🗞️In this edition

• Anthropic debuts browser-based Claude agent

• Workflow Wednesday #34 ‘Streamlining Operations’

• OpenAI reclaims talent from Meta

• In other AI news –

  • Google Translate adds new language learning tools

  • AI competition threatens entry-level US jobs

  • Apple weighed acquiring Mistral and Perplexity

  • Alibaba upgrades video AI to rival global peers

• 4 must-try AI tools

Anthropic launches Claude for Chrome in AI browser race

♨️News –  Anthropic has launched a research preview of its new browser-based AI agent, Claude for Chrome. The tool is available to 1,000 users on its Max plan, priced at $100 to $200 per month, with a waitlist open for others. It allows users to chat with Claude in a browser side window and, with permission, perform certain actions on their behalf.

👨‍💻Fast facts –

• Available through a Chrome extension to selected Max subscribers.

• Users can grant Claude permission to complete browser tasks.

• Part of a growing push for AI-powered browsers from Perplexity, OpenAI, and Google.

• Launch coincides with Google’s ongoing antitrust case that could impact Chrome’s future.

• Anthropic says it reduced prompt-injection attack success rates to 11.2 percent.

🤓OpenTools POV –  Browser integrations are becoming a central battleground for AI labs. Anthropic’s move highlights both the promise of seamless AI assistance and the need for stronger safeguards as these agents gain more control.

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This Week in Workflow Wednesday #34: Streamlining Operations

 Workflow 1: Create Internal SOPs in Seconds (Using Guidde)
Every week, someone asks the same question: “How do I update this in Beehiv?” “Where do I click in Asana?” Instead of repeating yourself, capture the process once and scale your answer with Guidde.

Step 1: Install Guidde
Add the free Guidde Chrome Extension.

Step 2: Start Recording a Process
Open the tool you want to document, hit Record in Guidde, and walk through your workflow once…We break it all down in this week’s issue, along with 2 other AI workflows.

Meta’s superintelligence lab faces early setbacks as key researchers exit

☕News – After going on a high-profile hiring spree to poach top AI talent from rivals, Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs is already seeing people walk away. Several researchers who joined just weeks ago have now left, with some returning to OpenAI, and a senior AI leader is also moving there.

👨‍💻Fast facts –

• Multiple researchers exited the lab shortly after joining, including some who returned to OpenAI.

• A senior leader in generative AI at Meta is also moving to OpenAI.

• The departures come despite Meta offering extremely high compensation packages to attract top talent.

• Meta has been reorganizing its AI groups and recently signed a partnership with Midjourney to focus on AI video research.

• The exits add to ongoing reports of internal challenges and slowed hiring momentum at Meta’s AI division.

🤓OpenTools POV –  The early churn underscores how difficult it is for Meta to hold onto top AI talent. OpenAI remains the stronger draw, raising questions about how quickly Meta can advance its superintelligence ambitions.

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📢 What else is happening?

• Google Translate takes on Duolingo with new language learning tools // The new language practice feature is designed for both beginners starting to learn conversational skills and advanced speakers looking to brush up on their vocabulary, the company says

• There Is Now Clearer Evidence AI Is Wrecking Young Americans’ Job Prospects // Young workers face rising AI competition in fields like software development, but some also benefit from AI as a helper, new research shows

• Apple internally discussed buying Mistral, Perplexity, the Information reports // CEO Tim Cook signaled last month that Apple was open to larger AI-related acquisitions to accelerate its roadmap, a shift from its historically conservative M&A posture

• Alibaba Upgrades Video AI Model to Keep Pace with Global Rivals // Wan2.2-S2V turns portrait photos into “film-quality avatars” that can be prompted to speak, sing and perform, the Hangzhou-based company said 

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