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Adobe Launches Firefly AI Assistant to Unite Its Creative Suite Under One Conversational Interface

For decades, learning Adobe meant learning its tools — the shortcuts, the workflows, the muscle memory of navigating a suite built around precision controls. On Wednesday, the company argued that shouldn’t be a prerequisite anymore, unveiling Firefly AI Assistant, a creative agent that consolidates the power of Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Express, and more, all […]

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Microsoft Has a Faster, Cheaper Version of Its Best Image Model

Microsoft isn’t slowing down in its push to develop its own lineup of homegrown AI models. On Tuesday, the company announced a variation of its text-to-image model called MAI-Image-2-Efficient. While both provide photorealistic and expressive images with reliable in-image text, the new model is designed to be 22 percent faster and four times more efficient. […]

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HubSpot Launches an AEO Tool to Help Marketers Show Up in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity

HubSpot is releasing a slate of tools designed to help businesses improve awareness, grow revenue, and scale customer support. It’s part of the company’s annual Spring Spotlight event. And while there are more than 100 announcements to parse through, the one that may impact HubSpot’s customers the most is the launch of HubSpot AEO. It’s […]

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Why Microsoft Is Betting on OpenClaw

IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft is making its boldest agentic bet yet, building a new team to bring the OpenClaw framework into Microsoft 365 Copilot — a move that could reshape how hundreds of millions of office workers interact with AI. But as enterprises race to deploy AI agents, a quieter crisis is building in the […]

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AWS Unveils Agent Registry to Bring Order to Enterprise AI Sprawl

Every major enterprise software vendor—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP—is racing to plant a flag in what they’ve variously dubbed the “frontier firm” or the “agentic enterprise.” The pitch is the same regardless of the branding: the future of work runs on digital labor. But as agent deployments multiply, so does the risk. Knowing […]

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You Can Now Use Upwork in ChatGPT to Find Freelancers

Upwork is doubling down on its partnership with OpenAI by integrating its Work Marketplace directly into ChatGPT. Using natural language, businesses can describe their project needs, discover relevant talent, and draft job posts—all without leaving the AI platform. From there, they’re guided to Upwork, where Uma, the company’s own AI work agent, picks up to […]

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ServiceNow’s Context Engine Infuses AI Agents With the Know-How to Act

An AI agent is only as good as the information it has. To ensure optimal performance, ServiceNow has developed what it calls the Context Engine, an enterprise-grade tool that pairs AI agents with an organization’s institutional knowledge, relationships, and decision history. It’s the centerpiece of a broader set of announcements the company is making on […]

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Slackbot Steps Into the AI Spotlight

For more than a decade, Slack has positioned itself as a place where work happens (remember this commercial?). It has become a central part of how teams communicate and collaborate. But one of its most overlooked features—the Slackbot—is now stepping into a much bigger role and becoming what Salesforce describes as the “ultimate teammate.” Slackbot […]

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Intercom Turns Fin Into a Developer Platform

Three years after launching its Fin customer service agent, Intercom is opening it up to third-party developers via an API. There’s a catch: It’s open to anyone spending at least $250,000 on Intercom, but the company promises usage rates that are “by far the cheapest in the industry.” Until today, Fin had been confined to […]

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HubSpot Moves Breeze Agents to Outcome-Based Pricing

HubSpot is restructuring how it charges for its Breeze AI agents, moving to a model in which customers pay for results rather than by usage. It’s a significant bet that the company can deliver measurable value at a moment when business leaders are scrutinizing every AI line item. “Businesses are being asked to make big […]