Users on higher tier plans can now use the Claude chatbot to do intensive research on the Web, bring back raw data and then transform what it finds into written insights, statistical analysis and charts.
Currently, access to the new feature is available to Claude Max users and Claude Team users – with access for Claude Pro users promised soon, according to writer Emila David.
Meanwhile, Claude has also been outfitted with a new memory feature for its Team and Enterprise users, which enables the app to remember projects, preferences and priorities.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*Major Survey App Gets AI Upgrade: SurveyMonkey – a key leader in automated surveying for years – has added a new suite of AI tools to its mix.
Users engaging in survey research with the tool can now:
–Use AI chat to surface instant insights and sophisticated data segmentation from the tool’s automated surveys
–Sift for themes in data brought back by SurveyMonkey using a new beta tool dubbed ‘Thematic Analysis.’
*AI Talking Heads Get Even More Lifelike: AI-generated, photorealistic talking heads – the kind that human news anchors up at night – are getting even more natural looking, accord to writer Rhiannon Williams.
Observes Williams, who tried out the latest generation of AI talking heads from Synthesia: “I found the video demonstrating my avatar as unnerving as it is technically impressive.
“It’s slick enough to pass as a high-definition recording of a chirpy corporate speech. And if you didn’t know me, you’d probably think that’s exactly what it was.
“This demonstration shows how much harder it’s becoming to distinguish the artificial from the real.”
*Skepticism Over the ‘Magic’ of AI Agents Persists: Despite blue-sky promises, AI agents – designed in a perfect world to handle tasks autonomously for you on the Web and elsewhere – are still getting a bad rap.
Observes writer Rory Bathgate: “Let’s be very clear here: AI agents are still not very good at their ‘jobs’, or at least pretty terrible at producing returns on investment.”
In fact, tech market research firm Gartner is predicting that 40% of agents currently used by business will be ‘put out to pasture’ by 2027.
*Top 20 Tools in AI Search Optimization (SEO): India-based business pub OfficeChai has come out with its list of the best AI tools right now for SEO.
Here are the top five:
–Surfer SEO
–Jasper
–Semrush
–MarketMuse
–Frase.io
*Embracing AI: A Leadership Guide: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI – which knows a thing or two about the tech – is out with a new guide for business leaders considering bringing in AI.
The easy-to-read 15-page guide offers tips on bringing management and staff onboard, ramping up and making the most of the tech.
The guide also features links to a number of key AI reports and case studies of successful AI implementations.
*OpenAI’s Speech-to-Text AI Gets Some Polish: Whisper – a speech-to-text transcriber from ChatGPT’s maker – just got more accurate.
Thanks to an upgrade from a group of outside researchers, the app is now much better transcribing speech as it happens in real-time.
Ever better, the tech is now able to deliver those transcriptions when run on everyday office computers.
*Microsoft Adds ChatGPT Competitor’s Tech to Office 365: In an interesting move, Microsoft is adding AI to some features of its Office 365 from ChatGPT rival Anthropic.
Specifically, Microsoft will be injecting Anthropic’s AI – which runs the Claude chatbot – into Office 365 apps like Excel, Powerpoint and Word.
Currently, Microsoft uses AI from a number of AI leaders to help run Office 365 and its in-house chatbot, Copilot.
*Oracle’s AI Play Stuns Investors: Half century old Oracle – a provider of database and cloud software – has suddenly emerged as a key player in AI.
The company – which helps companies like ChatGPT’s maker run their AI – announced last week that many of those AI contracts should swell its cloud revenue to $114 billion by 2029.
The result: Oracle’s stock, already up 45% for 2025, surged another 40% in just one day last week, according to writer Dan Gallagher.
*AI Big Picture: Arab Nation UAE Joins AI Open Source Movement: United Arab Emirates has released open source AI – or AI available for anyone to use for free – it says competes with the latest AI from ChatGPT’s maker.
Observes writer Cade Metz: “The Emirates is among several nations pouring billions of dollars into computer data centers and research to compete with leading nations like the United States and China in artificial intelligence.
“Countries such as Saudi Arabia and Singapore are embracing the idea that the A.I. is so important, each should have its own version of the technology.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.
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