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Until now, ChatGPT’s "Memory" feature could retain a handful of user-provided facts to personalize responses. Yesterday, OpenAI announced a new feature you will either dearly love or truly hate: ChatGPT can now reference your entire chat history across every conversation you've ever had with it — not just a few saved facts. Continue Reading →
Greetings from Sin City. I'm here at Google Cloud Next 25—where it's all AI, all the time. Google made so many announcements yesterday that it wouldn’t be useful to list them all, but here’s what’s most likely to impact how you spend your day. Continue Reading →
Greetings from Las Vegas. Google ended its Leaders Circle with a spectacular event at the Sphere—we were treated to a preview of a "making of" video for the upcoming release of The Wizard of Oz, reimagined by Sphere Studios in partnership with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. It was truly awesome. Continue Reading →
The great AI transformation of 2025 isn’t a technology challenge—it’s a leadership challenge. The tools are already here. What’s missing is the executive vision and operational discipline to use them. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has taken a firm stance: no new hires unless you can prove AI can’t do the job. Continue Reading →

AI Marches On

AI marches on. There's more new and exciting AI coming every day, and today is no exception. Meta Platforms has unveiled Llama 4, the latest iteration of its large language model series. There are two new models: Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. These models are designed to process and integrate multiple data formats, including text, video, images, and audio, enhancing their versatility across various applications. Continue Reading →

Miracle on Terry Avenue

Amazon is testing a new feature in its mobile shopping app that lets users buy products Amazon doesn’t sell—without leaving the app. Called “Buy for Me,” the tool uses AI agents to complete purchases on third-party brand websites and is now in limited beta for select iOS and Android users in the U.S. Continue Reading →
Google launched "Discover Sources," a new feature that lets NotebookLM search the web directly within your notebooks—and I'm already addicted. This feature helps you find relevant web content by simply describing your topic, after which NotebookLM searches and summarizes the most relevant sources, which you can add to your notebook with one click. Continue Reading →

Are You Seeing This?

It may be April Fool's Day, but this is no joke! It’s hard to keep your jaw from hitting the floor watching what’s coming out of AI labs right now. Two insane demos dropped this past week, and while they're unrelated, they both underscore a simple point: the gap between synthetic and real is approaching zero. Continue Reading →

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