Wildly popular video meeting service Zoom is out with another AI upgrade – this time focused on beefing-up its AI agents.
Observes writer Craig Hale: “AI Companion is included with paid Zoom Workplace accounts — or it can be added separately to other plans.”
Free users can also get a taste of Zoom’s most advanced AI features — within monthly limitations set out by the company.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*Writers Can Now Use Claude to Analyze Their WordPress Web Sites: WordPress has released a new “connector” to Claude AI that will enable Web masters to use the AI to analyze and manipulate data associated with their WordPress sites.
Observes writer Lucas Ropek: “After Claude is linked to an account, users can ask the chatbot all sorts of questions about the site data that it’s been given access to — from summarizing the site’s monthly Web traffic to conducting analysis of which posts have low user engagement.”
*ChatGPT-Maker Snaps-Up OpenClaw Creator as New Hire: Peter Steinberger, creator of the virally popular OpenClaw AI agent, now works for OpenAI.
OpenClaw has triggered a sensation across the AI world for its ability to work in novel, imaginative – and highly independent ways – when completing multi-step tasks.
Observes writer Duncan Riley: “OpenAI gains not only technical expertise by hiring the creator of one of the most visible open-source agent frameworks, but also credibility within a developer community.”
*OpenClaw and Similar Destined to Re-Engineer the Corporation: Highly innovative and independent AI agents like OpenClaw are destined to re-imagine how corporations are designed and run, according to writer Carl Franzen.
Expect increasing numbers of coders, for example, to give OpenClaw and similar AI agents access to corporate systems – even though security concerns that go along with OpenClaw are extremely worrisome.
Also get ready for swarms of AI agents to complete tasks – rather than just one AI agent handling a task.
Plus, don’t be surprised when voice becomes the primary interface for your computing work, Franzen adds.
*Antrhopic’s Popular AI Agent ‘Cowork’ Now Available on Windows: The Microsoft crowd now has access to the Claude Cowork AI agent, which has been wowing Mac users for the past few weeks.
One of Cowork’s key benefits is its ability to access every single file in a folder when executing an independent task that requires a number of steps.
Observes writer Michael Nunez: “The relationship between Microsoft (maker of Windows) and Anthropic has accelerated with striking speed.”
*Google’s AI Upgrade Sets New Records: Google is once again soaring to new heights with its release of Gemini 3 Deep Think, an AI reasoning engine.
Specifically, the new AI scored 84.6% on its ability to learn new skills that could be applied to new tasks.
Observes writer Michael Sutter: “A score of 84.6% is a massive leap for the industry. To put this in perspective, humans average about 60% on these visual reasoning puzzles, while previous AI models often struggled to break 20%.”
*ChatGPT-Maker Answers Google’s Gains With Some of Its Own: OpenAI’s Deep Research tool is now using the more powerful GPT-5.2 AI engine from the company, according to writer Matthias Bastian.
Some key benefits with the move:
–Deep Research can be interrupted when veering off course and redirected in a more appropriate direction
–Deep Research’s reports can be displayed as full-screen size reports
–Deep Research’s progress can be tracked in real time
*Anthropic’s Safety Chief Quits: ChatGPT key competitor Anthropic lost its safety lead last week – Mrinank Sharma — who cited difficulty with achieving what he was hired to do there.
The move dripped with irony, given that Anthropic devotes significant effort marketing itself as a “safety first” AI company.
Anthropic is the maker of Claude, one of the most popular AI chatbots on the planet.
*China’s Open-Source AI Could Upend U.S. Market: MIT Technology Review is out with a new, in-depth article warning that the rising popularity of AI created by Chinese researchers and companies could scramble the U.S.’ current dominance in AI.
China’s open-source software is incredibly attractive to many researchers and companies, given that it can be downloaded for free – and custom-tailored or improved by anyone.
Observes writer Caiwei Chen: “If these open-source AI models keep getting better, they will not just offer the cheapest options for people who want access to frontier AI capabilities — they will change where innovation happens and who sets the standards.”
*AI BIG PICTURE: How to Get the Most From AI at Your Business: Ethan Mollick, co-director of Generative AI Labs, University of Pennsylvania, advises that maximizing AI success at your business requires:
–Top-down directive
–Encouraging the rank-and-file to experiment with AI on a daily basis
-Establishing an AI lab at your company to monitor and refine what employees have come up with – and then redistribute those insights for all to use
Click here for Mollick’s in-depth game plan.
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