Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI—news, innovations, and trends—all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• Microsoft Unveils New Dragon Copilot AI

• Deutsche Telekom to Launch an AI-Powered Smartphone

• Google Expands Gemini AI in Workspace for Smarter Productivity

• Amazon to Launch Its New Nova AI Model by June

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Microsoft

Microsoft Unveils New Dragon Copilot AI

The Gist: Microsoft’s new Dragon Copilot uses AI to help healthcare professionals by automating note-taking and administrative tasks, aiming to reduce burnout and improve patient care.

Key Details:

• Uses voice dictation and ambient listening to generate clinical notes and summaries.

• Provides AI-driven medical information searches from trusted sources.

• Helps automate paperwork like referral letters and after-visit summaries.

• Microsoft claims it enhances efficiency and reduces clinician stress.

Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom to Launch an AI-Powered Smartphone

The Gist: Deutsche Telekom is launching an AI-powered smartphone with Perplexity AI, offering a built-in digital assistant to simplify daily tasks through voice commands.

Key Details:

• Lets users book taxis, make restaurant reservations, and translate conversations.

• Integrates AI technologies from Google Cloud, ElevenLabs, and Picsart.

• Select features will be available through the ‘Magenta AI’ app for non-buyers.

• Announced at MWC 2025, following Perplexity AI’s $500M funding round.

Google

Google Expands Gemini AI in Workspace for Smarter Productivity

The Gist: Google is rolling out new Gemini AI features in Google Sheets and Drive, adding smarter insights, automation, and research tools to boost efficiency.

Key Details:

• Google Sheets gains AI-powered trend analysis, chart generation, and predictions.

• Google Drive now offers AI-generated video transcripts for easier searchability.

• NotebookLM and Gemini Deep Research bring automated insights and reporting.

• Performance upgrades make spreadsheets load and process data faster.

Quick Gist

Anthropic raised $3.5B in Series E funding at a $61.5B valuation to enhance AI systems, computing capacity, and expand globally (Read More).

Microsoft announced the release of DeepSeek R1 7B and 14B distilled models for Copilot+ PCs, enabling enhanced on-device AI capabilities and application development (Read More).

Google Labs released the Data Science Agent for all Colab users, significantly automating and speeding up data analysis by generating complete, customizable notebooks based on natural language input (Read More).

Salesforce launched AgentExchange, a marketplace for AI components that enables businesses to discover, test, and purchase prebuilt solutions, aiming to enhance efficiency in the $6 trillion digital labor market (Read More).

Amazon is set to launch its Nova AI model by June, featuring advanced hybrid reasoning capabilities aimed at cost efficiency and top performance in external benchmarks (Read More).

The University of Oxford has formed a five-year partnership with OpenAI to enhance research and teaching through access to cutting-edge AI tools and funding for innovative projects (Read More).

Apple's iOS 18.4 developer beta introduces the Visual Intelligence feature to iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max users, allowing them to conduct web searches and ask questions via their camera (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!