hi bud buds,
the biggest product news this past week: open ai launched pulse, a new chatgpt feature that sends you daily personalized morning digests.
each night, it scans your chats, email, and calendar, then generates 5–10 briefs within a new tab in the app. example briefs: email summaries with suggested replies, a pre-meeting brief, or a budget snapshot flagging subscriptions to cancel. you can train the feed by marking what’s useful vs. not. for now, pulse is only on openai’s $200 pro plan.
interestingly, this brings openai into competition with social media feeds (proactively surfacing content it believes you will find interesting). i’m very bullish for two reasons:
intimate context: chatgpt knows 100x more about me than social apps. i use it for health questions, personal finance questions,
free therapy… stuff i’d never post on twitter or instaconnected apps: manually pasting my calendar into chatgpt every day is too much hassle. but if it syncs automatically and proactively helps, that’s a real unlock
what’s next for pulse? open ai’s press releases flag two key roadmap themes:
more integrations: think asana, notion, slack, even fitness and finance apps
smarter timing: not just a morning digest, but nudges before meetings, and reminders before appointments. nudges the exact moment you need them
net-net: pulse feels like a 10x leap for openai, shifting chatgpt from reactive support to proactive leverage. i'll report back once i have a chance to try it out.
have a great week, y’all. i love you.
- dj
last week’s biggest product releases
big news! huge!
meta launched vibes, a short-form ai video feed on insta + facebook that contains only ai-generated
slopcontent. maybe zuck’s most cursed idea yet.
personal faves
spotify updated its ai policy, now clearly labeling ai-generated tracks. after all the controversy around spotify stuffing playlists with ai-generated music to reduce artist payouts, i am happy to see this
y combinator launched an early decision program, letting students defer accelerator acceptances until after graduation
instagram is testing feed controls, allowing users to fine-tune their reels algorithm. i need more cute shit in mine
facebook dating launched an ai assistant to help users find better matches (like “a sad boy in bushwick”) or get help improving their profile. facebook dating also launched meet cute, which gives users a weekly “surprise match”. despite all the negative press about ai destroying human relationships, I actually think ai can really help us with dating. this is a perfect example 🙂
nice job guys
google launched search live, allowing users to point their phone at the world and ask questions with voice
cloudflare launched email service, allowing devs to add transactional email sending abilities to their agents
meta launched teen accounts on facebook + messenger, preventing strangers from messaging teens, or watching / replying to their stories
whatsapp added ai message translations. translation continues to be such a solid use case for llms
youtube music started testing ai hosts that add fun facts + commentary during listening sessions. i hated this idea at first, but now it sounds kinda fun. curious if people will adopt this
google photos launched natural language ai photo editing on android , letting users edit photos via text or voice
google launched a revamped play store, with ai search, better recs, a new “you” tab (centralizing subs, rewards, stats, game updates), plus an ai game assistant with in-game overlays.
google launched mixboard, an ai mood board app
depop launched outfits, a fashion-collaging tool with shopping built in, targeted at gen z
other llm news
microsoft launched anthropic ai models in copilot, letting business users pick between openai + anthropic models
that’s it for this week; thanks for reading. if you enjoyed this issue, please consider sharing it with a friend so i can buy a cabin in upstate new york.
love, dj