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🤖 OpenAI Wants to Control Your Entire Digital Life

🤖 OpenAI Wants to Control Your Entire Digital Life

Plus: Microsoft Adds AI Agents to Office Apps

October 02, 2025

Hello AI Enthusiast,

OpenAI just dropped two major updates that point in the same direction: keeping you inside their ecosystem. They launched Sora 2 with a social app for AI-generated videos and introduced ChatGPT Pulse that delivers personalized morning updates. Meanwhile, Microsoft added AI agents to Excel and Word. Let's break down what's happening.

The Big Picture 🔊

OpenAI Launches Sora 2

OpenAI released Sora 2, their upgraded video model with better physics simulation. They use the example of missed basketball shots now bouncing off the backboard instead of teleporting to the hoop. The bigger surprise is a new social iOS app called "Sora" featuring "cameos": record yourself once, then drop into any AI-generated scene. It's invite-only, starting in the U.S. and Canada.

Helin YontarCPO and Polyglot

People already share AI content on social media without realizing it. OpenAI built a platform around this. The cameos feature could work well for influencers who want quick content without production hassle.

Most won't seek out Sora deliberately, but might drift there anyway. OpenAI's real goal is building their own ecosystem instead of depending on Meta or Google.

ChatGPT Pulse Delivers Personalized Daily Updates

OpenAI released ChatGPT Pulse for Pro users, a feature that proactively researches topics based on your chat history, feedback, and connected apps like Gmail and Calendar. Each morning, it delivers personalized updates as visual cards you can quickly scan or explore deeper. You can curate what ChatGPT researches by telling it what's useful, and updates disappear after a day unless saved.

Biljana PrlichkovaPRM and Outdoor Enthusiast

OpenAI is building a personal assistant that acts on your behalf without you asking. The potential is real, but this could also be the final form of advertising.

Once AI accesses your data, companies might be able to pay to redirect you. For some, this could genuinely help. For others, it risks becoming invisible influence.

Microsoft Brings "Vibe Working" to Office with Agent Mode

Microsoft launched Agent Mode for Excel and Word, plus Office Agent in Copilot chat. Agent Mode handles multi-step tasks like analyzing datasets or building loan calculators in Excel, showing its work along the way. In Word, it drafts content and asks questions as you go. Office Agent creates PowerPoint decks from chat, doing web research and generating slides with live preview.

Andrea MattielloCM and Board Lover

This could help people who struggle with Excel or spend hours formatting Word documents.

The problem might arise with verification: if you don't understand the formulas AI creates, how do you catch mistakes? An error in a financial model could cost millions.

AI is integrating into the tools your team uses every day. Microsoft just added AI agents to Excel and Word, and similar features are rolling out across workplace software. But having the tools doesn't mean your people know how to use them. Our Corporate AI Training teaches your team how to work alongside AI.

Bits and Bobs 🗞️

Claude released Sonnet 4.5 - the most advanced AI coding model, excelling in complex computer tasks, reasoning, math, and software development.
ChatGPT now allows U.S. users to buy products directly in chat through Instant Checkout, powered by OpenAI's new Agentic Commerce Protocol.
OpenAI has released specialized prompt packs that help various professional roles, including government staff and IT teams, use ChatGPT to streamline tasks like data analysis, report writing, and strategic decision-making.
Many companies struggle to see real value from generative AI because, according to a Harvard Business Review study, employees often produce low-effort, AI-generated work - called "workslop" - that shifts the burden of quality and correction onto coworkers, reducing productivity and trust.
Google's new Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 models enable robots to think, plan, and act autonomously on complex multi-step tasks using advanced reasoning and vision-language understanding.
Google's new Mixboard uses AI and the Nano Banana model to create and edit mood boards from text prompts, enabling easy idea generation without existing images.
Suno V5 is an AI-powered music generator that creates emotionally rich and customizable compositions across diverse styles with improved vocal synthesis and user-friendly design.
ChatGPT now offers shared projects with private memory and improved connectors to integrate team tools, enhancing collaboration and productivity in organizations.
Meta AI's new Vibes feature lets users find, remix, and create personalized AI-generated videos within the Meta AI app and social platforms.
Microsoft 365 Copilot now lets users choose between OpenAI and Anthropic's Claude AI models for flexible AI-powered assistance.
Accenture is restructuring with a strong focus on AI, laying off over 11,000 employees while investing in AI training for remaining staff to boost its consulting business.

From Our Founder’s Channels 🤳

Here's Gianluca explaining how OpenAI is enabling ChatGPT to handle purchases, signaling a new 'platform shift' in the way we shop online.

@gianluca.mauro
ChatGPT is now connected to your credit card #Ai #business #chatgpt

LOLgorithms 😂

That is one way to look at ChatGPT Pulse.

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