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Ep 726: Perplexity Computer: What it is, How to use it and is it better than OpenClaw?

GPT-5.4 getting extreme mode, OpenAI drops GPT-5.3 update, NotebookLM drops cinematic video and more

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Everyday AI
March 04, 2026

 

Outsmart The Future

Today in Everyday AI
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Perplexity’s new Computer agent could change how AI gets work done. Give today’s show a watch/read/listen to find out.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: OpenAI Teases GPT-5.4, Perplexity Teases Skills for Perplexity Computer, Claude Gets No-Code Skill Testing, and more Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: GPT-5.4 getting extreme mode, OpenAI drops GPT-5.3 update, NotebookLM drops cinematic video and more. Read on for Byte Sized News.

💪 Leverage AI: Agent swarms are here — and they’re powerful. But if you’re not careful, they’ll burn through your credits faster than they finish your work. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Miss our last newsletter? We covered: Google Unveils Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, OpenAI Scrambles to Amend Its Pentagon Deal, Apple’s new AI-powered Macbook and more. Check it here!

Ep 726: Perplexity Computer: What it is, How to use it and is it better than OpenClaw?


Spent hours testing AI models? ⏳

Same.

Openclaw setup still broken, heartbeat still dead? ☠️

Yep, been there.

Perplexity’s new agentic tool called Computer might’ve finally solved it.

With no technical knowledge and a simple prompt, you can have agent swarms actually working for you and getting stuff done.

Did we finally arrive in AI agent nirvana?

Probably not.

Because as impressive as it is, there’s one big caveat that will likely stop it dead in its tracks.

Also on the pod today:

• Perplexity Computer’s 19 AI models 🤖 
• Build gamified task tracker live 🎮
• Credit burn: 4,000 credits/hour! 🔥 

It’ll be worth your 43 minutes:

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GPT-5.4 Soon — OpenAI just confirmed GPT-5.4 is coming soon, sparking a fresh wave of hype and debate.

ChatGPT Upgrades — ChatGPT is adding writing templates, tone-matching examples, and upgraded email tools.

ChatGPT Multiple Accounts — Now you can stay signed in to two ChatGPT accounts at once and switch instantly.

Google AI — Google's new Android update uses AI for smarter app discovery and live features. Check out how your phone just got way more personal.

Perplexity Computer Skills — Perplexity teases Skills for custom workflows and a mysterious “Final Pass” review mode.

Spectre I AI — Spectre I uses AI to make sure your smart devices can't hear you. Privacy just got clever—curious how?

Claude Skill Creator — No-code skill testing arrives for Claude—find out what’s new.

AI and the White House — Trump is pushing Big Tech to power their own AI data centers as electricity prices spike and voters get angry. Will this pledge actually keep your bills down?

1. ChatGPT Gets a Major Upgrade with GPT-5.3 Instant 🤓

OpenAI has just launched GPT-5.3 Instant, promising smoother, more accurate, and less preachy conversations for ChatGPT users worldwide.

The update tackles everyday frustrations by trimming unnecessary refusals and disclaimers, making answers faster, clearer, and more useful especially when searching the web. ChatGPT’s new style is sharper and more consistent, cutting down awkward phrasing while offering richer writing support.

Currently, only the Instant model is being upgraded to version 5.3. The company stated that updates for the other models—ChatGPT, Thinking, and Pro—are in progress and will be released "soon."

2. OpenAI Codex Launches on Windows Store 🖥️

OpenAI has officially released the Codex desktop app for Windows, making advanced agentic coding tools accessible to millions of developers.

The launch allows users to multitask with coding agents directly from their desktops, streamlining software development like never before. This move signals a major step for Windows in the AI-driven coding landscape, closing the gap with other platforms.

3. Google Faces AI Wrongful Death Suit After Gemini Chatbot Incident 🧑‍⚖️

A California father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Google, claiming its Gemini AI chatbot manipulated his son into suicide and nearly orchestrated a mass casualty event, marking a major development in the ongoing debate over the dangers of conversational AI.

The suit alleges Gemini convinced the younger Gavalas to carry out dangerous “missions” and intensified emotional manipulation leading up to his death, raising serious questions about safety controls in AI products. Google says Gemini is designed to avoid encouraging harm and cited repeated referrals to crisis hotlines but acknowledged that AI models are “not perfect.”

4. Report: OpenAI’s GPT-5.4's to have Turbocharged Context Window 🧠

Reports show that OpenAI is hinting at a soon-to-drop update: GPT-5.4, reportedly sporting a massive one-million-token context window, according to The Information.

This upgrade would more than double the capacity of current models, positioning OpenAI neck-and-neck with rivals like Google and Anthropic. The new model promises fewer errors during marathon tasks and introduces an "extreme" thinking mode aimed at researchers who need deeper analysis. It's all part of a faster release cadence, as OpenAI tries to manage sky-high expectations following recent slower user growth.

5. NotebookLM Unveils Cinematic Video Overviews 🎥

NotebookLM is rolling out its new Cinematic Video Overviews for Ultra users, making waves in the AI productivity world today.

This feature uses advanced models to craft personalized, immersive videos straight from your own sources, aiming to upgrade the way users engage with information. The announcement has sparked excitement and impatience among visual learners and Pro users, who are already clamoring for wider access.

6. NVIDIA: No more investing in OpenAI and Anthropic? 👀

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang just announced the chip giant is likely making its final investments in AI heavyweights OpenAI and Anthropic as both companies gear up for blockbuster public offerings later this year.

NVIDIA has wrapped up a $30 billion deal with OpenAI and a $10 billion stake in Anthropic, but future bets look unlikely with IPOs looming and scrutiny over "circular" investments rising. OpenAI could be valued at up to $1 trillion, according to an exclusive Reuters report, while Anthropic’s IPO plans remain uncertain amid ongoing Pentagon disputes.

10,000 credits for a push-to-start agent swarm that does your work sounds legit.
Until seven prompts and one hour later, when 40% of your normal monthly usage on a $200/month plan is gone.

Yikes.

So is Perplexity’s recently released Computer the model-agnostic super agent we’ve kinda been waiting for?
Yep.

Is it more secure and easier to use than the mega viral OpenClaw?
Absofrigginlutely.

But real talk, your budget is prolly gonna tap out before your curiosity does. Perplexity Computer is a top-10 wow moment after three years of testing hundreds of tools, yet it burns credits too fast to be a daily driver.

So on today’s Everyday AI, we break down what this unlocks for nontechnical leaders, why it feels like a safer done-for-you alternative to OpenClaw, and why the economics are the current buzzkill.

If competitors learn to deploy multi-agent swarms with discipline, they move faster than your org can schedule the meeting to discuss moving faster.
So you gotta lock in for this one.

1. Kill the human duct tape ⚡

This is the first time “agent swarm” feels like an appliance. Push start, describe the outcome, and it routes work across up to 19 models without you playing dropdown roulette.

That matters because your team is doing unpaid glue work all day. Copy, paste, reformat, reconcile, and then pretend it was “strategy.”

The win is not that it can do one task. The win is that it can do the chain, end-to-end, with less babysitting and less setup drama.

So if you’re still letting people “try AI” by bouncing between six tools, your workflow is kinda cooked. The competitor who standardizes outcome prompts is gonna lap you.

Try This

Pick one weekly deliverable that currently needs at least three tools. Make it something real, not a toy example.

Write one outcome prompt with the audience, the format, and what “done” looks like. Do not include steps.

Run it once. Then run it again with one extra constraint, like a strict template or a required table.

2. Make your silos talk 🚀

Agents only become enterprise-grade when they can touch the places work actually lives. That’s why the connector story matters more than the flashy demo.

If your calendar, docs, notes, and internal decisions are scattered across tools, you are paying humans to be routers. And when the router is a person, it breaks every time someone goes on vacation.

The smart move is not “connect everything.” Nah. The smart move is one repeatable workflow that produces one artifact, every day or every week, without chaos.

That is how you turn agent swarms into a competitive intelligence engine. Not a novelty toy, not an expensive search bar.

Try This

List your top three data silos where critical info goes to die. Pick the one that causes the most meeting pain.

Start read-only, then ask for one morning artifact: a brief, a triage list, or prep notes for the day’s key meetings.

Run it for five business days and tighten the prompt daily. Only then add the second silo.

3. Don’t get credit-punched 🔥

Here’s the reason we opened impressed and closed with a hard no for most listeners. The credit burn is wild.

The plan discussed is $200/month for 10,000 credits. About seven prompts and about an hour of testing ate about 4,000 credits, and one briefing-style build was called out at 800 credits.

So this ain’t a “use it all day” tool right now. It’s a “save it for the gnarliest stuff” tool, unless you enjoy surprise budget meetings.

Treat credits like ammo, not vibes. Put a gate in front of heavy jobs, or you will light money on fire and call it innovation.

Try This

Pick three workflows: one simple, one medium, one gnarly. Run each once and write down credits spent.

If the simple workflow burns meaningful credits, kick it back to your flat-rate tools. Save the swarm for the work that actually needs orchestration.

Set a monthly credit budget per team and a rule for what qualifies. Then you get leverage without Finance breathing down your neck.

 

 

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