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Google Labs just launched Pomelli Photoshoot, a free tool that turns any product photo into a professional studio or lifestyle shot. Pick a product image, choose a template, generate, and refine. The tool applies your brand's visual identity (what Google calls "Business DNA") to keep everything on-brand across campaigns. The target audience is small and medium-sized businesses that cannot afford professional product photography. I tested it. It works as described. Continue Reading →

Google DeepMind just launched Lyria 3 in the Gemini app. Type a text prompt (or upload a photo) and you will get a 30-second track with auto-generated lyrics, vocals, and custom cover art. The model is available in eight languages to anyone 18+. YouTube creators worldwide can also access it through Dream Track for Shorts soundtracks. Every track carries a SynthID watermark. Continue Reading →

An early preview of WebMCP, a standard co-authored by Google and Microsoft that makes it easy for agents to navigate websites, is now available in Chrome 146. This feature was added so quietly last week that a lot of people missed it. Continue Reading →

Cohere, the $5.5 billion Toronto-based AI company, just launched Tiny Aya: an open-source family of models that supports 70+ languages and runs entirely offline on devices. No cloud required. No API fees. While OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic fight over who can build the biggest brain, Cohere went small and wide. Continue Reading →

Last Sunday I published an article about getting AI to write in my voice. Our workflow included voice profiles, editorial validators, style enforcement, the works. This week the system broke. Same code, same prompts, different model version. The workflow that produced polished drafts on Monday produced noticeably worse ones by Thursday. Nothing in our codebase changed. The model underneath it did. If you are beginning to deploy agentic workflows at scale, this is a cautionary tale with a technical explanation and a practical fix. Continue Reading →

ByteDance released Seedance 2.0 this week, and within hours Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson typed a two-line prompt and generated Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt on a rooftop. It went mega-viral. Riffs on Spider-Man, Titanic, Stranger Things, Lord of the Rings, and Shrek followed by the hundreds. The MPA denounced "massive" copyright infringement. Rhett Reese, who wrote the Deadpool films, posted: "It's likely over for us." Continue Reading →

T-Mobile announced that it will embed real-time AI translation directly into its cellular network. Any caller on any phone can dial *87* during a call to get live, two-way translation in more than 50 languages. No app. No download. No special hardware. Continue Reading →

A new study published in Harvard Business Review confirms what every high-performer already suspects: AI tools don't reduce work, they intensify it. Researchers Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye spent eight months studying a 200-person tech company and found that employees who adopted AI worked faster, took on more tasks, and extended their hours, all without being asked. Continue Reading →

OpenAI has begun testing ads in ChatGPT for U.S. users on the Free and Go tiers. Sponsored results appear below ChatGPT's responses, clearly labeled and targeted to the conversation topic. Paid subscribers (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, Education) see nothing. Continue Reading →

Within the first 10 minutes of any AI strategy session someone asks, “How do I get AI to write like me?” Now that everyone can vibe-code, everyone can build an agentic writing assistant grounded in their unique voice. Continue Reading →