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Ainsider Weekly Newsletter: II week of September

Summary of the last week in AI space: ChatGPT, Claude, Krea, Higgsfield, NotebookLM, Salesforce | Set of new very powerful AI Agents, tools and models

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LAST WEEK IN AI

Last week was packed with breakthroughs in AI agents, model advancements, and enterprise integrations that could supercharge your work on automations and tools. I focused on the most impactful developments from September 7-13, drawing from high-engagement discussions on X.

Here's the top 8 news items, prioritized for agents and practical AI applications:

Anthropic Closes $13B Series F at $183B Valuation

Anthropic secured a massive $13 billion funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $183 billion. The capital will fuel capacity expansion, model development, and safety research, signaling hyper-scale growth amid rising enterprise demand for reliable AI agents. This positions Anthropic as a key player in agentic systems, potentially accelerating tools for complex task automation. URL to tweet:


Huge updates of NotebookLM

Reports are getting a MAJOR update starting today (buckle up, this is a big one

1) You can now create your own report that perfectly fits your needs by specifying the structure, style, tone, and more.

2) There is a language picker to reports, so you can now create a report in any of our 80+ supported languages.

3) Notebook will now offer dynamic suggestions for topics or themes all based on your sources, from overviews to deep dives. For example, uploading scientific papers might suggest creating a white paper, while news articles could generate explainers.

4) You can now fully customize prompts to any of your reports

5) Introducing a new stock report— blog posts


Claude Gains File Creation and Editing Capabilities

Anthropic's Claude now supports creating and editing documents in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF formats directly within conversations. This upgrade transforms Claude into a more powerful agent for productivity workflows, allowing seamless data analysis, report generation, and collaborative editing - ideal for prompt engineers building multi-step agent pipelines.

Krea AI Unveils Real-Time Video Generation

Powering Dynamic Agent Krea AI released its first real-time video model, letting agents generate 1080p clips on-the-fly—perfect for interactive demos or personalized content. Paired with Ideogram's style presets and Kling Speak's lip-sync (now on Higgsfield), it's fueling agentic creativity. Outputs? 1-min emotional videos with gestures. Gartner notes this accelerates "AI-ready data" for agents.


OpenAI's Projects & Branching Go Free

OpenAI rolled out Projects (custom GPTs with file uploads) and conversation branching for all users, plus AI certifications for 10M Americans by 2030 via Walmart partnerships. Agents now clean raw data into analysis—Claude-style. But hallucinations persist (per new studies). For devs: Free tier means rapid prototyping; use branching for A/B prompt testing in your resources.
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Microsoft to Integrate Anthropic AI into Office 365

Microsoft announced plans to embed Anthropic's AI models into Office 365, reducing reliance on OpenAI and enhancing tools like Word, Excel, and Teams with advanced agentic features. This could enable smarter automations, such as AI-driven document summarization and real-time collaboration, marking a shift in the enterprise AI landscape. URL to tweet:

Kling is introducing AI Avatar with any role & any voice

Kling is introducing AI Avatar with any role & any voice!! Just add Avatar image, audio & prompt the emotions and expressions to bring your Avatar to life in ultra-realistic way


DeepL Launches AI Agent Beyond Translation

DeepL unveiled its first AI agent, expanding from language translation to full business automation like email drafting, contract review, and multilingual workflows. This agentic pivot could streamline global operations, offering prompt-based customization for nuanced tasks in international AI resources.


Salesforce Agentforce Hits 18K Deals and $1B+ ARR Acceleration

Salesforce's Agentforce platform closed 18,000 deals, accelerating ARR by over $1 billion. Designed for CRM automation, it deploys AI agents for customer service and sales, with 52% of execs now using similar tools per Google Cloud—underscoring the shift from pilots to production-scale agents. URL to tweet:


xAI Unveils Agentic Coding Model

xAI launched a new agentic coding model capable of autonomous code generation, debugging, and deployment. Integrated with Grok, it supports background thinking for complex tasks, making it a boon for developers and agent builders experimenting with vibe-coding platforms. URL to tweet: https://x.com/mreflow/status/1966600202242191507

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