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đź§  AI Is Making Spreadsheets and Content Easier

Today in AI: Claude moved into Excel, Google Photos wants you to meme yourself, and world models just hit their “things are about to get weird” era.

đź‘‹ Hello hello,

Claude just showed up in Excel, which is exactly where AI needs to be—inside the messy files we actually work in. Google Photos added a “meme yourself” feature, which sounds silly… until you realize how quickly your camera roll turns into content.

And if you’re wondering where this is all going, Odyssey-2 Pro is a good clue: long-running interactive simulations, plus an API that’s going to spark a whole new wave of apps.

There’s more, so lets get into it.

🔥🔥🔥 Three big updates

Claude in Excel is now available on Claude Pro plans.

What’s interesting is it’s not just “AI inside a spreadsheet” for the sake of it. It’s built for actual workflows—drag and drop multiple files, analyze across them, and keep the session going longer without things falling apart.

Also: it avoids overwriting your existing cells (thank you, Claude, for respecting my formulas and my sanity). And it can handle longer sessions with something called auto compaction, so you don’t have to restart every time your sheet gets heavy.

Google Photos just added a feature that basically turns your own photos into meme formats.

This is one of those “small feature, big behavior shift” moments. Because the second people can create memes without needing editing apps, the meme pipeline becomes instant: click → generate → share.

If you’re a creator, marketer, or just the funniest person in your group chat, this is free leverage. Your camera roll is now content inventory. (P.S. This is currently available for users in US only)

Odyssey just announced Odyssey-2 Pro, a new world model that can generate long-running, interactive simulations in 720p.

The bigger deal is they’re also launching a world model API, which means developers can start building apps on top of it right away.

They described this moment as the “GPT-2 era” of world models. In other words: it’s early, but it’s moving fast.

If you build software (or just like tracking what’s coming next), this is one of those releases that opens up a whole new category of apps.

🔥🔥 Two Tools Worth Trying

1. 🎬 Higgsfield AI (Hollywood-style AI video trailers)

This is one of the most realistic AI-generated video examples I’ve seen in a while—top Hollywood stars shown in a movie-trailer-like sequence, created completely using Higgsfield AI.

It’s the kind of content that makes you pause and go: “Okay… the bar just moved.”

If you work in marketing, content, or creative production, this is worth watching just to recalibrate what “possible” looks like now.

Recipe prompts are going viral—and for good reason. This one shows how people are generating ultra-clean recipe infographic visuals with a “finished meal as the hero” layout, ingredients with mini icons, and step-by-step panels that look straight out of a premium food brand.

If you create content for food, lifestyle, wellness, or even just run a social page that needs consistent visuals, this is an easy win. You’re basically turning one prompt into a reusable design template.

🔥🔥 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do With AI

If you’ve ever wished AI could do more than just answer questions… Clawdbot is built for exactly that.

Think of it like a personal assistant you can message in chat—except it can take care of real work for you: emails, schedules, updates, and repeatable admin tasks that usually steal your time. The tools integrates with pretty much all of your apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Notion, Obsidian, Trello, Slack, Spotify, Gmail, and so many more.

For instance, this creator tested Clawdbot by texting Henry (their Clawdbot) to book a restaurant reservation for next Saturday. Here’s what happened:

Here are a few other things people are already using it for:

  • Clearing spam and inbox cleanup

  • Time blocking tasks automatically in a calendar

  • Daily morning briefs (emails, meetings, reminders)

  • Writing email follow-ups and managing messages

  • Creating issues on GitHub and cleaning up work trackers

  • Building and shipping websites from Telegram/WhatsApp

  • Automated meal planning systems with shopping lists

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Until next time,
Kushank @DigitalSamaritan

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