You're running late for dinner, stuck in traffic, and realize you forgot to make a reservation. Instead of frantically switching between OpenTable, Google Maps, your calendar app, and your messaging app, you simply say: "Find me a table for two at the highest rated Italian restaurant in Midtown at 7:30 PM and text Sarah the details." This exists today.| Shelly Palmer
Midjourney has introduced its first video generation model. Called “V1,” it creates 10-second, 24 fps clips from text, image, or mixed prompts. Early tests show support for dynamic motion, basic scene transitions, and a broad range of camera moves. Aspect ratios include 16:9, 1:1, and 9:16. It runs on a mix of image and video training data.| Shelly Palmer
Before 1945, steel was just steel. Then, nuclear bomb tests contaminated the atmosphere, embedding trace radiation into all newly-smelted metal. Today, when uncontaminated steel is needed for radiation-sensitive instruments (like Geiger counters, particle detectors, or space telescopes), they salvage it from ships that sank before the blasts. It's called low-background steel and it is a rare, coveted material. Now, one man is doing the digital equivalent.| Shelly Palmer
OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to develop prototype frontier AI capabilities for national security use. According to the official DoD announcement, the contract is a fixed amount, prototype, "other" transaction agreement awarded under the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO).| Shelly Palmer
Greetings from Cannes. While most attendees are focused on creativity, storytelling, and getting invites to the right parties, Europe is quietly rewriting the rules of tech power at a national level. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been crisscrossing the continent making a compelling case for “sovereign AI,” which has been defined as localized AI models that reflect each country's unique language, culture, and values.| Shelly Palmer
Is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) real? Yes. It’s not a theory anymore. It’s a mandate. And if your content isn’t optimized for AI-powered search, you’re already behind. Answer engines (whether embedded in voice assistants, AI chat interfaces, or traditional search) are rewriting the rules of discoverability. This is no longer about manipulating ranking systems with keywords. It’s about being structurally legible to machines that serve answers, not blue links. This tactical AEO pl...| Shelly Palmer
If you watched the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, you may have seen a surreal 30 seconds of AI-generated madness: an old man in a cowboy hat carrying a chihuahua, a swimmer in a pool of eggs, and an alien shotgunning a beer. It wasn’t a fever dream, it was a real ad from betting platform Kalshi. Cost: $2,000. Production team: one person. Tools: Google Veo 3, Gemini, CapCut.| Shelly Palmer
Taboola has launched DeeperDive, a generative AI answer engine embedded directly into publisher websites. Currently in beta with USA Today and The Independent, the tool provides AI-generated answers to user questions, pulls content from Taboola’s 9,000+ publishing partners, and surfaces related articles and ads—all without sending users to a search engine.| Shelly Palmer
Yesterday, Reuters reported that OpenAI finalized a cloud deal with Google in May. This might look like routine tech news. It is not. This is a strategic inflection point in the AI infrastructure wars. OpenAI, whose ChatGPT threatens the core of Google Search, is now paying Google billions of dollars to power its growth.| Shelly Palmer
You may think Apple’s WWDC 2025 announcements amounted to a big nothing burger. No ChatGPT moment. No live Gemini demo. No shocking AI reveal. Just some slick new UI polish, a few Siri upgrades, and a privacy pitch. If that’s your read, you’re not alone, but Apple did offer a bit more under the hood.| Shelly Palmer
