🧠 AI Starts Thinking in Teams: Copilot, Claude, Manus

Microsoft just dropped two major upgrades inside M365 Copilot: Critique and Council.

Critique is a multi-model deep research system. Instead of relying on a single model, it combines outputs from multiple models to generate more complete reports and responses. Think of it as layering perspectives to get closer to a “final answer.”

Council takes this a step further. You can run multiple models on the same prompt simultaneously and compare where they agree or disagree. This gives you visibility into how different models reason—and what each one uniquely contributes.

Why this matters: AI is moving from “give me an answer” to “show me the thinking.” That’s a big shift for anyone doing research, analysis, or decision-making.

Manus just made their desktop app controllable directly from your phone.

You can start tasks, access files, and trigger workflows without touching your computer. It essentially turns your phone into a command center for whatever you’re running on desktop.

Why this matters: AI tools are becoming ambient. You don’t have to sit in front of a screen anymore to get work done. The control layer is starting to move with you

Claude Code now supports computer use.

This means Claude can open apps, click through interfaces, and test what it builds—all directly from the command line. It’s currently in research preview for Pro and Max users.

Why this matters: This is a step toward AI actually executing tasks, not just suggesting them. If you’ve ever wanted your code assistant to go beyond writing code and actually run it… this is where things are heading.

1. 🧠 Claude Cowork Projects Guide

This guide breaks down one of the most important (and underused) features in Claude right now: Projects.

Projects let you persist context—files, instructions, and memory—so Claude doesn’t start from scratch every time. If you’re doing recurring workflows (content, research, analysis), this is where you get real leverage.

Read here

2. 🍌 Banana Claude (Creative Director for images)

This is a wild one. Banana Claude turns Claude Code into a creative director for image generation using Google’s Gemini Nano Banana models.

Instead of just sending prompts, Claude interprets your intent, selects the right “expert lens,” and constructs structured prompts using Google’s official framework. It’s much closer to how a human creative team would approach visuals.

Try it here.

You don’t actually need Midjourney or DALL·E to create polished carousels anymore.

Here’s the workflow:

1. Take a reference carousel and extract its design elements (fonts, layout, spacing, color system).
2. Create a Claude Project and define these as your “design system” in instructions.
3. Feed Claude your content (newsletter, post, etc.).
4. Ask it to generate carousel slides using code-based layouts instead of images.
5. Export the slides as PNG files and post directly.

Here’s a detailed demo