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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Perplexity just launched Comet, an agentic AI browser changing how businesses use AI for ROI. Discover 5 powerful business use cases and learn how agentic AI browsers outperform chatbots, and see real examples of Perplexity Comet in action. Give it a listen.
🕵️♂️ Fresh Finds: Scale AI lays off 200 employees, Microsoft Copilot Vision update and ChatGPT Record mode now available to Plus users. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Google boosts AI search with Gemini 2.5 Pro, OpenAI eyes new checkout feature and Meta steals top OpenAI talent. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.
🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Agentic browers are the next AI wave. Perplexity’s Comet beat everyone to the punch. Is it any good? Here’s everything you need to know. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about NVIDIA being allowed to sell AI chips in China, Mistral unveiling open-source speech models, U.S. to unveil $70B AI and energy investment and more. Check it here!
Perplexity's New Agentic Browser: 5 Business Use-Cases for ROI 💡
Make way for the next wave of GenAI..... Agentic AI Browsers.
And while we've seen rumors that OpenAI is going all-in on an AI browser, the first big player is already here in Perplexity's Comet Browser.
Join us as we break down how Perplexity Comet works, what makes it different, and 5 Business Use-Cases for ROI.
Also on the pod today:
• Local vs. Virtual Browser Agentic Workflows 🔗
• Agentic AI Browsers vs. Traditional AI Chatbots 🤔
• Perplexity Comet Cross-Tool Workflow Automation 🧑💻️
It’ll be worth your 37 minutes:
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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:
New AI Tool Spotlight – Kiva is an AI SEO agent, Alter is an AI copilot for your Mac and Peek is an AI personal finance coach.
Future of Work – Scale AI has laid off 200 employees after ramping up its GenAI capacity.
Microsoft – Microsoft is rolling out an update to Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders that lets the AI tool view your entire desktop or any specific app window.
Meta – Meta has fixed a bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content.
OpenAI - Record mode is now available to ChatGPT Plus users.
Plus users, the mic is yours.
Record mode is now available to ChatGPT Plus users globally in the macOS desktop app.
— OpenAI (@OpenAI)
6:15 PM • Jul 16, 2025
OpenAI - A former OpenAI engineer describes what it’s really like to work at the company.
Anthropic – Anthropic has hired back two coding AI leaders from Cursor developer Anysphere.
1. Google Boosts Search with Gemini 2.5 Pro & Deep Search 🚀
Google is rolling out its latest AI upgrades, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Search, to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, offering powerful tools for tackling complex queries and deep research. These features bring advanced reasoning and multi-source analysis directly into Search, saving users hours on difficult projects or big decisions like buying a home.
Additionally, a new AI-powered calling feature lets Search users in the U.S. get pricing and availability from local businesses without lifting a finger.
2. OpenAI Eyes Cut of ChatGPT Sales with New Checkout Feature 🛒
OpenAI is gearing up to take a commission on online sales completed directly through ChatGPT by integrating a checkout system, marking a significant shift from its subscription-based revenue model. This move, powered by a partnership with Shopify, aims to monetize free users and deepen ecommerce functionality within the AI chatbot, potentially disrupting traditional search and advertising channels.
As consumers increasingly turn to AI for product discovery, OpenAI’s strategy could reshape how brands reach customers and how revenue flows in digital commerce.
3. Meta Poaches Top OpenAI Talent in Superintelligence Race ⚖️
Meta has reportedly secured two high-profile OpenAI researchers, Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s push to accelerate progress in artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Both experts, known for their work on deep research models and reasoning at OpenAI and Google, appear to have deactivated their OpenAI Slack profiles, signaling a strong commitment to Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab.
4. AWS Supercharges AI Agent Deployment with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore 🤖
Amazon Web Services just announced powerful new tools to help businesses build and scale AI agents securely and efficiently, marking a major step in making autonomous AI practical for enterprises. The launch of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore offers seven core services that tackle the toughest challenges in deploying AI agents across digital environments, while a new AWS Marketplace category simplifies finding and integrating AI solutions.
Meanwhile, AWS is doubling down on innovation with a $100 million investment in its Generative AI Innovation Center and rolling out enhancements like Amazon Nova customization and native vector storage in S3, all designed to boost accuracy and reduce costs.
5. Anthropic Launches AI Tools for Finance Industry 💸
Anthropic unveiled its Financial Analysis Solution on Tuesday, a specialized version of its Claude AI models tailored for financial professionals, aiming to sharpen investment decisions and market analysis. Integrating real-time data from providers like S&P Global and Snowflake, this move signals Anthropic’s push to deepen enterprise adoption amid intense AI competition.
Available now on AWS Marketplace with Google Cloud access imminent, the rollout highlights how AI is increasingly embedded in high-stakes financial workflows.
6. xAI Faces Sharp Criticism Over AI Safety Lapses 🗣
AI safety experts from OpenAI, Anthropic, and beyond are publicly condemning Elon Musk’s xAI startup for a “reckless” approach to AI safety following recent controversies around its chatbot Grok, which made antisemitic statements and displayed aggressive behavior.
The lack of transparency—xAI has not published standard safety reports on Grok 4—raises alarms about the company’s commitment to industry norms and responsible AI deployment.
🦾How You Can Leverage:
Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft have all started focusing on the same thing recently.
AI-powered browsers.
Why?
Because whoever controls how you navigate the web controls how you work. And we just witnessed the technology that makes manual platform-switching kinda obsolete.
Perplexity's Comet browser runs AI workflows that span Gmail, LinkedIn, ChatGPT, and Google Drive autonomously. No more copying data between platforms. No more manual research across multiple tabs.
The future of work happens when AI accesses everything you're already logged into.
So for this week’s ‘Put AI to Work on Wednesday’ series, we uncovered Perplexity’s Comet browser and how agentic browsing might be more important than simply using an AI chatbot.
Here’s 3 insights from today’s show that reveal why agentic browsers are the next wave of AI.
1 – Your Browser Becomes Your Operating System 😶🌫️
Every major tech company realizes the same truth.
Desktop control belongs to Microsoft and Apple. And even though Google holds a MASSIVE lead, the race for long-term browser control is still up for grabs as a new era of agentic AI browsers starts forming.
Google's investing in Project Mariner. OpenAI launches their agentic browser within weeks. Microsoft expands Copilot vision in Edge. Same strategy across all players.
Here's why this matters more than any chatbot advancement. Your browser already accesses everything. Gmail, LinkedIn, Google Drive, ChatGPT, Slack, calendars, research tools. Everything you need for work.
Agentic browsers turn that access into autonomous workflows and skip over countless AI-connected workflows, dozens of other AI tools, or integrators like n8n, Zapier and Make.
We had Comet check our Gmail, calendar, Twitter feed, and LinkedIn DMs simultaneously. A few minutes of analysis replaced an hour of manual platform-hopping. But that's just the entry point.
The real transformation happens when AI coordinates between these platforms automatically. We showed Comet analyzing our ChatGPT research, identifying knowledge gaps, then running Google Gemini deep research to fill those holes. Three AI platforms working together without human coordination.
Your competitors are still copying and pasting between individual tools.
Try This:
Map your daily platform-switching workflows. Pick your biggest time sink and document every manual step. These become your first automation targets because agentic browsers eliminate manual coordination between platforms.
VentureBeat's data shows 33% of organizations now deploy AI agents - up from just 11% in previous quarters, proving workflow automation moved from experiment to strategic imperative.
2 – Hybrid AI Architecture Changes Enterprise Adoption Forever 🎯
Computer Using Agents like Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s Operator agents essentially take screenshots and guess where to click.
That's why they can be slow and sometimes fail.
Perplexity's Comet runs locally in your actual browser with real logged-in sessions. No virtual browser sandboxes. No screenshot-based navigation. Simple tasks process on-device while complex operations use cloud computing.
This edge capability solves the reliability problem that's plagued AI agents for months.
But here's the strategic insight most miss. Enterprise adoption barriers just disappeared. Companies block specific AI chatbots. They can't block your browser.
And in the long-run, all browsers will be AI at the core like Comet.
Employees start gaining productivity advantages through browsers they already use daily. IT departments see the results before they understand the technology. By the time they catch up, the competitive advantage is already established.
Try This:
Identify workflows where your company restricts AI tools but you need browsers anyway. Social media monitoring, competitive research, email management work perfectly. Browser-based AI bypasses IT restrictions while delivering measurable gains.
IBM's analysis reveals most organizations aren't ready for traditional AI agents due to API and infrastructure challenges, making browser approaches the smoother path.
3 – Autonomous Workflow Chaining Eliminates Human Coordination 🧍
Most businesses waste hours coordinating between platforms manually.
Everything changes when workflows span multiple systems autonomously.
We built a workflow that recaps our podcast episodes, creates Google Docs, saves PDFs, and emails summaries automatically. When complete, the saved documents become searchable by other AI tools connected to Google Drive.
You're building an automated second brain that updates itself. And then can automatically pull from that automated second brain.
But this goes deeper than individual task automation. We're chaining workflows across different AI platforms. Comet can access your ChatGPT conversations, analyze them for knowledge gaps, then use Google Gemini to research those gaps automatically.
The companies implementing these multi-platform workflows now gain information advantages that compound daily. While competitors manually coordinate between tools, you're analyzing market trends, competitor moves, and customer feedback simultaneously.
We run these workflows every morning before coffee. Multiple AI systems working together while we focus on strategy and decisions.
Try This:
Document one workflow requiring manual data movement between three platforms. Email management plus social media monitoring plus document creation works well. Set up automation that saves results to Google Drive for other AI tools to access.
Cloudera's survey of 1,484 IT leaders found 87% consider AI investment essential, with 96% increasing usage next year.
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