Oh, So AI can build your whole presentation just by talking? 🗣️ - Edition 002

Today: MIT drops its first “10 Things That Matter in AI” list at EmTech today, ChatGPT went down for 90 minutes yesterday, and Canva AI 2.0 lets you build full presentations just by describing them.

💬 Daily Quote

“The busiest people don’t need more information. They need someone to tell them what to ignore.”

📌 TL;DR

Today: MIT drops its first “10 Things That Matter in AI” list at EmTech today, ChatGPT went down for 90 minutes yesterday, and Canva AI 2.0 lets you build full presentations just by describing them.

📰 Oh, So AI did this

1. MIT Technology Review debuts “10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now”

Launched today at EmTech AI on MIT’s campus. Their team picked the themes worth watching all year: AI companions, mechanistic interpretability, generative coding, and hyperscale data centres. One list to orient your AI attention for 2026. Read more at MIT Technology Review #AI #News

2. ChatGPT went down globally for 90 minutes

Yesterday, over 8,700 UK users and 1,900 US users hit blank pages and timeouts. Codex and voice mode also broke. OpenAI confirmed a partial outage and pushed a fix, per Tom’s Guide. Service is back. If ChatGPT is your daily driver, this is your reminder to have a Plan B. Read more at Tom’s Guide #AI #News

3. PwC: 74% of AI’s economic gains go to just 20% of companies

New study of 1,217 executives across 25 sectors. The top 20% generate 7.2x more AI-driven revenue than average. The gap isn’t about which tools you buy. It’s about whether you use them for growth or just for cutting costs. Most AI pilots never scale past the pilot stage, per AI Magazine. Read more at PwC #AI #News

4. Printed artificial neurons now talk to real brain cells

Northwestern engineers made flexible printed neurons from graphene and molybdenum disulfide inks. They fire signals realistic enough to trigger responses in living mouse brain cells. Published in Nature Nanotechnology this week. Still very early, but this is the kind of work that makes brain-computer interfaces cheaper to prototype. Read more at Northwestern #AI #News

🪄 Oh, So AI can do that?!

1. Canva AI 2.0 turns design into a conversation

Canva’s biggest update since it launched in 2013. Describe what you need in plain language, and the AI picks the right tools, layouts, and formats by itself. It pulls context from Gmail, Slack, and Zoom. Everything it makes is editable, not a flat image. Rolling out to the first million users now, per Fortune. If you make decks or social content, this could cut your production time in half. Read more at Fortune #AI #Tools

2. xAI ships Grok 4.20 with better factuality

New Grok release is tightly plugged into X’s real-time data stream. Scored highest among all recent frontier models on tests measuring accuracy about current events. Source links are also improved. If you need an AI that knows what happened today and not just what was in its training data, this one’s worth trying. Read more at Crescendo AI #AI #Tools

⚡ Oh, So I can do this

1. New analysis: March Core Update was the most volatile of 2026

Fresh data from Search Engine Land. SEMrush Sensor hit 9.5 out of 10. Over 55% of monitored sites saw ranking shifts. The pattern is clear: aggregator, directory, and quick-answer sites lost ground. Brand authority, specialist publishers, and original data won. If your site just summarises what others already said, expect more pressure. Read more at Search Engine Land #SEO

2. ChatGPT referral traffic to websites grew 206% last year

New data from Position Digital. People clicking through from ChatGPT answers to actual websites nearly tripled in 2025. Optimising for AI citation, structured data, clear direct answers, and schema markup is becoming a real traffic source. Not theoretical anymore. Read more at Position Digital #SEO #WebDev

🎣 Top Hook Ideas

Hook 1: ChatGPT went down for 90 minutes yesterday. If your whole workflow depends on one AI tool, you don’t have a workflow. You have a single point of failure. #AI

Hook 2: 74% of AI’s economic gains go to 20% of companies. The difference isn’t the tools. It’s one strategic decision most founders get wrong. #AI

Hook 3: Canva just shipped an update that lets you build a full presentation by talking to it. No templates. No dragging. Just words. #Tools

Hook 4: MIT picked the 10 things that actually matter in AI this year. Half the list isn’t what you’d expect. #AI

Hook 5: Google’s March update hit a 9.5/10 volatility score. If your site just summarises other people’s content, this is your wake-up call. #SEO

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