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🎥 Sam Altman on Sora’s next phase
PLUS: How to access 100+ ready-to-use prompts for Nano-Banana to create amazing images
Alvaro Cintas
October 06, 2025
Good morning, AI enthusiast. OpenAI is tightening the reins on its viral video app Sora after an explosive launch filled with copyrighted characters and celebrity likenesses.
In today’s AI newsletter:
Sam Altman reveals Sora’s next phase
Jeff Bezos says AI is in a bubble
OpenAI & Jony Ive hit roadblocks on screen-less AI device
How to access 100+ ready-to-use prompts for Nano-Banana
4 new AI tools & more
AI APPS
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog outlining major updates for Sora, the viral AI video app that just hit #1 on Apple’s App Store. The changes focus on creator protection, monetization, and responsible use of copyrighted material.
→ New opt-in system gives rights-holders granular control over how characters and likenesses are used
→ OpenAI plans revenue sharing to reward original creators and monetize user-generated content
→ Sora has been flooded with videos featuring iconic characters like Pikachu, Mario, and Michael Jackson
→ Despite being invite-only, Sora surged past Gemini and ChatGPT to become the #1 iOS app within 24 hours
→ Altman says these moves aim to balance creativity, fairness, and platform sustainability
Why is important: OpenAI is formalizing a creator economy inside AI video, turning viral, user-generated clips into a new frontier for both expression and income.
AI INDUSTRY
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spoke at Italian Tech Week 2025, acknowledging that AI is experiencing an industrial bubble but stressing that the technology is real and poised to transform every industry.
→ AI hype is funding both good and bad ideas, a classic sign of bubble behavior
→ Some startups receive billions in funding despite tiny teams, showing investor euphoria
→ Bezos compares today’s AI craze to the 90s biotech bubble, which still produced breakthroughs
→ Industrial bubbles can create long-term societal benefits even if many companies fail
→ He predicts AI’s transformative potential will deliver gigantic benefits despite market volatility
Why is important: Bezos highlights that while AI investments may be overhyped in the short term, the technology’s real-world impact and societal gains are undeniable, underscoring the need to separate hype from lasting innovation.
AI HARDWARE
OpenAI and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive are reportedly facing major technical hurdles in developing their ambitious, screen-less AI device, according to the Financial Times.
→ The duo’s $6.5B partnership aims to create a palm-sized, screen-free AI companion that listens, observes, and responds to users
→ Challenges include defining the device’s “personality,” privacy boundaries, and real-time computing infrastructure
→ The device is expected to be always-on, but the team is struggling to make it respond only when relevant
→ Launch timelines for the first hardware, originally slated for 2026, may now be delayed
→ OpenAI acquired Ive’s hardware startup io in May to spearhead this next generation of AI-powered computers
Why is important: The project represents OpenAI’s biggest bet yet on hardware, merging design minimalism with ambient intelligence. But balancing utility, privacy, and human-like presence may prove tougher than expected.
HOW TO AI
🎨 How to Access 100+ Ready-to-Use Prompts for Nano-Banana
I recently found a GitHub repo with 100+ ready-to-use prompts and examples that unlock Nano-Banana’s full potential for creating high-quality, consistent, and creative images.
In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to access it and start using it effectively.
🧰 Who is This For
AI artists who want ready-to-use, high-quality prompts.
Designers experimenting with style blending and image fusion.
Researchers or developers testing Nano-Banana’s consistency across edits.
Creators who just want to make stunning visuals without spending hours tweaking prompts.
STEP 1: Open the Repo on GitHub
Go to this GitHub Repo. You’ll land on the repository main page with the yellow Nano-Banana header. The file list sits on the left and the README preview is in the center. This page is the hub: the README contains the curated cases and the images folder holds the generated examples.
STEP 2: Find the Example Case you Want
Scroll the README in the main pane or use your browser’s find shortcut (Ctrl-F or Cmd-F) and search for the case name you’re interested in (for example “Case 6” or “Multi-Reference”). Each case in the README shows input images, the exact prompt used, and the final outputs side-by-side. Click the case title inside the README to jump directly to that example and read the full prompt and notes shown there.
STEP 3: Copy and Use
When you find a prompt you like, simply click inside the README text, highlight the prompt, and copy it exactly.
Now, open NanoBanana and paste the prompt into the text box. You can tweak parameters like style, resolution, or seed, but even the raw prompt will usually give you stunning results right away.
STEP 4: Download Everything
If you prefer to get the whole collection at once, click the green Code button (top right of the file list) and choose Download ZIP, or clone the repository with
git clone https://github.com/PicoTrex/Awesome-Nano-Banana-images.git
in a terminal. Once downloaded, open the README files and the images folder on your machine to browse prompts and high-res results offline.
ESSENTIAL BITES
Mystery “Cheetah” model appeared in Cursor, sparking speculation it could be Gemini 3.0, a new Grok variant, GPT-5-Codex, or Cursor’s own codegen model, with developers concerned about privacy and high token usage.
Microsoft promoted Judson Althoff to lead its commercial business as CEO, freeing up Satya Nadella to focus more on technical and product strategy.
Tencent’s open-source HunyuanImage 3.0 topped LM Arena’s text-to-image leaderboard, beating leading closed models.
Supabase has raised $100M in Series E funding at a $5B valuation, just four months after hitting $2B with its Series D.
Anthropic released research on Claude 4.5 Sonnet, highlighting its cybersecurity capabilities and top performance on industry benchmarks.
THAT’S IT FOR TODAY
Thanks for making it to the end! I put my heart into every email I send, I hope you are enjoying it. Let me know your thoughts so I can make the next one even better!
See you tomorrow :)
- Dr. Alvaro Cintas
