AI Can Now Take Over Your Computer & Do Things on Your Behalf
Plus, NotebookLM is Entering the Business World
In today’s newsletter:
📖 AI Can Now Take Over Your Computer & Do Things on Your Behalf
🤖 NotebookLM is Entering the Business World
🏫 Learn AI in 5 Minutes a Day
🧠 Write Your First Book Quickly with AI
🎤 One prompt you can use at work today
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1. AI Can Now Take Over Your Computer & Do Things on Your Behalf
Anthropic recently released a preview of “Computer Use,” which means that their AI model can take over your computer and do things for you.
This is currently available via API only, so it’s not available to the masses yet.
Here’s a great tweet from Allie that shares a demo video and summarizes the main takeaways:
🚨 BREAKING: AI can now help with coding tests, shopping lists, and more.
@AnthropicAI just released a preview of “Computer Use” which allows an AI model to (I can’t believe I even have to say this) use your computer.
The model is not explicitly programmed how to shop on Amazon… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Allie K. Miller (@alliekmiller)
3:31 PM • Oct 22, 2024
This is going to be a game-changer.

2. NotebookLM is Entering the Business World
In a previous newsletter, I shared an update about how Google’s NotebookLM can help you create quick podcasts for your notes or business documents.
It sounds like the team behind the product is doubling down on it and releasing a few features, including releasing NotebookLM for Business, as well as the ability to customize your audio overviews (i.e., the podcasts) before you generate them.
More in this update from Logan Kilpatrick.
Great news for NotebookLM fans:
Audio Overviews can now be customized and steered before generating + we are rolling out NotebookLM for business! 🎙️
— Logan Kilpatrick (@OfficialLoganK)
4:27 PM • Oct 17, 2024

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5. One Prompt You Can Use at Work Today
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