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Marketers Dropped $824M on AI Apps: What It Really Means

Writing Team: Jan 9, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Here's the number that should make every marketing leader sit up and pay attention: $824 million. That's what marketers collectively spent on...

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Google preps Nano Banana 2 Flash launch—another Gemini variant promising Pro performance at Flash costs. It's model proliferation disguised as democratization, and developers are already exhausted.

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Google's Nano Banana 2 Flash is Here

Writing Team: Dec 30, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Google is preparing to launch Nano Banana 2 Flash—a new Gemini model that reportedly matches Pro-level performance at lower costs. The name sounds...

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AI-generated podcasts now account for 1% of all shows online, with one studio producing 200,000 episodes. We examine whether synthetic voices can replace the human connection that defines podcasting—and why speed might matter more than authenticity.

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AI Podcasts Flood the Market With 200,000 Episodes of Synthetic Intimacy

Writing Team: Dec 18, 2025 7:00:01 AM

One LA studio has produced 200,000 AI-generated podcast episodes. That's 1% of every podcast on the internet, created by algorithms mimicking human...

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Google Launches Gemini 3: The Anti-ChatGPT

Writing Team: Nov 18, 2025 5:12:08 PM

Google just launched Gemini 3, and the subtext is louder than the actual text: we're not ChatGPT, and that's the point.

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A Swiss startup uses living human brain cells as computer processors, raising questions about consciousness, efficiency claims, and ethics that enthusiasm for innovation is obscuring.

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Scientists Are Building Computers From Human Brain Cells

Writing Team: Oct 27, 2025 8:00:01 AM

A Swiss startup is keeping clusters of living human neurons alive in nutrient solution, zapping them with electricity, and using their responses to...

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After Bryan Cranston, MLK's estate, and SAG-AFTRA pressure OpenAI over Sora 2 deepfakes, the company promises better guardrails. We explain why the damage is already done—and why

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Bryan Cranston's Likeness Prompts a Retooling of Sora 2

Writing Team: Oct 23, 2025 8:00:03 AM

OpenAI launched Sora 2 on September 30th with the ability to generate video from text prompts. By October 3rd—three days later—CEO Sam Altman was...

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Europe's GenAI "Coffee Break Problem"

Writing Team: Aug 15, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Here's a story that should make every CFO break out in cold sweats: Europe is throwing billions at AI with all the financial discipline of a drunk...

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Julius AI's $10M funding signals the end of data gatekeeping. With 70% of new corporate apps using no-code platforms by 2025, this natural language data analyst is transforming how businesses unlock insights—no Python, R, or SQL required.

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Julius AI Is Democratizing Intelligence for Every Business

Writing Team: Jul 30, 2025 8:00:00 AM

We're witnessing the death of data gatekeeping, and Julius AI just delivered the final blow. With their recent $10 million seed funding led by...

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Over 70 prominent authors including Dennis Lehane and Lauren Groff have issued an ultimatum to publishers: promise you'll never release books created by machines. As AI-generated fake books flood Amazon and courts rule in favor of AI companies, this petition reveals the publishing industry's existential moment.

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70+ Authors Sign a Petition Against AI

Writing Team: Jul 1, 2025 8:00:00 AM

The literary establishment just fired a warning shot heard 'round the publishing world. More than 70 authors—including Dennis Lehane, Gregory...

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The Korean entertainment giant behind 'Parasite' has created the first 100% AI-generated animation series with just six people in five months.

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CJ ENM Just Dropped the Animation Industry's iPhone Moment

Writing Team: Jul 1, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Bottom Line Up Front: CJ ENM's "Cat Biggie" isn't just a cute animated series about a cat adopting a chick—it's the shot heard 'round the animation...

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New research reveals AI reasoning models produce 50x more carbon emissions—but the real concern isn't environmental. It's what these 'thinking tokens' tell us about AI's rapidly advancing cognitive capabilities.

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New AI Models Produce 50x More Carbon Emissions

Writing Team: Jun 23, 2025 8:00:00 AM

A groundbreaking study published in Frontiers in Communication has uncovered something that should fundamentally change how we think about AI...

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AI in music sparks fierce debate: Will it democratize creativity or destroy artistic authenticity? We examine both sides of the revolution reshaping how music is made, marketed, and monetized.

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Timbaland's AI Music Project (Fantasy or Fail?)

Writing Team: Jun 18, 2025 8:00:00 AM

We're living through music's iPhone moment. Just as smartphones didn't just improve phones but created entirely new industries, AI isn't simply...

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10 AI Prompts That'll Actually Save You Time (Not Just Impress Your Coworkers)

Forget the robots-taking-over headlines. These 10 prompts will show you how to use AI for the boring stuff you actually need to get done—like writing emails that don't suck, brainstorming ideas when your brain is fried, and automating the repetitive tasks eating your day.

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