AI Assistant stories
By handling emails, calendars and routine requests in the background, the tool aims to cut admin for businesses wary of autonomous AI risks.
Legal and finance teams can now turn PDFs, images and spreadsheets into editable diagrams, cutting manual rebuilds as structures change.
The new release could help data teams cut manual pipeline work and deliver fresher data for AI and analytics without extra complexity.
Business users could get answers in natural language without moving sensitive data, as Starburst adds AIDA to its Enterprise Platform.
Creative teams may face faster turnaround but heavier output demands as Adobe’s Firefly AI Assistant automates multi-step work across its apps.
The tool could save creators time by handling multi-step edits across Photoshop, Premiere and other Adobe apps, while keeping files editable.
Public beta will let creators direct Photoshop, Premiere and Lightroom tasks in plain language, as Adobe expands Firefly with new editing tools.
Routine admin tasks can now be handled in the background, though Wingman will still ask before sending messages or altering key data.
Professional services firms may soon query staffing, capacity and project finances in Teams as Dayshape embeds its tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Multinational tax teams could save hours each week as a new tool combines internal data with trusted cross-border research across 220 jurisdictions.
IT teams could cut routine handling time as N-able connects live endpoint data to external AI models and embeds guidance in its consoles.
Finance teams could cut manual close work as Trintech embeds AI guidance, risk checks and auto-matching into existing workflows.
More software teams could catch AI-made defects before release as Katalon’s new platform adds human approval, traceability and live monitoring.
Students worried about revision accuracy can now check AI answers against source documents in Adobe's free Acrobat beta.
Businesses using PDFs for sensitive files now have a new way to uncover hidden code that could expose data or alter documents unnoticed.
Organisations using Azure Virtual Desktop can now trim idle cloud spend and reduce login delays with a new management platform from ControlUp.
Backed by USD $34 million, the voice-AI firm is targeting regulated US and European customers as it bolsters its leadership team.
The updates should cut manual expense work and tighten policy compliance as SAP Concur rolls out more AI and card-linked automation.
Small businesses could get real-time cash-flow and invoice insights as Xero embeds Claude into its accounting tools and planning workflows.
Early tests suggest conversational search is helping shoppers buy more quickly, with the new tool lifting online sales conversion by up to 25%.
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