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Google Vids: The new AI updates to the platform you can’t afford to avoid

Apple to add Google Gemini to Siri search, OpenAI builds out Applications org, Switzerland unveils open-source LLM and more!

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September 03, 2025

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Google just unleashed powerful new AI updates to Google Vids—its underrated video creation platform built for non-video creators. Discover how Google Vids and its latest AI features can revolutionize video storytelling. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: ChatGPT Projects available for free users, Google NotebookLM adds tone customization and xAI’s CFO leaves the company. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Apple to add Google Gemini to Siri search, OpenAI builds out Applications org and Switzerland unveils open-source LLM. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Google Vids now has some insane capabilities that are being slept on. We show you how you can implement it into your biz. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about Microsoft and GSA inking a government deal, Anthropic now valued at $183 billion, OpenAI’s 120-day teen safety initiative and more. Check it here!

 Google Vids: The new AI updates to the platform you can’t afford to avoid 🎥

Even if you're not a video editor, Google's new AI updates to Google Vids make this a must-use tool. 

Are you in L&D? 

HR? 

Creating PowerPoints all day? 

Yeah, you should pay attention to Google Vids. 

If you missed the flurry of AI updates Google just dropped, don't worry. We'll unpack those, as well as go over use cases for everyday business leaders to up their skills. 

Also on the pod today:

• Using Gemini Prompts in Google Vids 💬
• AI Avatars and Automated Voiceovers 🗣
• Automatic Transcript Editing in Google Vids 📑️

It’ll be worth your 49 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – Promptimize ups your prompting game, Mesh is a new AI bookkeeper for startups and Pig is like OpenAI’s Operator, but for PC.

ChatGPT – ChatGPT Projects are now available to free users.

Google – Google NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts.

xAI – xAI’s CFO is leaving Elon Musk’s firm.

Amazon – Amazon’s Lens Live AI can now shop for anything you see.

Scale AI - Scale AI is suing an ex-employee over corporate espionage.

AI in Science – A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions has been unveiled.

Business of AI – C3 AI is appointing Stephen Ehikian as Chief Executive Officer.

1. Apple Taps Google’s Gemini to Turbocharge Siri — Testing Begins 👀

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has struck a formal deal to test a Google-designed Gemini model to power AI-generated web summaries for a new Siri feature internally called “World Knowledge Answers.” The system will combine on-device search of your personal data with server-side AI summaries, multimedia results, and a planner/summarizer pipeline Apple is building — with rollout expected alongside iOS 26.4, possibly next March.

That means Siri could soon surface concise, context-aware answers and action suggestions that draw on both the web and your own files, speeding research and decision-making.

2. OpenAI Doubles Down on Apps with Big Hire and $1.1B Buy ⚙️️

OpenAI announced this week it’s building out a dedicated Applications org under new Applications CEO Fidji Simo, confirming the acquisition of product-analytics firm Statsig for $1.1 billion and naming its founder Vijaye Raji as OpenAI’s CTO of Applications, responsible for product engineering across ChatGPT and Codex (according to OpenAI).

The deal — subject to regulatory approval — keeps Statsig operating independently in Seattle while its staff join OpenAI, signaling a measured integration focused on preserving product continuity.

3. Switzerland Unveils Apertus, An Open-Sorce Rival to ChatGPT 🇨🇭

Switzerland released Apertus, an open-source large language model available on Hugging Face with code, weights, training data and development notes, positioning it as a transparent alternative to proprietary systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, according to SWI.

Trained on over 1,800 languages and offered in 8B and 70B parameter sizes, the model aims to match 2024’s Llama 3 in capability while strictly using public data and honoring site opt-outs to comply with EU copyright rules and the voluntary AI code of practice.

4. Apple AI Exodus: Robotics Lead Heads to Meta 👋

Four senior AI researchers are leaving Apple’s AI teams, with Jian Zhang — the company’s head of robotics research — joining Meta, and three others from Apple’s foundation-models group moving to OpenAI (two) and Anthropic (one), Bloomberg reports.

The departures, reported Sep. 2, 2025, mark another wave of talent churn that signals intense competition for top AI engineers and could tighten hiring windows for startups and in-house teams.

5. Trump Says Viral White House Clip is AI — Experts Split 🏛

President Trump called a viral clip showing items tossed from an upstairs White House window “got to be fake,” blaming AI even after the White House earlier told outlets it was caused by a contractor, highlighting real-time confusion over video authenticity.

Digital-forensics expert Hany Farid told the Associated Press he detected no obvious AI artifacts and found shadows and flag motion physically consistent, raising doubts about a quick AI attribution.

🦾How You Can Leverage:

Video production that used to take weeks and thousands of dollars now takes less than an hour. 

And after Google dropped a slew of AI updates in its underrated video editing program last week, you KNOW we had to give it the full rundown during this week’s AI at Work on Wednesdays. 

So, how does it work? 

And will AI Avatars and Veo 3 -infused Google Vids save your next (kinda boring) PowerPoint presentation? 

Here’s what you need to know. 

1 – PowerPoints Stop Being Corporate Torture 🎬

Your quarterly deck just became watchable.

Actually watchable.

Google Vids imports presentations and auto-converts slides into professional video with AI narration, Veo 3 clips, and transitions that don't make people question their life choices. The same update that empties conference rooms becomes content people complete.

What used to cost tens of thousands and take weeks now happens in minutes with Google Workspace you're already paying for.

Video gets ninety-three percent ROI from marketers versus your slides that get ignored.

Try This:

Let it auto-generate timeline with AI narration built in.

Customize voice tone and colors in ten minutes.

Send links instead of scheduling meetings where everyone multitasks.

Retention demolishes PowerPoint engagement because video gets completed while PDFs get trashed.

2 – Training Content People Actually Finish 🧑‍💻

Your onboarding videos are making new hires reconsider everything.

Those stock footage training materials from 2018 aren't just outdated - they're actively damaging your employer brand while people decide whether to stay.

Record naturally without a corporate robot voice, let AI fix it.

Screen record real processes instead of describing with bullet points that cause eye strain.

Automatic completion tracking through Workspace eliminates awkward follow-ups.

Try This:

Upload and let automatic trimming remove verbal mess.

Create role-specific versions using AI narration for different experience levels.

Completion jumps because visual learning beats text documentation that reads like tax code.

3 – Support That Actually Solves Problems ✅

Your help docs are customer satisfaction morgues. People ignore FAQ pages but watch videos showing exactly how to fix things.

Upload product shots, describe actions, get professional explanations that look expensive. Record once, add AI narration, never repeat yourself.

Sounds not too bad, right? 

Try This:

Find your top three support issues that make teams want new careers.

Create screen recordings showing solutions while explaining like you're helping family with technology.

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