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Creative Automation & Creative Automation
April 24, 2025
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AI isn't just dipping its toes in new waters—it's doing a full cannonball into the deep end of creativity, client management, and corporate power plays. From turning your random text prompts into gallery-worthy art to solving the ancient struggle of extracting coherent content from clients, AI is busy making itself indispensable (whether we asked for it or not).
In this week's AI smorgasbord:
🎨 OpenAI unleashes its viral image generator on developers everywhere
🗂️ Duda tackles the client content collection nightmare with AI
🌐 OpenAI eyes Chrome in the ultimate tech power play twist
📱 Your iPhone camera gets eerily smarter with "visual intelligence"
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Art
AI Art Evolution Goes API
OpenAI just unleashed its viral image generator on the developer world. Remember those charming Ghibli-style photos and "AI action figures" that took over your social feeds? Now app makers can integrate that same tech through OpenAI's API.
The launch comes with impressive stats and a touch of corporate humble-bragging: 130 million ChatGPT users created over 700 million images in the first week alone. Apparently, making digital art is now humanity's favorite collective hobby.
Pricing follows the classic "cheap enough to try, expensive enough to make OpenAI rich" model - from 2 cents for basic images to 19 cents for fancy ones. Adobe, Figma, and Instacart are already on board, presumably adding "AI-generated" to every product description.
Design
AI Assistant Conquers Content Collection Chaos
Duda has unleashed a new AI-powered Content Collection tool that might just save agency folks from their most persistent nightmare: extracting actual content from clients. According to Duda's survey, a whopping 87% of content collection delays are caused by clients dragging their feet or sending unusable materials.
The new tool automatically adds client-submitted content to the Duda platform—no more downloading random files or sending seventeen follow-up emails begging for that high-res logo.
This continues Duda's AI evolution after introducing AI Assistant in 2023 and AI sections earlier this year. While giants like Wix and Squarespace cast wide nets, Duda remains laser-focused on agencies and freelancers.
As one expert notes, this tool helps "free up time and budget for creatives to do what they do best—create." Which is definitely not hounding clients for content.
Tech
AI Giants Eye Chrome in Tech Power Shift
OpenAI is flirting with the browser business, and it's not just for the cool logo. During the DOJ's antitrust trial against Google, OpenAI's head of product boldly admitted they'd love to buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell it.
What we're witnessing is a fascinating role reversal: Google, the search titan, desperately wants to be an AI powerhouse through Gemini. Meanwhile, OpenAI, the AI darling, is eyeing search dominance and reportedly recruiting former Chrome engineers.
The courtroom drama reveals OpenAI previously asked to license Google's search API but was rejected. No surprise there – letting your future replacement access your secret sauce isn't exactly Business 101.
Should Chrome change hands, expect your browser to transform from passive information portal to AI co-pilot that anticipates your needs before you finish typing.
AI
AI Eyes: Your iPhone's Getting Smarter
iOS 18.4 just expanded "visual intelligence" to more iPhone models beyond the iPhone 16 flagships, letting your camera identify plants, translate text, and recognize businesses around you. But apparently, Apple's just warming up.
According to insider reports, this camera-based AI is destined for more than just your phone. Apple plans to integrate visual intelligence into future camera-equipped AirPods and even Apple Watches.
Imagine your earbuds or watch "seeing" and understanding the world around you! Apple's two-pronged strategy seems clear: continuously add new AI features while spreading intelligent cameras across their device ecosystem.
The days of cameras just taking pretty pictures are clearly numbered. Soon they'll be your personal AI assistants, whether you asked for one or not.
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