OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work after receiving approval from the Trump administration, with the new AI agent combining ChatGPT and Codex capabilities to create documents, spreadsheets, and w…
Snowflake announced the general availability of its managed MCP server and previews of external and custom MCP connectors, enabling AI agents to take action across Salesforce, Slack, Jira, and other e…
Some Google users are attempting to disable AI features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet due to privacy concerns, but full removal of all AI integrations may not be possible through a single account-level swi…
Anthropic shipped @Claude for Slack, enabling users to tag the bot in channels for asynchronous work. However, a developer notes that 95% of small businesses operate on WhatsApp, Telegram, and Gmail, …
Oomol Lab released OpenConnector, an open-source project that provides a runtime boundary for SaaS access in AI agents, addressing issues like user account management, scope enforcement, and schema co…
AI agents that can both read and send email create a 'Lethal Trifecta' of security risks from untrusted content, sensitive data, and external communication. MailKite, a company building agent email in…
ZDNET reporter David Gewirtz used Anthropic's Claude Cowork to sift through thousands of Gmail messages after Google's Gemini failed to find relevant quotes about Anthropic's Fable 5 throttling. The A…
ActiveCampaign launched a Google Ads connector for its Active Intelligence AI engine, enabling marketers to create and manage Performance Max campaigns using conversational prompts within the platform…
Maine librarians are offering services to help patrons disable AI features on their devices, driven by concerns over privacy, misinformation, and corporate data collection. Led by Bangor librarian Han…
The Radicati Group reports the average professional receives 121 emails per day, and Statista says spam accounted for 45.6% of global email traffic in 2023, driving Gmail users to adopt challenge resp…
A writer with a lifelong spinal condition describes how AI-powered MRI technology reduced scan times from two hours to 15 minutes, and how she reluctantly began using an AI chatbot with a biometrics d…
SneakRead, an open-source browser tool, disguises any article as professional applications like VS Code, Excel, or Slack to help users read the web discreetly at work. It offers 14 disguises, a boss k…
Google has updated its Spanner distributed database to support global-scale agentic AI workloads, enabling unified multi-modal data handling with strict consistency. The move positions Spanner as a fo…
Gmail's spam filter fails to block AI-generated cold emails because the filter was designed for mass-blast, low-quality spam, not personalized, grammatically correct messages from authenticated domain…
Macworld is offering the Claude AI Professional E-Degree for a one-time $19.99, down from $159. The bundle includes four courses, 100+ lectures, and hands-on projects covering advanced prompting, AI-a…
Google is testing a new Inbox section inside the Gemini app for Workspace customers, featuring filters for follow-up, done, and needs review items to streamline email triage. The feature, spotted in r…
XAI launched the Grok Voice Agent Builder in beta, a no-code platform for creating production phone agents for high-volume call workflows like customer support and sales. The platform offers sub-secon…
MailKite launches as an alternative to Nylas for AI agents, offering a scoped email address on a custom domain with parsed JSON delivery, eliminating the need for OAuth and mailbox sign-ins. The servi…
Automated cold email outreach has overwhelmed Gmail inboxes by 2026, with tools like Apollo.io and Instantly sending tens of thousands of personalized messages that bypass traditional spam filters. Gm…
Google offers lesser-known account settings that users can adjust to enhance privacy and convenience, including setting home and work addresses, editing public profile information, and designating rec…