GPT-5.2 is here (and interfaces are dying)
Inside: Claude in Slack, Google's new audio model, and how to deal with tool purgatory in your company.
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🔮 Today’s insights
OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 thinking model
OpenAI just released the GPT-5.2 series, featuring a Thinking variant that pauses to process multi-step logic before responding. For businesses, this is the upgrade to use for high-stakes tasks like contract review or complex logic where accuracy matters more than speed.
Anthropic brings Claude Code into Slack
You can now tag Claude directly in Slack threads to analyze code, fix bugs, and generate pull requests. This turns your chat app into a development environment, allowing small technical teams to ship fixes without constant context switching between tools.
Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio
Google’s latest API update enables real-time, interruptible voice conversations and live speech-to-speech translation. This allows businesses to build natural-sounding customer support voice bots that handle interruptions gracefully, without needing an enterprise budget.
Coding Agents are now standard issue
New data shows tools like Cursor and Claude Code are becoming default infrastructure, handling up to 90% of code generation at top firms. Coding is rapidly redefining itself as a managerial skill, allowing non-technical founders to build complex systems by managing AI agents rather than writing syntax.
💡 The interface is vanishing
I am seeing the beginning of the end for the traditional SaaS interface.
With Adobe inserting Photoshop directly into ChatGPT and Salesforce turning Slack into a command center for agents, the need to log into a specific URL to do work will soon vanish.
We used to spend hours teaching employees click paths, aka which button to press in the toolbar. That era is ending.
That’s why I am advising owners to slowly start pivoting their training. Decrease training on software navigation. Increase training on capabilities.
The interface of the future is a text box. The most valuable skill in your company is no longer knowing where the Save button is hidden. It is the ability to understand the process and articulate intent clearly.
If your team cannot describe exactly what they want, the AI cannot build it. The barrier to entry isn’t technical skill anymore. It is communication clarity.
💬 Community Q&A
Q: “We have Copilot, but nobody uses it. How do I deal with tool purgatory in my company?”
A: Stop rolling it out as a general tool. When you give everyone a magic button with no direction, they ignore it.
Identify one specific, painful workflow. For example, “Writing the Weekly Status Report.” Train your team on exactly how to use the tool for that single task.
Adoption happens when you solve pain, not when you provide features.
For example, when using AI tools, I recommend creating a simple prompt library for your top use cases.
Once they feel the time savings on one task, they will explore the rest on their own.
🔧 Tools & Resources
Documentation.AI: Turns messy code or notes into beautiful, updated documentation. Best for agencies handing over projects to clients.
CodeRabbit: AI code reviewer that comments on GitHub pull requests automatically. Best for small dev teams needing a senior dev for quality control.
Adobe Express GPT: Create on-brand social content directly inside ChatGPT. Best for marketing teams who want to skip the design software.
SmartSuite: Work management platform heavily integrating AI for process automation. Best for operations teams managing complex client workflows.
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What’s your take on today’s topics? Did you like it, or is there something I missed?
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+1 on the copilot rules lol. It’s crazy how the adoption has flattened so much.