Anthropic Integrates AI into Excel, Drive, and Slack

Anthropic expands its Claude Cowork platform, embedding AI agents into Excel, Drive, and Slack to enhance workflow management. OpenAI collaborates with major consultancies to promote its no-code Frontier platform, while a California judge dismisses xAI's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI. Additional stories cover Apple's acquisition to boost AI-guided photonics, Google's new AI-driven music tool, Microsoft's Sovereign Cloud expansion, Google's clean energy initiative for its data center, and New York's updated RAISE Act focusing on transparency.