AI assistant blog. Articles about Actor and how an AI assistant can give you back 4 hours per week.
ActorDo started as exploring a new kind of AI assistant for knowledge workers: one that does not only suggest, summarize, or draft, but can also act within safe and clearly defined boundaries. I’ve published the current whitepaper here. Skip intro and read current version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qNYtXkUx9rna8M9_A5Y9gS5pkI4bUSBZ6dgAyHVEBjE/edit?tab=t.0 The practical research focuses on a key question: when should […]
What is a Hybrid Agent? A hybrid agent is an autonomous AI system that does not live in a single execution environment. It can run locally on private infrastructure, in a cloud provider’s compute, or at the edge. It can spawn, migrate, or delegate tasks between these locations at runtime based on the sensitivity of […]
Most AI assistants are still reactive: they can answer a question, summarize an email, create a task, or call a tool. But after that, much of the useful context is gone. I’ve published the current whitepaper here. Skip this and read current version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MNddX6o89HpGYiXkXWTX6y83ymohCT1gdctbmM8Ocik/edit?tab=t.0 This is a problem for real work agents. A work agent […]
If you’re looking to quickly archive emails that have a specific label in Gmail, here’s an automated way with ActorDo. There are 2 situations: Case 1. Auto-archive emails using gmail Filters. If you already have a filter that applies a label based on specific criterias, you can also move that email to archive right using […]
When you connect Actor, or any other third-party app, to your Google account, you give that app permission to access specific Google services, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, or your basic profile. You can remove that access anytime from your Google account settings. How to remove app access from a Google account After […]
When you connect Actor, or any other third-party app, to your Microsoft account, you give that app permission to access specific Microsoft data, such as email, calendar, profile, or other account information. You can remove that access anytime from your Microsoft account settings. How to remove app access from a Microsoft account After you remove […]
Most people start the day by opening too many apps. First email. Then calendar. Then tasks. Then maybe Slack, WhatsApp, project tools, or yesterday’s notes. Before real work even starts, the brain is already busy sorting noise. ActorDo gives you another option: receive an audio briefing with the most important things you need to know. […]
Some emails should not live as plain text inside an inbox. Contracts, financial details, HR notes, customer data, legal updates, payment instructions, internal decisions, all of these are often sent through normal email because email is fast and everyone already uses it. ActorDo adds a simple encrypted email layer on top of Gmail and Outlook, […]
Most people do not lose time in Outlook because they write one long email. They lose time because they repeat small actions all day. They check the inbox. They open emails to decide if something matters. They move messages to folders. They write similar replies. They forget to follow up. They copy details into tasks. […]
Google introduced Workspace Studio as a way to build AI agents and automate work across Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar, Chat, and other Workspace apps. The idea is simple: instead of manually repeating the same tasks every day, users can create flows that read context, make decisions, and take action inside their work apps. That […]
