Gmail rolls out new AI-powered 'Help Me Schedule' feature that automatically detects meeting planning in emails and suggests available times based on Google Calendar, streamlining the back-and-forth of coordinating appointments.
Open source AI models that appear free are shocking IT leaders with hidden costs 4-8 times higher than expected, driven by massive compute demands, specialized talent needs, and infrastructure expenses that often exceed proprietary alternatives, prompting experts to recommend hybrid deployment strategies.
Salesforce launches Agentforce 360, an enhanced AI platform with flexible programming tools and deeper Slack integration, claiming 12,000 customers while facing fierce competition from Google and Anthropic despite MIT research revealing 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail to reach production.
Facebook revives its job board on Marketplace targeting young adults seeking entry-level positions just as AI threatens to eliminate 50% of such jobs within five years, allowing users to search openings and contact employers directly through Messenger.
Slack transforms into an AI-powered operating system, integrating native agents from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic while rebuilding Slackbot as a personal AI companion and introducing Channel Expert agents that provide instant knowledge from team conversations through natural language interactions.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg lures AI startup co-founder Andrew Tulloch away from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab with a staggering $1.5 billion compensation package over six years after failing to acquire the entire company.
A shocking new study reveals 96% of companies see no return on investment from AI implementations despite productivity gains, with only 4% achieving ROI by focusing on company-wide transformation instead of isolated departmental use.
AI coding tools now write 95% or more of the code for a quarter of Y Combinator's startup clients, raising alarm that junior developers may lose essential problem-solving skills by bypassing traditional debugging and manual coding experience that builds programming expertise.
Companies waste AI investments by creating new metrics to measure success instead of using existing business goals, often achieving impressive local productivity gains while failing to deliver real organizational value or mission-level impact.
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise platform featuring unified AI tools and pre-built agents, while major companies including Mercedes-Benz and Commerzbank report dramatic 20-70% workload reductions through AI automation, as Google announces plans to train one million developers in AI agent development.