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  1. CopilotKit releases OpenBot, an open-source self-hosted AI coworker platform

    CopilotKit's OpenBot is an open-source template for AI coworkers that run inside a company's own infrastructure via Docker Compose, with data in PostgreSQL and no model bundled in. Each coworker gets its own browser with separate logins, its own files, and only explicitly granted tools, with authorization decided before an action and the action recorded afterward. Any agent exposed through the AG-UI interface can be plugged in, and a governed MCP catalogue includes Google Drive, Notion, and research providers such as Parallel, Exa and Firecrawl. The repository is MIT licensed, in beta, and not published as a dependency package, so the documentation itself notes rough edges and expected changes.

    GitHub Trending（每日） · 🔥 4
  2. Kimi adds Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar integrations

    Moonshot AI announced that Kimi can connect to Gmail, Google Drive and Google Calendar through its Plugins page. According to the company, users can ask Kimi to summarize email conversations, find files and plan daily schedules, with related operations carried out through OAuth authorization. The task capabilities and security of the authorization process were not independently tested in the supplied reports.

    IT之家 AI · 🔥 3
  3. TestingCatalog reports Google Drive Connector for Gemini Notebook

    TestingCatalog reports that Gemini Notebook will soon add Connectors, with Google Drive the first and only one available initially. Users will be able to ask Gemini to search Google Drive files directly from chat and turn the search off if needed. The Connector is described as searching and retrieving documents within a workspace without altering the original files. The report gives no launch date and says more Connectors are expected later.

    testingcatalog (X) · 🔥 0
  4. Lakeflow Connect expands managed connectors for productivity and AI data

    Databricks Blog says Lakeflow Connect adds fully managed connectors for productivity tools and AI platforms, including Jira, Confluence, Monday.com, GitHub, OpenAI and Anthropic, alongside sources such as Notion, SharePoint and Google Drive. Data is incrementally ingested into governed Unity Catalog tables through a point-and-click UI or API, while unstructured files can be converted to text with ai_parse_document for retrieval and downstream AI agents.

    Databricks Blog · 🔥 0
  5. Gemini Live redesign adds a plus menu for chat context on Android

    Google is rolling out a redesigned Gemini Live interface in the stable Android Google app, version 17.68. A new plus button opens a carousel for screen sharing, photos, files, and Drive, replacing the previous requirement to add items through the Gemini overlay before starting a live session. 9to5Google says the menu is unavailable when Gemini Live is launched from the overlay and is not yet available on iOS.

    9to5Google · 🔥 0
  6. Google Adds Ad-Personalization Exception for Personal Intelligence Data

    Google’s privacy policy, effective October 16, allows data users make available to eligible Google services to help personalize content, including advertisements, according to Android Authority, TechSpot and other outlets. Gmail, Drive and Google Photos content remains excluded from personalized ads by default, but the exception applies when users connect those services through features such as Personal Intelligence. Google says advertisers do not receive directly identifying details such as names or email addresses without permission.

    Android Authority · 🔥 0
  7. Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees

    Uber and OpenAI are rolling out ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees worldwide, expanding a pilot that previously involved 1,000 staff. OpenAI says the enterprise agent can handle multi-step tasks and connect with Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Slack, with GPT-6.1 Sol as the default model. TechCrunch reports that Uber has not finalized how employees will use the tool or disclosed the rollout’s cost, and the companies plan to share adoption findings and outcomes as deployment progresses.

    TechCrunch AI · 🔥 0
  8. Amazon Quick adds real-time ACL checks to RAG with Bedrock Knowledge Bases

    An AWS technical post describes how Amazon Quick and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases enforce access control in retrieval-augmented generation. The two-stage design first filters candidates using ACLs stored in the vector index, then verifies each candidate at query time by calling the authoritative source—such as Google Drive APIs via service-account impersonation—so only authorised passages reach the LLM. AWS says this avoids stale or mis-mapped permissions from replicated ACL syncs, and cites Mondelēz International, which it says has deployed Amazon Quick for more than 35,000 employees across four regions.

    AWS Machine Learning Blog · 🔥 0
  9. Google Docs Adds Native Markdown Editing and Collaboration

    Google Docs and Google Drive now support native previewing, editing, and collaboration on Markdown files without converting them to another format. Google Docs offers real-time co-editing, comments, suggested changes, and version history, while Drive provides rendered previews with formatted tables and clickable links. Google says the feature is available to personal Google and Workspace accounts, with availability potentially taking up to 15 days from October 5.

    TechRepublic · 🔥 0
  10. Claude launches Google Docs, Sheets and Slides add-on in public beta

    Anthropic said on October 6 that Claude now works inside Google Docs, Sheets and Slides as a public beta, available on all paid Claude plans (Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise). A sidebar lets Claude read the open file and edit, restyle or build content in place, while separate Docs/Sheets/Slides connectors let users create or edit files from a Claude conversation; file access still follows existing Google sharing permissions. The sidebar defaults to an “ask before edits” mode that presents changes for approval, with an “accept all edits” option.

    9to5Google · 🔥 0

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