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Microsoft Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio: Fable 5.2 joins Copilot

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Nvidia’s board is to decide chief executive Jensen Huang’s future following reports of an affair with a subordinate, the Financial Times reports. The main everyday tool update this morning comes from Google: interactive Sheets dashboards are gaining separate publishing links, so colleagues can use them without access to the whole spreadsheet.

New releases

Microsoft Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio. Claude Fable 5.2 is rolling out to eligible Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio users, grounding complex delegated work in permitted organisational files, meetings and chats; availability varies by region and organisation, and UK access requires administrator enablement. More

Gemini in Google Sheets. Sheets canvas is gaining separate, read-only publishing links with their own audiences and automatic updates or fixed snapshots for Google AI Pro/Ultra and eligible Workspace accounts; Rapid Release began on 11 November, while Scheduled Release starts on 2 December, with each taking up to 15 days. More

Gemini API. Gemini Decision 1 now handles up to 1,000 classification or scoring questions per API request across text, images, audio, video and PDFs, returning probabilities and confidence scores; paid access costs US$0.10 per million input tokens with no output-token charge, alongside a free tier for prototyping. More

Gemini Live. Gemini Live is rolling out globally on Apple CarPlay to all Gemini users on iOS in supported Live languages, bringing hands-free conversations, presentation rehearsal and connected Gmail or Calendar catch-ups where enabled, with conversations synchronised back to the iPhone app. More

Elsewhere in AI

Nvidia’s board will decide chief executive Jensen Huang’s future following reports of an affair with a subordinate, as pressure on his position mounts, the Financial Times reports. Read

Police inspectors warn that acting on unchecked retrospective facial-recognition matches risks wrongful arrests, particularly among ethnic minorities, according to The Guardian. Read

AI datacentre developers propose 181GW of on-site gas-fired capacity across the US and Europe to bypass grid delays, The Guardian reports. Read

UK minister Chris McDonald says Britain should use NHS data to strengthen its AI and life-sciences industries, arguing it offers a strategic advantage, the Financial Times reports. Read

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