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Anthropic just upgraded Claude to generate Excel sheets and slide decks. Its version of Code Interpreter runs both Python and Node.js in a sandbox with partial internet access, opening the door to advanced data analysis and workflows. Let’s unpack…

Today’s Summary:

• 🚀 Claude creates Excel and Word files

• 👂 Apple adds AI translation to AirPods

• 🇪🇺 Mistral adds memory, gains ASML backing

• 🧑‍💻 OpenAI launches ChatGPT Developer Mode

• 💸 Anthropic valued at $183B

• 🎨 ByteDance unveils Seedream 4 for 4K images

• 🛠️ 2 new tools

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Claude can now create and edit files

The Summary: Anthropic has rolled out a feature in Claude that can now create and edit Excel sheets, Word docs, PowerPoint decks, and PDFs. Behind the scenes, it runs Python and Node.js code inside a sandbox to analyze data and generate outputs. Early testers say it can produce complex spreadsheets with hundreds of formulas from a single prompt.

Key details:

• Supports .xlsx, .pptx, .docx and .pdf files, saves to Google Drive

• Common use cases: PDF to slides, notes to reports, invoices to Excel, financial models with formulas

• File size limit is 30MB, restricting big data workloads

• Anthropic warns of security risks due to internet access

• Live for Max, Team, and Enterprise plans; Pro access coming soon

Why it matters: OpenAI set the bar with Code Interpreter. Anthropic is extending it with extras like Node.js support and stronger handling of Excel files and presentations. Claude can now generate working drafts of complex business artifacts such as models, reports, and decks.

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Apple adds AI translation to AirPods Pro 3

The Summary: Apple has launched the AirPods Pro 3 with AI-driven live translation, letting users hold real-time conversations in multiple languages. The new headphones use noise cancellation to lower the other speaker’s voice while delivering the translation into the user’s ear. Available at launch in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Key details:

• If only one speaker has AirPods, the translated text for the other speaker is displayed on the iPhone screen. If both speakers wear AirPods they can carry on full conversations without using the phone display

• ANC lowers outside voices so the translations remain audible and clear in noisy environments

• Live Translation supports English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, with Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (simplified) coming later this year

• Available on Sep 19, except in the EU due to legal requirements

Why it matters: Apple Live Translation in AirPods Pro 3 could become an important feature for multilingual communication at scale. Google already has a recent deployment with Google Meet speech translation, but Apple is pushing the experience deeper by allowing full two-speaker live conversations without screens.

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Mistral adds connectors and memory as ASML becomes its largest shareholder

The Summary: Mistral AI has launched two major upgrades to its chatbot Le Chat: MCP-based connectors and a memory system, while also closing a $2B funding round led by chipmaker ASML, which becomes its largest shareholder, valuing Mistral at $12.6 billion and solidifying it as Europe’s top AI lab.

Key details:

• Le Chat now ships with 20+ connectors, from Databricks and Snowflake to Stripe and Zapier, plus custom hooks so enterprises can wire their stacks

• Memories let users import ChatGPT histories, edit or delete entries, and claim an 86% retrieval accuracy

• ASML’s $1.5B investment buys 11% of Mistral and a board seat, marking the first time the chip giant has backed an AI firm

• ASML is the sole worldwide supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, the indispensable tools used by leading chipmakers to build the advanced GPUs driving AI systems

• Some see this move as ASML buying political favor to cement EU tech sovereignty, while others call it the first step toward a full-stack AI supply chain in EU

Why it matters: ASML wants to embed AI into its EUV machines, to squeeze out more uptime and precision in the chipmaking supply chain. For Mistral, having ASML industrial reach and political weight makes it more than a model shop but the de facto AI flagbearer for the EU. The partnership is a way to secure both the hardware and software layers of the AI stack under the same control.

QUICK NEWS

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• OpenAI launches Developer Mode for ChatGPT to connect tools

• Anthropic’s new fundraising values the company at $183B

• ByteDance unveils Seedream 4 to generate and edit images in 4K

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