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🎬 OpenAI Launches Sora 2 with Cameos Social App

OpenAI unveiled Sora 2, their next-gen video model, alongside a companion Sora app, where users can remix AI-generated videos and insert themselves via a “Cameos” feature. The rollout starts in the U.S. and Canada, with free access under usage limits and a premium tier for pro users.

The Decode:

1. Advanced Video + Audio Sync - Sora 2 generates videos with synchronized dialogue, sound effects, and precise scene transitions. It supports longer 5–10 second clips and models physics, e.g., objects bounce realistically instead of teleporting.

2. Cameos Feature in Social App - In the Sora app, users can upload a short recording and use their likeness across AI-generated scenes. They can remix others’ videos, follow a feed, and control where their cameos appear.

3. Developer Tooling & Upgrades - Claude-style agents get updates: Sora Code supports checkpoints, context editing, and memory. OpenAI also launched a Cameos API and plans to let developers integrate Sora 2 into their apps.

4. Built-in Safety & Control - Users must consent to their likeness being used; they can revoke access or delete cameo videos anytime. The app includes content filters, teen viewing limits, and moderation tools.

Sora 2 pushes video generation closer to realistic storytelling by combining audio, visuals, and physics. The Cameos social format could trigger a wave of AI-driven creativity, and it arrives at a moment when Perplexity and Microsoft are also exploring agentic media tools. 

Together with Grapevine

The UGC Engine That Quietly Beats Your Ads

Here’s the truth you already know: branded creative looks great in a deck but loses where it matters, performance. CPAs rise, testing drags, and every “pretty” ad feels like a bet you can’t afford.

Grapevine solves that with a done-for-you UGC engine designed to outperform the ads you’re running now quietly. No chasing creators. No contract chaos. No wasted cycles. 

Grapevine handles it all. Just authentic content plugged into your paid social flows, and the numbers prove it works.

• Editorial whitelisting campaigns reduced CPAs by up to 40%, unlocking immediate margin gains.
• Nood achieved 4× ROAS while scaling spend, showing UGC can drive growth and efficiency together.
• Benchmarks confirm Grapevine ads outperform branded creative by 25%+ across platforms.

The after-state? Faster launches, cheaper acquisitions, and a UGC pipeline that compounds wins while your team focuses only on scale.

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🚀 Turn Static Ads into Cinematic Videos with Sora

Sora transforms prompts or images into fully realized videos, with jaw-dropping motion, immersive sound, and visual styles ranging from cinematic to surreal.

Roll it out now:

• Start by uploading an image, ensure the static has a clear narrative ( Feature breakdown, Product Hero shot, Use case shot ) 
• Choose a style (photorealistic, animated, surreal, etc.)
• Watch your static come alive in motion and sound 

P.S. You can create multiple variations with different motion styles for everything from typography, elemental animation, frame transitions, and more… 

Together with Playbook Pro

Your Growth Strategy Is Costing You. Here’s the Math

Ad costs are climbing. Most first-time buyers disappear within months, and margins are shrinking fast when discounts drive sales.

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📈 Lift retention by 5% to unlock 25–95% profit growth
🔥 Launch emotional campaigns proven to double repeat sales in 8 weeks
💰 Use the Brand Value Canvas to raise prices 15–40% without losing volume
📊 Cut paid-ad dependence by 30% in 60 days with the Owned Media Checklist
🧠 Slash decision cycles from 3 weeks to 3 hours using the Assumption Buster Toolkit

Download the report today and get over 2,000 viral video hooks to fuel your next breakthrough campaign.

✨ Nothing’s “AI OS” Claim Isn’t an OS, But It’s a Bold Start

Nothing has launched Playground, a new AI-powered app store where users can design and share AI-generated apps called Essential Apps. It’s part of Essential, the company’s broader AI product line, though Playground itself is built on Android, not a standalone OS.

The Decode:

1. Playground & Essential Apps - Users can generate apps via written prompts, currently limited to widgets, which can be installed or shared with others. Playground is available only on Nothing phones (excluding Phone 1).

2. Remixable, Open-Source Style Ecosystem - Essential Apps can be remixed and expanded by other users, echoing open-source collaboration. Pei suggests monetization may come later, possibly following a YouTube-like creator model.

3. Future Vision for Adaptive Phones - Pei forecasts seamless on-device app creation, even by voice, and apps evolving from widgets into full-screen tools. Over time, phones could proactively reshuffle or suggest apps based on usage.

Nothing isn’t abandoning Android; instead, it’s layering an adaptive AI interface atop it. This could signal the start of a creator-driven economy for mobile apps, while keeping smartphones at the center of personal computing for years to come.

🏆 Tools you Cannot Miss:

🎶 AIMusicGen.net – Create original music in seconds with an AI generator that instantly turns your ideas into songs.

📊 LinkedIn Carousel Generator by 2PR – Instantly turn tweets into polished LinkedIn carousels ready to post.

✒️ SVGMaker.io – Generate, convert, and edit stunning vector graphics with natural language commands—no design skills required.

📝 Humanizey AI – Instantly humanize your text for a 100% human score, plagiarism-free writing.

🖥 Multiplayer.app – Full-stack session recording platform to capture and replay every interaction.

🚀 Quick Hits

📊 Fraud doesn’t end at checkout; it grows after. Chargeflow Prevent is the first AI-powered solution that stops “digital shoplifting” before fulfillment, reducing disputes by 90% while keeping false positives below 0.1%. Trusted at scale across 15K+ merchants, it protects your growth. Screen your first 1,000 transactions free today!

🌐 Wikimedia is vectorizing 19M+ Wikidata entries into an AI-friendly database. Built with Jina AI and hosted by DataStax, it aims to help smaller AI developers access structured knowledge beyond Big Tech. 

😀 Microsoft Copilot now has 40 animated AI “Portraits” you can chat with. Using VASA-1, they sync voices to natural facial expressions, aiming to make conversations friendlier and more human-like.

🛡️ Google Drive is rolling out AI-powered ransomware detection in open beta. Trained on millions of samples, it pauses syncing, alerts users, and restores safe versions, combating 5,289 attacks reported in 2024.

🛍️ Google just made AI Mode shopping smarter and more visual. Instead of filters, you can describe items conversationally, refine results with follow-ups, and even upload reference images, powered by Gemini 2.5’s multimodal search.

🚀 Meta just acquired chip startup Rivos to supercharge its internal AI chip program, signalling Meta’s push to cut Nvidia reliance and secure long-term control of its AI infrastructure.

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