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Salesforce Launches New Agentforce Observability Tools to Solve the AI Black Box
Salesforce is introducing new tools in its Agentforce 360 platform to provide greater transparency, giving enterprises clearer insight into how AI agents behave. The goal: crack open the proverbial black box that has slowed AI adoption and undermined trust. As organizations push to build truly agentic enterprises, the ability to observe and understand these bots […]
Microsoft Launches Agent 365, a Control Plane to Manage and Govern AI Workers at Scale
Microsoft is unveiling a new platform called Agent 365 that will integrate identity and governance into all AI agents, eliminating the need for it to be done as an afterthought. It extends the infrastructure IT departments use to manage employee access to agents. The first agent powered by this product is Microsoft’s new Sales Development […]
Microsoft Brings Agent Mode to PowerPoint and Expands AI in Word and Excel
Microsoft is bringing its “vibe working” vision to PowerPoint, delivering on a promise it made in September. The company is rolling out Agent Mode in early access through its Frontier program, enabling Copilot to natively assist users in the design and refinement of presentations. With this addition, Agent Mode now spans throughout the Microsoft 365 […]
As Windows Turns 40, Microsoft Rebuilds It for the AI Era
While some companies claim they’re building an agentic operating system, Microsoft is doing it at a far larger scale—and you won’t need a Copilot+ PC to see it. At this year’s Ignite conference, the software maker is rolling out a broad slate of Windows upgrades, including deeper Copilot integration, AI-driven system management, expanded personalization and […]
ServiceNow Uses Figma Files as Prompts to Generate Enterprise Apps
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and ServiceNow is putting that to the test when it comes to building the next generation of enterprise applications. The company has announced that it now supports Figma in its Build Agent, allowing Figma design files to be used as prompts for building apps, rather […]
Salesforce Buys Spindle AI to Strengthen Accountability Across Agentforce 360
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Salesforce is buying an(other) AI startup. The enterprise tech giant announced on Friday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spindle AI, an agentic analytics startup. Financial deals weren’t disclosed, but Salesforce reveals that it plans to integrate Spindle’s technology to bolster the “Agent Observability and […]
Ai2’s OlmoEarth Opens the Door to Accessible, Open-Source Earth AI
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is announcing the release of OlmoEarth, a new platform featuring an open multimodal foundation model pre-trained on approximately 10 terabytes of global satellite and sensor data. Developers can utilize this AI to gain a better understanding of what’s happening to our planet, as it democratizes access to insights that […]
Canva’s New Design Model and AI Assistant Aim to Power a ‘Creative Operating System’
Canva is staking its claim as the operating system of creativity. The company today took a big step towards that goal with the introduction of new tools that bring together design, AI, and marketing to better connect every part of the creative process. A key pillar of the visual communication platform’s “Creative Operating System” is […]
Google Labs and DeepMind Launch Pomelli, an AI Tool for SMB Marketing Campaigns
Google Labs and Google DeepMind have jointly created an AI-powered marketing tool called Pomelli to help small and medium-sized businesses generate effective social media campaigns. It’s launching today as a public beta experiment for those in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and it currently only supports English. This is Google’s latest initiative […]
Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets the Power to Build Apps and Automate Workflows
Microsoft is adding new capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot to help employees be more productive. Available today through the Frontier Program are two new agents —App Builder and Workflows—and a lightweight version of the company’s existing Copilot Studio app. The goal of these tools is to empower all workers—not just power users—to use AI more […]