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If we're already juggling chatbots that outsmart our spreadsheets and remix our classics, just picture the smorgasbord of silicon surprises still waiting in the wings. Every week, the AI circus rolls out fresh feats of fancy, and we're here with the popcorn, ready to critique the clowns without spilling the beans on our own ringmaster tricks!

In this week's menu:

• 💼 Office Gets Claude, Not Just GPT

• 📊 Bye Last-Click, Hello AI ROI

• 🎥 Hollywood’s AI Factory Turns On

• 🗣️ OpenAI Resurrects Beloved Voice Mode

• 🔍 + 4 handpicked tools for the curious

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Office Gets Claude, Not Just GPT

Microsoft is adding Anthropic’s Claude to Office 365 alongside OpenAI’s GPT—the first time it’s mixing models in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Some developers say Claude Sonnet 4 beats GPT‑5 at desk work: gnarly Excel formulas and better‑looking slides. Prices stay the same.

The spicy bit: Microsoft will pay AWS to run Claude—yes, the cloud rival. At the same time, it now lists OpenAI as a competitor, is testing its own MAI‑1 preview model, and joined Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol.

Translation: Office becomes a model buffet, and you get smarter help without paying more. The drama behind the scenes is messier than your inbox, but the features could be great.

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Bye Last-Click, Hello AI ROI

Last-click is out; AI attribution is in. Instead of guessing, SaaS marketers can see which channels and ads actually move the needle across the whole journey.

The article breaks down how machine learning spreads credit across touchpoints, spots patterns humans miss, and suggests next best moves—so budgets stop burning. Spoiler: the trickiest part isn’t the algorithms, it’s your messy data and getting the team onboard.

You’ll get practical steps (clean data, full-funnel tracking, pilot first) plus privacy guardrails (hello GDPR/CCPA). Aimers, a PPC shop, shows how custom models turn Google Ads into a smarter, faster ROI machine.

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Hollywood’s AI Factory Turns On

Hollywood’s AI assembly line moves from demos to deployment. At TIFF, directors celebrated human craft, while startups pitched virtual audiences (Largo), AI video tools (Luma), and push-button reenactments (Genny).

The courts and the court of public opinion are busy: Warner Bros. sues Midjourney; Anthropic settles with authors for up to $1.5B even as a judge blesses “buy a copy, train away.” Activists are literally hunger striking outside Anthropic and DeepMind.

Experiments already target classics: an Amazon-backed AI plan to restore Welles’ Ambersons sparked estate backlash; The Sphere’s AI Wizard of Oz even slips in CEO cameos. Bottom line: sets, time, and jobs get cut, while culture gets remixed by machine. Read more

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OpenAI Resurrects Beloved Voice Mode

After announcing Standard Voice Mode’s retirement, OpenAI did the moonwalk back. Users said the “advanced” voice sounded either flat or stage-y, while the old Standard felt calmer, more human, and actually useful for real conversations. So Standard Voice stays—for now—while the team tunes Advanced Voice.

You can switch it back in Settings > Customize ChatGPT by toggling Advanced Voice off. AVM still brings faster responses and live interruptions, but vibe matters; the harder it tried to sound human, the more people noticed it wasn’t.

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