News Summary

• Google announced new updates to its Workspace productivity suite aimed at professionals.
• The updates are heavy on AI, integrating new automation tools into various workflows.
• A number of new features allow users to both build and fill out Google Sheets, the company’s spreadsheet tool.
• Google claims that its new feature allows users to populate the spreadsheets “9x faster” than manual entry, because the system is designed to infer what you’re going to enter.
• Google has a certain advantage; its office products are already deeply embedded in workplaces worldwide, giving it a built-in audience for these AI upgrades.
• But Microsoft, Apple, and a growing field of startups are all competing for the same turf.