š 2% Tech Talk ā Brand New Tools Dropped This Week
1ļøā£ Google Gemini 3 ā New āDo-Everythingā AI Model What it is: Google just launched Gemini 3, their new āmost intelligentā AI model, and plugged it straight into Search and the Gemini app. Itās built to handle text, images, audio and video in one model, with a new Gemini Agent that can do multi-step tasks like email triage and travel planning. Why it matters: - This is Googleās big swing to compete with ChatGPT. - āAgentsā = AI that doesnāt just chat, it does jobs in the background. How we can use it (2% plays): - Start thinking in tasks, not tools: ābook meetingsā, āsummarise client docsā, āprep lesson plansā, not āopen 7 tabs.ā - For anyone doing content: test Gemini 3 for idea research + outlines, then refine in your usual AI if you prefer the tone there. 2ļøā£ Microsoft Agent 365 ā CCTV for Your AI Bots What it is: Microsoft announced Agent 365, a dashboard to track and control AI agents running inside companies. IT teams can see what agents are doing, quarantine ārogueā ones and manage agents from Microsoft and other platforms like Salesforce. They also announced Work IQ, a tool to help companies build custom agents on top of Microsoft 365 Copilot data. Why it matters: - Huge signal: big business is expecting billions of AI agents at work by 2028. - Governance + tracking is now a real thing, not just hype. How we can use it (2% plays): - When you pitch AI systems to businesses, donāt just sell āa botā ā sell āa bot + control + reportingā. - Expect more questions like: āHow do we see what itās doing?ā and āHow do we switch it off?ā - Use this as social proof in conversations: āEven Microsoft just launched a whole product just to manage AI agents.ā 3ļøā£ New Power Apps ā āDescribe the App, It Builds Itā What it is: At Microsoft Ignite, they also showed a new version of Power Apps where you can basically describe your idea and let AI + āagentsā help build the full application: data model, screens, logic, etc. Apps, automations and agents are now tied together with Copilot so you can build and manage everything in one place.