Google is bringing Gemini to the Mac with a new native macOS app that's available starting today. Gemini for Mac can be activated with a keyboard shortcut, and it has built-in tools for generating images, analyzing what's on your screen, reviewing files, and more. Gemini is the last of the three major AI services to have a dedicated Mac app, because OpenAI and Anthropic have had Mac apps for quite some time.
Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents
Salesforce launched Headless 360 at TDX, opening its CRM platform to AI agents through APIs, MCP tools and CLI commands in a major push to make enterprise software work without the browser.
Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce | TechCrunch
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts. CEO Evan Spiegel also wrote that the company is closing more than 300 open roles. Snap had about 5,261 full-time employees as of December 2025.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, narrowly retaking lead for most powerful generally available LLM
Anthropic is publicly releasing its most powerful large language model yet, Claude Opus 4.7, today — as it continues to keep an even more powerful successor, Mythos, restricted to a small number of external enterprise partners for cybersecurity testing and patching vulnerabilities in the software sai
AI Chatbots vs AI Agents vs Agentic AI: What's the Real Difference and Which One Do You Actually Need?
Every company today claims to have an "AI agent." In every product demo, you'll be shown an AI chatbot or agent doing something impressive, and somewhere between the two, a new term has also become a …
Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too
Forecasts of the impact of artificial intelligence range from the apocalyptic to the utopian. An October 2025 report from Senate Democrats, for example, predicted AI will destroy millions of U.S. …
These fifth graders vibe coded a real-world Braille tool — and wowed their Microsoft teacher
As the head of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, Juan Lavista Ferres and his researchers can spend months building real-world AI solutions. Fifth graders that he teaches built an accessibility tool in …
The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends
Recently, we ran a survey asking readers of The Pragmatic Engineer how you use AI tools, which tools you use, what does and doesn’t work, and what it’s like working with AI, in general.For today’s issue, we’ve dug into your 900+ responses to look for trends in AI tool usage among software engineers a
Research finds AI has already automated job tasks for one in five US workers
A new survey has found that 27 percent of workers have had parts of their jobs automated by AI, and 21 percent say artificial intelligence has created more on-the-job work.AI use has exploded in …
The “Father Of AGI” Warns Workers To Build 3 Skills Now Before Jobs Become Obsolete
What if the future of work, is…no work at all?I had an eye-opening conversation with “the father of AGI,” Ben Goertzel, just yesterday on my podcast. He believes that we are a mere two or three years away from achieving fully independent human-level artificial intelligence, known as AGI (artificial g
Students Are Using AI to Guide College Decisions. What Is It Telling Them?
Colleen Reed, an educational consultant, has heard high schoolers make “odd” — and misguided — declarations about institutions.“This school doesn’t have what I want.”“It’s not in a safe neighborhood.”…
The Biggest AI Myth at Work: That It’s ‘Easy’ and Needs No Training
Forrester research shows companies are rolling out AI tools faster than they’re teaching employees how to use them—putting productivity gains and ROI at risk.“Employers aren’t successfully equipping their employees with the understanding, skills, and ethics to succeed in a world of AI,” Forrester vic
You Switched to Claude Over Surveillance Fears. Now It Wants Your Passport
Anthropic quietly rolled out government ID and selfie verification for Claude—a first among major AI chatbots, and a peculiar pivot for a company whose privacy stance just drove a record wave of …
Lawyers Warn AI At Work Comes With Legal Risk As Courts Signal Chatbot Conversations May Be Exposed
As people increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for advice, some U.S. lawyers are telling their clients not to treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when their freedom or legal liability is on the line. These warnings became more urgent after a federal judge in New York ruled this year tha
Adobe Is Working With Anthropic to Bring a Creative AI Agent to Claude
Adobe's Firefly AI is getting a new agentic assistant.Adobe is diving deeper into agentic AI and expanding its partnership roster in a new deal with the AI developer Anthropic. Adobe on Wednesday introduced its latest conversational, agentic creative assistant, which is the technological foundation f
Advanced NotebookLM Tips & Tricks for Power Users - KDnuggets
Let's break down five newly introduced, high-impact features, and discuss how advanced practitioners can incorporate them into their daily workflows to maximize productivity.Google NotebookLM has …