Ep 807: Claude Tag, Gemini Home, Copilot Excel Skills and 7 other AI Features Available Today you Should Be Using
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Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Why are frontier AI model releases like GPT‑5.6 and Gemini 3.5 Pro delayed?
So the big news when it comes to AI features, you can actually use this week might just be, well, we have to wait another few weeks until we get a new large language model from Google or open AI. We were supposed to get big updates to Gemini 3.5 pro and open AI is GPT five, six in June, but reporting from the information. says that Anthropic's fable showdown with the White House has slowed down other labs in releasing AI models. And that reporting also indicates that the new OpenAI GPT-5.6 may be rolling out to customers in tiers. So not all at once. That part may be a bummer, but that didn't stop Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others from dropping a ton of useful AI features that are available now and will make your workflow even easier.
And I mean, there was a ton this week, actually, so many great ones that three Personal ones I'm excited about didn't even make our cut of top seven. I mean, Gemini study notebooks, Codex releasing a digital ocean plugin, a Google adding computer use in 3.5 flash didn't even make our list of top seven, but there were a ton that did make this week's 10 or sorry, top seven fresh AI features you can use. So on today's show, you're going to learn why at-home smart speakers may finally be making the AI leap. Because A-L-E-X-A plus is terrible. You're going to learn how those repeatable tasks in Excel may be a thing of the past. Bless up for that. And you're going to know a new way of working collaboratively with AI if your team relies on Claude and Slack.
And I think a lot of teams are going to like that one. We're going to get into all of that and a lot more on today's show. Welcome to Everyday AI. you're new here my name is jordan molson and well we do this every day this is your daily unscripted live stream podcast and free daily newsletter helping business leaders like you and me keep up with all these ai advancements i tell you what matters what doesn't you use that information to be the smartest person in ai at your company and grow your company and career starts here, but make sure you go to youreverydayai.com. Sign up for the free daily newsletter. We're going to be recapping not just the highlights from today's show, but all of the other AI news you need to know to get ahead.
Yeah. So like I said, a lot of recent news on some of the government slowdowns affecting all labs when it comes to frontier level large language models. But that didn't stop all these other great useful ai features that we have and are available now so without further ado let's get into it and let's start with well technically the most used single model in the world, which is GPT 5.5 Instant. So this is not a model that I use hardly at all, but I know it's gotten a lot better over the last couple of months and the new update might make me look at it. All right. So what is the new GPT 5.5 instant updates? Well, it's only a couple hours old, but this is a new tuning pass on ChatGPT's default model. So yeah, talking about a billion weekly active users.
This is the one that like 95% of them use. So some big updates. OpenAI said it focused on conversational quality rather than benchmarks, and OpenAI described it as making the model more fun to talk to with better intense recognition and a more reliable way of handling complex constraints. So it's already rolled out to paid users and free users should be getting it probably today or maybe over the weekend. And this is actually surprisingly the third update to GPT 5.5 instant since it was launched May 5th. So yeah, May 5th was kind of the GPT 5.5 launch or early May there. So it's actually been updated a couple of times over the past month. So in theory, I think we've had some slowdowns that I talked about in the intro because of Mythos and Fable getting pulled for some guardrail concerns.
So maybe in theory, this might be a...
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:16
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Why are frontier AI model releases like GPT‑5.6 and Gemini 3.5 Pro delayed?
0:16–4:59
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What improvements does the new GPT‑5.5 Instant update bring to everyday ChatGPT users?
4:59–9:45
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How does Google Finance use Gemini to provide AI portfolio tracking and research?
9:45–12:56
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What capabilities does the new Gemini for Home smart speaker add to voice assistants?
12:56–21:45
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How does Claude Tag change team collaboration with Claude inside Slack?
21:45–29:58
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What does Canva Grow 2.0 automate for marketers and ad campaigns?
29:58–33:30
Speakers
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