Google Drive

2026-10-23

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Google updates privacy policy to allow Gmail, Drive and Photos data to feed personalized ads via AI features

On Oct. 16 Google added an exception to its privacy policy saying users who make data from Gmail, Drive or Google Photos available to other Google services (for example via Personal Intelligence, AI Mode, Search or Gemini Apps) may see ads personalized using that data. Google and Android Authority note advertisers do not get direct access to the raw content or personal identifiers, and users can disconnect apps or disable Personalized Recommendations in Search settings to avoid such targeting.

7.0

2026-10-07

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · AWS Machine Learning

Amazon adds real-time ACL verification to Quick and Bedrock Knowledge Bases for RAG

Amazon implemented a two-stage access-control approach for Amazon Quick and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases: pre-retrieval ACL filtering against indexed attributes, followed by real-time verification with authoritative data sources (e.g., Google Drive APIs using service-account impersonation) to ensure RAG responses respect current permissions.

6.0

2026-10-05

MODELS · 1 SOURCE · Google

Middle school teacher uses Google Gemini for lesson planning and stresses critical thinking

A Grade 6/7 technology teacher and team lead at Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward, CA says she uses Google’s Gemini to speed lesson planning and create differentiated instruction, storing prep materials in Google Drive. She tells students that AI mirrors human design and that critical thinking and reasoning must remain primary.

2.0

2026-09-30

COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · Google · The Decoder

Google rolls out 'Skills' in Gemini Chat and will replace Gems

Google is rolling out Skills — reusable, savable instruction templates that were already in Gemini Spark — directly into Gemini Chat globally, and will bring Skills to Google Workspace customers in the coming weeks. Skills now support attaching reference files (plain text, PDFs, images), stacking multiple skills, and will automatically replace users' Gems when Gems are deprecated (individual accounts Nov; Workspace business/enterprise/nonprofit March 2027; Workspace education June 2027); Opal 2 will also be turned down in November.

7.0

2026-09-25

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Cohere

Cohere launches Compass Cloud as managed private beta

Cohere is offering Compass — its document parsing and retrieval platform for RAG, search, and agent workflows — as a managed cloud product called Compass Cloud, entering a limited private beta while continuing to support self‑hosted deployments for regulated customers. The managed service centralizes ingestion, indexing, embedding, retrieval, reranking, and permissions, and provides connectors (e.g., SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive), an MCP server, and a Python SDK to simplify enterprise deployment and reduce operational overhead.

6.0

2026-09-20

COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · Google · TechCrunch AI · InfoQ AI, ML & Data Engineering

Google Labs launches CC as an experimental family-focused AI agent

Google Labs updated CC to operate as a household agent with its own verified Google Account, shared memory, and permissions for up to six members. CC connects to Gmail, Calendar, Tasks, Drive and other Google services, uses Gemini models and the Antigravity agentic harness, and can generate a shared daily brief, manage events/tasks, fill forms with permission, and is available as an early experiment on web and mobile in the U.S. (18+) via upgrade or waitlist.

7.0

2026-09-16

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · xAI

Grok Voice releases Voice Agent Builder (beta) — no-code platform for production voice agents

Grok Voice announced Voice Agent Builder in beta, a no-code platform to configure production voice agents in about two minutes. The integrated speech-to-speech interface bundles telephony, knowledge retrieval, tools/connectors, guardrails, MCPs, observability, optional brand voice cloning and SIP number support; calls are recorded/transcribed and billing is quoted at $0.08/min of audio with telephony on a provisioned number at $0.01/min.

7.0

2026-09-16

MODELS · 1 SOURCE · xAI

Grok add-in launches for Microsoft Excel

Grok is now available as a free Microsoft 365 add-in for Excel, letting users ask questions in plain English, generate formulas from descriptions, run scenarios, and insert charts that cite the source cells. The add-in can pull context from recent emails or files in SharePoint and Google Drive, is installable from the Microsoft Marketplace, and is also available for Word and PowerPoint.

6.0

2026-09-16

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · xAI

Grok add-on arrives for Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides, Docs)

Grok is available as a free add-on for Google Workspace, installing once from the Google Workspace Marketplace to work across Sheets, Slides, and Docs. The add-on answers questions using the open file (citing cells in Sheets), writes formulas, inserts charts, reruns scenarios, converts outlines into editable presentations using web or X research, edits text in place, and — with connectors enabled — can pull from recent emails or Google Drive; Grok is also offered for Microsoft 365 apps.

6.0