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The 1 new Claude feature that changes knowledge work and how to use it

ChatGPT for Business gets major updates, Meta's new AI glasses, Mistral AI unveils a coding assistant and more!

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Everyday AI
June 04, 2025

Outsmart The Future

Sup y’all! 👋

Big news from OpenAI today and it’s SUPER timely to today’s show on Anthropic Claude’s recent drop with Research+Integrations. 

(Oh, and we kinda called this hours before it dropped 🔮) 

What’s happening here? Make sure to listen to today’s episode, and repost this if you want our exclusive guide. 

In short – knowledge work is changing quickly with Deep Research tools that are agentic + with access to your company’s data. 

You’ve been warned. 

(Let’s all take advantage together.) 

✌️
Jordan 

Today in Everyday AI
7 minute read

🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: There’s a new feature in Claude that's set to revolutionize knowledge work. We break down what it is and explain why it’s the future. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: Microsoft Azure CTO’s thoughts on vibe coding, Anthropic’s new blog and AMD’s AI startup acquisition. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: ChatGPT for Business get major updates, Meta’s new AI glasses and Mistral AI unveils new coding assistant. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: We break down Claude’s new AI feature and why it’s something you should learn about asap. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about ChatGPT upgrading memory for free users, DeepSeek’s R1 using Gemini data and Microsoft’s free video generator based on Sora. Check it here!

 The 1 new Claude feature that changes knowledge work and how to use it

Stop what you're doing and read this 👇

↳ Claude just dropped something new that slipped under the radar. 
↳ Other companies have been working on it for a bit as well. 
↳ This is the future of knowledge work. 
↳ So you should learn now. 

Also on the pod today:

• Use Cases for Research Integrations 🔍
• Analyze Business Knowledge with Claude 🧠
• Integration with Google Workspace & Apps 🔌️

It’ll be worth your 49 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – Runner H lets you automate multi-step tasks, Job For Agent is a job board for AI agents and Spine Research lets you generate and refine deep research reports.

Microsoft – Microsoft Azure CTO is pushing back on the AI vibe coding hype.

Anthropic – Anthropic has quietly rolled out "Claude Explains," a blog largely drafted by its AI model Claude but carefully refined by human editors.

AMD – AMD has acquired AI software optimization startup Brium.

AI in Media – The Washington Post is going to let amateur writers submit columns with its new AI tool.

AI Research – A new study reveals there’s a major gap between enterprise AI adoption and security readiness.

AI in Government - A U.S. Senior Special Ops Leader is highlighting AI’s usefulness beyond the battlefield.

AI Video – Luma AI has unveiled its new Modify Video feature.

LLMs – You can now access an open source quick start to build your version of “deep research” using Gemini’s API.

1. ChatGPT for Business Gets Cloud Integrations and Meeting Tools 🚀

OpenAI just launched powerful updates for business users, integrating ChatGPT directly with Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive, so it can search across personal and company files to answer complex questions—imagine building an investment thesis using your own slide decks and docs.

The new meeting recording and transcription feature generates time-stamped notes and suggests follow-up actions, allowing users to query meeting content just like any other document, with seamless conversion of action items into OpenAI’s Canvas for collaborative projects.

Beyond that, beta versions of deep research connectors now pull data from HubSpot, Linear, and select Microsoft and Google apps, letting teams prepare detailed reports by combining internal data with web info; meanwhile, MCP (model context protocol) support opens the door for even deeper tool integrations.

2. Meta Unveils Aria Gen 2 Smart Glasses with Advanced Eye-Tracking 👓

Meta has just revealed its Aria Gen 2 smart glasses, designed as a cutting-edge research platform for augmented reality, AI, and robotics. These lightweight glasses boast improved eye-tracking that monitors gaze and blinks per eye, plus 3D hand and object tracking through four computer vision cameras—tools that could soon refine human-computer interaction and robotic dexterity.

Additional sensors estimate heart rate and adapt to lighting conditions, making the device a versatile testbed for future wearable tech. According to Meta, researchers can apply for access later this year.

3. French Startup Mistral Launches AI Coding Assistant ⌨️️

French AI startup Mistral has just unveiled Mistral Code, a new AI-powered coding assistant designed to challenge established players like GitHub Copilot and Windsurf, with a private beta already available for VS Code and JetBrains users.

Bundling multiple in-house models, including advanced autocomplete and agentic coding tools, Mistral Code supports over 80 programming languages and offers flexible deployment options—cloud or on-premises.

4. Google Drive Adds AI-Powered “Catch Me Up” Summaries 💬

Google is rolling out a new Gemini AI feature that quickly summarizes recent edits and comments on your Google Drive files, aiming to save users time sifting through changes. This update, launching over the next two weeks for eligible Workspace and AI plan users, offers a sidebar overview or file-specific activity highlights—but with a caution that the AI may occasionally get details wrong.

By streamlining how professionals track document updates, it could boost productivity for anyone juggling multiple projects or team collaborations.

5. Microsoft Launches AI-Driven Cybersecurity Push Across Europe 🇪🇺

Microsoft just unveiled a new European Security Program, aiming to combat rising cyber threats from state-sponsored hackers and ransomware gangs by leveraging AI-powered threat intelligence. The initiative offers free advanced cybersecurity tools and intelligence sharing to all EU countries plus neighboring nations, enhancing cross-border cooperation against increasingly sophisticated digital attacks.

With fresh investments in AI security research, public-private partnerships, and automated cybercrime disruption tools, this move signals a serious upgrade in Europe’s cyber defense at a critical time

6. Anthropic Cuts Windsurf’s AI Model Access, Stirring Developer Frustration 👀

Windsurf, the rising AI coding startup soon to be acquired by OpenAI, revealed that Anthropic sharply limited its first-party access to popular Claude models with little notice, forcing Windsurf to scramble for third-party alternatives. This comes shortly after Anthropic bypassed Windsurf for direct Claude 4 access at launch, handing competitors like GitHub Copilot and Cursor a clear edge.

While Windsurf offers a “bring your own key” workaround for Claude 4, developers find it costly and cumbersome, potentially slowing Windsurf’s growth despite its rapid climb to $100 million ARR.

7. Reddit Takes Legal Aim at Anthropic Over AI Training Data 🧑‍⚖️

Reddit has filed a lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, accusing it of scraping and using Reddit’s user content without permission to train its AI models, marking the first major tech platform to take such legal action against an AI company. According to a complaint filed in Northern California, Reddit claims Anthropic ignored clear warnings and violated the site’s user agreement and robots.txt rules, while other AI giants like OpenAI and Google have formal agreements protecting user privacy.

This lawsuit follows a wave of similar legal challenges from publishers, artists, and authors who argue AI firms are exploiting their content without compensation.

🦾How You Can Leverage:

That massive research project you keep avoiding that is legit mountains of data and documents? 

We all have THAT project.

The one requiring you to dig through dozens of documents, cross-reference web sources, and somehow synthesize everything into something actually useful. The beast that makes your brain hurt just thinking about it.

Maybe it's competitive analysis across multiple markets. Market research for a new product launch. Due diligence for an acquisition.

Whatever yours is, it just became stupidly easy.

Anthropic dropped their research mode to the $20 Claude Pro plan. But here's the plot twist: hours after we recorded this episode, OpenAI released their own version of the exact same feature.

This isn't just about Claude’s new Research + Integration features. We're watching the entire business AI landscape shift in real-time.

That's why we tackled this trend (and Claude’s recent release) on today’s show. 

It’s like mini-RAG for the masses and it massively changes knowledge work. 

Here’s what you gotta know. 👇

1 – What Claude’s Research Mode Actually Does 😮

Most AI tools work like old CPUs. One task, finish it, move to the next.

Painfully slow.

Claude's research mode works like a GPU. Parallel processing across multiple data sources simultaneously.

We tested this live with a genuinely brutal project. Asked Claude to dig through 80+ newsletter documents, find corresponding blog posts without providing links, and pull real quotes from multiple guests.

What happened next was honestly wild.

Claude bounced between our Google Drive and website. Then back to Drive for verification. Then to third-party research sites. Like a digital detective following leads.

229 sources searched. 11 minutes, 29 seconds.

When we spot-checked the results, Claude had correctly pulled specific phrases from real transcripts. Properly attributed. No hallucinations.

Try this:

Audit your current research bottlenecks. What tasks are eating your team alive? What projects keep getting pushed back because they're too research-heavy? Start there, not with shiny experiments.

2 – Why The Zapier Integration Changes Everything 🔌

The real power isn't just research mode.

Zapier connects Claude to 6,000+ apps. Your CRM, project tools, support platforms, financial systems. Everything becomes fair game for deep analysis.

You could run automated due diligence reports pulling from deal pipelines, legal databases, and market research simultaneously. Support trend analysis connecting customer feedback with product roadmaps and competitive intel.

This is live, contextual information updating in real-time. Not stale spreadsheets.

Try this:

Map integration priorities strategically. Google Workspace users: connect Drive, Gmail, Calendar immediately. Add Zapier for broader connectivity. Master basics before getting fancy.

Break massive projects into chunks. This tool works up to 45 minutes per query. Research specific segments separately instead of asking it to solve your entire quarterly planning process.

3 – How We’re Using This (And Why You Should Care) 🫵

Real talk.

We've been harsh on Claude lately. Terrible rate limits. Hit your message cap in seven minutes. For months, it felt like a developer tool pretending to be useful for everyone else.

This changes everything.

Our successful run pulled quotes from multiple guests and wove them into new episode concepts. Not summaries. Actual scripts with transitions and properly attributed quotes.

Work that would've required hours of audio review and transcript analysis.

Done.

The failures taught us too. First live attempt wasn't perfect. Some misattributions. A few hallucinated details. But the core research crushing our productivity for weeks?

Finished.

Try this:

Pilot with brutal honesty about metrics. Define "done" before starting. How will you measure time saved? Quality? Team satisfaction? Get specific about your finish line.

This isn't about replacing human thinking. It's eliminating grunt work that prevents human thinking.

Those hundreds of hours gathering, reading, cross-referencing, synthesizing? Gone.

Now focus on creative and strategic work only humans can do.

Your impossible project just became this week's win.

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