🤖 Google Taught AI to Use the Web

AI is moving from suggestions to actions.

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model is Google’s preview feature that finishes tasks on real websites. It reads the page, clicks and types, and repeats until done, like signing in or moving a report into a spreadsheet.

Claude Code Plugins are Anthropic’s public-beta bundles that install with one command and give every teammate the same shortcuts and mini-agents

CodeMender is Google DeepMind’s AI agent for code security. It scans a repo, writes a patch, runs tests, and opens a pull request. And Hollywood’s pushback on AI video is rising as “synthetic resurrection” clips of deceased celebrities spread, prompting calls for consent, labels, licensing, and proof of origin.

Let’s get into it.

“As AI gets more powerful and agentic, can we make sure the guardrails around it are safe and can’t be circumvented?”

^{— Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind CEO}

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Browserbase – A web browser for your AI. Safely run and test automated browser workflows in a sandbox.

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Retool – Generate internal software better. Snap AI and data into internal apps in minutes; build dashboards, approvals, and CRUD tools without heavy lift.

Content Credentials (CAI) – Restoring trust and transparency. Add proof-of-origin metadata to images and video so audiences and brands can verify what’s real.

Browse AI – Scrape and monitor any website with AI. Point, click, and get live data like prices or job listings straight into a spreadsheet

AI Agents

Google’s Gemini Can Now “Use” Your Browser Like a Person

Google’s new Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model lets Gemini look at your screen and do steps for you—click buttons, type into fields, scroll pages, choose from menus—then repeat until the task is finished. Think: logging into a site, downloading a report, pasting results into a sheet, or posting content across multiple tabs.

🔍 What Just Dropped

• Sees and acts: Takes a snapshot of your screen, decides the next click or keystroke, and does it.

• Handles common actions: Click, type, scroll, drag, pick from dropdowns, upload files.

• Works where there’s no integration: Useful for tools that only live in the browser.

• You stay in control: You set rules for what it can do, and you can review steps.

• Web first: Built for browser tasks today.

🛠️ How It Runs

• Model suggests, your app executes: Gemini proposes each step; a small executor in your app performs the clicks/typing.

• Review and audit: You can log every step and require confirmation for sensitive actions (purchases, deletes, data sends).

• Heads-Up: Not full desktop control, some steps like CAPTCHAs or certain 2FA still need you.

🌍 Why It Matters

Teams still copy-paste and click through the same websites every day. This turns those repetitive web chores into repeatable playbooks. It saves time on support, sales ops, reporting, and content workflows—without waiting for custom engineering work. You keep safety by reviewing actions and setting limits.

👉 Available in preview via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI

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Claude Code Plugins: One-Step Setups for Your Team’s AI Tools

Claude Code now supports plugins. You can bundle your team’s commands, small helpers, and app connections into one install. Instead of everyone setting things up by hand, the whole team gets the same working toolkit in seconds.

🎯 What It Is

• One install = many tools: add commands, helpers, and connections at once.

• Same setup for everyone: no more “works on my machine.”

• You stay in control: choose what actions are allowed and what gets logged.

🧰 What You Can Use It For

• Onboarding fast: give new teammates a ready-to-use toolkit on day one.

• Reviewing code safely: add a helper that flags risky changes and suggests fixes.

• Docs at your fingertips: add a command that answers questions from your docs.

• Consistent tasks: ship /test, /lint, or “create a new service” commands that work the same on every laptop.

• Rotations & vendors: share the exact same tools with temporary contributors.

• Multi-repo work: keep conventions and shortcuts consistent across projects.

Great tools stall when setup is messy. Plugins turn your best workflows into a repeatable product—faster starts, fewer errors, and easier oversight. Pair this with browser automation and code-fixing tools, and you’ve got a stack that does real work, not just suggestions.

👉 Read the full announcement here

Security & DevOps

DeepMind’s CodeMender Finds Bugs—Then Fixes Them

CodeMender is an AI that looks through code, spots a security problem, writes a fix, tests it, and opens a pull request. It’s built to handle the whole loop so teams spend less time chasing alerts and more time shipping.

🔧 How It Works

• Scans your code and flags risky patterns or known vulnerabilities.

• Proposes a patch that follows your project’s style.

• Runs tests to check that the fix doesn’t break anything.

• Opens a PR with a clear summary of what changed and why.

• Keeps humans in control: reviewers approve or request changes before merge.

🛠️ Where It Helps Most

• Noisy backlogs: lots of alerts you haven’t had time to fix.

• Upgrades/refactors: dependency bumps that introduce new risks.

• Compliance sprints: tight deadlines to close security gaps.

• Large repos: places where manual triage is slow and error-prone.

Security teams are overloaded, and a single missed bug can be costly. An AI that not only finds problems but also ships a safe fix cuts time-to-remediation and reduces weekend fire drills. The key is a simple rule: AI suggests, humans approve. That balance delivers speed and accountability.

👉 Read the full blog here

Culture & Policy

Hollywood vs. AI Video: Consent, Credit, and Training Data

Studios, agencies, and creators are drawing a bright line on AI-made video: get permission for faces and voices, say when it’s AI, pay for what you use, and prove where clips come from. A new flashpoint is “synthetic resurrection” — ultra-realistic videos of deceased public figures circulating without families’ consent, which has intensified calls for clear likeness rights, visible AI labels, real licensing for training data, and universal content credentials so anyone can trace a clip’s origin.

Expect platforms and model builders to tighten rules around impersonation and provenance, make fast takedowns the norm, and sign more paid licensing deals for catalogs and datasets. For brands and creators, the practical path is simple: secure consent up front, attach proof-of-origin to every upload, and keep a clean paper trail so distribution, disputes, and approvals move quickly without surprises.

Read the Washington Post report → AI videos of deceased celebrities spark backlash

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