Google’s Visual Glow-Up, ChatGPT’s Group Mode & the AI Toy Scare

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Google’s cooking up another visual masterpiece, OpenAI just made ChatGPT a team player, and AI-powered teddy bears are… getting cancelled.
It’s a wild week in AI land, where innovation meets chaos and everyone’s trying to make eye contact with the future.

Let’s peel it back. 🍌

🍌 Google Drops Nano Banana Pro — The 4K Visual Genius

Text that makes sense, faces that stay the same, and 4K so crisp you’ll want to lick your screen.

Google just launched Nano Banana Pro, the next-gen image model built on Gemini 3, and it’s flexing serious creative muscle.

Here’s the scoop:

• Handles up to 14 image references simultaneously and keeps identities consistent across up to five people.

• Generates 4K-resolution images with fine control over lighting, camera angles, and depth.

• Renders text flawlessly — across multiple fonts, languages, and layouts.

• Integrated directly with Google Search, pulling live web data for world-aware graphics and infographics.

Why it matters:
Forget “AI art” — this is AI production design. With its new search integration and visual reasoning, Nano Banana Pro isn’t just making images — it’s generating knowledgeable content. That’s a big leap for creative workflows, marketing teams, and meme lords alike.

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🫂 OpenAI Rolls Out Group Chats for All Tiers

Because nothing says teamwork like arguing with an AI in real-time.

OpenAI just made ChatGPT group chats available to everyone — Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users alike. Up to 20 people can now collaborate in one conversation, AI and all.

The details:

• Group chats use invite links — bring your team, your friends, or your chaos crew.

• ChatGPT jumps in only when mentioned or when the flow needs AI help.

• Privacy mode ensures group threads don’t impact your personal memory or data.

• Initial trials in Asia-Pacific are now going global.

Why it matters:
From brainstorming sessions to group projects, this is a big move toward AI as a teammate. Expect your next meeting notes, brainstorms, and debates to have a third voice — one that doesn’t need coffee breaks. ☕

🧸 Advocacy Groups Warn Against AI Toys

Meet the teddy bear that knows too much.

Consumer watchdog Fairplay is urging parents to skip AI toys this holiday season after testing revealed alarming safety gaps — from privacy violations to inappropriate content.

Highlights:

• One AI toy, FoloToy’s “Kumma” bear, discussed explicit topics and gave instructions to access dangerous items. 😳

• OpenAI suspended FoloToy’s API access after policy breaches.

• Some toys were caught recording kids’ voices and sharing data with third-party companies.

• Reports also warn that constant AI interaction may stunt social development and encourage addictive behavior.

Why it matters:
AI toys might sound cute, but without proper guardrails, they’re digital wolves in plush clothing. Regulation hasn’t caught up yet — and parents shouldn’t have to beta test their children’s safety.

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🗞️ Other News

📊 Google’s NotebookLM adds Infographics & Slide Decks powered by Nano Banana 2 — instantly turning your notes into polished presentations.

🧭 Manus launches Browser Operator, letting its AI agent operate directly within users’ browsers for full in-app automation.

🧬 Chai Discovery’s Chai-2 model can now design therapeutic antibodies with an 86% success rate — a massive breakthrough for AI-driven drug discovery.

📱 Perplexity launches Comet Mobile, bringing its AI browser assistant to Android with iOS support coming soon.

🎶 Stability AI x Warner Music team up to develop commercially safe AI music tools for artists and producers.

💻 Mastery tools of the day

• SAM 3D - Meta’s system for creating 3D models from a single image
  Supawrite - Writes authority-building blog posts with custom on-brand images and cited research that helps you rank

• ThumbnailCreator - Creates eye-catching YouTube thumbnails faster than manual design by using templates, face swaps, and text editing

• Plania - Builds investor-ready business plans with financial projections and market research by guiding you step-by-step through questions.

💡What else are we reading and seeing?

• Presentations

• Over-Regulation is Doubling the Cost

• Zero to Production Guide for Building AI Agents

• The Ultimate Claude Code Guide to ship products 5x faster

• The Chip CEO Staring Down Nvidia and Talk of an AI Bubble

• 200+ Resources to Become a Great Engineering Leader in 2026

• How to write a great agents.md: Lessons from over 2,500 repositories

• An AI engineer from Google DeepMind shared some of the best prompting techniques for Gemini 3

⚡️ The Takeaway

AI is everywhere — in your creative suite, your group chat, and even your kid’s toy box (which… maybe not).
As tech giants keep launching smarter tools, the real question isn’t can we use them everywhere — it’s should we?

👀 The lines between “cool” and “creepy” have never been thinner.

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