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2/ Adobe’s move is even wilder.
- ChatGPT can now edit images, adjust exposure, blur backgrounds, extract PDF tables, or redesign graphics across Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express, from one conversation.
- ChatGPT can now edit images, adjust exposure, blur backgrounds, extract PDF tables, or redesign graphics across Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express, from one conversation.
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
2/ Adobe’s move is even wilder.
- ChatGPT can now edit images, adjust exposure, blur backgrounds, extract PDF tables, or redesign graphics across Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express, from one conversation.
- ChatGPT can now edit images, adjust exposure, blur backgrounds, extract PDF tables, or redesign graphics across Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express, from one conversation.
AI editing just took a huge leap into everyday creative workflows.
Figma is pulling Photoshop-level tools directly into its canvas, and Adobe is letting ChatGPT operate Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express with simple prompts.
Figma is pulling Photoshop-level tools directly into its canvas, and Adobe is letting ChatGPT operate Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express with simple prompts.
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AI editing just took a huge leap into everyday creative workflows.
Figma is pulling Photoshop-level tools directly into its canvas, and Adobe is letting ChatGPT operate Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express with simple prompts.
Figma is pulling Photoshop-level tools directly into its canvas, and Adobe is letting ChatGPT operate Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express with simple prompts.
AI isn’t getting adopted like software, it’s getting adopted like a dirty secret. Anthropic just interviewed 1,250 people and the story is clear, everyone’s using it, but nobody wants to be “caught” using it.
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
AI isn’t getting adopted like software, it’s getting adopted like a dirty secret. Anthropic just interviewed 1,250 people and the story is clear, everyone’s using it, but nobody wants to be “caught” using it.
Mistral just fired a clean shot at Big AI. Not by building the biggest model, but by shipping the most deployable ones.
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Mistral just fired a clean shot at Big AI. Not by building the biggest model, but by shipping the most deployable ones.
DeepSeek V3.2 just made frontier reasoning feel cheap.
Two open models, V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale, claiming GPT-5 and Gemini 3 Pro level reasoning, but priced like a utility.
This is not a demo drop, it is a market pressure event.
Two open models, V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale, claiming GPT-5 and Gemini 3 Pro level reasoning, but priced like a utility.
This is not a demo drop, it is a market pressure event.
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
DeepSeek V3.2 just made frontier reasoning feel cheap.
Two open models, V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale, claiming GPT-5 and Gemini 3 Pro level reasoning, but priced like a utility.
This is not a demo drop, it is a market pressure event.
Two open models, V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale, claiming GPT-5 and Gemini 3 Pro level reasoning, but priced like a utility.
This is not a demo drop, it is a market pressure event.
China just overtook the U.S. in open AI models, and almost nobody noticed.
MIT + Hugging Face analyzed 2.2B downloads. The shift is now official.
MIT + Hugging Face analyzed 2.2B downloads. The shift is now official.
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
China just overtook the U.S. in open AI models, and almost nobody noticed.
MIT + Hugging Face analyzed 2.2B downloads. The shift is now official.
MIT + Hugging Face analyzed 2.2B downloads. The shift is now official.
Claude Opus 4.5 Is Here, And It’s a Monster Upgrade
Anthropic just dropped its new flagship model, and it’s a huge leap in coding, reasoning, and long-form agentic execution.
Anthropic just dropped its new flagship model, and it’s a huge leap in coding, reasoning, and long-form agentic execution.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Claude Opus 4.5 Is Here, And It’s a Monster Upgrade
Anthropic just dropped its new flagship model, and it’s a huge leap in coding, reasoning, and long-form agentic execution.
Anthropic just dropped its new flagship model, and it’s a huge leap in coding, reasoning, and long-form agentic execution.
OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, the first agentic coding model built for multi-hour real engineering work.
Not a chat model. Not a code autocomplete.
Not a chat model. Not a code autocomplete.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, the first agentic coding model built for multi-hour real engineering work.
Not a chat model. Not a code autocomplete.
Not a chat model. Not a code autocomplete.
Google just launched Gemini 3, its most advanced AI yet.
Big jumps in reasoning, multimodality, accuracy, and agentic automation.
And it rolls out everywhere on day one: Search, Gemini app, and dev tools.
Big jumps in reasoning, multimodality, accuracy, and agentic automation.
And it rolls out everywhere on day one: Search, Gemini app, and dev tools.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Google just launched Gemini 3, its most advanced AI yet.
Big jumps in reasoning, multimodality, accuracy, and agentic automation.
And it rolls out everywhere on day one: Search, Gemini app, and dev tools.
Big jumps in reasoning, multimodality, accuracy, and agentic automation.
And it rolls out everywhere on day one: Search, Gemini app, and dev tools.
Grok 4.1 quietly rolled out over the past two weeks… and it just took the top spot on LM Arena.
xAI pushed the update live across X and grok.com, where it won 64.78% of blind comparisons over the previous version.
This release signals a clear shift: Grok is no longer the underdog.
xAI pushed the update live across X and grok.com, where it won 64.78% of blind comparisons over the previous version.
This release signals a clear shift: Grok is no longer the underdog.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Grok 4.1 quietly rolled out over the past two weeks… and it just took the top spot on LM Arena.
xAI pushed the update live across X and grok.com, where it won 64.78% of blind comparisons over the previous version.
This release signals a clear shift: Grok is no longer the underdog.
xAI pushed the update live across X and grok.com, where it won 64.78% of blind comparisons over the previous version.
This release signals a clear shift: Grok is no longer the underdog.
OpenAI just shipped GPT-5.1, a refinement of GPT-5 built for sharper reasoning, cleaner explanations, and more personal communication.
- It introduces two upgraded models and brand-new tone controls shaped by feedback from 800M users.
- It introduces two upgraded models and brand-new tone controls shaped by feedback from 800M users.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
OpenAI just shipped GPT-5.1, a refinement of GPT-5 built for sharper reasoning, cleaner explanations, and more personal communication.
- It introduces two upgraded models and brand-new tone controls shaped by feedback from 800M users.
- It introduces two upgraded models and brand-new tone controls shaped by feedback from 800M users.
ElevenLabs just made AI voices legal.
Their new Iconic Voice Marketplace lets brands license AI-generated voices of celebrities and historical icons, all with full consent and fair pay.
The age of ethical cloning has officially begun.
Their new Iconic Voice Marketplace lets brands license AI-generated voices of celebrities and historical icons, all with full consent and fair pay.
The age of ethical cloning has officially begun.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ElevenLabs just made AI voices legal.
Their new Iconic Voice Marketplace lets brands license AI-generated voices of celebrities and historical icons, all with full consent and fair pay.
The age of ethical cloning has officially begun.
Their new Iconic Voice Marketplace lets brands license AI-generated voices of celebrities and historical icons, all with full consent and fair pay.
The age of ethical cloning has officially begun.
Humans vs AI agents: same tasks, totally different thinking.
In the largest real-world test yet, 48 people went head-to-head with ChatGPT, Claude, and OpenHands on 16 jobs, from coding to design to analysis.
The results? AI was faster and cheaper, but half as accurate.
In the largest real-world test yet, 48 people went head-to-head with ChatGPT, Claude, and OpenHands on 16 jobs, from coding to design to analysis.
The results? AI was faster and cheaper, but half as accurate.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Humans vs AI agents: same tasks, totally different thinking.
In the largest real-world test yet, 48 people went head-to-head with ChatGPT, Claude, and OpenHands on 16 jobs, from coding to design to analysis.
The results? AI was faster and cheaper, but half as accurate.
In the largest real-world test yet, 48 people went head-to-head with ChatGPT, Claude, and OpenHands on 16 jobs, from coding to design to analysis.
The results? AI was faster and cheaper, but half as accurate.
AI is everywhere, but barely working.
- McKinsey’s 2025 report shows 88% of companies use AI, yet only 1 in 3 have scaled it beyond pilots.
- The rest are stuck experimenting while agentic AI quietly rewires workflows behind the scenes.
- McKinsey’s 2025 report shows 88% of companies use AI, yet only 1 in 3 have scaled it beyond pilots.
- The rest are stuck experimenting while agentic AI quietly rewires workflows behind the scenes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
AI is everywhere, but barely working.
- McKinsey’s 2025 report shows 88% of companies use AI, yet only 1 in 3 have scaled it beyond pilots.
- The rest are stuck experimenting while agentic AI quietly rewires workflows behind the scenes.
- McKinsey’s 2025 report shows 88% of companies use AI, yet only 1 in 3 have scaled it beyond pilots.
- The rest are stuck experimenting while agentic AI quietly rewires workflows behind the scenes.
Google just put AI in orbit.
- Project Suncatcher aims to run large-scale AI workloads… in space.
- Solar-powered satellites with Google TPUs will process data above Earth’s grid, using 8× more sunlight and near-zero downtime.
- Project Suncatcher aims to run large-scale AI workloads… in space.
- Solar-powered satellites with Google TPUs will process data above Earth’s grid, using 8× more sunlight and near-zero downtime.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Google just put AI in orbit.
- Project Suncatcher aims to run large-scale AI workloads… in space.
- Solar-powered satellites with Google TPUs will process data above Earth’s grid, using 8× more sunlight and near-zero downtime.
- Project Suncatcher aims to run large-scale AI workloads… in space.
- Solar-powered satellites with Google TPUs will process data above Earth’s grid, using 8× more sunlight and near-zero downtime.
OpenAI Expands Beyond Microsoft
- OpenAI just inked a 7-year, $38B partnership with AWS, its first major move outside Microsoft’s cloud.
- The deal unlocks new compute capacity worldwide, powered by AWS UltraServers using NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 GPUs.
- OpenAI just inked a 7-year, $38B partnership with AWS, its first major move outside Microsoft’s cloud.
- The deal unlocks new compute capacity worldwide, powered by AWS UltraServers using NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 GPUs.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
OpenAI Expands Beyond Microsoft
- OpenAI just inked a 7-year, $38B partnership with AWS, its first major move outside Microsoft’s cloud.
- The deal unlocks new compute capacity worldwide, powered by AWS UltraServers using NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 GPUs.
- OpenAI just inked a 7-year, $38B partnership with AWS, its first major move outside Microsoft’s cloud.
- The deal unlocks new compute capacity worldwide, powered by AWS UltraServers using NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 GPUs.
1/ Inside the Brockman Memo
- A 52-page internal document detailed how OpenAI’s board planned to remove Sam Altman a year before the 2023 crisis.
- It accused him of manipulation, and even explored a merger with Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei.
- A 52-page internal document detailed how OpenAI’s board planned to remove Sam Altman a year before the 2023 crisis.
- It accused him of manipulation, and even explored a merger with Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
1/ Inside the Brockman Memo
- A 52-page internal document detailed how OpenAI’s board planned to remove Sam Altman a year before the 2023 crisis.
- It accused him of manipulation, and even explored a merger with Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei.
- A 52-page internal document detailed how OpenAI’s board planned to remove Sam Altman a year before the 2023 crisis.
- It accused him of manipulation, and even explored a merger with Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei.
2/ Google’s edge comes from integration.
- Gemini powers 74% of image gen, Veo leads 69% in video, outpacing OpenAI, FLUX, and Runway.
- The Gemini–Veo–AI Studio trifecta has become the creative stack of 2025.
- Gemini powers 74% of image gen, Veo leads 69% in video, outpacing OpenAI, FLUX, and Runway.
- The Gemini–Veo–AI Studio trifecta has become the creative stack of 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
2/ Google’s edge comes from integration.
- Gemini powers 74% of image gen, Veo leads 69% in video, outpacing OpenAI, FLUX, and Runway.
- The Gemini–Veo–AI Studio trifecta has become the creative stack of 2025.
- Gemini powers 74% of image gen, Veo leads 69% in video, outpacing OpenAI, FLUX, and Runway.
- The Gemini–Veo–AI Studio trifecta has become the creative stack of 2025.
1/ Creators remain the early adopters, with 89% using AI for visuals versus 62% for video.
- But enterprise adoption is catching up fast, driven by cost savings and ROI within 12 months.
- AI isn’t experimental anymore, it’s operational.
- But enterprise adoption is catching up fast, driven by cost savings and ROI within 12 months.
- AI isn’t experimental anymore, it’s operational.
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
1/ Creators remain the early adopters, with 89% using AI for visuals versus 62% for video.
- But enterprise adoption is catching up fast, driven by cost savings and ROI within 12 months.
- AI isn’t experimental anymore, it’s operational.
- But enterprise adoption is catching up fast, driven by cost savings and ROI within 12 months.
- AI isn’t experimental anymore, it’s operational.
The 2025 State of Generative Media report just dropped, and Google’s officially on top.
Across 300 creators and enterprises, Gemini and Veo now dominate image and video generation alike.
It’s not just leadership, it’s ecosystem lock-in.
Across 300 creators and enterprises, Gemini and Veo now dominate image and video generation alike.
It’s not just leadership, it’s ecosystem lock-in.
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 2025 State of Generative Media report just dropped, and Google’s officially on top.
Across 300 creators and enterprises, Gemini and Veo now dominate image and video generation alike.
It’s not just leadership, it’s ecosystem lock-in.
Across 300 creators and enterprises, Gemini and Veo now dominate image and video generation alike.
It’s not just leadership, it’s ecosystem lock-in.
ChatGPT is getting an “Erotica Mode.”
Sam Altman just confirmed that verified adults will soon be able to have mature, consensual conversations with ChatGPT, launching this December with full age-gating and safety controls.
Sam Altman just confirmed that verified adults will soon be able to have mature, consensual conversations with ChatGPT, launching this December with full age-gating and safety controls.
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ChatGPT is getting an “Erotica Mode.”
Sam Altman just confirmed that verified adults will soon be able to have mature, consensual conversations with ChatGPT, launching this December with full age-gating and safety controls.
Sam Altman just confirmed that verified adults will soon be able to have mature, consensual conversations with ChatGPT, launching this December with full age-gating and safety controls.
OpenAI just made its biggest hardware move yet.
A new partnership with Broadcom will build 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerator infrastructure, the foundation for next-gen intelligence.
A new partnership with Broadcom will build 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerator infrastructure, the foundation for next-gen intelligence.
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
OpenAI just made its biggest hardware move yet.
A new partnership with Broadcom will build 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerator infrastructure, the foundation for next-gen intelligence.
A new partnership with Broadcom will build 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerator infrastructure, the foundation for next-gen intelligence.
2/ Soft fabric, multi-density foam, and wireless foot charging make Figure 03 home-safe and 9% lighter.
- It folds laundry, clears tables, waters plants, and talks naturally via improved voice systems.
- It folds laundry, clears tables, waters plants, and talks naturally via improved voice systems.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
2/ Soft fabric, multi-density foam, and wireless foot charging make Figure 03 home-safe and 9% lighter.
- It folds laundry, clears tables, waters plants, and talks naturally via improved voice systems.
- It folds laundry, clears tables, waters plants, and talks naturally via improved voice systems.
1/ Powered by Helix, Figure’s vision-language-action AI, Figure 03 learns tasks directly from people, folding towels after just 80 hours of video training.
- Its fingertip sensors can detect a paperclip.
- Its fingertip sensors can detect a paperclip.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
1/ Powered by Helix, Figure’s vision-language-action AI, Figure 03 learns tasks directly from people, folding towels after just 80 hours of video training.
- Its fingertip sensors can detect a paperclip.
- Its fingertip sensors can detect a paperclip.
Meet Figure 03, the first truly scalable humanoid robot.
The “Model T” of robotics is here: a human-like machine built not for labs, but for homes, factories, and the world at scale.
The “Model T” of robotics is here: a human-like machine built not for labs, but for homes, factories, and the world at scale.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Meet Figure 03, the first truly scalable humanoid robot.
The “Model T” of robotics is here: a human-like machine built not for labs, but for homes, factories, and the world at scale.
The “Model T” of robotics is here: a human-like machine built not for labs, but for homes, factories, and the world at scale.