OpenAI’s Not Backing Down—But Apple Might Be

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Right after Google’s feature storm, OpenAI came back swinging—with updates that feel less like add-ons and more like a whole new chapter. Think voices that feel real, smarter models under pressure, and work tools that actually work.

Apple also made some moves—but whether they landed is another story. And if you thought things might slow down, think again. Hugging Face, Luma, Exa, and over 257 other drops say otherwise.

Once again, we have combed through the chaos so you don’t have to—here’s what actually matters this week.

In This Issue:

• 💥 Big News: OpenAI’s trifecta of upgrades, Apple’s cautious AI shuffle, and the productivity tools everyone’s suddenly talking about

• ⚡ Rapid Recaps: Smarter robots, reimagined video tools, AI in your research stack, and a biotech twist you didn’t see coming

• ✨ Weekly Spotlight: The AI “Computerbeing” rethinking how you use your Mac

• 🔥 Hot Tools: 8 new launches that turn ideas into apps, selfies into stories, and meetings into memory

• 🛠️ Deep Dives: OCR gets a finance makeover, AI agents go team-friendly, and voicebots find their groove across every channel

💥 Big News

OpenAI’s Not Backing Down

Google may have shaken the table, but OpenAI’s not backing down. Its latest trifecta is built for builders: a new Advanced Voice Mode that sounds surprisingly human, the new “o3-pro” model for sharper reasoning, and fresh Business tools that turn ChatGPT into a real productivity partner.

With Connectors pulling from Gmail, SharePoint, and more, Deep Research blending company and web knowledge, and Record Mode capturing meetings as they happen—it’s a serious upgrade for teams trying to move fast without cutting corners.

Voice That Gets You

• Chat sounds less robotic

• Natural flow & nuance keep everyone in sync

• 70+ languages covered for global teams

Instant Company Brainpower

• Connectors find what you need in seconds, right in chat

• Deep Research blends company & web info, no extra digging

• Record Mode grabs every meeting highlight for easy follow-up

o3-pro: Brainy Under Pressure

• Tops tough benchmarks in math, science & writing

• Tackles messy, complex questions without missing a beat

• Now in Pro & Team, with Enterprise up next

Apple’s AI Updates at WWDC

Apple introduced new AI features at its developer event:

• Genmoji & Visual Intelligence: Create custom emojis and scan your screen for instant answers by connecting to ChatGPT or other apps1.

• Live Translation: Now available across Messages, FaceTime, and calls, making communication easier worldwide1.

• Siri Update Delayed: While some features got better, Apple’s big Siri overhaul is still on hold1.

Incremental Moves

• Genmoji & Visual Intelligence get more ChatGPT tie-ins

• Live translation expands across chat, call & video

• Siri overhaul & signature features are still delayed

⚡ Rapid Recaps

💡 Heartfelt’s Heartbeat Hacker

Heartfelt Technologies launched an at-home AI scanner for early heart failure risk, helping clinics spot trouble sooner & level up patient care.

🎨 Luma’s Instant Remix Magic

Luma Labs dropped Modify Video, so creators can swap video styles & effects with one click—hello, fresh content on repeat.

🤖 Hugging Face’s Bot in Your Pocket

Hugging Face launched SmolVLA, a lightweight robotics model for Macs that lets tinkerers run smarter bots right on their laptops.

🔍 Exa’s Answer Ace

Exa’s new research agent hit 94.9% on OpenAI’s SimpleQA, helping pros breeze through research with sharper, faster results.

🛠️ Perplexity’s SEC Goldmine

Perplexity plugged SEC data straight into company analysis, giving finance teams deeper, faster reads on the numbers.

🧪 Recursion’s Molecule Rocket

Recursion open-sourced Boltz-2, shrinking drug-protein prediction times & letting biotech teams move from hunch to headline way faster.

💫 Check out all of the 257 AI products, features, & news Big Tech released this week.

✨ Weekly Spotlight

Meet Your Mac’s New Brain: eney

MacPaw’s eney is your first “Computerbeing”—a smart Mac companion that replaces app-hopping and command chaos with simple conversation. Ask it to enhance images, summarize meetings, or speed up your system—and it just does it.

• Control Mac functions by talking, not clicking

• Skip extra apps—enhance visuals, prep notes, and more

• Keep your Mac clean, fast, and optimized

Be one of the first to shape eney—join the beta and help define what a Computerbeing becomes.

Join the Beta Now

🔥 Hot Tools

8 Top & Trending AI Tool Releases This Week

• Mumble Note: Transforms spoken words into structured notes instantly**

• FuseBase: Automates workflows through advanced agents

• Chronicle: Create stunning presentations with AI-driven storytelling

• Instance: Quickly build apps, games, and websites

• PhotoFuse: Transform selfies into captivating AI characters

• Mistral AI: Customize, deploy, and control AI models securely

• EmotionSense Pro: Enhance video calls with real-time emotional feedback

• Merlio: Enhances productivity with AI-driven tools suite

🛠️ Deep Dives

1. Lido: AI OCR for Finance & Operations

Why It’s Worth Your Time

• Save time & reduce errors by automating data extraction from PDFs into spreadsheets

• Customize extraction rules to fit vendor names, formats, and conditional data needs

• Extract tables visually for precise data capture from financial documents

• Clean data automatically with AI standardizing numbers, descriptions & expense categories

• Integrate smoothly with Excel, Google Sheets, QuickBooks & ERP systems

• Secure & scalable with SOC 2, HIPAA, and AES-256 encryption protecting your data

Pricing

• Free Trial: Try all features with 50 free pages, no credit card required.

• Paid Plans (from $24/month): Process 100–1,000 pages monthly for 1–5 users, with support for scanned/searchable PDFs and exports to Excel, Google Sheets, and CSV. Enterprise tier offers custom limits, automation, and ERP/data integrations.

2. Mixus: Safe, Collaborative AI Assistants

Why It’s Worth Your Time

• Create agents fast using plain English with no coding required

• Ensure accuracy & control with human expert review before actions finalize

• Chain agents across teams for seamless cross-functional collaboration

• Connect smartly to Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Jira, Gmail & cloud drives

• Maintain brand voice & approval through built-in oversight and verification

• Improve customer experience by combining AI speed with human judgment

Pricing

• Free Trial: Build and deploy AI agents, share with your team, verify actions, and connect to Gmail, Drive, and more—no cost to start.

• Paid Plans (Custom Pricing): Unlock unlimited AI agents and token usage, integrate custom models, and gain access to advanced APIs and enterprise-grade automation.

3. Splutter AI: Versatile AI Chat & Voicebots

Why It’s Worth Your Time

• Automate conversations across web, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, Slack & more

• Attribute revenue by linking chats & calls to visitor IDs, emails & payments

• Customize & test easily with prompt engineering, debugging & live call trials

• Modular design lets you swap AI models, databases & tools without hassle

• Integrate widely with OpenAI, Notion, Stripe, Calendly, Zapier & website builders

• Embed effortlessly using code snippets or plugins for major platforms

Pricing

• Free Plan: 50 query tokens per month, 1 chatbot and media project, 500,000 characters per database, and GPT streaming—plus unlimited website embeds.

• Paid Plans (from $39.99/month): Scale up with thousands to hundreds of thousands of query tokens, more bots, media projects, and tools, with advanced features like model imports, team access, API integrations, and sentiment analysis (coming soon).

⏭️ What’s Next

That’s a wrap on this week—but the next wave’s already brewing. Keep an eye out for Thursday’s news edition, and don’t miss Tuesday’s How-To, where we’ll show you how to bring still photos to life using Kling’s AI. It’s a wild trick that turns flat images into moving scenes with just a few prompts.