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Salesforce Extends Agentforce to HR, So Employees Can Skip the HR Shuffle
A staggering 86 percent of chief human resource officers (CHRO) say digital labor will soon be essential to their roles, according to a new Salesforce study. To support this, the company is launching a variation of its Agentforce platform specifically tailored to the human resource industry. Agentforce for HR Service, as it’s called, plugs directly […]
Ai2 Unveils the Tiniest OLMo 2 Model, Built for Local and Efficient AI Use
Nonprofit AI lab Ai2 has released a new variation of its open-source language model. Previously, OLMo 2 was available in three sizes—7B, 13B, and 32B—but now there’s a 1B version, the smallest member of the model family. The company claims it outperforms Google’s Gemma 3 1B and Meta’s Llama 3.2 1B. OLMo 2 came onto […]
The Social Llama
IN THIS ISSUE: Meta hosts its first-ever event around its Llama model, launching a standalone app to take on Microsoft’s Copilot and ChatGPT. The company also plans to soon open its LLM up to developers via an API. But can Meta’s momentum match its ambition? The Prompt At Meta’s inaugural LlamaCon developer conference, the company […]
Zapier Enters AI Orchestration Market With Enterprise-Ready Platform Connecting 8,000 Apps
Zapier, long known for workflow automation, is stepping into the AI orchestration arena with a new platform that helps startups and enterprises integrate, automate, and scale AI across thousands of apps. The company has hyped up its offering, describing it as the “most-connected” of its kind. Customers using the AI orchestration platform will have two […]
Dropbox Dash Gets Smarter with Multimedia Search and AI That Moves Work Forward
Dropbox is rolling out an update to Dropbox Dash, its AI-powered search and knowledge management tool. The enhanced version now supports advanced search across multimedia files and can also generate content to help move work forward. It also includes deeper integrations with third-party productivity apps. “Knowledge workers waste more than a month a year just […]
Microsoft: Companies Are Going AI-First, Turning to Digital Labor to Scale
More and more, companies are moving decisively toward full-scale AI transformation. The allure of the productivity gains, cost savings, and scalability that AI-powered solutions can deliver is too compelling for business leaders to ignore. In fact, 82 percent say this is the year they’re rethinking their entire strategy and operations to see where AI can […]
Microsoft Pushes Into Human-Agent Collaboration Era with Latest M365 Copilot Upgrades
Following the release of its 2025 Work Trend Index report, Microsoft is rolling out new updates to its Microsoft 365 Copilot app. The new agents and features are aimed at ushering in a new era of human-agent collaboration in the workplace. The release includes access to Microsoft’s Researcher and Analyst agents, integration with OpenAI’s GPT-4o […]
4 Types of Consumers—and What They Expect From AI Agents
When it comes to AI agents, most of the conversation has centered around enterprise and B2B use cases. But consumer interest is growing—and it’s too big to ignore. New research from Salesforce reveals that everyday users are just as eager to engage with AI agents, not just for productivity, but also for personalized support in […]
HubSpot Buys Dashworks to Power Up Breeze’s Search and Content Tools
HubSpot is expanding its AI capabilities with the acquisition of Dashworks, a startup known for its AI-powered search and knowledge management tools. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Dashworks team will be integrated to bolster HubSpot’s Breeze offering, specifically in areas such as search and content gathering. “What’s impressive about Dashworks is its simplicity—ask […]
ServiceNow Expands Its AI Ambitions With New Apriel Small Language Models
ServiceNow, the enterprise automation platform, has released a family of small language models called Apriel, available in two variants: a 5B base model and an instruct-tuned version. The company lists that they are designed to handle general-purpose tasks, from answering questions and retrieving information, to content generation, code assistance, reasoning, and creative writing. Both models […]