You’re already sick of the words Agent and Agentic, but you know they are the new new thing. You may not have heard the initialism MCP, but you’re going to start hearing about it now. A lot. Continue Reading →
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In “If You Can't Tell the Difference, There Is No Difference,” I argued that when AI-generated work is indistinguishable from human-made content, the distinction becomes irrelevant. Microsoft’s latest Surface commercial (created with the help of generative AI) puts that theory into practice. Continue Reading →
If you thought AI-generated images were already everywhere, brace yourself: the floodgates just opened. Continue Reading →
The Washington Post is reporting that it has entered into a strategic partnership with OpenAI to integrate its journalism into ChatGPT’s search experience. Effective immediately, summaries, quotes, and direct links to The Post’s reporting will appear in ChatGPT responses to relevant user queries. Continue Reading →
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released updated rules for the 98th Oscars, and the takeaway is simple: when it comes to generative AI, the Academy chooses not to choose. Continue Reading →
It’s not unusual for me to walk into a client meeting and be handed a spreadsheet packed with hundreds of potential AI use cases. Continue Reading →
I absolutely loved my original StarTAC and Razr flip phones. They were elegant, purposeful, and iconic—back when Motorola ruled the cell phone world and phones were, well, phones. Fast-forward to April 24, 2025: the new Motorola Razr, powered by Perplexity AI, might be the first phone in years that makes me rethink my relationship with my iPhone (and my Galaxy, too… don’t ask). Continue Reading →
OpenAI just rolled out a major update to ChatGPT, quietly releasing three new models (o3, o4-mini, and o4-mini-high) that offer the most advanced reasoning capabilities the company has ever shipped. You’ll see o3 in ChatGPT Pro and Team plans; o4-mini and o4-mini-high are running across ChatGPT Plus, with o4-mini available even to free users. The naming conventions may be opaque, but the takeaway is clear: OpenAI is moving faster and getting smarter. Continue Reading →
Google is just about to drop Veo, a video generation model that can create high-quality 1080p footage from text, image, and video prompts. Announced at Google I/O, Veo outputs cinematic shots with accurate physics, realistic motion, and a surprising grasp of visual storytelling — all from a short prompt. Continue Reading →
While admitting that they "suck at naming their models," OpenAI has launched GPT-4.1, along with GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4.1 Nano. These models are for developers and will not show up in your ChatGPT model picker. All three models are available now via API. According to OpenAI, the new models outperform GPT-4o in coding, instruction following, and long-context comprehension. Continue Reading →