In this edition we’ll be covering…
OpenAI's landmark entry into Hollywood filmmaking
A step-by-step guide to creating professional product placement videos
How to use ChatGPT's new conversation branching feature
5 trending AI signals from around the industry
3 AI tools that'll upgrade your productivity game
And much more...
The Latest in AI
OpenAI Is Coming For Hollywood (For Real This Time)
Hollywood, meet your new competition. OpenAI just announced they're backing "Critterz," a full-length animated feature film created primarily with AI tools that's set to debut at Cannes 2026. And honestly, Tinseltown might want to pay attention.
The film follows forest creatures on an adventure after their village gets disrupted by a stranger, classic setup, revolutionary execution. What makes this interesting isn't just the story, but the economics behind it.
Key details:
Budget: Under $30 million (compared to typical animated features that cost $100M+).
Timeline: 9 months from start to finish (versus the usual 3+ years).
Technology: Built using GPT-5 and OpenAI's suite of AI tools, alongside traditional production partners Vertigo Films and Native Foreign.
So What?
Looks like OpenAI is building a case study for an entire industry transformation. If "Critterz" succeeds both critically and commercially, it could accelerate AI adoption across Hollywood faster than you can say "that's a wrap."
The real test isn't whether AI can make movies, but whether audiences will care how they were made when the storytelling works…
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Tool Spotlight
Master Product Placement Videos in Minutes
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Get Your Hands Dirty!
Branch Out with ChatGPT Conversations
ChatGPT just solved one of its most annoying limitations. The new conversation branching feature lets you explore multiple directions without losing your original thread!
Here's how to use it effectively:
In any ChatGPT conversation, hover over the message where you want to try a different approach.
Click the three dots (...) that appear, then select "Branch in new chat."
A new conversation opens with all the context up to that point, while your original chat stays completely intact.
Now you can test different prompts, approaches, or questions without the fear of losing your previous work.
Use this for A/B testing prompts, exploring creative alternatives, or simply backing up before trying risky requests.
This feature is perfect for iterative work, whether you're refining a business proposal, testing different creative directions, or simply want to see how different approaches play out.
Quick Bites
Stay updated with our favorite highlights, dive in for a full flavor of the coverage!
Anthropic settles massive book piracy lawsuit for $1.5 billion, paying authors roughly $3,000 per work after training Claude on millions of pirated books.
Y Combinator-backed Motion raises $38 million to build what they're calling "the Microsoft Office of AI agents" for small and mid-sized businesses.
Boston-based startup Alterego lets users interact with AI (and each other) through silent speech.
Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan discusses AI's role in education on The Verge's Decoder podcast, sharing insights on balancing innovation with responsibility.
Hugging Face open-sources FineVision, a massive multimodal dataset with 24 million samples for training vision-language models.
Trending Tools
🚀 ChatGPT Projects - Previously Pro-only, now free for all users. Organize your conversations and build persistent knowledge bases.
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🎨 Imagable.ai - Advanced image editor powered by AI. Features seamless object removal, background replacement, and intelligent enhancement tools.
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