TLDR Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index paints a tough picture: 80% of us say we don’t have the time or energy to do our jobs well, we’re hit by 275 interruptions a day, yet 53% of leaders still expect higher productivity. Google responds with a bold claim that 98% of companies have embraced AI—but also admits 70% are tangled in messy data. Meanwhile, ChatGPT’s weekly active users have soared past 800 million, GPT-4o is redefining multimodal rules, and tools like Copilot, Gemini, Claude, and Grok keep leapfrogging each other almost weekly.

Google I/O 2025 was packed with AI-focused updates that show just how far Google is leaning into integrating generative tools across its ecosystem. From search and voice to video calls, shopping, and visual understanding, AI now underpins just about everything Google is doing for consumers. Here’s a rundown of the most notable updates and what they mean in practice. AI Mode for Search: The Google Search You Can Talk To Google’s “AI Mode” is now rolling out properly after a few months of public testing.