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Google's Gemini defeats classic Pokémon Blue
PLUS: Claude gets app control powers with Zapier MCP
Jason Nguyen
May 05, 2025
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Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro just became the first major AI to beat Pokémon Blue, a classic video game that takes hours of planning and strategy. Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared the news online, calling it a big moment for AI.
With AI now able to finish games that need smart choices and long-term thinking, how could this skill help in jobs that require solving problems step by step in changing situations?
In Today’s AI Daily:
Google's Gemini defeats Pokémon Blue
Claude gains powerful app control through Zapier's MCP
Apple and Anthropic partner on "vibe-coding" platform
New AI tools & prompts
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
The AI Daily: Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro just beat Pokémon Blue, making it the first major AI model to complete the classic 1996 game. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the achievement on social media, celebrating the AI model's victory in the 29-year-old video game.
Key notes:
The game was played live in a stream called “Gemini Plays Pokémon” by software engineer Joel Z (not a Google employee).
Gemini used a special tool that showed screenshots with helpful info so it could decide what to do.
Google’s team followed the stream and cheered on the project.
Anthropic’s Claude AI is also trying to beat Pokémon Red, but hasn’t finished yet.
The creator says this isn’t a fair comparison between AIs since they used different setups.
Why it matters: This shows that AI can now handle long, tricky tasks like beating a full video game, not just answering questions. Gemini made smart choices by looking at game visuals and picking the best move—skills that could help with real-world planning, automation, and decision-making in the future.
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ZAPIER
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The AI Daily: Zapier just launched MCP support for Claude, letting users perform actions across thousands of apps directly from the AI chat interface without any coding or custom integrations.
Key notes:
New feature transforms Claude from a chat assistant to a productivity tool that takes real actions.
Users can connect favorite apps like Gmail, Slack, Asana, and HubSpot.
Simple natural language commands can trigger complex actions across multiple services.
Setup requires just connecting accounts and selecting desired actions.
Why it matters: Most AIs tell you what to do—Claude can now actually do it for you. This Zapier integration turns simple chats into real results, connecting Claude to 8,000+ apps and 30,000+ tasks so you can save time and get more done.
AI BREAKTHROUGHS
APPLE & ANTHROPIC
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The AI Daily: Apple and Anthropic are partnering to create an AI-powered coding platform that helps developers write, edit and test code faster. Bloomberg says Apple is already using it inside its own engineering teams.
Key notes:
The platform uses Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model to generate and modify code through a chat interface.
System tests user interfaces and manages bug detection and fixing processes.
Apple hasn't decided whether to make it available to third-party developers.
Similar tools like GitHub Copilot have gained nearly 2 million paying subscribers.
McKinsey research suggests AI could boost software engineering productivity by 20-45%.
Why it matters: This shows how AI is changing how software is built. Instead of replacing developers, tools like this handle the boring stuff—so coders can focus on big-picture work. For Apple, it’s part of a bigger push into AI, right after its partnership with OpenAI.
FAST TRACKS
🗞️ What matters in AI right now?
Google is expanding access to AI Mode in Search beyond Labs, with a small percentage of people in the US gaining access to the AI Mode tab in Search in the coming weeks
Ideogram released v3.0 with better image quality, more flexible styles, and improved prompt accuracy. Their Magic Fill and Extend tools are now available through the API.
Runway released Gen-4 References to all paid users. This lets people create the same characters or places across images using photos or 3D models.
JetBrains launched Junie, an AI coding assistant that turns simple text prompts into working code. It can also build features and write tests automatically.
Suno AI released v4.5 for Pro and Premier users. It now supports more music styles, better vocals, and longer songs—up to 8 minutes.
🔥 Trending AI tools
✅ Hoop: Capture tasks from meetings, Slack, and email automatically.
✍️ Lex: AI-powered writing app that helps you draft and edit faster.
📄 Craft: Create beautiful docs with rich media, structure, and sharing.
🧠 Capacities: Build a second brain using connected notes and daily insights.
📚 Slite: AI knowledge base to organize team docs and answers easily.
AI PROMPTS
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#CONTEXT:
Adopt the role of an expert content creator and strategist with extensive experience in navigating Reddit's unique social landscape. Your objective is to construct a Reddit ad copy aimed at fostering genuine interest and dialogue within a subreddit. This ad must subtly blend into the community's ongoing conversations and ethos, focusing on piquing curiosity and inviting members to engage in a constructive exchange about a product or service. The emphasis is on nurturing a non-promotional, organic interaction that enriches the subreddit's discourse.Source: The AI Daily
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