Michael Nuñez@AI News | VentureBeat
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Anthropic has unveiled significant upgrades to its AI assistant, Claude, introducing an autonomous research capability and seamless Google Workspace integration. These enhancements transform Claude into what the company terms a "true virtual collaborator" aimed at enterprise users. The updates directly challenge OpenAI and Microsoft in the fiercely competitive market for AI productivity tools by promising comprehensive answers and streamlined workflows for knowledge workers. This move signals Anthropic's commitment to sharpen its edge in the AI assistant domain.
The new Research capability empowers Claude to autonomously conduct multiple searches that build upon each other, independently determining what to investigate next. Simultaneously, the Google Workspace integration connects Claude to users’ emails, calendars, and documents. This eliminates the need for manual uploads and repeated context-setting. Claude can now access Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs, providing deeper insights into a user's work context. Users can ask Claude to compile meeting notes, identify action items from email threads, and search relevant documents, with inline citations for verification. These upgrades, including Google Docs cataloging for Enterprise plan administrators utilizing retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques, emphasize data security. Anthropic underscores its security-first approach, highlighting that they do not train models on user data by default and have implemented strict authentication and access control mechanisms. The Research feature is available as an early beta for Max, Team, and Enterprise plans in the US, Japan, and Brazil, while the Google Workspace integration is available to all paying users as a beta version. These features are aimed at making daily workflows considerably more efficient. Recommended read:
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Anthropic has announced major updates to its AI assistant, Claude, introducing both an autonomous research capability and Google Workspace integration. These enhancements are designed to transform Claude into a more versatile tool, particularly for enterprise users, and directly challenge OpenAI and Microsoft in the competitive market for AI productivity tools. The new "Research" feature allows Claude to conduct systematic, multi-step investigations across internal work contexts and the web. It operates autonomously, performing iterative searches to explore various angles of a query and resolve open questions, ensuring thorough answers supported by citations.
Anthropic's Google Workspace integration expands Claude's ability to interact with Gmail, Calendar, and Google Docs. By securely accessing emails, calendar events, and documents, Claude can compile meeting notes, extract action items from email threads, and search relevant files without manual uploads or repeated context-setting. This functionality is designed to benefit diverse user groups, from marketing and sales teams to engineers and students, by streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity. For Enterprise plan administrators, Anthropic also offers an additional Google Docs cataloging function that uses retrieval augmented generation techniques to index organizational documents securely. The Research feature is currently available in early beta for Max, Team, and Enterprise plans in the United States, Japan, and Brazil, while the Google Workspace integration is available in beta for all paid users globally. Anthropic emphasizes that these updates are part of an ongoing effort to make Claude a robust collaborative partner. The company plans to expand the range of available content sources and give Claude the ability to conduct even more in-depth research in the coming weeks. With its focus on enterprise-grade security and speed, Anthropic is betting that Claude's ability to deliver quick and well-researched answers will win over busy executives. Recommended read:
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Google is expanding language support for Gemini in the side panel of Workspace applications. Starting February 19, 2025, users can access Gemini in seventeen additional languages: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. This update allows users to summarize, brainstorm, and generate content from their emails, documents, and more in their preferred language.
Gemini is now available in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail. Image generation is also supported in these languages. End users can access Gemini in the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” in the top right corner of these applications. The Gemini side panel will work according to the language you set in your Google account. Recommended read:
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Google is launching Deep Research, a new feature for Gemini Advanced, aimed at enhancing research capabilities for Google Workspace users. This tool leverages web data analysis and experimental models to provide in-depth reports on complex topics, ultimately boosting productivity and insight generation. Gemini Advanced users can now access Deep Research to save time by automating the processes of browsing the web, analyzing real-time information, and compiling comprehensive research reports within minutes.
This new functionality allows users to quickly gain expertise on various subjects, offering significant benefits for businesses and educational institutions. Deep Research can be used to understand emerging industry trends, conduct competitive analysis, assist in customer research by preparing reports on prospective clients, and aid educators in grant writing, lesson planning, and creating presentations. After entering a prompt, users can review and revise the proposed research plan, and the tool then analyzes relevant information, refining its analysis continuously. The generated report is organized with links to original sources and can be exported to Google Docs. Recommended read:
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