Gemini is adding actions across more than a dozen services

Gemini is expanding from answers into actions across services for work, travel, dining, entertainment, and healthcare. Google says the rollout starts over the next few weeks, and users will need to enable the connections. 1

Twitch added a setting that lets channel owners opt out of Amazon's generative-AI training. The default includes creators unless they switch it off, and Twitch did not clearly establish whether earlier channel content had already been used. 2

Lovable raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation. The company reports more than 60 million projects, over 900 million monthly visits to Lovable-built apps, and employee adoption at nearly two-thirds of the Fortune 500. 3

IBM introduced DocLang, an open XML-based format for model-readable documents. The specification is still at version 0.x, so ecosystem adoption and compatibility remain the real tests. 4

Tomorrow's watch item is the first real Gemini connection screens: availability, requested permissions, and confirmation before a service moves money or data. 1