🗞️In this edition

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• DeepL launches AI agent for businesses

• Workflow Wednesday #35 ‘AI for Everyday Life’

• OpenAI unveils guide for enterprise AI adoption

• In other AI news –

  • Apple loses top AI researcher to Meta

  • NotebookLM adds customizable podcast tones

  • PayPal, Venmo give free Perplexity Pro

  • China taps private sector for military AI

• 4 must-try AI tools

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DeepL launches business AI agent to take on major industry rivals

♨️News – DeepL, the German startup best known for its translation tools, is stepping into a new space with the launch of DeepL Agent. The product is built to handle repetitive office tasks and signals a shift from language services to broader AI solutions for businesses.

👨‍💻Fast facts –

• DeepL Agent responds to natural language commands to complete background tasks.

• It is designed for use across business teams, from HR to marketing.

• The tool builds on DeepL’s own models and external AI systems.

• CEO Jarek Kutylowski said it extends naturally from the company’s translation work.

• The market for AI agents is still young, but competition from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic is already strong.

🤓OpenTools POV – DeepL’s move shows how quickly AI firms are racing to expand their reach. The real question is who will turn these early agent experiments into reliable, day-to-day tools for businesses.

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This Week in Workflow Wednesday #35: AI for Everyday Life

Workflow 1: Turn Chaos Into Clarity with NotebookLM
Drowning in notes, articles, and PDFs? Google’s free NotebookLM pulls them all together and gives you instant summaries, insights, and answers.

Step 1: Add Sources
Drop in your docs, links, or text. NotebookLM builds a guide so you can see the big picture without reading it all.

 Step 2: Ask Questions
Forget scanning pages, just ask:

• “What’s the core argument?”

• “Which file mentions deadlines?”

And here’s the kicker: NotebookLM goes beyond summaries to….We break it all down in this week’s issue, along with 2 other AI workflows.

OpenAI report maps how enterprises can scale generative AI successfully

☕News – OpenAI has published a new report, Staying Ahead in the Age of AI: A Leadership Guide, aimed at helping enterprise leaders adopt and scale generative AI. The guide draws on lessons from companies such as Moderna, Estée Lauder, Notion, and BBVA, and argues that AI is now central to business survival rather than an optional tool.

👨‍💻Fast facts –

• The report introduces five principles for leaders: align, activate, amplify, accelerate, and govern.

• Moderna’s CEO directed employees to use ChatGPT daily, signaling AI’s importance to operations.

• Training is described as the number one factor for adoption, with examples like the San Antonio Spurs increasing AI fluency across their organization.

• OpenAI highlights AI champions, experimentation time, and centralized hubs as effective ways to spread adoption.

• Strong governance structures and quicker approval processes are called essential as regulations tighten worldwide.

🤓OpenTools POV – The report makes clear that AI is reshaping how organizations work. Enterprises that weave AI into culture, training, and oversight will be the ones to lead the next wave of innovation.

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📢 What else is happening?

• Apple loses lead robotics AI researcher to Meta in ongoing exodus // Poor response to Apple Intelligence and the company’s potential shift towards using third-party models contribute to worsening morale

• Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts // When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted as a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate

• PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites and free Perplexity Pro subscriptions // The arrangement is part of an expanded partnership between PayPal and the AI provider, which benefits both companies in different ways

• China Is Using the Private Sector to Advance Military AI // A wide variety of companies and universities is helping the People’s Liberation Army modernize with cutting-edge technology, new data shows 

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