Google has introduced a new series of Gemini AI upgrades for Gmail, enabling users to ask natural language questions about their inbox, receive automatic summaries, and take more proactive actions within the platform. The integrated AI Overviews feature allows users to search their inbox using natural language, rather than relying on keywords or opening dozens of messages.
The new ‘AI Inbox’ functions as a personal assistant, highlighting the most important messages and creating task lists and reminders. Additional features include Grammarly-style spell check (Pro / Ultra versions only), expanded access to Help Me Write, and Suggested Replies for quick responses.
This marks Google’s most aggressive move to integrate AI into Gmail to date. Although Gemini’s integration with popular products and platforms has been slow until now, 2026 could be the year when these integrations become a significant user advantage.
In Brief: Tech World Highlights
- According to the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic is reportedly raising $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, potentially doubling its value from the last $13 billion round in September.
- China, according to The Information, is requesting tech companies to temporarily pause Nvidia H200 chip orders as authorities consider a stronger focus on domestic AI chips.
- JPMorgan launched Proxy IQ, an internal AI platform that replaces the shareholder voting system in the U.S. within its $7 trillion asset management division.
- Dell Product Officer Kevin Terwilliger stated that consumers do not buy computers for AI, and the company plans to move away from AI-first marketing.
- Amazon faces criticism over its AI shopping agent “Buy for Me,” after merchants reported their products being taken and listed on the platform without permission.
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