Mini-Apps • o3-Deep Research + o4-Mini Deep • AI Video Agents

🔥 HOT THIS WEEK

🔹 1. Claude Now Lets You Build Mini-Apps Inside Chat

📍 Rolled out June 26
Anthropic launched an in-chat App Builder for Claude. Users can now describe the app they want—like a study assistant, calculator, or game—and Claude writes and runs it inside the chat. These apps can also be shared and monetized via Claude’s new usage-based API model.

Impact: ★★★★★ — Platform | Turns every user into a low-code developer.
🔗 Read more on The Verge

🔹 2. OpenAI Launches o3-Deep Research + o4-Mini Deep

📍 Released June 26
These two new API models from OpenAI are tuned for intensive reasoning and research workflows. o3 handles detailed scientific and financial questions, while o4-Mini balances cost with performance. Ideal for startups building analysis-heavy AI tools.

Impact: ★★★★★ — Model | Best-in-class for long-context problem solving.
🔗 Source: Aibase.com

🔹 3. YouTube Rolls Out AI Video Summaries in Search

📍 Rolling out globally this week
YouTube is testing AI-generated summaries under videos in search results—giving users instant previews without clicking. It's part of their larger plan to integrate conversational AI across content discovery.

Impact: ★★★★☆ — UX | Smarter search = faster content decisions.
🔗 Covered in AI Weekly Recap

🔹 4. HeyGen Launches AI Video Agent

📍 Just announced
HeyGen’s new Video Agent produces fully AI-generated videos from scripts, images, or prompts. It’s already being used for TikToks, pitch decks, and brand explainers—automating what used to take hours.

Impact: ★★★★☆ — Content | One-click video generation for creators.
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🛠️ TOOL OF THE WEEK

Perplexity’s Comet Beta (macOS)
Perplexity integrates its fast AI search into a macOS browser assistant named Comet. It offers contextual summaries, ad-blocking, tab management, and document-heavy workflow support—all accessible in-browser. Perfect for power users.

Use case: Research, dev workflows, multi-prompt browsing en.wikipedia.org.

🤖 AI FOR BEGINNERS

This Week’s Top Entry-Level AI Tools

• Perplexity AI: AI-driven search with citations and customizable Pages.
  

• HeyGen Video Agent: Create polished videos automatically.
  

• Kruti: Multilingual, proactive assistant for everyday tasks.
  

• Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: Fast, affordable multi-modal LLM access.

😂 THIS WEEK IN MEMES