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Essential AI Feature Upgrades Changing Daily Operations for Business Leaders
This week saw a series of AI product enhancements landing not with big promises, but with practical, workflow-changing details that will impact both enterprise operations and everyday business productivity. Specific new features from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Replit, DeepSeek, and Manus are lowering friction, expanding automation, and making AI output more accessible and persistent. Here’s a breakdown of the standout features and what they deliver for business owners and decision makers.
Google Gemini File Creation: Direct Document and Slide Output
Main keyword: Google Gemini file export
Gemini now supports the direct creation of shareable files—including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, LaTeX, Markdown, RTF, and plain text—inside the chat interface. Historically, users performed manual copy-paste-reformat cycles to take AI-generated content from Gemini to useful business formats. Now, downloadable files can be generated instantly by prompt, eliminating redundant manual formatting steps.
This means entire documents, reports, presentations, and spreadsheets can be outputted in a single step, exported directly to Google Drive or as device downloads. The new capability is rolling out to all Gemini users at no added cost. For knowledge workers and team leads responsible for generating client deliverables, stakeholder reports, or collaborative presentations, this adjustment cuts hours of repetitive work and makes AI-driven document production fully seamless.
Microsoft Outlook’s Copilot Agent Mode: Continuous Inbox and Calendar Automation
Main keyword: Microsoft Outlook AI agent
Microsoft rolled out Copilot’s new agent mode within Outlook for users in the Frontier early access program. This AI agent now provides persistent, always-on management for both email and calendar—automating triage, prioritization, follow-up drafting, rule creation, and conflict resolution. Crucially, Copilot's ongoing background monitoring carries conversation context forward, so users never have to re-explain threads or requests.
This enhancement is live for enterprise-grade Windows, Web, iOS, and Android versions, with deeper calendar integration for Windows and Web. For large organizations handling high volumes of communication, the shift from manual point solutions to persistent Copilot management is substantial: less coordination drag, fewer dropped threads, and meaningful time savings for knowledge workers locked into the 365 ecosystem. Microsoft emphasizes Outlook is moving from a station for users to a platform run by Copilot, highlighting a new layer of hands-off inbox stewardship.
Amazon Quick Desktop App: Proactive, Cross-Platform Work Context
Main keyword: Amazon Quick desktop app
Amazon’s new desktop app for Quick (formerly QuickSuite) offers a native application that runs in the background, with direct access to local files—no upload required. It not only automates browser and desktop tasks but also builds a continuously evolving personal knowledge graph. This enables relationships across tools (including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Slack, Zoom, etc.) to become actionable context for AI-powered assistance.
Unlike browser-based AI, Quick’s desktop version delivers proactive notifications and compounding context retention across sessions. For AWS-reliant organizations or those needing persistent AI support bridging multiple platforms, this tool reduces friction in connecting siloed data—optimizing both individual and team productivity.
Replit Slides: AI-Driven Presentation Creation and Restyling
Main keyword: Replit AI slides
Replit’s new Slides feature introduces AI-powered deck creation, template building, and PowerPoint restyling directly within its existing platform. Presentation files can be generated by dropping in content or ideas, with AI structuring narration and styling for immediate download in PowerPoint, PDF, or Google Slides formats.
Additionally, the tool offers a PowerPoint-to-code converter, allowing branded deck imports so AI can upgrade existing presentations instead of starting from scratch. This targets product managers, marketers, and nontechnical business users who need branded, high-quality presentations and want to bypass time-consuming manual formatting. As Replit extends its reach beyond developers, this feature stands out for users looking for AI-native alternatives to traditional slide decks.
DeepSeek v4 and v4 Flash: Open-Source, Large-Context AI Models for High-Volume Enterprise Use Cases
Main keyword: DeepSeek v4 open-source model
DeepSeek’s release of v4 and v4 Flash delivers large open-source models with 1,000,000 token context windows—supporting API, web, and local installations. With per-token costs set lower than market averages ($1.74/million inputs; $3.48/million outputs for v4 pro), these models are priced for organizations needing scalable, compliant solutions for internal deployments or cost-sensitive applications.
While not topping proprietary benchmarks, the value proposition is clear for teams needing affordable, high-volume AI access—such as for document analysis, search, or automation workflows that require on-prem hosting or strict compliance.
Manus Cloud Computer: Persistent Always-On Virtual Cloud Workstation
Main keyword: Manus cloud computer
Manus debuted its cloud computer for paid users, providing an always-on, persistent virtual machine accessible from web and mobile platforms. Unlike ephemeral sandboxes, this new environment retains files, installed tools, and execution context across sessions. For small business owners or nontechnical users wanting to run bots, databases, or scheduled tasks (e.g., via Slack, Discord, WhatsApp) without infrastructure expertise, Manus’ cloud computer automates what would otherwise require dev hours or cloud ops setup.
The paid offering is structured in three tiers (Basic, Standard, Advanced) based on script complexity and database needs. This lowers the barrier for running persistent automated workflows, providing a direct alternative to products like OpenClaw or Perplexity’s persistent computer—especially valuable for users focused on business process automation rather than server management.
Microsoft Copilot Studio Real-Time Voice Agents: Advanced Contact Center Automation
Main keyword: Microsoft Copilot Studio voice agents
Microsoft announced the general availability of real-time, AI-powered voice agents for Dynamics 365 Contact Center. These speech-to-speech agents offer low-latency, natural interruption handling, allowing callers to change topic mid-interaction while maintaining conversational context. Additionally, calls can escalate to human agents with full transmission of AI-agent context, minimizing information loss and repeat explanations.
For large contact centers and customer service teams already managing their stack through Dynamics 365, this allows near-immediate deployment of voice AI handling without switching core infrastructure. This is particularly significant for organizations seeking to reduce average handle times and improve customer satisfaction, as Microsoft notes 80% of Fortune 500 companies already run Copilot Studio agents.
Takeaway: Focus on Reducing Workflow Friction, Not Just Shiny AI
This week’s AI feature releases are marked not by flashy launches, but by practical improvements in file creation, context retention, background automation, and persistent computing—all of which tangibly reduce operational drag or manual overhead. For decision makers evaluating AI upgrades, the true differentiator is shifting from basic tools to persistent, cross-session, and context-aware assistance across doc creation, communications, desktop workflows, and customer-facing voice agents. These enhancements are now within reach on platforms many enterprises already use daily—making AI-driven improvements a present-tense opportunity, not a distant future.
Topics Covered in This Episode:
- Gemini Adds Direct File Creation Feature
- Microsoft Outlook Copilot Agentic Mode Launch
- Amazon Quick Desktop App for AI Integration
- Replit Slides: AI-Powered Presentation Tool
- DeepSeek v4 Pro & Flash Open Source Release
- Manus Cloud Computer Persistent Virtual Machine
- Microsoft Copilot Studio Real-Time Voice Agents
Episode Transcript
Jordan Wilson [00:00:16]:
Well, Anthropic and OpenAI had relatively quiet weeks in terms of new features. Google and Microsoft rolled out some very small updates inside of Gemini and Copilot that will actually have a very big difference in your workflow. If you're someone who's constantly unimpressed by AI slides, you might wanna check out what Replit just released. And Manus may be taking a shot at Perplexity in OpenClaw with their latest update that gives you an always on virtual computer that you can pretty much claw around with. So, yeah, there's a lot more that was released this week in AI. And if you miss anything, if you don't have time to spend hours a day testing out new features or just seeing what's being released, don't worry. I do that for you. And on Friday, we have our new segment called Friday features to keep you up to date.
Jordan Wilson [00:01:13]:
So on today's show, here's just a sampling of what we're gonna go into. You're gonna learn how you can finally tame your inbox the right way with Microsoft Copilot. You're gonna know the smallest new Gemini feature that makes a big difference, and you'll understand why. And how a vibe coding platform might make a dent in slide creation. Alright. Let's get to it. Welcome to Everyday AI. My name is Jordan Wilson.
Jordan Wilson [00:01:39]:
And if you're new here, we do this every day. This is your daily livestream podcast and free daily newsletter helping everyday business leaders like you and me not just keep up with everything that's happening in AI, but how we can use all this information to get ahead to grow our company and our career. So if that's what you're trying to do, it starts here with the unedited, unscripted livestream podcast. But to become the smartest person in AI, make sure to go to our website. That's your cheat code, youreverydayai.com. Alright. And in today's newsletter, we're gonna have all the other AI news because, yeah, FYI, we are, just because some travel. I'm happy to record this on Thursday afternoon, and I already know there's gonna be at least one new update that I'm gonna miss.
Jordan Wilson [00:02:19]:
The codex team, said they are or hinted that they're dropping something, probably get to it on today's show unless they drop in the next twenty some minutes. But, Thursday is a big day for AI updates, so we might actually miss one or two things that we would normally catch. So make sure to check out the newsletter. Alright. Let's get into it, and let's just go ahead and bring up my screen here. So, yeah, we don't really do anything overly visual on our Friday show. So, if you're on the podcast, don't worry. You're not really gonna be missing, anything too much.
Jordan Wilson [00:02:51]:
So first, let's start with Gemini. You can create docs now in Gemini. Well, what's the big deal? Why does that matter? Well, it matters a ton because Anthropic was actually first to market with this feature. OpenAI followed somewhat later, with their, ability to update, or to create documents in chat gbt. And Gemini was kind of on an island for the last, like, six months, and they were the only big player that you cannot actually create documents inside of Gemini, but that has changed. That's because Google just announced that you can now, inside Gemini, generate complete downloadable files from a chat prompt without leaving the app. So here's some of the supported formats. It includes Google docs, sheets, slides, PDF, word.
Jordan Wilson [00:03:37]:
So, you know, dot doc, Excel, CSV, latex, markdown, RTF, and plain text files. So this replaces the old manual workflow, which I was personally tired of doing, which is copying the text out of Gemini, pasting it in a different app, and then having to spend a ton of time reformatting. Right? All of that annoying, you know, human duct tape that I talk about all the time, this is a big quality of life update. So who has access? So this is rolling out now, to all Gemini users at no additional cost. So there are similar features. Right? So if you've seen the help me create in Google Docs as an example, this is separate from that. So I'm just talking about this is just inside of Gemini. So here's why it's useful.
Jordan Wilson [00:04:23]:
Well, you can probably already tell. It's gonna save you, especially if you are a heavy Gemini user and you're someone that's constantly having to produce some type of output and share it with your team. Right? So if you're creating slides, sheets, documents, etcetera, this is huge. So it eliminates that non stop and so annoying copy paste reformat loop that was a main friction even for me, right, after having a great session inside of Gemini. So users can go from a conversation directly to a finished shareable file in a single step. So who's this gonna be valuable for? Well, literally anyone. Right? So knowledge workers, students, teams, basically anyone that's already using Gemini. And like I said, you have to produce something on the back end.
Jordan Wilson [00:05:05]:
So, this one is huge. Files, they can also be downloaded to your device or they can be exported directly to your Google Drive, which I like that because if I'm being honest, sometimes even in ChatGPT or, in in Claude, you know, yeah, I'll download it, but ultimately, I just want it to live in my drive somewhere. So, you know, I think Anthropic has that, that capability. I don't believe chat g p t does, but this is a nice, feature, from Gemini that you can either just download it or save it directly, to your drive. So, big, like I said, small little footnote feature. Right? And there's a good chance you missed this one. But if you are a heavy Gemini user, this is big. Right? Even for me personally, I know that there are so many times, right, when I knew I have to create a document.
Jordan Wilson [00:05:51]:
I have to create, you know, something, and I know the end goal. It's it's, oh, I have to attach this. I have to send this to someone, or I need a file to go into my drive. And there's been multiple times in my head where I'm like, oh, I would like to do this in Gemini, but it's actually gonna just create a bunch of extra work because I know I can't save that as a file. Right? So at least for me, and I'm sure power, Gemini users are gonna really appreciate this because this was a a pretty big shortcoming, for Google. Right? Especially the fact that, you know, that they weren't even the first with the, the drive, integration. Right? So, great quality of life update, with this release. Alright.
Jordan Wilson [00:06:32]:
Next. And this one, y'all speaking of, like, small things that make a big difference, finally, we have agent mode inside of Microsoft Outlook. So, yes, you can, have a much smarter AI Copilot working in your inbox. So Microsoft launched Copilot agent mode, through its frontier early access program. So Copilot now runs continuously in the background. That's the key part here, the big update, to manage your inbox and calendar rather than just responding to one off prompts. So some new specific capabilities can include just kind of email try, triage and prioritization, drafting follow ups for unreplied threads. Yeah.
Jordan Wilson [00:07:13]:
That's me. Get those lost all the time. Creating new inbox rules, resolving meeting conflicts, rebooking rooms, and blocking focus time. So, yes, you do have to right now be in the Frontier early access program, to get access to this, but I know there are, you know, millions of users who do have access to that. So it's not like in a beta version or sign up. Right? Many larger enterprise organizations, are part of Microsoft's frontier program, so this is rolling out to a lot of people. So, aside and you obviously have to have, you know, Microsoft three sixty five copilot license to use that as well. So right now the rollout covers outlook for windows, web, iOS, and Android for inbox features and deeper calendar features are currently, Outlook for Windows and web only.
Jordan Wilson [00:08:00]:
Yes. So EU users, sorry, not supported at launch as with most things. So here's why it's useful. Well, it moves Copilot from working individually and you having to put the push the button to actively maintaining your inbox and calendar as an ongoing, you know, background job. And the contact head office key. Right? We talked about this last week, kind of in our start here series, the concept of agentic context carry. Here we go again. This is a great example of putting that into practice.
Jordan Wilson [00:08:28]:
Right? So this is essentially Copilot can escalate, and then the full conversation context carries forward so you don't have to re explain to Copilot. So this reduces the coordination drag by automating kind of those repetitive maintenance layers of office work. Right? So this is big and, this is essentially a version of, Google's AI mode inside of Gmail that hasn't rolled rolled out broadly just yet. So kind of, you know, Googlesoft and Microsoft or Googlesoft, Google and Microsoft. Yeah. That would be a company who's making that one, Elon. Google and Microsoft kind of racing to bring this always on, agent that's thinking in the background and, you know, helping you triage your email, which is great. But I I don't know.
Jordan Wilson [00:09:16]:
Is it is it too little and too late, with these desktop agents? Right? Especially when you have, you know, something like, you know, live artifacts in Claude, which I've been loving, which kind of can do this for you. Or even just you if you just, you know, have, you know, something saved in Canvas mode and chat gbt, etcetera. But maybe for the nontechnical people, the people that, you know, are just heavily ingrained in the three sixty five ecosystem, this is gonna be big. So, yeah, those enterprise knowledge workers, especially with high email volume are gonna find this one really, really useful. Right? If you're constantly, you know, especially if you're already a heavy Copilot user inside of Outlook, you've probably experienced the frustrations of having to re explain context or even just having to handle things one by one. Right? Yeah. You've probably benefited from using Copilot inside of your inbox, but, you know, having it more as an agentic partner, is pretty big. So, some other things here, Microsoft did warn this is a preview and capabilities may change.
Jordan Wilson [00:10:14]:
Bulk actions may be incomplete, and there's some pattern detection features that aren't yet available. Alright. Here is what, kind of how Microsoft, marketed it. They said Outlook used to be where you worked starting today. It's where Copilot works for you. Until now, Copilot and Outlook helped with the task in front of you, drafting an email, catching up on a long thread, or finding a time to meet. Useful, but not the hardest part. The real work is everything around it, the follow ups, the SIP, the slip, the messages that need attention, and the scheduled changes that pile up before the day even starts.
Jordan Wilson [00:10:50]:
That's what's changing today. Copilot and Outlook is now agentic, taking on the ongoing work of running your inbox and calendar. It triages emails, reschedules conflicts and surfaces. What matter, what matters most before you even ask. Pretty, pretty big update. Like I said, if you are a power outlook user, which I know most enterprise, you know, people are, you have to be. Next one, not really big news unless you are a heavy, AWS or Amazon shop, but if you are that you're gonna love this. So, this is now being released the Amazon Quick desktop app.
Jordan Wilson [00:11:32]:
So Amazon launched, their new native desktop app for Amazon Quick, which was formerly called QuickSuite. So this was just announced at the what's next with AWS event. I think that was yesterday, two days ago. So the app runs seeing a trend here? It the app runs continuously in the background and it accesses local files directly without you having to upload them. Then it sends, proactive operating system level notifications and can automate browser based tasks and desktop applications. It also builds a personal knowledge graph that learns a user's people, projects, and relationships across every connected tool and session. So, I mean, pretty cool. It's just I don't know if I've met many people that are using Amazon Quick.
Jordan Wilson [00:12:18]:
But like I said, if you are a heavy AWS or Amazon organization, this one does sound like something, a new feature you should be checking out. So it is available right now in preview on both Mac and Windows in The US East. So, yeah, it's rolling out regionally, which not, normally don't see that, but, that's what AWS is going with here. Here's the other thing. No AWS account is required right now. So users so individually, right, you can sign up with a personal email, Google, Apple, GitHub, or Amazon credentials. And there are free and plus pricing plans that were announced alongside with the desktop launch. So here's why it's useful.
Jordan Wilson [00:12:58]:
Unlike browser based AI tools, it can access local files without uploading them and operates proactively without the users needing to prompt it. So the persistent knowledge graph compounds over time, meaning that context carriers, context carries across sessions rather than starting fresh every chat. So it does integrate with Google Workspace, Microsoft three sixty five, you know, Salesforce, Slack, Teams, Zoom, some of the big platforms. So it almost to me seems like Amazon's version of something between a Copilot. Right? Like a Microsoft Copilot that runs, you know, at the operating system level, and it connects to all your major, carriers, but also something kind of like, Open Claw Lite. So I'm not exactly sure what what they're kind of aiming for with this, but here's how they, spin it. So they said Amazon quick on your desktop. Your work lives in, your work lives across dozens of tools, Slack, Microsoft Outlook, Salesforce, spreadsheets on your desktop, and emails in Gmail.
Jordan Wilson [00:14:01]:
Quik is an AI assistant for work that connects to all of them, learns what matters to you, and takes action on your behalf. Set it up in minutes. By the end of the day, you'll wonder how you ever worked without it. Right? So, sounds right. I haven't been able to personally, use this yet. Like I said, it is fresh out. I've been traveling. Right? I was in San Francisco.
Jordan Wilson [00:14:23]:
I'm back in Chicago. I'm going to Saint Louis. So I haven't had time to, you you know, test this one out yet. But actually, I I might. Right? I I haven't used very many of, Amazon's, products just because I'm very, you know, heavily focused on, you know, the big four, in OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft. But, you know, we'll see. Maybe this thing gets some momentum behind it. Maybe they get, a lot of updates.
Jordan Wilson [00:14:48]:
Maybe it becomes, you know, as as everyone's looking for that kind of autonomous worker that works in the background that brings, you know, AI capabilities to your desktop, maybe this is something that will catch on. Alright. Next AI feature that you need to know for this week. Well, slides. What are you using for AI slides by the way? Personally, I'm absolutely loving the new, chat g b t images too for slide creation. We did a show on that on Wednesday, actually. I'm so good. Right? There's so many choices, though.
Jordan Wilson [00:15:22]:
You know, there's gamma. You know, Canvas updated some of their capabilities. You you know, obviously, inside of, notebook LM using nano banana to create slides, freaking fantastic. But there's a new player, and that is Replit. So Replit slides. Replit just launched slides, their AI power tool for creating presentation decks. So users can start from scratch. They can use Replit to build templates or import existing PowerPoint files, and then the AI can restyle it via a PowerPoint to code converter.
Jordan Wilson [00:15:57]:
Then you have export options that include PowerPoint, PDF, and Google slides. So who has access right now? So open, Replit's own change log, change log indicated that slide deck functionality is live and it's being actively updated. But right now, there's not a lot of, information on who actually has access, but it looks like anyone, with a Replitz, account. So right now, exact plan requirements aren't really confirmed. Like I said, I think this one also just came out, like, today. It's only been out for, like, two hours as the time of this recording, so I don't think everything's been updated, on their website yet. Maybe I'll find out here as I refresh it and, take a look at it. But, here's why it's useful.
Jordan Wilson [00:16:41]:
Well, if you are already a, you know, power replit user. Right? So if you're doing anything on the vibe coding end, if you're, you know, using it for, any sort of, web app, mobile app, etcetera, it might be worth it, you know, if you're already in Replit's ecosystem. So it does also kind of bring in a new potential category of customers for Replit. So it extends Replit beyond, just the dev, you know, dev tooling into more of, productivity for non coders. So I think this is great for, you know, PMs, marketers, and just your general business users. The feature that I kinda liked is kind of this PowerPoint to code converter. You know, means that users can just import an existing branded deck and then have Replit AI kind of restyle it rather than starting from scratch, which I like because I make ugly slides. I still do a lot of them manually, in Canva, for certain things.
Jordan Wilson [00:17:36]:
Right? Especially if I have to stick to certain brand guidelines. So this might be somewhere I take kind of an ugly deck that I do or maybe my daily slides, and I'll throw it in there to see if it can beautify it a little bit. But who's gonna find it valuable? I think people like product managers. Right? So kind of the crossover between people who would already be using Replit for, like, prototyping, and then, you know, if you, you know, demos over memos. Right? So it it might be something like that. I think product managers, you know, people who are marketers, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs that may already be using Replit, it's kinda like one of those things. Since you're there, since you have all your assets already living inside, I think it's pretty good. Also, you know, nontechnical business users who who are looking maybe for an AI native alternative to Canva or Gamma.
Jordan Wilson [00:18:17]:
So if you have kind of tried a couple of other, you know, AI native slide tools and you haven't really found one, you know, this one could be it. So, yeah. Let me see this. Let me just go ahead and refresh this, see if we have any any new information. Okay. So it does say start creating for free. So not a lot of information out yet, but here's kind of, how Replit spins it. So they say turn content into slides instantly.
Jordan Wilson [00:18:43]:
You can drop in a doc or rough ideas and get a complete slide deck in minutes. They say get published designs with zero effort. You can start with beautiful prebuilt templates or imports existing branded templates, and then it says to tailor every detail to your needs. It says you can customize the number of slides, the slide order, slide templates, and more. Also, it says you can get structured storytelling by default. You can automatically organize your content into a clear narrative with the right flow. So, yeah, it looks like you can start using it for free. Yeah.
Jordan Wilson [00:19:19]:
So maybe at least for a short time, it's free, and maybe we'll see some pricing. If so, we'll make sure to update, you all on that in our newsletter. Alright. Next. Yeah. Deep seek four. Oh my gosh. It's gonna change the world.
Jordan Wilson [00:19:34]:
It didn't. You know, this actually came out, like, a couple hours, after our last week Friday features. But given that there weren't a ton of technical like, technically, bottle releases, this week, Decided to go ahead and cover it even though it's, you know, technically a little older, but, I think it is important. So DeepSeek launched DeepSeek v four as a preview with two different variations, v four pro and v four flash. So both are a mixture of expert models with a 1,000,000 token context window and, up to 384 k max output. So v four v four pro is a 1,600,000,000,000 perimeter model where v four flash is, 284,000,000,000 parameter model. So both are open source under the MIT license with weights available on hugging face, and both do support thinking and non thinking modes. So availability, it's already available.
Jordan Wilson [00:20:33]:
Right? So it's available now, via the API, via the, you know, the chat.deepseek.com. So you can use it via the chat. You can use it via the API. You can use it through open router. Like I said, you can download it. If you got a beefy machine, you can download it, you know, via hugging face and run it locally. So, the open weights are freely downloadable for commercial use. So v four Flash is the more practical, right, self hosting target.
Jordan Wilson [00:21:01]:
You might have to have about a 160 ish gigabytes of RAM. So, yeah, you're gonna have to have a beefy machine to run that one. So here's why it's useful. Well, it's priced well. So v four pro is priced at only a dollar 74 per million input tokens and $3.48 for million outputs. So who's gonna find this valuable? Well, development teams who are running high volume workloads where cost per token really matters, more than absolute benchmark rank, or organizations needing open weight models for compliance, self hosting, or on prem deployment. So kind of have their, their benchmarks up here. So nothing really shocking, right, in terms of capabilities.
Jordan Wilson [00:21:48]:
Everyone thought this, you know, DeepSeq v four was gonna change the world. You know? Here's the thing. When the last version of DeepSeq came out, you know, and it kind of rattled the stock market, it was because DeepSeek said, oh, it only costs, you know, I think they said, like, $5,000,000 to train or something like that. It obviously didn't, since, you know, all the big labs and the US government have accused Chinese companies like DeepSeq of model distillation. I said all along, don't pay too much attention to DeepSeq. Right? It's very likely distilled according to, you know, the labs and the White House. You know, so even this version benchmarks, it's, you know, it's a, you know, top five, open source model. Right? But it's not really gonna be competing, with anything on the proprietary side.
Jordan Wilson [00:22:36]:
And like I said, it's not even the best, you know, open source Chinese model right now. So probably not worth testing out, right, aside from if you just like to test out the new models, or, if you were previously using a version of DeepSeek for something else and it's a simple upgrade. Otherwise, I'd say probably pass on this one. I know deep seek gets a lot of attention right from, you know, what happened, last year, but, I don't know. At least for me, I'd say this one is probably a pass aside from just some basic testing. All right. Next. Manus computer.
Jordan Wilson [00:23:11]:
Yeah, we have another entry into the perplexity computer slash open claw ecosystem. So, this is another one hot off the presses. So just announced today, Manus cloud computer is a persistent always on virtual machine, that runs in the cloud and users can spin up to run bots, Python scripts, or software twenty four seven. So unlike the standard Manus sandbox, which resets after each session, the cloud computer retains files, install tools, and context across sessions, functioning like a personal remote machine. So it's, accessible via SSH or the Manus web dashboard terminal, so no coding required to use it since Manus handles the configuration through natural language. So right now, who can get it? Well, it's available to all paid users on the web and mobile. That's the thing that I'm looking at. I'm like, okay, native mobile support.
Jordan Wilson [00:24:12]:
The tech side is already set up. I'm not a big open claw person, just FYI, just cause I don't have the time. Right. I don't have even five extra hours a week to configure Open Claw. I tested it up, got it running, and I'm like, not really for me. I'd rather just, you know, time is money when I think about it. So that's why something, like, you know, perplexities computer, you know, perplexities personal computer, I'm more apt to be looking at those. So this one, at least for me personally, is pretty interesting.
Jordan Wilson [00:24:44]:
Right? Anyone that handles, you you know, kind of that sandboxing and giving you a virtual machine. I know there's a lot of, you know, ways that you can do that with OpenClaw as well. So to each their own, but if you're already a Manus subscriber like I am, this one might be worth checking it out. So right now, there's three plans. There's a basic, which gives you simple Python scripts. There's a standard, which gives you active websites and APIs, and then advanced, which also gives you team databases. This is, available now globally. So here's why it's useful.
Jordan Wilson [00:25:17]:
Well, it solves the core problem, at least that every regular Manus chat. Right? Starting from a blank slate. So the cloud computer lets Manus build on the previous work, run live databases, and maintain persistent knowledge bases across weeks and months. Also, you can have bots running twenty four seven. Right? Slack, Discord, WhatsApp. Right? So whether using them for customer service or just directing them to go do work, without users who need to configure AWS or manage server keys or write any infrastructure code. So who's gonna find this valuable? Well, I think nontechnical users. Right, if you are kind of tempted by the, you know, having that virtual, computer that you can run and it can be running for you or around the clock, you know, small business owners that want the bots, the database, and the scheduled workflows running without a dev on staff or just people who are currently power users of Manus, but have maybe been limited by that session based sandbox and want more persistent compounding work.
Jordan Wilson [00:26:19]:
So one thing to note, the cloud computer can't access your local machine files. Right? So it's fully isolated, which some people might see as a downside. For me, that's kinda what I want. Right? So I think this is the alternative, you know, versus buying a dedicated computer, you know, for OpenClaw or buying a dedicated computer for perplexity personal computer. So this is more of a, I say, a direct competitor, a much earlier version for perplexity computer, right, which runs in their cloud instance. So here's how Manus says, spins it. So they say introducing cloud computer for Manus, a dedicated machine in the cloud that runs your bots, Python scripts, and software around the clock. Now anyone can build and run anything.
Jordan Wilson [00:27:04]:
So they say, why use a cloud computer? A cloud computer gives you two things your laptop can't. It never turns off your files and set up stay put. So, we will have this in today's newsletter if you missed it, so make sure to check that out. Alright. Our last big feature for the week, we have live real time voice agents inside of Microsoft Copilot Studio. Alright. Let me bring up the correct one here. There we go.
Jordan Wilson [00:27:33]:
So here's what it is. Microsoft announced general availability of real time voice agents in Copilot Studio launching initially through Dynamics three sixty five contact center. So this is big, right, if you are in customer service, if you use Dynamics three sixty five contact center, which I know a lot of bigger, organizations do, especially if you're selling products, this one's big. So there are these are speech to speech agents that are optimized for low latency and natural interruption. Meaning, callers can speak normally, change direction mid call, and then the agent adapts in real time rather than following rigid, you know, scripts. So yeah. If your company handles a lot of inbound calls, whether it's for sales, customer service, something else, maybe you've been on the fence about should we do an AI voice agent. Maybe you've tried a third party platform, but you're a Microsoft shop.
Jordan Wilson [00:28:29]:
In this case, this is gonna be for you. Also, a call can escalate to a human agent and then the full conversation contacts carries forward automatically so the human customer support person doesn't have to repeat themselves. So who has access? Well, it's generally available now in Dynamics three sixty five contact center customers in North America. Customers outside of North America must allow cross geoprocessing since the real time voice AI model is hosted in North America only as of now. So, yeah, EU, not getting it. Sorry. Alright. So here's why it's useful.
Jordan Wilson [00:29:05]:
So, traditional, IVR and scripted bots, well, they break down. If a caller interrupts or if, you know, someone gets frustrated or if you combine the multiple requests into one sentences. Right? Traditional, you know, AI chat bots can get screwed up a little bit. So the integration with existing Copilot Studio infrastructure is big. Right? That means IT can apply the same governance, permissions, and compliance controls to voice as they do to text agents. So, yeah, I think this is a small, maybe, subset of people out there, but if you are already set up in Microsoft Copilot Studio and if your company, you know, handles a big amount of voice calls, this is gonna be big. Microsoft says that over 80% of Fortune 500 companies, already have active agents in Copilot Studio, giving this a large ready made deployment base. So who's gonna find this valuable? Well, any contact center, leader in North America.
Jordan Wilson [00:30:07]:
If if you're looking to reduce call handling costs and improve first call resolution, or any customer experience or customer service teams already on Dynamics three sixty five who wants VoiceAI without replacing their entire existing stack. All right. So that's a wrap. Y'all, a lot of smaller updates this week, which means I think we're going to be in for a big week next week. So, yeah, OpenAI and Anthropic were kind of quiet. Like I said, I do expect a codex release probably in the next twenty four hours. So make sure to check out today's newsletter since this is technically a prerecorded one. We did see some, actually meaningful security rollouts, for both ChatGPT, and Claude as well as enterprise customers.
Jordan Wilson [00:31:00]:
But, you know, at least for today's show, I wanted to focus on actual new AI features that you all can go use today. So I hope this one is helpful. Like I said, maybe a little quieter on the feature, and all that means is we had a little calm before the storm. We obviously have, Google's IO conference coming up in a couple of weeks. We know Anthropic and, OpenAI are gonna be cooking around that. Microsoft, like I said, bringing more agentic flows. So it's an exciting time if you follow AI, to be catching up on new features on Friday. So thanks for joining us.
Jordan Wilson [00:31:36]:
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