GPT-4o's Image Generation Unlocks a New Era of Human Creativity

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1) Things Are Getting Better

Texas private school’s use of new ‘AI tutor’ rockets student test scores to top 2% in the country.

2) GPT-4o's Image Generation Unlocks a New Era of Human Creativity

Yesterday, OpenAI released an updated version of GPT-4o with advanced image generation—something Sam Altman had recently hinted at, promising people would be amazed. Well, he wasn't exaggerating. X (formerly Twitter) instantly exploded with users sharing everything imaginable—from family portraits in Studio Ghibli style to endless creative memes. I even created one for the top of this issue.

Someone entrepreneurial could make a fortune right now offering personalized Studio Ghibli-style photo albums to families.

On the surface, this feels playful—just a fun toy. But it's much deeper than that. Balaji Srinivasan captured it well in his tweet, highlighting several transformative possibilities across various industries:

• Online Advertising: Imagine being able to instantly create entire ad campaigns—complete with visuals and landing pages—just by describing your ideas out loud.

• Media & Publishing: Public domain books could be effortlessly transformed into engaging, AI-generated comic panels, making older works more accessible and visually appealing.

• Social Media & Filters: No longer limited by pre-built filters, now you can simply say "Studio Ghibli" or "South Park" and instantly transform any image. Memes and content quality will dramatically rise, pushing creativity forward.

We’re rapidly approaching a point where any idea you can articulate becomes immediately visualizable. Consider the implications: someone thinks up a product, visualizes it, tests market reactions, and iterates—all within a single afternoon.

The creative landscape is about to get very strange and exciting. My friend Cyan Banister recently reached out, and she’s using AI to create custom clothes for me, which hopefully I'll show on the podcast soon. 

We’re at the start of a creative revolution. Soon, you'll be able to create anything you dream of. The future is bright for humanity.

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3) How AI is Replacing Entire Dev Teams

In this week’s episode of The Next Wave, Matt Wolfe and I talked about how AI is replacing entire dev teams. And showed how Matt has been using AI to rewrite his website FutureTools from scratch. Check it out!

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4) Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google Tops Benchmarks

Just before OpenAI revealed their new image model, Google dropped a huge announcement: Gemini 2.5 Pro. This model dominated benchmarks, ranking higher than any competitor. It supports an insane context window of 1 million tokens—and rumor has it, 2 million tokens are already on the way.

I briefly tested it myself, and it clearly handles large codebases than any other model, which makes sense given the massive context window. This could significantly streamline complex coding projects or documentation-heavy tasks.

Honestly, though, I kind of feel bad for Google. They launch this incredible model, and immediately the internet gets hijacked by Studio Ghibli memes.

Important lesson. Vibes win.

5) Things I’m Learning From

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