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AI is getting better at the work between conversations. OpenAI’s Dots can keep projects moving, Claude’s latest Sonnet targets everyday tasks, and ElevenLabs gives you more control over how a voice sounds.

IN TODAY’S ISSUE

• 🔵 OpenAI Dots: ongoing help, with access limits

• 🎙️ Turn a short script into expressive audio

• 🛠️ Four tools for your creative toolkit

• ⚡ Claude Sonnet 5.5 speeds up routine work

• 🗞️ GPT-6.1 Sol, shared Pages, Manus, and team bots

Reading time: about 4 minutes.

NEWS

🔵 OpenAI launches Dots to keep projects moving

OpenAI introduced Dots on September 29: GPT-6 Astra-powered agents with their own cloud computer and browser. They can carry several projects forward without a separate conversation for every step.

• Ongoing work: delegate a project, connect the apps it needs, and inspect progress in Activity View or the dot’s computer.

• Boundaries matter: proactive research uses read-only tools. Actions on delegated tasks follow permissions, Custom Rules, and approval requirements.

• Check access: the initial Pro rollout excludes the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK. Business Premium is rolling out across supported ChatGPT regions; Enterprise, Edu, and Healthcare require an admin-enabled beta. Access can take several days.

Your first dot is included with eligible Pro or Business Premium access, but tasks it runs in Work or Codex still count toward those usage allowances.

Why it matters: a useful first assignment could be a weekly briefing assembled from sources you choose, with unanswered questions flagged for you. Start with a clear output and review anything consequential.

Read more here · Check plan and region access

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AI TOOL OF THE DAY

🎙️ Find the right delivery for your script

Eleven v4, launched September 28, adds more expressive text-to-speech with inline directions such as [whispers] and [excited]. It’s available in ElevenCreative, ElevenAgents, and the API, including a free plan for personal use.

Try this three-minute exercise:

1. Open Text to Speech in ElevenCreative, choose Eleven v4 and a library voice, then paste this original practice script:

2. Generate it, then replace [curious] with [excited]. Keep the voice and words unchanged.

3. Compare the invitation’s tone, pacing, and pronunciation. Keep the better take and adjust one direction at a time.

The result: two versions of the same announcement, with a clearer sense of which delivery fits. The free plan’s personal-use terms don’t cover commercial voiceovers.

Read more here

4 TRENDING AI TOOLS

🎬 Arsaze: connect an assistant to an editable video timeline, then review and refine its cuts yourself. AI generation requires a paid plan. (link)

🖥️ LUCI: search captured screen history and meeting notes on your computer. Available for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows; choose what it records and what context you share with an assistant. (link)

🔖 FaveNest: organize links, screenshots, PDFs, and notes. AI titles and tags require Pro plus compatible Apple Intelligence hardware or your own supported cloud API key. Core bookmarking is free. (link)

🎧 Clumi: separate vocals and instruments from your audio, or reduce noise in a recording. Preview individual tracks before exporting the pieces you need for your next edit. (link)

NEWS

⚡ Claude Sonnet 5.5 puts routine work first

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5.5, released September 28, is aimed at well-defined work: documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and coding tasks where you already know what a good result should look like.

• Faster responses: Anthropic reports more than 30% faster output than Sonnet 5.

• Lower task costs, not lower token prices: the company says it can use fewer tokens to finish a job. API rates remain $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.

• Available now: Sonnet 5.5 is offered across Claude’s apps and developer platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

Opus 5.5 remains Anthropic’s stronger choice for complex, open-ended work. Sonnet’s pitch is getting familiar jobs done with less waiting.

Why it matters: try a bounded assignment—turning your notes into a one-page brief, for example—with an explicit audience, length, and checklist. Judge the finished document, not just how quickly the text appears.

Read more here

QUICK AND FRESH

🧠 GPT-6.1 Sol arrives. OpenAI’s September 29 update is available in Work, Codex, and the API, with access for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu users. It isn’t in regular ChatGPT chat yet.

📄 ChatGPT gets shared Pages. The new Space brings people and agents into shared documents. Pro, Business, and Enterprise access starts on web and desktop; mobile reading and sharing are available, with editing still to come.

🎞️ Manus 2.0 adds a video timeline. Its September 28 release includes a Video Editor with manual controls, game creation, and automations triggered by events in connected services. You can refine generated work after the first result.

🤝 Grok launches Team Bots in public beta. Teams and Enterprise workspaces can share a bot’s context and skills while keeping individual conversations private. Slack integration brings the bot into team discussions.

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