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Good morning! Today is April 11, 2025. We have some exciting AI news today: OpenAI's ChatGPT receives a significant memory upgrade, and Canva unveils its AI-driven Visual Suite 2.0. Let's dive into these stories and more.

1. ChatGPT Just Got a Memory Upgrade – Here’s What That Means for You

OpenAI has rolled out a highly anticipated upgrade to ChatGPT’s memory, making the chatbot better at remembering your preferences, past conversations, and personal context. While it's not a new model (yet), CEO Sam Altman called it a “critical feature” that moves AI one step closer to truly integrating into our daily lives. The update means more personalized, consistent interactions — and hints that something even bigger could be just around the corner.

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2. Canva Just Unleashed 6 Game-Changing AI Features — Here’s What’s New

Canva just rolled out its biggest update ever, introducing six powerful AI tools designed to supercharge your creativity and save you time. The new Visual Suite 2.0 includes Canva AI (your personal design assistant), Magic Charts (turns your data into stunning visuals), Canva Code (adds interactive features with no coding), an upgraded Canva Sheets, a smarter Photo Editor, and a unified workspace for all your projects. Whether you're a marketer, designer, or casual creator, these features are built to make your workflow smoother and your content more impressive.

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3. Mira Murati’s New AI Startup Is Chasing a $2B Seed Round — With No Product Yet

Thinking Machines Lab, the stealthy new venture from ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is reportedly aiming to raise a jaw-dropping $2 billion in seed funding — without even having a product. If successful, it would be one of the largest seed rounds in history, valuing the startup at over $10 billion. Backed by top AI talent, including former OpenAI leaders Bob McGrew and Alec Radford, the company plans to build AI systems that are more understandable, customizable, and capable than today’s offerings — and investors are clearly betting big on that vision.

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4. Google Plans to Fuse Gemini and Veo AI for a Smarter, More Real-World-Aware Assistant

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis just revealed that the tech giant is planning to merge its Gemini AI (text, image, and audio) with its Veo video-generating model to build a more powerful, real-world-savvy AI assistant. Speaking on Reid Hoffman’s Possible podcast, Hassabis said this fusion is part of Google’s long-term vision to create a universal digital assistant that truly understands the physical world — with YouTube video data playing a big role in training. The future of AI? One model that sees, hears, reads, and understands everything.

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5. Google Is Using AI to Fix America’s Overloaded Power Grid

Google just teamed up with grid operator PJM and Alphabet’s moonshot startup Tapestry to supercharge the U.S. electricity system using AI. Their mission? Cut through the massive project backlog and get clean energy onto the grid faster. Tapestry will use AI from Google Cloud and DeepMind to speed up energy project approvals, optimize how new power sources connect to the grid, and improve reliability for over 67 million people across 13 states. With U.S. electricity demand soaring, this is Google’s biggest bet yet to keep the lights on — smarter, faster, and greener.

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6. Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic Just Agreed on Something — And It Could Change AI Forever

In a rare moment of harmony, Google is joining OpenAI in supporting Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a new open-source standard that helps AI agents connect to real-world tools like Google Drive, GitHub, and Slack. This move could massively simplify how AI agents interact with business systems, making them far more useful and scalable. With Gemini and ChatGPT both on board, and other major players following suit, MCP is shaping up to be the foundation for the AI agent era — and that means smarter, more connected assistants are coming fast.

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Stay tuned for more updates, and have a fantastic day!

Best,
Zephyr