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Matt Lok

¶ Designer, Entrepreneur, Digital Nomad & founder of @metalabsglobal ● I talk about creativity, tech, entrepreneurship & lifestyle design

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▲ OpenAI Just Dropped GPT-5.5, and It Beats Claude

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

▲ OpenAI Just Dropped GPT-5.5, and It Beats Claude

ND: DeepSeek V4 makes 1M context the new default + ChatGPT Images 2.0 finally renders text properly

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Create Infographics With ChatGPT Images 2.0

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

How to Create Infographics With ChatGPT Images 2.0

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ Anthropic Just Launched a Design Tool to Compete With Figma

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

▲ Anthropic Just Launched a Design Tool to Compete With Figma

AND: OpenAI's Codex can now control your Mac + Gemini launches as a free desktop app

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

Claude Design Tutorial: How to Create a Business Website With AI

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

Claude Design Tutorial: How to Create a Business Website With AI

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ Anthropic Built an AI So Powerful It Won't Release It

Apr 15, 2026

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9 min read

▲ Anthropic Built an AI So Powerful It Won't Release It

AND: Meta launches its smartest AI yet + Claude now works inside Microsoft Word

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

Claude for Word: How to Get Started and What It Does

Apr 15, 2026

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5 min read

Claude for Word: How to Get Started and What It Does

Anthropic's new Word add-in edits your documents using tracked changes. Here is what it does, how to set it up, and practical prompts for reports, contracts, and business writing.

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ ChatGPT Now Works Inside Your Excel Spreadsheets

Apr 7, 2026

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9 min read

▲ ChatGPT Now Works Inside Your Excel Spreadsheets

AND: $20K, AI Tools, and No Employees: The $1.8 Billion Startup

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

ChatGPT for Excel: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Get Started

Apr 7, 2026

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6 min read

ChatGPT for Excel: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Get Started

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ Microsoft's Copilot Cowork Is Here, With Claude and GPT Built In

Apr 1, 2026

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9 min read

▲ Microsoft's Copilot Cowork Is Here, With Claude and GPT Built In

AND: OpenAI builds a plugin for Claude Code + CapCut's timeline-free AI video studio

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Use CapCut Video Studio for Property Walkthrough Videos

Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

How to Use CapCut Video Studio for Property Walkthrough Videos

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ Claude Can Now Use Your Computer For You

Mar 25, 2026

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9 min read

▲ Claude Can Now Use Your Computer For You

AND: Google's free AI design tool + Cursor's model beats GPT-5.4 at 1/10th the cost

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

Google Stitch: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Get Started

Mar 25, 2026

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8 min read

Google Stitch: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Get Started

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ Assign Claude Work Tasks From Your Phone

Mar 18, 2026

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10 min read

▲ Assign Claude Work Tasks From Your Phone

AND: AI-designed personalised dog cancer vaccine, GPT-5.4 mini approaches flagship for free

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

Claude Cowork Dispatch: How to Assign Tasks to Claude From Anywhere

Mar 18, 2026

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8 min read

Claude Cowork Dispatch: How to Assign Tasks to Claude From Anywhere

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲  This Cardiologist Used AI To Build What His Patients Always Needed

Feb 25, 2026

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10 min read

▲ This Cardiologist Used AI To Build What His Patients Always Needed

AND: McKinsey and BCG go all-in on AI agents, Google Lyria 3 music generation, 17x faster AI chip

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Create Original Music for Your Content with Google Lyria 3

Feb 25, 2026

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9 min read

How to Create Original Music for Your Content with Google Lyria 3

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲  AI Just Made a Real Science Discovery for the First Time

Feb 18, 2026

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10 min read

▲ AI Just Made a Real Science Discovery for the First Time

AND: Claude Sonnet 4.6 is free now, Google Deep Think cracks research, Grok 4.2 released in beta

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Use Gemini Deep Think for Business Research

Feb 18, 2026

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11 min read

How to Use Gemini Deep Think for Business Research

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ OpenAI vs Anthropic: 2 Big Same Day Releases

Feb 10, 2026

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9 min read

▲ OpenAI vs Anthropic: 2 Big Same Day Releases

AND: Perplexity Model Council, Claude in PowerPoint, AI.com's $70M bet

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Use Claude in PowerPoint

Feb 10, 2026

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6 min read

How to Use Claude in PowerPoint

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ OpenAI Just Made Their Coding AI Free (Limited Time)

Feb 3, 2026

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9 min read

▲ OpenAI Just Made Their Coding AI Free (Limited Time)

AND: Claude hits Excel, Google gives away SAT prep

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Use Claude in Excel for Data Analysis

Feb 3, 2026

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8 min read

How to Use Claude in Excel for Data Analysis

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ OpenAI Just Opened the Ad Gates

Jan 22, 2026

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9 min read

▲ OpenAI Just Opened the Ad Gates

AND: AI agents that work for you, plus why Slack just got smarter

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Lab

How to Get Started With Claude Cowork

Jan 22, 2026

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7 min read

How to Get Started With Claude Cowork

Matt Lok
Matt Lok

The Meta

▲ AI Shopping Traffic Just Exploded 520% This Holiday Season

Dec 2, 2025

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10 min read

▲ AI Shopping Traffic Just Exploded 520% This Holiday Season

AND: Runway Gen-4.5 Takes #1 Spot on Video Generation Leaderboard

Matt Lok
Matt Lok
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