Claude has just acquired superpowers. Anthropic AI can now search through your entire Google Workspace, without you.

Anthropic has launched major upgrades to their Claude Ai is a new assistant that introduces an autonomous research capability. Google Workspace Integration that transforms the AI into what is called a “true Virtual Collaborator” for enterprise users. The expansion directly competes with OpenAI and Microsoft on the market for AI productivity software.

New AI productivity tools are available. Claude can independently conduct multiple searches, building on each other, while determining the next investigation. Simultaneously the Google Workspace Integration connects Claude with users’ emails and calendars, eliminating the need to manually upload documents.

Claude’s anthropological positions and his research speed are aimed at impressing busy executives. Research is a solution that offers answers in just minutes, not the “upto 30 minutes” other products claim.

Anthropic’s Research tool reflects the fact that we are laser-focused on enterprise users and workers, according to a spokesperson for VentureBeat. “Research” is a tool that helps enterprise workers find well-researched responses to queries in under a minute. Other solutions take up to 30 mins to generate responses – that’s not the time your average Sales executive or financial services employee needs.

Data security is paramount for technical decision makers when considering AI tools. Anthropic stresses its security-first strategy, especially for the Google Drive Catalog that uses retrieval enhanced generation (RAG).

Privacy is the foundation of our approach. Anthropic’s spokesperson stated that by default, we don’t train models using user data. “We’ve implemented access control and authentication mechanisms.” “Each user’s or organization’s connection to external services is properly authenticated and authorized only for that specific user or organisation.”

Google Drive Catalog feature to Enterprise plan includes “an enhanced security infrastructure, dedicated customer support, and advanced administrative control designed for organizations with strict data protection requirements.”

Fighting AI hallucinations – How Claude uses citations for trust

Anthropic tackles AI’s biggest challenge — the tendency to produce plausible-sounding, but incorrect information — by using explicit source citation.

Anthropic is committed to building the most trusted enterprise AI tools. According to the spokesperson, when conducting research – whether on the Web or internal documents – Claude cites the sources so that users can easily refer where the information is coming.

The verification mechanism is designed to meet the growing demand of enterprises for accountable AI in business-critical applications, where accuracy is critical.

Early users report real-world ROI across multiple departments.

Although still in early beta testing, Anthropic reports promising internal results, with employees “saving hours every week they would have spent drudging their way through a sea docs and email.”

Several implementations were highlighted, including communications teams compiling information for launch briefings and engineers preparing client meetings by researching the industry and reviewing existing documents and sales leaders analyzing growth without manual data entry.

“New hires are skipping the traditional ‘new hire’ questions and asking Claude for a summary of upcoming company events, OKRs, and sharing relevant style guides,” noted the spokesperson, suggesting that the application could go beyond the day-to-day productivity.

Anthropic’s updates come amid fierce competition. OpenAI’s ChatGPT provides Microsoft’s Copilot integrates web browsing Office 365and Google’s Geminiconnects to Workspace Applications.

Anthropic differentiates Claude by combining speed, enterprise focus and what it calls a more autonomic approach to information retrieval and research.

Research is available as an early beta version for Max Teamand Enterpriseplans are available in the United States of America, Japan and Brazil. After its launch in the United States, Web search has now expanded to Brazil and Japan. The launch of Web search in the United States in March has been expanded to Brazil and Japan. Google Workspace Integration is available to all paid users in beta, but administrators must enable the company-wide integration before individual users can use it.

From assistants to collaborative partners: The new era in AI knowledge work

AI systems are evolving from simple query responders into proactive research partners. They’re changing the way knowledge work is done. Claude’s new features are more than just incremental improvements–they represent a fundamental change in the relationship between professionals, their digital tools and AI.

For companies navigating digital transformations, the question is not whether AI will transform knowledge-based work, but rather how quickly. Anthropic’s vision for AI that can independently research and reason through problems while connecting directly with workplace systems suggests that the most valuable human skill may not be gathering information but rather asking the correct questions.

In the high-stakes race for AI to be truly useful in everyday work, Claude’s latest upgrades reveal the finish line as not just smarter AI but AI that works like humans already do.