📢 ChatGPT may soon show ads

Good morning, AI enthusiast. OpenAI is quietly planning to bring ads into ChatGPT, with its new Applications chief Fidji Simo (ex-Instagram) leading the charge.

PLUS: How to merge multiple photos into one cinematic shot

HOW TO AI

How to merge multiple photos into one cinematic shot

Artilist AI lets you turn separate photos into one cohesive, cinematic frame with no Photoshop required. Just upload your images, describe the vision, and the AI blends them together naturally, adjusting shadows, perspective, and color tones automatically. The output feels movie-ready, perfect for storytelling, campaigns, and eye-catching visuals.

🧰 Who is this for

• Marketers creating eye-catching ads

• Creators producing cinematic visuals for social media or videos

• Designers or hobbyists experimenting with visual storytelling

• Anyone who wants pro-level imagery without complicated tools

STEP 1: Access Artlist

Head over to Artlist AI and sign up for a free account. Once you log in, you’ll land on the main dashboard. In the center of the screen, you’ll see a large prompt box where you can type your ideas.

Just above this text field, there are two modes: Text to Image and Image to Image. For this tutorial, click Image to Image so the tool knows you want to blend photos instead of generating from scratch.

STEP 2: Upload Your Images

Inside the text field, look to the left side for a small image upload icon. Click it, and a file picker will open on your computer. Select the 2 or 3 images you want to blend.

Once uploaded, the images will appear as small thumbnails right below the text field. If you want to remove one, simply hover over the thumbnail and click the X in the corner.

STEP 3: Describe Your Scene

Now click into the big text box and type your idea.

For example:
“Make the two cartoon characters fight in the middle of a neon-lit city street at night.”

You can be as descriptive or minimal as you like, the AI automatically handles perspective, lighting, and atmosphere.

STEP 4: Generate

Click the Generate for Free button at the bottom right. Within seconds, Artilist AI will merge your characters into a city fight scene.

AI NEWS

📢 ChatGPT may soon show ads

OpenAI is reportedly preparing to bring ads to ChatGPT under its new CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo. A new monetization lead will be hired to oversee ad revenue and subscriptions, reporting directly to Simo, not Sam Altman.

→ OpenAI exploring ads despite multiple subscription tiers
→ Simo meeting ex-Facebook colleagues to lead the push
→ Sam Altman says he isn’t “totally against” ads, citing Instagram’s success
→ Concerns remain over balancing personalization with ad influence

Why is important: Ads could reshape ChatGPT’s experience. Done wrong, they risk breaking the “magic” of unbiased answers. Done right, they could unlock billions in new revenue for OpenAI.

AI JOBS

💼 Accenture to exit staff who can’t reskill in AI

Accenture is asking employees to leave if they can’t retrain for AI-related roles amid global workforce reductions. The IT giant has laid off over 11,000 people in the past three months while hiring fewer staff, as part of a $865 million restructuring plan.

→ Accenture’s workforce: down to 779,000 from 791,000
→ Generative AI projects contributed $5.1B in new bookings, up from $3B last year
→ 77,000 employees now skilled in AI/data (vs 40,000 two years ago)
→ Restructuring aims to grow operating profit margins by ≥10bps annually

Why is important: AI is no longer optional, employees who don’t adapt risk losing jobs. Upskilling in AI is becoming a key survival strategy for IT professionals.

ESSENTIAL BITES

• YouTube Music is testing AI hosts that share trivia, stories, and commentary about tracks, building on its conversational AI features and experiments in YouTube Labs.

• Microsoft is testing microfluidic cooling for chips, which flows liquid directly through silicon to remove heat up to 3× better than current methods, promising more powerful chips and energy-efficient data centers.

• Trump admin may impose tariffs on U.S. chip makers if they don’t produce as many chips domestically as are imported.

• Microsoft Photos will soon use AI to auto-sort images like receipts, screenshots, IDs, and notes into folders, even if the text is in another language.

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• 🎥 Wan2.5: Alibaba’s new multimodal image & video AI

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That's it! See you tomorrow

- Dr. Alvaro Cintas