Welcome back! The line between tool and coworker keeps moving. Voice systems are auditioning for front-line roles, studio pipelines are quietly rewritten around automation, infrastructure budgets look more like national projects than product launches, and store owners are handing routine work to helpers that live inside their catalog. The common thread is simple: AI keeps slipping into the places where time, money, and trust are on the line, and the real question is which parts of that trade you’re actually comfortable letting go of.
In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:
ElevenLabs raises $500M for voice agents.
Amazon sets up AI studio for film.
Google plans $185B AI data centers.
Listagrow turns product photos into Shopify listings.
