Anthropic is working on the "Claude Excel Add-in" experience, where users will be able to take actions in Excel.

Currently, it appears in the form of a standalone application.

Google is rolling out Opal Agent Builder in 15 new countries!

Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina and Pakistan.

Google strikes back 🤖

BREAKING 🚨: Google released Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model on AI Studio and API! GCU outperforms OAI and Claude models.

"Our Computer Use model is a specialised model built on Gemini 2.5 Pro’s capabilities to power agents that can interact with user interfaces"

Opal gets new debugging tool and expands to 15 countries

Google expands Opal, its AI mini-app builder, to 15 countries, including India, Brazil, and Japan. The update adds step-by-step debugging and visual tools, supporting non-coders in building AI workflows using natural language.

🗞 #aitestkitchen

Google launches Gemini 2.5 for UI automation

Google released the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model via the Gemini API, enabling AI agents to control graphical interfaces in browsers and mobile environments with low latency and high accuracy, targeting automation and UI testing tasks.

🗞 #aistudio

XAI readies Grok tools support in Tasks for data fetching

xAI is preparing to expand Grok web with cross-platform tools that pull data from Gmail, Slack, Notion, and X, allowing users to compile and summarize insights from multiple sources within a unified interface.

🗞 #grok

Perplexity to launch GPT-5 Pro for Max subscribers

Perplexity will soon offer GPT-5 Pro to Max subscribers, aligning with its strategy of rapid integration of OpenAI’s top models. Access mirrors ChatGPT Pro, though usage costs are higher due to increased computational demands.

🗞 #perplexity

Opera Neon users can now generate videos via Sora 2 in the Make mode.

"Choose Make" 🤖

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model is now available on Browserbase for anyone to try for free.

Testing time 👀

Nvidia will take up to $2 billion equity stake in xAI according to Bloomberg!

“Elon Musk’s startup xAI is raising more financing than initially planned, tapping backers including Nvidia to lift its ongoing funding round to $20 billion”

Anthropic prepares Claude Code release for mobile apps

Anthropic is set to launch a new Code section in Claude for web and mobile, allowing GitHub integration, cloud-based coding, and prompt-to-PR workflows, targeting developers managing large codebases or collaborative tasks remotely.

🗞 #claude

Gemini visits are up by 46% in September, hitting the 1 billion milestone, according to Similarweb

Banana curve 🍌

Gemini CLI got support for Extensions! Currently available extensions are: Dynatrace, Elastic, Figma, Harness, Postman, Shopify, Snyk, and Stripe.

Super CLI 🤖

BREAKING 🚨: Veo 3.1 appears on Higgsfield under the waitlist, as well as in the code of Vertex AI and Google Vids.

Veo 3.1 today? 👀

Ant Ling introduced a new 1T-params, non thinking open source model with a good performance on coding tasks.

1T 🤯

Perplexity is preparing a new limited-time invite share system with payouts via Dub.

"Earn cash every time you invite a friend to Comet, and they get a free month of Pro. To qualify, your invites must log into Comet and ask their first question."

Google AI Studio now has a search field in the model selector! We need more models now.

Google tests MCP support for Opal workflow builder

Google’s Opal is expanding globally and preparing to support MCP, allowing broader third-party tool integration. Aimed at no-code users, this move positions Opal to compete with OpenAI in the extensible agent-building space.

🗞 #aistudio