Controversial ChatGPT Update

⚡️ The Quick Rundown

• ChatGPT introduced a controversial image generation update

• Google released benchmark-beating Gemini Pro 2.5

• Perplexity continued their search to beat Google Search with update

🎥 The video edition:

🍜 Did the Studio Ghibli Memes Go Too Far?

✨ Lowdown

• Last week, ChatGPT introduced a new image generation model

• This new update is available to all users and allows for more accurate images

• The big trend was turning images into Studio Ghibli style anime images

• Twitter (X) and other social media sites were flooded with images

• Even CEO Sam Altman changed his profile photo to an anime style image

😳 Controversial topics

• This led to many conversations both sides of the argument, like:

• Are graphic designers now under threat with the latest update?

• Should OpenAI have blocked copyrighted image creation from launch?

• But the biggest question was “Is this ethical?” and should it be done?

• The graph above shows the interest in the brand “Studio Ghibli” at all-time highs

• So millions searching for it, whilst designers worry

🔋 Gemini Pro 2.5 Quietly Score Top Benchmarks

✨ Lowdown

• A little less controversially, Google shared their new 2.5 model

• You can access this in Gemini Advanced or inside of Google AI Studio

• This new update impressed many well-known YouTube developers like T3

• Google shared the latest model has powers to create and solve better problems

• Below is a good demonstration of how it could be used to create a game

🔎 Perplexity Continues Google Push

✨ Lowdown

• The new answers tab appears in Perplexity Discover search

• Allowing you to index videos, shopping, recommendations & more actions

• This is very helpful for those who want to take action on their searches

• A good example of this is if you were to use this when searching for hotels

• The hotel would be deep linked into the search for you to book

• Rolling out now, this continues to prioritize taking market share off Google

• Ad created by Perplexity shows their focus on being the “better Google”