AI Is Now Your Teammate (And Possibly Smarter Than Your Boss)

Okay, buckle up your digital seatbelt, because AI isn’t just a fancy calculator anymore—it’s trying to score a desk next to yours and eat your office snacks.

Claude in Excel

Let’s start with Claude, who sounds super down-to-earth but is secretly a genius super bot. Claude just got a job in Excel! That’s right—Claude in Excel is now a thing for Pro users. You can ask Claude about any cell in a spreadsheet and it’ll serve up:

• Explanations
• Error fixes
• Scenario tests

It even includes citations for its work—basically, it comes with receipts.

Claude Code

And what about Claude Code? It's moved past its awkward “to-do list" phase and now uses “Tasks," which are way cooler and let it handle big projects. So instead of using AI like a kitchen appliance, people are now trusting it with full business assignments. What’s next, Claude applying for PTO?

Clawdbot

Meanwhile, Clawdbot is making waves—big tidal waves. This crustacean-themed (yes, really) personal AI assistant is always on call. It can:

• Send emails
• Summarize your calendar
• Give you morning briefings
• Yell (politely) when you forget your mom's birthday

You can text it just like your group chat, except this one doesn’t ghost you.

Survey Data Transformation

Feeling lazy? Good. Claude can take survey data (like a billion annoying CSV rows) and turn it into snazzy reports, PowerPoints, and Excel dashboards in one go. Just upload the file and say, “Hey, give me all the smart-looking stuff people think took me hours to make."

Richard Socher's Project

Now, if monsters under your bed didn’t scare you, Richard Socher’s project might tickle your neurons. He’s raising loads of money to build self-improving AI—basically robot brains that teach themselves how to be better robot brains. Kinda like if your toaster learned how to become a fire-breathing dragon… but it still makes toast.

Vibe Coding Startup

And just when you thought the AI world was weird enough, here comes a "vibe coding" startup looking to hire folks who can turn vibes into code… even if they can’t code at all. So if you can describe a website like “cozy but make it cyberpunk,” you might just get a job!

Other cool things to know today:

• Google invested in Sakana AI, a company led by a guy who helped invent transformers—and is now very sick of them (transformers, not Optimus Prime).
• Apple is about to drop a Gemini-powered upgrade to Siri next month. Prepare for sassier replies and spooky accuracy.
• ChatGPT has been spotted using Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source. Expect some spicy, maybe slightly odd responses.

Two cool AI tools trending this week:

1. Scroll AI – This tool is a wizard at managing knowledge workflows (you know, that pile of unread Google Docs and RFPs in your inbox). Great for teams who pretend to read everything.
2. MovArt – Like Picasso and Spielberg had a robot kid. Create viral videos and thumb-stopping visuals that look like they cost a zillion bucks.

In conclusion: Your new coworker is probably made of code, never sleeps, doesn’t hog the microwave, and might just out-perform you in PowerPoint. But don’t worry, you’re still irreplaceable. Probably.

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