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Platform drift — September 2025 through March 2026
A timeline of generative-AI features that shipped into four tools (Canva, Zoom, Asana, Google Workspace) during the Avi Lewis leadership campaign, plus the Otter.ai class action filed just before the window opens.
PLATFORM DRIFT
sept 2025 → mar 2026
AUG 15, 2025 · PRE-WINDOW
Otter.ai class action filed (Brewer v. Otter) — Notetaker auto-joined meetings without consent.
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
Canva
Zoom
Asana
Google
Nano Banana rollout
Nano Banana Pro
AI Companion announced
AI Companion GA
AI Teammates beta
Fall release
Winter release
GRADUAL GEMINI DEFAULT ROLLOUT
Changes shipped as defaults — the stack we'd started with became something else.
From
Notes from the Lewis for Leader campaign on digital sovereignty
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