Welcome to Lead with AI's practical Tuesday edition!
In this edition, I'm bringing you the latest must-know AI tools and stories:
- Google’s experimenting with a Search podcast
- Your AI Team: ChatGPT Projects’ upgrades, Copilot’s Vision, and Perplexity’s research automation.
- In 5 Steps: Build a Competitive Intelligence Brief with NotebookLM.
- New tools: Scripe, DiaBrowser, and Sun.
- Must-read News: Meta’s big bet on Scale AI.
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Let’s dive in!
Google’s Search now reads your queries out loud
Podcast-style summaries are no longer confined to podcast apps, now they’re showing up in Google Search. Here’s why this matters for you and your organization:
- Search results get a voiceover. In the US, on mobile within Google Search Labs, users can tap “Generate Audio Overview” beneath “People also ask.” In under a minute, Google’s Gemini generates a mini‑podcast, complete with two AI hosts walking through your query.
- Hands‑free, multi-tasking friendly. The player includes playback speed, pause, mute, plus links to sources, and it’s designed for distraction‑free listening.
- Powered by Gemini and Search Labs. It builds on earlier audio features from NotebookLM and Gemini, integrated right into Search Labs for user testing.
Similarly to how AI Overviews first got integrated. The feature is now an experiment in Search Labs in the US, and will become a new default when the experiment is successfully wrapped.
If this becomes a new default, it would strike a big challenge to publishers. First AI Overviews replaced top links. Now Audio Overviews replace reading altogether.
AI Overviews have already slashed traffic for many sites. Users get what they need without clicking through. Audio Overviews deepen that trend, potentially pulling audiences even further from the source.
If AI-generated voices are becoming the new front page, your content strategy can’t stop at good writing, it needs to sound good. That means structuring information so it’s easily lifted and summarized, experimenting with your own audio-first formats, and asking the hard question: if Google reads out your content without attribution or clicks, does your brand still leave a mark?
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“Your AI Team” Platform Updates
Essential updates from our core AI platforms can mean big changes in your and your team's productivity. Here's what's new from the essential AI tools that most Lead with AI leaders are using:
Your AI Team: ChatGPT Projects’ upgrades, Copilot’s Vision, and Perplexity’s research automation.
Every week, I report on the top updates to your favorite AI tools. This week:
ChatGPT Projects Gets a Major Upgrade for Focused Work
OpenAI has rolled out new capabilities to the Projects feature in ChatGPT, making it easier to manage deep, multi-step work without losing context.
Key updates:
- Deep research support: Projects are now better equipped for complex, long-form work, helping you organize materials, threads, and follow-up questions in one place.
- Voice mode support: You can interact with your projects using advanced voice mode, perfect for reviewing notes or generating ideas while multitasking.
- Improved memory: ChatGPT can now recall and reference past chats within each project, allowing for more consistent and context-aware support.
- Mobile improvements: You can now upload files and access the model selector from your phone, bringing full functionality to mobile workflows.
By connecting persistent memory, multimodal input, and organized workspaces, ChatGPT Projects is becoming a practical tool for researchers, strategists, and anyone managing AI-augmented workflows.
Quick Hits from your favorite AI tools:
- Microsoft Copilot adds Vision to Windows. Copilot in Windows can see your screen to summarize documents, understand images, and automate actions.
- OpenAI Canvas adds export options for documents and code. Canvas now lets you download your work as PDF, DOCX, or Markdown — and if you’re writing code, it auto-exports to the correct file format like .py, .js, or .sql.
- Google Gemini in Workspace now summarizes PDFs and forms. Gemini can now read and summarize long PDFs and form data directly in Gmail and Docs, helping you scan essential details without opening attachments.
- Apple’s Image Playground now connects with ChatGPT. You can now create images inside Apple apps using ChatGPT-powered prompts.
- Perplexity upgrades research with automation, voice upgrades, and smarter insights. Research mode now includes charts, images, and richer writing via tools from Labs. You can automate recurring searches, adjust voice speed on mobile, and view key bullish vs. bearish debates on finance pages.
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Tutorial: Build a Competitive Intelligence Brief with NotebookLM
In 5 Steps: Build a Competitive Intelligence Brief with NotebookLM
Whether you’re entering a new market, pitching a product pivot, or responding to a fast-moving competitor, keeping up with what others are doing is strategic survival. NotebookLM, with its new features, now lets you generate a competitor brief in minutes. Here are 5 steps to use it like your own virtual strategy team.
The AI Executive Brief
New AI Tools to Try: Scripe, DiaBrowser, and Sun
Looking for something fresh to add to your creative or business toolkit? These three AI tools caught my attention this week:
Scripe: AI-Powered LinkedIn Content Strategist
Scripe turns your voice, video, or text into personalized LinkedIn posts, using analytics and a smart hook generator to help you build and maintain your personal brand.
👉 Elevate your LinkedIn presence with Scripe
DiaBrowser: Chat With Your Tabs
Dia lets you ask questions across all your open tabs. Whether you’re deep in research or comparing tools, Dia pulls the answers from your browsing context — like having an AI that reads the internet with you.
👉 Talk to your tabs with DiaBrowser
Sun: AI Habit Tracker Meets To‑Do List
Sun combines habit tracking with adaptive AI check-ins and reminders, learning your routines and offering dynamic motivation to keep you on track.
Meta’s big bet on Scale AI, OpenAI teams up with Barbie-maker Mattel, along with more crucial AI stories
Every day, Daan, Wendy, and I read all the AI news so that you don't have to.
Here are the must-read stories of the week:
Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships
Meta’s $14.8 billion partnership with Scale AI is under scrutiny, highlighting growing concerns over AI procurement transparency and vendor influence in public-sector contracts.
Mattel teams up with OpenAI for its first AI-powered toy
Barbie-maker Mattel is collaborating with OpenAI to launch its first AI-integrated product later this year, blending physical play with conversational intelligence.
Sam Altman’s “The Gentle Singularity”Altman reflects on the long-term vision for AGI, advocating for a slow, thoughtful rollout that maximizes alignment, accessibility, and broad benefit to humanity.
AI for Strategy, Responsible Adoption, and Prototyping: From the Community
Every day, Lead with AI PRO members discuss practical ways to benefit from AI in their work and organizations. This week's highlights include:
- Last week’s highlight: We welcomed Mike Taylor, Founder & CEO of AskRally.com, who led an interactive Masterclass on setting up CustomGPTs for powerful and effective customer research. Missed it? Watch the replay now on our Members’ Site.
- Daan shared that Custom GPTs now support any model, giving users greater flexibility and control.
- Henrik Jarleskog’s AI Workflow of the Week: He’s prototyping podcast intros with NotebookLM’s new mind map feature. His full flow? Create content → Convert into podcast via NotebookLM → Use a mind map to structure slides → Ask ChatGPT or Claude to write per-slide copy following the mind map structure → Create the final presentation in Gamma. Check out how to create your mind map on NotebookLM HERE.
- Henrik also praised Gamma’s latest update: it now handles large documents beautifully, as his 50-page report was cleanly preserved, easy to read, and even phone-friendly in PDF format. Try Gamma for your next report and let us know how it goes!
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