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Anthropic put Claude Dashboards and Claude Motion into beta: ask a plain-English question of Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, ClickHouse, or Salesforce and get a live dashboard that stays current, with the query visible under every chart and a last-refresh time on each one. Mike and Frank explain the news in plain English. A dashboard here means live charts and numbers that update when y...

Google Cloud announced the Gemini agent for work: you give it objectives, not just step-by-step instructions, and coworker versions can get their own Workspace account and email so you can tag them, email them, share files with them, or add them to a group chat. Mike and Frank explain the news in plain English. An agent here means software that can take a goal and keep working toward it. Google is...

OpenAI is rolling GPT-6 out to everyone in ChatGPT, free accounts included. Along with it comes Intelligent UI: answers can now include charts, tappable buttons, forms, and small tools you can use right in the chat, and you can ask ChatGPT to build a tool for the task in front of you. Mike and Frank explain the news in plain English. Paid plans (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise) get GPT-6 Sol; Free...

Anthropic's Claude can now work inside Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides and edit the file you have open, right in the file. It's a public beta for paid Claude plans, and the default setting asks before every edit, so leave it there. Mike and Frank explain the news in plain English. Claude for Google Workspace is an add-on, meaning a small app you install from the Google Workspace Marketpl...

OpenAI says it won't release GPT-6.1 Astra, the next version of its do-the-task AI, because in internal testing it "didn't quite meet the bar" on staying within scope and authorization, and on how it reports back about the work it did. If you've handed any AI a job that runs on its own, give it edges and put the risky steps behind a question. Mike and Frank explain the new...

Microsoft is adding a meter to Copilot: starting October 19, 2026, new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business purchases made directly from Microsoft come with pay-as-you-go usage-based billing switched on by default (December 1, 2026 for purchases through a reseller). Before you add your next Copilot seat, open Microsoft 365 admin center → Copilot → Cost management and set the limit yourself. Mike and Fra...

Google just replaced Gemini Gems with Skills — so the custom instructions you used to save as a Gem are becoming reusable Skills you can call with a slash. Mike and Frank walk the official Sep 30, 2026 receipt: Skills are reusable custom instructions for Gemini. Type / plus the skill name to reuse them; stack multiple skills in one prompt; built on the open Markdown-native SKILL.md standard. Skill...

Claude just made Sonnet 5.5 your everyday docs engine — so the model you use for proposals, slide decks, and spreadsheets got faster and cheaper for most of that work. Mike and Frank walk the official Sep 28, 2026 receipt: Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a clear upgrade over Claude Sonnet 5. Anthropic says it runs 30%+ faster and costs up to 30% less for most work because it typically needs fewer tokens at t...

Shopify just let Sidekick redesign your store on Canvas — so instead of fighting theme settings or waiting on a developer, you chat with Shopify’s AI and watch the whole store change in real time. Mike and Frank walk the official Oct 1, 2026 receipt: Canvas is a new design surface where every store page is laid out together. Pan, zoom, click elements, or chat with Sidekick — Shopify’s AI agent — a...

OpenAI just put living pages inside ChatGPT Space — DevDay — so the doc you used to paste out of chat can live where ChatGPT and your teammates edit the same page. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: Space replaces Library for ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise. A Page is an editable living document for people and agents — text, images, charts, tables, interactive tools — with real-time c...

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT Dots that keep working after you leave — September 29 DevDay — so the agent can keep chasing a job on its own cloud computer even when you close the tab. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: Dots are always-on ChatGPT agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. Each has its own cloud computer and browser, can use connected plugins (launch coverage cites 4,000+ apps), keeps working...

Claude just lets your Slack Tag use your own calendar and Drive — September 24 Anthropic blog — so when you @Claude in a channel, it can pull what only your login can see without giving the whole team that login. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: personal connectors inside Claude Tag (beta) on Slack. Tools already linked to your Claude account — calendar, Drive, CRM, and more — can answer...

OpenAI just let ChatGPT Voice run your connected apps — September 23 release notes — so you can talk to Gmail, calendar, or Slack through the plugins your plan already allows, without typing between five tabs first. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: plugins inside ChatGPT Voice (Live) on web, iOS, and Android. Speak to plan-supported connected apps and follow written replies in chat. Free...

Google just made free HD AI video inside Google Vids — September 23 Google blog and Workspace Updates — so anyone with a Google account can generate a 1080p promo clip without buying a separate video editor first. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash inside Google Vids. Click path: vids.new on desktop → Create AI videos. Extend scenes, set exact clip durations, generate...

OpenAI just put ChatGPT inside Microsoft Word — September 25 ChatGPT release notes — so you can draft, summarize, and revise the document you already have open without hopping over to a separate chat window first. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: ChatGPT for Word is a Microsoft Word sidebar that can draft from notes, summarize the open document, revise selected text, and adjust headings a...

Adobe just put Photoshop inside Gemini — September 24 Adobe blog — so you can polish a product photo or spin a social graphic from the same chat where you already ask questions, without hopping into a separate design app first. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: Adobe in Gemini connects Photoshop, Lightroom, Express, and Firefly through Personal Intelligence → Adobe under connected apps (si...

Google just put your research notebook inside Docs — September 23 Workspace update — so a proposal draft can pull from notes you already gathered instead of starting from a blank page and a pile of open tabs. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: Gemini in Docs can use a Gemini Notebook as a context source. Type @ in the side panel or bottom bar, pick an existing Notebook, and Gemini grounds t...

Notion just turned your best prompts into team skills — September 15 Notion 3.7 release — so the one person who knows how to talk to the AI can leave that know-how in a shared library instead of trapped in their head. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: Agent skills are reusable instructions that teach AI how your team works. Open Library → Skills, create or accept a suggested skill, organiz...

Microsoft just let Copilot build business apps in plain English — September 10 Copilot blog — so a shop can describe the outcome and get a working app scaffold instead of waiting on a custom build queue. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: natural-language app building in Copilot Cowork (/app via the Microsoft Frontier program) and Copilot Studio App (Preview). Describe outcome, users, data,...

Slack just put live Salesforce dashboards into your channels — Dreamforce-week Slackforce Surfaces — so a shop can ask Slackbot for a pipeline or support view and pin it where the team already talks. Mike and Frank walk the official receipt: a Slackforce Surface is a live interactive interface Slackbot builds from your plain-language ask — dashboard, report, or executive deck — grounded in Salesfo...

On Sep 15, 2026 Google Workspace Updates said Gemini in Workspace can directly interact with Asana, Atlassian Rovo, HubSpot, Intuit Mailchimp, Intuit QuickBooks, Monday, and Salesforce through Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations — across Sheets, Gmail, Drive, Docs, Chat, and more. The feature is ON by default for users with Gemini for Google Workspace access; admins manage Third-Party Connec...

On Sep 16, 2026 Anthropic merged Claude Cowork and chat into one Claude and launched Claude Docs and Claude Slides in beta. Ask for a document or a deck in the same conversation, edit it, share by link, or export — Docs to Word, PDF, Markdown, or Google Docs; Slides to PowerPoint or PDF. Rolling out first on Pro and Max over the coming weeks; Team and Free follow; Enterprise admins get at least 30...

OpenAI on Sep 16, 2026 brought ChatGPT Ads into HubSpot (first CRM partner) and Shopify (first ecommerce partner). HubSpot shops can connect a ChatGPT Ads account, create ads, track performance, and follow up on leads inside HubSpot. US Shopify merchants get a ChatGPT Ads app in the App Store with products already wired through Shopify Catalog; international markets where ChatGPT Ads exist start S...

Anthropic expanded Claude for Small Business on Sep 15, 2026 — 43 workflows and 27 new integrations inside the Claude Cowork plugin, including Shopify, Square, Stripe, Gusto, Xero, and Zapier. Default is approval mode: Claude drafts and stages, then waits for your OK before anything sends, posts, or pays. Available on every paid Claude plan; Anthropic recommends Team for multi-person shops. The la...

Apple released Siri AI with the 2027 software updates — a rebuilt Siri powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence. Official newsroom (Sep 14, 2026): personal context, onscreen awareness, and systemwide app actions such as drafting an email or editing and sharing photos. English beta first; more languages next month. Apple Support lists daily usage limits on some server-side Apple Intelli...