Cowork is currently macOS only and requires the Claude Desktop app. Since you're on Windows/Android, you don't have access to it yet. --> said Claude to me
smh moving forward it would be great if you mentioned those tiny details in your post as it wasted my time to read and try it and find out its only for macos afterwards. thanks but good info for the mac people
OMG this article just converted me. In the 1st few lines you were able to capture my frustration with ChatGPT. Everything you said is what I have. I have MAC laptop to try it on but my main working Comp is Windows can't wait for it to expand on there
So ChatGPT just came out with Projects. A folder where you can list a set of texts describing you and your goal. The basic version also allows you to upload up to 25 PDFs, images etc. that you want it to keep in mind as you create topics underneath the project.
Does Claude do this, only better? Do you have to place documents in each individual chat to get started?
I stopped reading the moment you said GPT does not follows instructions. It does, very well in fact. Much better than Claude...provided your instructions are not full of contradictions.
Thank you for sharing. I will definitely try integrating Claude with Excel
Back to the original post, seeing what Anthropic is doing with Claude Cowork and Claude code, and their focus on the enterprise, and how powerful the new Gemini is, OpenAI needs to push to retain (or regain) the first mover advantage
I think OpenAI plays something different. They are actually competing with Apple. What they want is the future of the iPhone, the personal hardware that everyone will be using. If you watch the movie Her, it's very obvious.
Thanks Ruben. I was recently impacted in company wide layoffs and feeling stressed. Can you offer advice on how to use AI to do job search and upskill ? I will be genuinely very grateful.
Thanks Ruben. I am. Being the AI guru, just like you have a post on interviewing, can you please do similar for job search too and how to apply automatically using AI. I am sure I will get better with time but initially it is taking too much time. Ideally AI should be able to handle everything and all I want to get noticed are interviews. Don’t know how to set up.
Hey @Ruben, thanks for all the great content! You mentioned compiling your copywriting MD file in a previous newsletter but I've looked in vain to find it. Can you please point me in the right direction or explain the process. OR... share the file??! Thanks :)
The issue is that I’m considering canceling my ChatGPT subscription and switching to Claude. How can I extract all the project work I’ve been doing over the past six months?
How long would it take to explain all the context and the project to Claude?
Should I ask ChatGPT to export all the relevant material into a single Markdown (MD) file?
I use chat gpt for talking to and asking dumb questions.. on windows using Claude code is pretty good through vs code. Takes something that took me 2 hrs in Claude code in Claude app to 15 mins...
“ChatGPT ignores half your prompt” is so true. Sometimes I wonder if i’m really using AI everytime I repeat myself.
When I switched to Claude it really feels like an intelligence. It follows long instructions, it stays coherent in long chats, it does not weirdly remember past chats.
I'll tolerate imperfect outputs I can fix but I won't tolerate an AI that ignores me and my instructions.
Cowork is currently macOS only and requires the Claude Desktop app. Since you're on Windows/Android, you don't have access to it yet. --> said Claude to me
Yep, I know it's a shame, but I can tell you that this is crazy good. Almost worth buying a Mac for this. And I know most companies won't allow it.
Windows and Android support is sure to follow. Just no definitive timeline just yet. Saving this post for when it is available 👍
thats the right approach :)
smh moving forward it would be great if you mentioned those tiny details in your post as it wasted my time to read and try it and find out its only for macos afterwards. thanks but good info for the mac people
OMG this article just converted me. In the 1st few lines you were able to capture my frustration with ChatGPT. Everything you said is what I have. I have MAC laptop to try it on but my main working Comp is Windows can't wait for it to expand on there
Yup, I got tired of it by now. Start playing with it on your Mac, get you comfortable once Windows support drops.
Ruben, very interesting!
So ChatGPT just came out with Projects. A folder where you can list a set of texts describing you and your goal. The basic version also allows you to upload up to 25 PDFs, images etc. that you want it to keep in mind as you create topics underneath the project.
Does Claude do this, only better? Do you have to place documents in each individual chat to get started?
Claude Projects is better. I explained the how in here: https://ruben.substack.com/p/how-to-better-use-ai-before-prompting
Thank you Ruben! I will check that out now.
Claude had projects before chatgpt did.
I stopped reading the moment you said GPT does not follows instructions. It does, very well in fact. Much better than Claude...provided your instructions are not full of contradictions.
have you tried Cowork?
I do not have a mac, so no.
You convinced me with "Excel with working formulas"
You should read this too: https://ruben.substack.com/p/ai-couldnt-do-excel
Thank you for sharing. I will definitely try integrating Claude with Excel
Back to the original post, seeing what Anthropic is doing with Claude Cowork and Claude code, and their focus on the enterprise, and how powerful the new Gemini is, OpenAI needs to push to retain (or regain) the first mover advantage
I think OpenAI plays something different. They are actually competing with Apple. What they want is the future of the iPhone, the personal hardware that everyone will be using. If you watch the movie Her, it's very obvious.
Thanks Ruben. I was recently impacted in company wide layoffs and feeling stressed. Can you offer advice on how to use AI to do job search and upskill ? I will be genuinely very grateful.
Hi - sorry about that.
You can use Grok. The responses were good. Also, plenty of free and quality courses on the internet.
Thanks Ruben. I am. Being the AI guru, just like you have a post on interviewing, can you please do similar for job search too and how to apply automatically using AI. I am sure I will get better with time but initially it is taking too much time. Ideally AI should be able to handle everything and all I want to get noticed are interviews. Don’t know how to set up.
The biggest AI news in last 7days:
Krea launches a new era of editing
Claude launches Al-powered features in Excel
Gemini just became the ultimate student cheatcode
"Software engineering will be automatable in 12 months"
Anthropic launches Claude for Healthcare
Pencil.dev launches an "infinite design canvas" for coding workflows
Remotion adds Agent Skills for video creation
NVIDIA just removed one of the biggest friction points in voice Al
Higgsfield raises $130M at a $1.3B valuation
Runway Gen-4.5 adds image-to-video
Google partners with Khan Academy
What are your thoughts on this?
It’s a lot to keep track of.
I only look at and share what I actually use - always.
Like Claude for Excel. I wrote a newsletter about it: https://ruben.substack.com/p/ai-couldnt-do-excel
Thank you for this..! However I cannot find coworker. Is it available in The Netherlands do you know?
Should be available. Though it’s macOS-only for now.
Ruben, you've just converted me back from the 'Dark Side' :) - Now I just need to find out how the best copywriters in the world, write...
The best copywriters in the world are just text files, too.
Or you can try my interview prompt here: https://ruben.substack.com/p/i-am-just-a-text-file
Hey @Ruben, thanks for all the great content! You mentioned compiling your copywriting MD file in a previous newsletter but I've looked in vain to find it. Can you please point me in the right direction or explain the process. OR... share the file??! Thanks :)
Glad to hear it :)
You can find it here, and my own .md file: https://ruben.substack.com/p/i-am-just-a-text-file
That's the 'this is me' MD file, I was referring to the copywriting one featuring Eugene Schwartz, John Caples, David Ogilvy et al. Thanks!
Ah. Got you :)
You collect everything they've published. Upload them to Claude. Ask it to analyze it. Claude generates the same kind of .md file.
With ChatGPT I was always managing the AI.
Reminding it. Correcting it. Starting new chats when it got confused. That's not collaboration.
With Claude I'm just working.
I upload my context docs. My rules. It follows them. All of them. The output sounds like me. Not "AI trying to sound like me." Me.
Always tweaking. Always fixing. Always fighting. It’s tiring.
With Claude you set the context. You set the rules. Then you just... work.
The difference isn't subtle.
That's why I haven't opened ChatGPT in 30 days.
Incredible newsletter.
The issue is that I’m considering canceling my ChatGPT subscription and switching to Claude. How can I extract all the project work I’ve been doing over the past six months?
How long would it take to explain all the context and the project to Claude?
Should I ask ChatGPT to export all the relevant material into a single Markdown (MD) file?
Hi, Raphael - I just posted the steps on my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7425055582203760640/
how about we use our brains instead of relying on AI
People rely on tools all day. The question is whether the tool makes them dumber or faster.
Newsletter in connectors please
Sure - I’ll see what I can do.
I use chat gpt for talking to and asking dumb questions.. on windows using Claude code is pretty good through vs code. Takes something that took me 2 hrs in Claude code in Claude app to 15 mins...
That’s the whole point of Cowork: stop copy-pasting text. Let the model operate inside your tools.
ChatGPT is so behind now.
“ChatGPT ignores half your prompt” is so true. Sometimes I wonder if i’m really using AI everytime I repeat myself.
When I switched to Claude it really feels like an intelligence. It follows long instructions, it stays coherent in long chats, it does not weirdly remember past chats.
I'll tolerate imperfect outputs I can fix but I won't tolerate an AI that ignores me and my instructions.
Exactly why I quit.
ChatGPT tends to loop.
Cowork can hold a 2-hour session without losing the thread.
ChatGPT’s cross-chat memory sounds helpful, but it creates overfitting.
Cowork starting fresh is a feature. You control the context, every time.