Anthropic announced new updates that tightly link its Claude AI assistant with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. The enhancements let users maintain a single, continuous conversation across both applications, eliminating repetitive copy‑and‑paste. Claude can read spreadsheet data and insert it directly into presentations, while reusable "Skills" let organizations save and share automated workflows with a single click. A preloaded set of starter Skills for common tasks is also included. The features are available to paid‑plan users on both Mac and Windows platforms. Read more →

Canva has launched a new feature called Magic Layers that transforms AI‑generated images into fully editable designs. The tool can analyze any AI image, break it into separate layers such as background, text, and characters, and let users modify each element directly within Canva. This addresses a long‑standing challenge for creators who struggle to adjust flat AI outputs. Magic Layers is now available to all Canva users, promising faster revisions and greater creative control for marketers, designers, and anyone using AI‑generated visuals. Read more →

Google is deepening the integration of its Gemini AI assistant into Workspace apps. A new Gemini chat window appears in Docs, allowing users to describe a document and receive a fully formatted draft that draws on web, Drive, Gmail, and Chat data. In Sheets, Gemini can generate entire spreadsheets and fill tables using existing data or web sources. Slides gains the ability to create and edit slides on command, while Drive introduces an AI Overview and an “Ask Gemini in Drive” feature that answers questions using files across Workspace. All features roll out with enterprise‑grade data protections for Workspace and AI plan subscribers. Read more →

Shazam is now built directly into ChatGPT, allowing users to identify songs without opening the separate music‑discovery app. After linking Shazam from the Apps page, users can summon the service with prompts such as “Shazam, what’s playing?” A pop‑up box captures the audio, and ChatGPT returns the song title, artist and artwork, with an option to save it in Shazam. The feature works even if the Shazam app is not installed, and it is rolling out globally on iOS, Android and the web. Read more →