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Anthropic announced today that its AI assistant Claude now supports 15 additional app connectors, adding popular services such as Uber, Uber Eats, Spotify, Instacart, TurboTax and Booking.com. The rollout lets users execute tasks across these platforms directly within a Claude conversation, from ordering food to filing taxes. Anthropic says the feature respects privacy, requires user confirmation before any purchase, and does not use connected‑app data to train its models. The expansion aims to make Claude a more practical, everyday tool for iPhone and Android users. Read more

Google announced on Wednesday that its Gemini chatbot will now include a built‑in notebooks feature, tightly linked with the company's NotebookLM tool. Users can create, edit and sync notebooks directly in Gemini, allowing the AI to draw on a personal knowledge base without searching the open web. The feature rolls out first to AI Ultra, Pro and Plus subscribers on the web, with mobile and free‑tier availability slated for the coming weeks. By merging Gemini’s conversational abilities with NotebookLM’s source‑grounded answering, Google aims to make its AI more useful for study, work and creative projects. Read more

Grammarly announced that it is disabling its Expert Review AI agent after receiving critical feedback from experts who said the tool misrepresented their voices. CEO Shishir Mehrotra explained that the company will rethink the feature to give experts real control over how, or if, their knowledge is used. The move reflects Grammarly’s commitment to responsible AI use and opens the platform for experts who want to build their own agents while maintaining full authority over representation. Read more

Google's NotebookLM tool now lets users revise individual slides with natural‑language prompts and export decks as PowerPoint‑ready PPTX files. The update aims to streamline the slide‑creation workflow by allowing targeted edits without regenerating whole decks, while also preparing for future Google Slides export support. Users are cautioned that extensive revisions may affect layout consistency, requiring manual cleanup. Read more

Perplexity has upgraded its Comet AI assistant to handle tasks across multiple browser tabs, tackle more complex multi‑step quests, and ask for user permission before taking direct actions. The update extends Comet’s attention span, improves its web awareness, and adds a control layer that keeps users in the driver’s seat. Internal tests show a 23% boost in successful task completion, positioning Comet as a more capable background helper for web research and digital paperwork. Read more

Google announced that its Nano Banana image‑generation technology, originally part of Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, is being integrated into NotebookLM. The update adds a new ‘Brief’ video format and a suite of customizable visual styles—including Classic, Whiteboard, Watercolor, Retro Print, Heritage, Paper Craft, and Anime—allowing users to tailor AI‑generated video overviews. The features will first roll out to Google AI Pro subscribers at $20 per month, with a broader release planned for free users. Access is available through the edit (pencil) icon on the Video Overview card in NotebookLM’s Studio panel. Read more

Evernote has released its first major version since 2020, introducing a suite of AI-driven tools. The new AI Assistant, built with OpenAI's technology, lets users search, interact with, and generate content within notes. Semantic Search adds context‑based retrieval, surfacing relevant documents without exact keyword matches. Expanded recording and transcription capabilities now capture and summarize meetings in multiple languages. The features roll out to paid users on desktop and web first, with mobile following, and pricing remains unchanged for now. Read more