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🧠 TL;DR – This Week in AI

PayPal is giving many users early access to Perplexity’s Comet browser plus a year of Perplexity Pro; the EU opened a public consultation to shape AI transparency guidelines and a Code of Practice; a quick, 15-minute how-to with Guidde helps you turn any screen task into a shareable guide; three fresh tools to try; a reusable self-correction prompt; and five quick bytes that matter. Verdict: the biggest gains this week come from practical access and clear rules that help everyday users and teams.

In today’s AI Spotlight :

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🤖 Make clear video-based guides

Make clear video-based guides from any screen task. Add narration, edit steps, and share to docs and wikis. 

Why I like it: fast capture, automatic step breakdown, and voiceover in many languages (available on the free plan too).

Create How-to Videos in Seconds with AI

Stop wasting time on repetitive explanations. Guidde’s AI creates stunning video guides in seconds—11x faster.

• Turn boring docs into visual masterpieces

• Save hours with AI-powered automation

• Share or embed your guide anywhere

How it works: Click capture on the browser extension, and Guidde auto-generates step-by-step video guides with visuals, voiceover, and a call to action.

Best part? It’s 100% free.

👉 Download the extension now

On my radar

AI PRODUCT ACCESS

PayPal opens a side door to Comet with a year of Pro

PayPal and Venmo users in the United States and some other markets can skip the waitlist for Perplexity’s Comet browser and get a 12 month Perplexity Pro trial through PayPal’s new subscriptions hub in the app. Offer live now for United States users, with paths for select global markets.

What is the underlying point?
 I think the wallet wants to become the new home page. When the place that handles your money also decides which AI you try, habits can shift from search boxes to payment apps, and one company can see both your buys and your questions. That is a big reach, and I am not sure people have thought about that trade.

AI POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

Europe asks the public to help draw the AI transparency playbook

The European Commission opened a public consultation to draft guidelines and a Code of Practice on transparency under the AI Act, including clear labels when people interact with AI or see AI made or edited content; feedback closes 2 October 2025. The page also shows the wider timeline for AI Act duties.

What is the underlying point
I think labels will become the seatbelt of AI. Example from my own feed: if I watch a short clip of a public figure saying something shocking, a clear tag at the top that says AI altered audio with a one tap explainer would stop me from forwarding it blindly; if the label lives as tiny grey text at the bottom, people ignore it and we lose the whole point.

Hands on AI

🎉 Goal: Turn a repetitive screen task into a shareable guide with narration.

Time: about 10 minutes.
Free access: extension and voiceover recording are available on the free plan; a 14-day full trial exists for the extension workflow.

Steps

1. Install and pin the extension
   Go to “Guidde” ,grant permissions, then pin the icon on Chrome for quick access.

2. Start a capture
   Click the extension, add a short title and pick a category like Product How-tos. Click Start Capture. Guidde detects clicks and builds steps.

3. Do the task once
   Walk through your process as usual. When done, click Done. A new tab opens with the auto-generated guide: steps, captions, and a starter voice.

4. Add or edit narration
   Open Voiceover. You can record your own voice for each step, upload audio, or choose an AI speaker. Recording and voice-to-text are available on the free plan. Tip: keep each step under 60 seconds.

5. Clean up and brand
   Trim extra clicks, reorder steps, and adjust pronunciation or speed in the Speaker editor. Add your logo if you have a paid plan.

6. Share
   Export or embed to tools like Notion, Confluence, Zendesk, or share a link. Download if you want to edit elsewhere

AI Toolbox Spotlight

Trending AI tools

🌐 ProRata (Gist Answers) - an embeddable mini-search that summarizes your own content on site. Why: faster answers for visitors, fewer tickets.

🎬 FinChat (Fiscal) - ask natural questions to get investment charts and reports. Why: quick first pass for research; still verify before decisions.

Prompt Power

Self-correction loop for safer outputs

Use this when you want the model to check its own work before giving you the final answer. Paste the prompt into your chat tool and fill the placeholders.

Pro tip: Add [inputs] that the assistant must use. When sources are clear, the model makes fewer wrong guesses.
Copy/Paste from here

Quick Bytes

1. OpenAI plans custom chips with Broadcom for future models; analysts read this as a move to reduce GPU dependence.
   

2. Starbucks rolled AI inventory to 11,000 stores, flagging low stock far more often and freeing staff time. Quiet, useful, store-level wins.
   

3. CoreWeave bought OpenPipe after acquiring Weights & Biases earlier this year, pushing deeper into the agent stack.
   

4. OpenAI launched an AI job platform and new certifications, aiming at the AI talent market.
   

5. Atlassian bought The Browser Company (Arc) to bring AI-first browsing ideas into its work suite.

Closing Remark

Question: When does AI help you most -in the moment (search, writing, small tasks) or after the fact (documentation, analysis, coaching)? Hit reply with one real example from your week..

Until next time, stay curious and keep exploring!

Srini

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