Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

Ep 733: 7 New AI Features To Save you Time: From Excel to Google Workspace and AI Agents

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Mar 13, 2026
A fast tour of seven practical AI features hitting productivity tools. Highlights include Google Gemini’s Help Me Create across Docs, Sheets and Slides, new agentic capabilities in Excel/Office apps, and Perplexity’s local Personal Computer approach. Also covered: Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork with Anthropic tech, ChatGPT’s Excel add-in with live market data, and scheduled automation for Claude Code.
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INSIGHT

Google Unifies Gemini Inside Workspace

  • Google launched a unified Gemini "Help Me Create" mode across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive that pulls context from Gmail, Drive, and Chat directly into each app.
  • Drive acts like a company vector knowledge base (RAG) and Sheets can fill cells with live Google search data to reduce context switching.
ANECDOTE

Perplexity Personal Computer Runs On A Mac Mini

  • Perplexity released Personal Computer, a Mac mini–based agent that runs 24/7 to orchestrate cloud models with local files while requiring approvals and an audit trail.
  • Jordan tested Perplexity Computer and noted high credit consumption per prompt and current Mac mini limitation with a waitlist rollout.
INSIGHT

Copilot Cowork Turns Intent Into Actions

  • Microsoft announced Copilot Cowork, an agent layer that uses Anthropic's CoWork tech to turn intent into actions across Microsoft 365 and ground outputs in Outlook, Teams, and files.
  • Cowork runs with checkpoints and approvals to produce finished artifacts (decks, reports) while leveraging Claude models.
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