In this episode I do a brief rundown of the biggest AI releases and updates from the past few weeks, fully through the lens of who is all this AI actually for, and whether you actually need to care. I cover usage stats, new releases from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta, and share my take on what all of this activity means for everyday users. Spoiler: most of these updates are for builders, coders, and developers, and folks like us would be better served focusing on learning how to most effectively use what already exists.

• Who all this AI is actually for (the framing)
• AI market stats: daily active users and monthly numbers
• Pricing changes and what to expect
• Anthropic releases: Opus 4.7, Claude Design, Claude for Word, rebuilt desktop app
• OpenAI's superapp and Codex Desktop
• GPT Image 2 and the Sora shutdown
• Google and Meta updates
• NotebookLM's new PowerPoint export feature
• Key takeaways: focus on using what exists and building personal helper tools
• How I used AI this week: vibe coding a fillable PDF web app

• Ep. 40: Claude Has a Desktop App, Here's What You Need to Know
• Ep. 25: The Best AI Tool You've Never Heard Of
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• (00:00:05) - Prompting Curiosity: The AI Curious
• (00:00:38) - Who Is All of AI's Attention?
• (00:01:46) - My Top 5 AI Courses
• (00:02:47) - The Big Picture of AI
• (00:04:53) - Who Is All This AI Actually For?
• (00:05:55) - ChatGPT vs. Grumpy: The AI Use Overview
• (00:11:56) - Claude & OPUS: The Updates
• (00:14:37) - Anthropic's Cloud Design Rollout and More
• (00:17:29) - OpenAI's 'Cloud Desktop' SuperApp
• (00:19:32) - GPT2 and OpenAI's 'New Era of Image Generation
• (00:22:07) - Google, Meta: The AI Updates
• (00:24:02) - A New AI State of the Union
• (00:28:16) - How I Used AI This Week

In this episode I cover a very simple, but very helpful (IMO) bit of tech: Claude's desktop app. I cover what it is (Claude but as a native app on your computer instead of a browser tab), who it's actually for, system requirements, and how to download it, along with a quick walk-through of the desktop interface, and why it’s become my daily driver.

• Celebrating 40 episodes
• Mythos update (Anthropic's newest model)
• What Claude Desktop is
• Why you'd want Claude Desktop
• Who can download it and system requirements
• How to download
• The interface: Chat, Cowork, and Code tabs
• Simple personal tasks as the best way to use AI
• How I Used AI This Week: podcast workflow automation

• Listen to Ep. 37: Automating My Podcast Workflow with Claude Code
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• (00:00:05) - Prompting Curiosity: The AI Curious
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• (00:03:13) - Claude's Desktop App
• (00:04:16) - Claude C#: The Desktop App
• (00:06:32) - Claude Desktop: How to Download and Use it
• (00:12:00) - Claude Desktop in a nutshell
• (00:13:06) - A Call to Action! How I Used AI This Week
• (00:15:13) - Curious Companion: Please Review This Episode

In this episode I cover Claude in Chrome, a Chrome browser extension that lets Claude see your browser and take actions on your behalf. I walk through what Claude in Chrome is, how it works, how to get it installed, and what it can and can't do, plus the real use case that finally made me understand its utility. Also in this episode: a quick update on Anthropic's new Mythos model and a case of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

• What Claude in Chrome is and how it works
• History and availability (who can use it and when it launched)
• The backstory: how I found out about it via Google Search Console
• How to install it (two ways)
• What it can and can't do
• Safety considerations
• Anthropic's new model, Mythos
• How I used AI this week: Automating utility bill forwarding with Google Apps Script

• Claude Support Article: Get started with Claude in Chrome
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• (00:00:05) - Prompting Curiosity: The AI Curious
• (00:00:38) - Claude In Chrome
• (00:01:37) - Thank You!
• (00:02:31) - Claude In Chrome: What Is It?
• (00:06:53) - Claude in Chrome Explained
• (00:09:04) - Claude in Google Chrome
• (00:12:01) - Anthropic's 'Too Smart' for OpenAI
• (00:14:46) - Using AI to Automate Utility Bills
• (00:17:25) - Thanks for Reviewing This Episode!