Google's new AI uses web browsers like humans.

Welcome to AI Toast!

Here’s what’s on the menu today:

• Google is building the future of AI interfaces

• Sora Overtakes ChatGPT

• Superhero Tools for content

• Use Claude in Slack

• Quick AI Toasts: Gemini inside Figma

Total read time: About 5 minutes, perfect for a quick coffee break.

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use: Future of AI Interfaces

Google DeepMind’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model is redefining how AI interacts with digital tasks beyond just APIs, it now natively clicks, types, and navigates like a human. Here’s what makes this launch a game-changer.

• AI agent for UI: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, built on Gemini 2.5 Pro’s visual skills, powers agents to complete real browser and app tasks, not just structured API calls.

• Human-like interaction: It handles clicks, typing, dropdowns, and more, automating anything you’d do on a web or mobile interface.

• API for developers: Available via Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI; integrates computer-use functions directly into app workflows.

• Performance edge: Outperforms leading models on multiple browser and mobile benchmarks with both speed and accuracy.

• Safety focus: Built-in safety checks, confirmation requirements on risky actions, and developer safety controls to prevent misuse and errors.

• Proven use-cases: Already used in agentic assistants, workflow automation, and Google's own internal tools like Project Mariner and UI testing.

• Public preview: Ready for developers to try, tinker, and build with, fostering a new wave of powerful automation.

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use is a leap towards seamless, agent-driven automation across the digital world.

Personal Take: As interfaces blur between humans and AI, the Gemini model might make “intelligent digital coworkers” mainstream. The future seems less about coding tasks and more about orchestrating outcomes, where your next productivity hack might just be an AI that clicks and types for you.

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Sora Overtakes ChatGPT: A New AI Era

OpenAI’s Sora has rewritten the AI record books, hitting a million downloads even faster than ChatGPT. In just under 5 days and while still invite-only, Sora soared to the top of the U.S. App Store, further proving the world’s hunger for creative AI.

• Sora clocked 627,000 iOS downloads in its first week, surpassing ChatGPT’s 606,000, despite being available only by invite. You can sign up in-app for a push notification when access opens for your account. openai.com/sora

• OpenAI’s Bill Peebles confirmed Sora smashed the 1M mark in under five days.

• The app reached No. 1 on the U.S. App Store and outpaced launches like Anthropic’s Claude and xAI’s Grok.

• Sora’s daily downloads peaked at nearly 108K, holding steady above 80K daily installs its first week.

• Social media buzz exploded around Sora’s video model, with viral deepfakes and realistic video generations.

• Sora currently works only on iOS and is available in the U.S. and Canada.

• To use Sora, request an invite, then type your video prompt; Sora brings your story to life in seconds with realistic AI-generated video.

Personal Take: Sora’s meteoric rise proves that “video is the next text.” The future? Instant, AI-crafted video for everyone, and we’re only scrolling through brainrot all day long.

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Superhero Tools

BetterPic: Create studio-quality professional headshots in minutes using AI, perfect for LinkedIn, resumes, and personal branding.

ElevenLabs: Generate ultra-realistic AI voices and lifelike text-to-speech in 70+ languages for content, products, and accessibility.

Dreamina: Instantly create and edit stunning AI-generated images and videos from text prompts for marketing, products, and social media.

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Grok Imagine: Generate high-quality images and short videos from text prompts, ideal for viral content and fast creative campaigns.

Using Claude in Slack

A step-by-step for getting started with Claude in Slack, even if you’ve never used AI assistants there before.

• Install and Connect Claude in Slack via App Marketplace (can be done only by admin)

• Click Connect Account, select your company/org when prompted, then Authorize. A confirmation lets you know it’s ready.

• Ways to Use Claude in Slack

  • Search for "@Claude" or find Claude in your app sidebar. Open a DM and type your question or request, like document summarizing, idea brainstorming, or asking for a report. Press Enter to send.

  • Click the Claude icon in the header bar (usually upper right in Slack). The Claude panel opens on the right. Type your query and press Enter. The panel shows responses and keeps a history, which you can access via the "clock" icon.

  • In any channel or thread, type "@Claude" and your question. This works for getting context-aware answers, drafting replies, or document analysis. Claude drafts its response privately for you. You can review, edit, or regenerate before posting to the thread. Click "Post to thread" when ready. Claude references recent Slack messages (the last 20 in a channel or the last 50 in a thread plus any shared files), so you get high-context answers.

• Full Slack + Claude Connection for Deep Work

  • For advanced features like workspace searching (brings in context from all accessible channels, DMs, and files), connect Slack via the MCP directory if you have a Claude Team or Enterprise plan.

  • This enables meeting prep, project collecting, and documentation creation, all pulling relevant Slack info automatically.

Quick AI News Bites

• India is launching a pilot program for AI-driven payments on ChatGPT, powered by its homegrown UPI network. Users will be able to make purchases directly through the chatbot without leaving the platform.

• Google is expanding access to Opal, its no-code AI mini-app builder, to 15 new countries including Canada, India, Japan, and Brazil. The tool lets anyone create AI-powered applications using just natural language, without needing any coding skills.

• Figma and Google Cloud are teaming up to bring Google's latest AI models directly into Figma's design platform for its 13 million monthly users. The partnership will use Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.0, and Imagen 4 to help designers create and edit images faster than ever before.

• Ukraine and Russia are locked in a new AI arms race where artificial intelligence-powered drones can find and attack targets completely on their own. Ukrainian forces already process over 50,000 video streams monthly using AI and are developing fully autonomous weapons that require just the press of a smartphone button.

• Young people entering the job market are facing a "job-pocalypse" as companies choose AI over hiring new employees, according to a global study of business leaders. Forty-one percent of bosses say AI is helping them cut staff numbers, while a quarter believe entry-level tasks can now be handled by artificial intelligence.

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