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▲ ChatGPT Pulse Update: AI That Thinks Ahead

AND: Google's interactive 3D worlds breakthrough

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Matt Lok
September 29, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

Welcome future tech & AI enthusiasts — this week’s highlights:

  • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive feature that researches your interests overnight and delivers made for you, daily updates.

  • Google's Genie 3 lets you create interactive 3D worlds from simple text prompts.

  • ElevenLabs rolls out an AI tool for making custom music tracks in seconds.

  • xAI updates Grok with video generation and a heavy-duty model for more creative fun.

  • Anthropic boosts Claude Opus to version 4.1, improving coding and smart decision-making.

Let’s get into it.

Also in today’s issue:

  • Learn: How to create the Viral Box-to-Interior Product Ad

  • Learn: AI image prompt for Fashion Photography

▲ AI MODELS

Now ChatGPT can start the conversation

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a proactive feature that researches your interests overnight and delivers made for you, daily updates.

What you need to know

  • Launch: OpenAI rolled out Pulse in preview for Pro users on mobile, turning ChatGPT into an assistant that analyzes your chat history, saved memories, and optional app connections (like Google Calendar or Gmail) to generate fresh insights each morning.

  • Capabilities: Expect 5-10 visual "cards" with summaries on relevant topics like meeting agendas, travel tips, or project follow-ups. It will “think ahead” of your needs, like birthday reminders or holidays you might be interested in.

  • Availability: Avilable to ChatGPT Pro subscribers on iOS/Android in the US for now.

Key Ideas

▲ Pulse moves ChatGPT from question-answering to pro-active recommendations. Potentially increasing productivity, saving businesses hours & creating deeper engagement without constant prompting.

▲ Move for ads? This could be the start of a longer term plan to give suggestions based on your conversations, interests from 3rd party paid ads. You mentioned you dreamed of going to Bali? Well Ethihad just so happens to have an offer for you for 20% off.

▲ AI SIMULATORS

Generate interactive environments.

Google's Genie 3 lets you create interactive 3D worlds from simple text prompts.

What you need to know

  • Launch: Google DeepMind introduced Genie 3, a world model that generates interactive, high-fidelity 3D simulations from text, running at 720p and 24 FPS for realistic experiences.

  • How it Works: Users can navigate, edit on the fly (like changing weather), and use it for prototypes in design or marketing demos, with memory to keep changes consistent.

  • Use Cases: Potential for gaming, interactive learning experiences or a new form of media entertainment.

Key Idea

▲ Genie 3 pushes the boundaries of immersive experiences, paving the way toward advanced virtual reality applications and interactive storytelling.

▲ AI AUDIO

Studio-grade music generated with natural language prompts in any style and for countless uses

ElevenLabs rolls out an AI tool for making custom music tracks in seconds.

What you need to know

  • Launch: ElevenLabs launched Eleven Music, an AI tool that creates full songs or instrumentals from prompts, supporting any genre, multilingual vocals, and section edits.

  • Product: It uses generative AI to compose music based on style, mood, and instrumentation input by users, producing professional-quality sound quickly.

  • Use Case: Use it with creative videos, product demos, ads or social content.

Key Idea

▲ Ideal for content creators, marketers, and musicians needing fast, customisable audio. It speeds up custom music production and changes how audio content is made.. No more hunting for stock music.

▲ AI FUNDING

xAI Grok Gets Video Imagine and Heavy Model Updates

xAI updates Grok with video generation and a heavy-duty model for more creative fun.

What you need to know

  • Launch: xAI added Grok Imagine, an AI tool for creating images and short videos (up to 15 seconds) with audio, including a "spicy" mode for edgier content.

  • Improvements: The update includes a Heavy Model claiming top intelligence, available to subscribers, with fast generation for experimenting in design.

  • Use Case: Social media posts, blog article images, videos for storytelling.

Key Idea

▲ Grok's updates open up fun, quick video creation, great for design tweaks or memes. Still not the highest quality outputs available, but expect it will be improved over time.

▲ AI UPDATES

Opus 4.1 is now available to paid Claude users, Claude Code and on API

Anthropic boosts Claude Opus to version 4.1, improving coding and smart decision-making.

What you need to know

  • Launch: Anthropic updated to Claude Opus 4.1, enhancing agentic AI with better reasoning, coding accuracy (74.5% on benchmarks), and data analysis.

  • Improvements: Claude Opus 4.1 better understands complex programming requests and provides more accurate, context-aware solutions while making smarter recommendations.

  • Use Case: Supports software developers, data scientists, and businesses by streamlining coding tasks.

Key Idea

▲ Claude Opus 4.1 improves their already popular model used by many developers and businesses.

▲ EVEN MORE NEWS

Other big ideas from the past week.

Groq Raises $640M To Meet Soaring Demand for Fast AI Inference

  • Groq raises $640M to speed up AI inference, helping businesses with faster analytics at a $2.8B valuation.

  • OpenAI secures $8.3B funding, pushing its valuation to $300B and annual revenue toward $20B for stronger enterprise tools.

  • Alibaba launches Qwen-Image, a new model for generating images, joining the global race in visual AI for design.

  • Anthropic cuts off API access to OpenAI.

The Lab

▲ AI EDUCATION

How to create the Viral Box-to-Interior Product Ad

▲ Viral AI Box-to-Interior Ads: Freepik Tutorial Secrets

Create viral box-to-interior product ads in just 1.5 hours for pennies using AI tools like Freepik, Magnific AI, and Seedance – a comprehensive tutorial for marketers and creators.

mail.metalabs.global/p/complete-tutorial-creating-viral-box-to-interior-product-ads

This tutorial will teach you how to recreate those viral "box-to-interior" videos that have been popping up everywhere. Instead of relying on single-prompt solutions, we'll build a refined workflow that gives you control over the first image, branding, audio, and overall visual experience.

Note: You will need a paid Freepik subscription for this tutorial.

🔬 Interested in learning about AI for business? Let us know what you want to learn & join The Lab waitlist.

▲ AI IMAGE SHOWCASE

Create this type of image with Midjourney

Midjourney Prompt: Fashion Photography: A long haired woman wearing a beige oversized suit walks on a pink wall with iris and tree shadows, creating a game of shadows and light. Minimalist editing photography features soft and gentle colors, creating peaceful and atmospheric scenes.

Image Usage Suggestion: Fashion photography magazine or blogs

💌 Reply to this email with your AI image generation or suggestion of what you’d like to see and I'll feature it in a future newsletter.

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Stay curious,
Matt Lok, Editor

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