In partnership with
MASTER AI FOR FREE
Master Claude AI (Free Guide)
The professionals pulling ahead aren't working more. They're using Claude.
Our free guide will show you how to:
Configure Claude to be the perfect assistant
Master AI-powered content creation
Transform complex data into actionable strategies
Harness Claude’s full potential
Transform your workflow with AI and stay ahead of the curve with this comprehensive guide to using Claude at work.
Welcome back to BrainBuzz
Today’s Recipes:
🎒 No AI, No Search…
🎞️ Make Animated GIFs in ChatGPT
💸 Apple Cuts Internal AI Budgets
400 Deepfake Apps Put Apple and Google in Hot Water
Tokyo Police Turn to AI for Crash Clues
Gemini Now Controls AT&T's Security System
AI Tutorial of the Day
And More….
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
Google is bundling Search with Gemini for K-12 school accounts. Both now start switched off, and schools that won’t turn on AI tools also lose Google Search for their students.
Details:
What changed: For K-12 student accounts, Google’s AI features (Gemini, Gemini Notebook and Gemini in Classroom) and Google Search are now turned off by default. They stay off until school administrators choose to enable them.
The catch: Schools can no longer keep Search while blocking AI. Opting out of Google’s AI tools also means students lose access to Google Search.
Why it’s happening: Educators, child development experts and parents pushed back hard after Google switched Gemini on for many K-12 students in August. Before that, Gemini had only been available to students aged 18 or older.
Why it matters: Google dominates edtech in U.S. schools. It says 150 million students and teachers use Google Classroom worldwide.
The backlash: Former FTC chair Lina Khan accused Google of using its search monopoly to pressure schools into adopting AI. Fairplay’s Josh Golin predicted the move would backfire and urged schools to look for search alternatives that protect privacy better.
The bigger picture: New York City and Los Angeles, the two largest U.S. school districts, have temporarily banned generative AI tools in elementary and middle schools while they develop policies.
Takeaway: Google presents this as giving schools control over AI, but because Search and AI now come as a package, many schools may effectively be pushed into adopting AI. Expect more scrutiny from regulators and more schools trying other search tools.
OpenAI launched Images 2.6. ChatGPT can now turn prompts or photos into animated GIFs, generates images about 50% faster, and offers two new API models, Flare and Sunburst.
Details:
GIFs inside ChatGPT: Users can turn a text prompt or an uploaded photo into a looping GIF. They can then change the playback speed, edit individual frames and share the result. Before this, ChatGPT couldn’t make a GIF in one step.
Saved reference images: Users can save reference images of themselves, their pets or characters once and reuse them in new images without uploading again.
Two new API models: GPT-Image-2.6 Flare is built for speed and can generate an image in about six seconds. Sunburst focuses on higher quality and stays more consistent across multiple edits.
More editing tools: Image markup lets users mark the exact area they want changed, and SVG export provides scalable files for websites, apps and print.
Availability: Images 2.6 is live worldwide in ChatGPT and Codex on all plans, on web, desktop and mobile. GIF creation is rolling out gradually, and OpenAI hasn’t said how many GIFs each plan allows.
Scale: OpenAI says people now create over 4 billion images a week, up from 3 billion in September. This release comes just two months after Images 2.5.
Takeaway: Since shutting down its Sora video app in March, OpenAI is adding motion directly to ChatGPT instead. For creators and marketers, quick animated content such as mascots, product loops and reactions can now be made in one tool, which also puts OpenAI in competition with Giphy and Tenor.
Apple is reportedly cutting daily AI spending caps for its engineers from $300 to $200, with some falling to $100, as companies move from “use AI everywhere” to rationing tokens.
Details:
What happened: In October, Apple lowered the daily AI spending limit for its engineering teams from $300 to $200, according to Bloomberg.
More cuts coming: Bloomberg’s sources say some allowances will drop further, to $100 a day. For employees outside engineering, Apple is reportedly considering a cap as low as $25 a day.
Why it’s notable: Apple has been working AI into its engineering processes, so cutting back on internal use is a significant change of course.
The bigger trend: Earlier this year, many companies pushed staff to use as much AI as possible (“tokenmaxxing”) in the hope of efficiency gains. As the token bills arrived, many began rationing usage instead.
The core concern: There’s still a gap between what AI costs to build and run and the productivity gains it actually delivers, which are often unclear.
Takeaway: Even the richest tech companies are now asking whether AI usage pays for itself. Expect more companies to give employees fixed AI budgets instead of unlimited access, which makes efficient AI use a valuable skill.
Together With
The Dell Pro with built-in intelligence.
Built for business. Ready for anything.
With built-in intelligence, you can stay productive and focused on growing your small business. So no matter what the day throws at you, your Dell Pro can handle it.
NEWLY LAUNCHED AI TOOLS
MORE AI & TECH UPDATES
A new investigation is raising tough questions about how Apple and Google review apps. WIRED, working from research by the nonprofit AI Forensics, uncovered a network of more than 400 connected apps and websites built to generate sexually explicit deepfakes of real people…
Tokyo police are working on something that sounds straight out of a crime thriller: AI-powered, interactive replays of real traffic accidents…
AT&T is bringing Google’s AI into home security. Its Connected Life smart security system now works with Gemini for Home, and AT&T says it’s the first home security product to integrate Google Home Premium’s advanced features…
Apple is changing how public iCloud links work, with the aim of stopping harmful content from spreading through its cloud service…
POLL OF THE DAY
HOW TO AI
This course, "AI for Business: Generation and Prediction," dives into the foundations and practical applications of Generative AI in a business context. You'll explore the history of AI, learn how to leverage Generative AI for content creation and financial forecasting, and understand the ethical implications of AI in the business world.
Key Benefits of This Course:
Promote Critical Thinking: Analyze the historical evolution of AI and Generative AI.
Identify Advantages: Differentiate between various generative AI models and pinpoint their strengths across different frameworks.
Implement Strategies: Construct effective strategies for integrating generative AI applications into your business environment.
Illustrate Advantages: Understand the practical advantages and benefits of implementing generative AI in real-world business scenarios.
THAT’S A WRAP
Thank you for Reading my Newsletter.
If you want to promote your AI Tool, courses, or product in my newsletter,
Please email me at: [email protected]
