ChatGPT Extends Its Office Territory With Cloud and Meeting Tools

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June 05, 2025

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ChatGPT Embeds Itself in Cloud Drives and Meetings to Tighten Its Grip on the Office

OpenAI added cloud-storage connectors, meeting recording with transcription, and MCP tool connections to ChatGPT. The upgrade targets business users and is live for paid tiers.
The bot can now search files across Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive while respecting existing access permissions. It also records meetings, generates time-stamped notes, converts action items into Canvas docs, and offers beta research connectors for HubSpot, Linear and selected Microsoft and Google tools.
These additions pit ChatGPT against office-software challengers like ClickUp, Zoom and Notion, but with broader reach. OpenAI now counts 3 million enterprise-product subscribers, up from 2 million in February, reflecting rapid uptake.

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WIRED releases a special package detailing catastrophic tech scenarios that business leaders are unprepared for. The series spans threats from AI-driven hacking and world-changing cyberattacks to communication blackouts and quantum decryption.
The articles describe a single hacker using generative AI to fire off 20 zero-day exploits at once, a blackout that stranded Madrid commuters and cut Iberian internet, and GPS spoofing that would snarl global transport. They also examine quantum computers shredding current encryption and an open-source mesh network designed to connect people when traditional infrastructure collapses.
Collectively, the reporting shows essential systems—power, navigation, security, and data privacy—are fragile and tightly interlinked. WIRED illustrates how recent outages and emerging AI tools reveal the speed at which cascading failures reach finance, health care, and national defense.

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company plans to keep adding employees through at least next year, arguing that AI is speeding up engineering work and opening new product lines. He labeled AI “an accelerator” that generates demand for more staff rather than eliminating roles.
Alphabet’s 2025 layoffs have been limited to under 100 departures in its cloud unit and hundreds in platforms and devices, a sharp contrast to the 12,000 cuts in 2023 and 1,000 in 2024. Pichai pointed to Waymo, quantum computing, and YouTube’s rapid expansion as ongoing growth engines.
Pichai conceded that worries about AI eroding entry-level white-collar jobs are valid and deserve open debate, even as he remains optimistic about job creation. He also noted that the industry’s path to artificial general intelligence is uncertain and may encounter plateaus.

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1X Technologies unveiled details of NEO, its upcoming fully autonomous humanoid robot designed for household chores. Founder and CEO Bernt Børnich told NVIDIA’s AI Podcast that the machine is built to vacuum, fold laundry, tidy rooms and retrieve items.
The robot learns through reinforcement learning, expert demonstrations and real-world data so it can adapt to new situations in human environments. It uses tendon-driven mechanisms modeled on human muscles to keep energy consumption low and prioritize operational safety.
Børnich argues that having robots live among people teaches them social nuances such as holding doors or avoiding pets, making them acceptable cohabitants rather than just tools. During the podcast, NEO even answered the door mid-interview, underscoring the company’s push toward real-world readiness.

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Glance AI is partnering with Samsung’s Galaxy Store to deploy its generative AI shopping platform on Galaxy phones in the United States. The opt-in service begins rolling out today to Galaxy S22, S23, S24, and S25 devices and aims for full coverage within 30 days.
Users can take a photo, see AI-generated images of themselves in daily outfit “looks,” and purchase the featured clothing directly from the lock screen or standalone app. Samsung’s version currently excludes the lock-screen ads seen in India, though the AI images can be saved as wallpapers.
The Verge calls the launch “a sign of things to come” as advertisers embed AI shopping tools deeper into personal devices. It brings commerce to the lock screen, a space that until now has been free of promotions for Samsung users.

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