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Playbook · week 2026-W37

What to do about AI this week

1 practical item across 1 tool, 7 Sept to 13 September 2026. The things worth an hour of your time, and the things that can wait — with the reason they can wait.

What changed

Gemini desktop app: Provides AI assistance directly from the Windows desktop via shortcut and Workspace integration. 11 Sept

What to try

most useful first

Open to everyone, and nothing here needs a developer.

Gemini desktop app by Google 11 Sept

Provides AI assistance directly from the Windows desktop via shortcut and Workspace integration.

Who for: marketers, founders and operations
Cost: free
Effort: minutes

Use it for

draft project summaries
fact‑check documents
generate custom images

Watch out Only works if Gemini is enabled in the admin console; cannot be turned off per user.

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hot Microsoft exec called AI scraping largest theft of labor in human history, filings show 17 Sept new Vsim's fast simulator lets robot Freddo learn tasks in minutes, says founders 17 Sept hot Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking voice models 15 Sept new Anthropic’s staff show religious‑like devotion to AI assistant Claude 16 Sept hot Meta CEO Zuckerberg Opposes Coordinated AI Slowdown, Argues Labs Must Self‑Regulate 9 Sept new PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI 17 Sept hot AI‑generated song hijacks real artist’s Spotify page, author demonstrates loophole 17 Sept new Scale AI finds Korean prompts reduce harmful outputs across 14 frontier models 17 Sept

hot Microsoft exec called AI scraping largest theft of labor in human history, filings show 17 Sept new Vsim's fast simulator lets robot Freddo learn tasks in minutes, says founders 17 Sept hot Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking voice models 15 Sept new Anthropic’s staff show religious‑like devotion to AI assistant Claude 16 Sept hot Meta CEO Zuckerberg Opposes Coordinated AI Slowdown, Argues Labs Must Self‑Regulate 9 Sept new PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI 17 Sept hot AI‑generated song hijacks real artist’s Spotify page, author demonstrates loophole 17 Sept new Scale AI finds Korean prompts reduce harmful outputs across 14 frontier models 17 Sept