This week in AI - 10 November 2026

Gemini Gems become skills

Your saved AI instructions get easier to reuse this week. Below are five new things to try, one prompt and the next free workshop.

This week in AI

Google is turning Gemini Gems into skills. A skill is saved instructions you call by typing / in any chat. Gemini can also use a skill by itself when it fits your request. On personal Google accounts, Gems become read only on 17 November. Google turns them into skills for you. To move one early, copy its name, description and instructions into Customize, then Skills. Our Gemini guide shows what changes. Work accounts follow in March 2027. Personal accounts, 18 and over.

Source: support.google.com

More this week

• Teams builds simple automations. Microsoft's Workflows app in Teams now has AI Workflows. These are ready-made AI templates for routine tasks. Check your work plan. Read it on learn.microsoft.com
• Projects in free ChatGPT. OpenAI's pricing page now lists projects on the Free plan. It also lists limited memory, file uploads and deep research. Free plan too. Read it on chatgpt.com
• Claude remembers your work. Anthropic says Claude's memory is now on by default. Each project keeps its own memory, so client work stays apart. You can read or delete what it remembers in Settings. Free plan too. Read it on support.claude.com
• Gemini turns a sketch into an app. Draw a simple tool on paper, like a habit tracker, and take a photo. Upload it, pick the Canvas tool and ask Gemini to build it. Then test it in the preview. Google does not name the plans. Read it on blog.google

One thing to try

Pick one task you explain to AI every week, like a status report. Write your instructions once. Save them as a Gemini skill, a project or a custom GPT. Every new chat then starts from the same rules. Here are the prompt habits that work in any tool. We practise this live at the workshop.

A prompt to copy

Act as my weekly report writer.
First ask me three things: what got done, what is late and what is next.
Then write the report under those three headings.
Keep it under 200 words, in plain business English.
If anything is missing, ask me before you write.

Use it as the saved instructions in a skill, project or custom GPT.

Stay safe

Keep client and staff personal details out of saved instructions and files. A skill or project reuses them in every chat. Check what your company allows first.