OpenAI reveals who's winning with AI at work

PLUS: Google entering the AI glasses market in 2026

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. OpenAI's first-ever enterprise report is out, and one stat stands out: 75% of workers say they're now handling tasks they literally couldn't do before.

With AI unlocking entirely new capabilities across the workforce, the productivity playbook is being rewritten in real-time — and power users and organizations are reaping the rewards.

In today’s AI rundown:

  • OpenAI details enterprise AI wins in new report

  • Google to enter the AI glasses market in 2026

  • Use ChatGPT to improve your thinking patterns

  • Anthropic brings Claude Code to Slack

  • 4 new AI tools, community workflows, and more

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OPENAI

Image source: OpenAI

The Rundown: OpenAI just released its first ‘State of Enterprise AI’ report, revealing insights from its over 1M workplace accounts — including massive productivity gains being seen across business users on the platform.

The details:

  • OpenAI pulled anonymized data from its real-world enterprise customers, as well as an AI adoption survey conducted across 100 enterprises.

  • 75% of surveyed workers said AI improved their output speed or quality, with another 75% also reporting they can now handle tasks they couldn't before.

  • The data showed major gaps between the top 5% performers, who send 6x more messages than the median, and top coders, who show a 17x difference.

  • ChatGPT business users saved 40-60 minutes daily on average, with power users reporting productivity gains of over 10 hours per week.

Why it matters: It’s no surprise to see adoption and productivity increasing, and OAI’s report shows what many suspected — AI is already reshaping the workplace on a massive scale. One of the biggest unlocks is the 75% of users doing tasks they literally couldn’t previously — enabling more cross-functional productivity than ever before.

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GOOGLE

Image source: Google

The Rundown: Google just announced that its AI-powered smart glasses will launch in 2026, with the tech giant partnering with Samsung, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster to take on Meta’s currently dominant position in the sector.

The details:

  • Two styles are in development: audio-only frames for hands-free AI access, and display versions with in-lens screens for navigation and translations.

  • Hardware partners include Samsung, Warby Parker (via a $150M deal from May), and Korean fashion brand Gentle Monster.

  • The frames will reportedly offload processing to a connected smartphone, keeping the design lightweight enough to pass as regular eyewear.

Why it matters: Meta’s AI struggles have been well-documented, but it has been one of the few to successfully break into the wearables space with its Ray-Ban and Oakley partnerships. But Google’s combination of top models, sprawling app ecosystem, and advanced Gemini-infused tech could make for a major rival entry into the market.

AI TRAINING

The Rundown: In this tutorial, you will learn how to break out of circular thinking and generate creative solutions for any business problem by using ChatGPT’s structured questioning approach to surface blind spots and unlock fresh perspectives.

Step-by-step:

  1. Go to ChatGPT and prompt: "I'm trying to [describe your goal or problem], but I'm continuously stuck on the same ideas. Ask enough questions about the problem to find a new approach."

  2. Add context about your current approaches so ChatGPT knows what you're already trying and can push you beyond those solutions

  3. Answer ChatGPT's questions across categories like user understanding, product experience, engagement, and analytics to reveal new angles

  4. Review the fresh solutions that emerge from this process and iterate on promising ideas

Pro tip: Use this workflow for any problem. The magic is in how ChatGPT will question you until you hit new thinking pathways for better brainstorming.

PRESENTED BY THOUGHTWORKS

The Rundown: The Agentic AI Advantage is a new report by Thoughtworks and WIRED that explores how enterprises are using AI agents to drive real results, manage risks, and stay ahead in the next wave of AI disruption.

In the report, you’ll learn:

  • Where AI agents deliver measurable ROI

  • How early adopters are scaling safely

  • Why 40% of projects risk failure

  • Insights from AWS & global AI leaders

ANTHROPIC & SLACK

Image source: Anthropic

The Rundown: Anthropic just launched a new beta integration that lets developers delegate coding tasks to Claude Code directly from within Slack, turning chat threads into automated development workflows.

The details:

  • Tagging @Claude in Slack creates a full Claude Code session, which uses context from the thread, like bug reports or feature requests, as input.

  • Claude will also automatically select the right repository from a user’s authenticated accounts and post progress updates back to the thread.

  • Once complete, the integration delivers links to review changes and open pull requests without leaving Slack.

  • The feature expands on Anthropic's existing Slack app integration, which previously offered only lightweight chat assistance.

Why it matters: Slack is currently the communication hub for many engineering teams, making it a prime context and real estate for a direct coding integration — helping developers avoid switching between apps and use the autonomous assistant as a plugged-in teammate embedded right into their existing channels.

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U.S. President Donald Trump approved Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China in exchange for 25% of sales revenue, marking a major reversal of export restrictions.

OpenAI announced a new shopping integration with Instacart to purchase groceries, making it the first Instant Checkout option for ChatGPT users.

Essential AI open-sourced Rnj-1, a small 8B parameter model that rivals much larger systems on coding and software benchmarks.

IBM announced plans to acquire data streaming company Confluent for $11B to help enterprises connect real-time data to AI systems.

Google VP of Global Ads, Dan Taylor, refuted an AdWeek report claiming that ads will be coming to Gemini, saying there “are no ads in the Gemini app and… no current plans to change that.”

COMMUNITY

Every newsletter, we showcase how a reader is using AI to work smarter, save time, or make life easier.

Today’s workflow comes from reader Leroy P. in England, United Kingdom:

"I volunteer for a small charity, and I am using Google Gemini to supercharge my end-of-year accounts. I run all my financial reports on QuickBooks, upload them to Gemini, and within seconds, it finds any discrepancies, errors, or better ways of recording transactions. It then provides a step-by-step guide to creating the correction journals. This reduces end-of-year accounts work from days to hours and increases the accuracy and clarity of our accounts."

How do you use AI? Tell us here.

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