AI Pulse – March 2026

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Google Gemini

https://gemini.google.com
Recent Updates
Gemini 3.1 Pro Launch
The release of Gemini 3.1 Pro provides significantly better reasoning for complex tasks, making it easier to synthesise large amounts of client feedback.
Enhanced Context and Brand Awareness
New updates to the platform have improved context awareness, allowing the AI to better understand specific brand guidelines even when they aren’t explicitly named.
Why this matters

The improved reasoning capabilities allow you to upload a messy client brief and receive a perfectly organised creative summary. This helps your team stay aligned with client expectations without hours of manual sorting.

Try this out
  • Upload a long email thread from a client and ask Gemini to summarise the top three product preferences for their winter gala.
  • Ask the AI to brainstorm five creative ‘theme’ ideas for a corporate retreat in Queenstown based on current ANZ travel trends.

Pomelli Photoshoot

https://labs.google/pomelli
Recent Updates
Instant Studio-Quality Marketing Assets
Google Labs launched ‘Photoshoot’ within the Pomelli platform, allowing businesses to turn a single mobile photo into a professional studio-style image.
Personalised Brand Matching
The platform now uses ‘Business DNA’ to automatically apply your client’s specific colours and fonts to any generated promotional graphics.
Why this matters

This tool is a game-changer for visualisation. You can take a quick photo of a sample product in your office and instantly generate a high-end lifestyle shot for a client presentation, saving hundreds on professional photography.

Try this out
  • Take a photo of a branded water bottle on your desk and use Pomelli to place it in a ‘Golden Hour’ beach setting for a summer campaign.
  • Generate a professional-looking banner for a LinkedIn post featuring a close-up of a client’s newly branded hoodie.

Perplexity Computer

https://perplexity.ai
Recent Updates
Autonomous Task Execution Launched
Perplexity released ‘Computer’, a platform that coordinates nineteen different AI models to execute multi-step research and file-handling tasks autonomously.
Advanced Research and Briefing Tools
The new system can now browse the web to find real-time event trends and automatically fill out complex creative briefs for your design team.
Why this matters

Perplexity Computer acts as a digital research assistant. It can proactively find out which local festivals or sports events your clients are sponsoring, allowing you to suggest relevant merch before they even ask.

Try this out
  • Command the agent to research a prospective client’s recent social media activity to identify their current marketing ‘vibe’ for a sales pitch.
  • Automate the collection of logo files and brand colour codes from a client’s public website to jump-start a design project.

Nano Banana 2

https://ai.google.dev
Recent Updates
Precise Text and Logo Rendering
This new model features a massive leap in text rendering, finally allowing AI to generate images with crisp, legible, and accurate logo text.
Lightning-Fast Visual Generation
Nano Banana 2 has been optimised for speed, producing high-resolution, photorealistic visuals in just five to six seconds.
Why this matters

The inability to render text has always been a hurdle for AI mockups. Nano Banana 2 solves this, meaning your virtual samples will finally look professional and accurately represent your client’s brand name.

Try this out
  • Create a realistic mockup of a tote bag featuring the client’s actual name and slogan in clear, readable text.
  • Generate high-resolution patterns for custom-designed apparel that you can send directly to a manufacturer as a style guide.

OpenClaw

https://openclaw.ai
Recent Updates
The Rise of the ‘Digital Employee’
OpenClaw has emerged as a viral open-source assistant that connects to your messaging apps to perform real-world tasks through simple chat commands.
Proactive Inbox Management
The platform now supports ‘AgentSkills’, allowing it to monitor your inbox and proactively alert you to high-priority client requests based on custom rules.
Why this matters

OpenClaw essentially gives you a digital team member who lives in your Slack or WhatsApp. It can handle the ‘busy work’ of drafting briefs or monitoring communications, freeing your sales team to focus on closing deals.

Try this out
  • Send a quick WhatsApp message to your OpenClaw bot to draft a creative brief for a new 1,000-unit pen order.
  • Set a rule for OpenClaw to alert you immediately if a regular client mentions ‘tight deadline’ in an incoming email.