Happy Wednesday! If you’re having a rough week, just be glad that you’re not the lawyer who leaked Microsoft’s Xbox 5-year roadmap in the FTC trial 😬 

🌶 Daily highlight 🌶

Google integrated Bard with its suite of apps and services. Bard can now search across applications such as Gmail, Docs, and Drive, while also connecting with Maps, YouTube, and Flights 🔌

The internal search features are compelling – rather than having to sift through emails and documents to find info, Bard can pull specific pieces of information and also organize it into a chart or bulleted summary 📝

As with everything AI, accuracy will be key. The Flights integration lets users ask Bard to pull real-time flight information, but some have already seen it spit out incorrect flight data. Not an area that you want to get it wrong..

♨️ Latest launches

Big tech

• Amazon tests adding an e-commerce shop to Prime Video

• Amazon ships an RFID version of its cashierless checkout system

• Google Maps expands access to crowdsourcing road mapping

• Google’s Fitbit overhauls its user experience

• TikTok unveils a new tool to label AI content

General and early-stage

• OutSchool ships an AI-powered tool for student progress reports

• SmartNews launches an anti-doomscrolling feature

• Remote unveils a HR platform for global-first companies

• In Diagnostics launches a $30 liver health test

• Catch+Release ships an AI search tool for UGC

• Tezza launches a suite of photo and video editing tools

🔍 Other good finds

• All about impact. Growth skill building to improve career trajectory

• Staffing up. Amazon adding a record 250k workers for holiday season

• Upload. Neuralink recruits human subjects for brain-interface trial

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- Amol