasizes that while it is promoting a …

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Claude Haiku 4.5 offers high performance at a lower cost

Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 4.5, its latest small and efficient AI model. The company states that the new model delivers performance comparable to its Sonnet 4 model, which was considered state-of-the-art just five months prior. According to Anthropic, Haiku 4.5 achieves this at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed of Sonnet …

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Google launches Veo 3.1 with audio and advanced editing tools for Flow

Google DeepMind introduces major updates to its video generation platform Flow, including the new Veo 3.1 model and expanded creative controls. Jess Gallegos and Thomas Iljic write in the official Google Blog. Flow users have generated over 275 million videos since the platform launched five months ago. The latest updates address user requests for more …

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Microsoft AI announces its first in-house text-to-image model

Microsoft AI has announced MAI-Image-1, its first text-to-image generator developed entirely within the company. The model has already secured a position in the top 10 on LMArena, a public benchmark platform where human users compare and vote on the quality of outputs from different AI systems. According to the official post, MAI-Image-1 is designed to …

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Slack is transforming its Slackbot into a personalized AI assistant

Slack is testing a major update that turns its Slackbot into a comprehensive AI assistant. The new tool can understand natural language to search for information, summarize conversations across channels, and create project plans. The Verge reports that the goal is a “personalized AI companion,” according to Rob Seaman, Slack’s chief product officer. The assistant …

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Google expands Nano Banana image generation to multiple products

Google has integrated its Nano Banana image generation model into several products, including AI Mode search, Google Lens, and NotebookLM. The model, officially called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, allows users to create and edit images through text prompts. In Google’s AI Mode search interface, users can now access image generation through a new plus icon …

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Adobe introduces AI agents for business to business marketing

Adobe has released a new set of artificial intelligence agents designed specifically for business to business (B2B) marketing professionals. These agents aim to automate complex sales processes by helping companies identify key decision makers and manage marketing campaigns. According to a report by Silicon Angle, the new tools address the unique challenges of B2B sales, …

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Google’s Gemini Enterprise wants to compete for workplace AI market

Google Cloud has introduced Gemini Enterprise, a new AI platform designed to bring artificial intelligence tools to everyday employees across organizations. The company is positioning the platform as what Google Cloud’s CEO Thomas Kurian calls “the new front door for AI in the workplace.” The platform costs $30 per user per month and aims to …

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