🤖 Google's Gemini Enterprise targets Microsoft Copilot 🤖
Google unveils comprehensive workplace AI platform to challenge Microsoft Copilot dominance.

Google's Gemini Enterprise targets Microsoft Copilot, launching a conversational workplace productivity platform that acts as the new front door for AI in the workplace. The platform enables employees to interact with company documents, data, and applications through natural language while offering no-code AI agent development capabilities. Gemini Enterprise includes pre-built agents and unifies six core components from advanced Gemini models to governance frameworks. This represents Google's aggressive push to capture the enterprise AI market, directly competing with Microsoft's Copilot and other workplace AI solutions amid increasing organizational demand for integrated AI tools.

📈 AI data center investments contributed 92% of total U.S. GDP growth in first half of 2025 📈
Harvard economist reveals AI infrastructure spending drove unprecedented economic contribution to growth.

Harvard economist Jason Furman revealed that AI data center investments contributed 92% of total U.S. GDP growth in first half of 2025, meaning that without these investments, GDP growth would have been only 0.1% instead of the actual growth rate. The research shows investment in information-processing equipment and software, while representing only 4% of total GDP, accounted for nearly all economic expansion during this six-month period. This finding highlights how AI data center buildout has become the primary driver of America's economic growth, with tech giants pouring tens of billions into infrastructure while other economic sectors contributed minimal growth.

🦾 Figure 03 robot learns by watching 🦾
Figure unveils advanced humanoid robot with breakthrough learning technology.

Figure launched Figure 03, their most advanced humanoid robot featuring innovative Helix AI technology for learning through human observation, custom tactile sensors detecting forces as minimal as three grams, and wireless charging capabilities. The company built BotQ, a dedicated manufacturing facility with 12,000 units annually initial capacity, targeting 100,000 robots by 2029. This represents a significant advancement in humanoid robotics, positioning Figure as a leader in AI-powered autonomous labor solutions with unprecedented learning capabilities and manufacturing scale.

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🛒 Amazon launches Quick Suite 🛒

Amazon Web Services unveiled Quick Suite, a conversational AI platform designed to directly challenge ChatGPT in the enterprise market. The system pulls data from files, databases, and web sources while allowing users to build personalized agents and complete complex tasks through natural language. AWS is offering a free 30-day trial as the tech giant positions itself as a comprehensive AI workplace solution.

🏥 Microsoft partners with Harvard for health AI 🏥

Microsoft announced a strategic partnership with Harvard Medical School to enhance Copilot's healthcare responses using licensed content from Harvard Health Publishing. This collaboration represents Microsoft's strategy to reduce dependence on OpenAI while establishing healthcare as a competitive advantage in the AI assistant market, focusing on improving accuracy of health-related AI responses.