Hey Conscious Church Fam

This week was another huge one for OpenAI.

They’ve shifted gears after Sora’s viral chaos, unveiled powerful new agent tools at Dev Day, and teased what could be the next big moment in hardware with Jony Ive.

It feels like we’re watching the company evolve from software lab to full-blown operating system for the AI age.

In today's recap:

• OpenAI rethinks Sora after a Wild West launch

• ChatGPT becomes a full platform with apps and agents

• Jony Ive reveals OpenAI’s “human-first” hardware vision

Let’s dive in 👇

💭 Josh’s Musings

Now, I’m not a musician by any stretch.

I’d class myself as creative, and occasionally that spills into the musical world, mostly leftover muscle memory from my wedding DJ days and an ear for a good “next track.”

But I’ve always loved the idea of creating a song straight from imagination, not just lyrics but sound, texture, emotion.

I’ve mentioned Suno a few times this year, the AI music tool that turns a prompt into a full song. It’s been good from the start, but version 5 is something else entirely. The quality, depth, and realism are honestly breathtaking.

Actual producers can now go even deeper, editing tracks, isolating instruments, and exporting full stems. But for me, it’s been something simpler and more joyful: making songs for my kids around family values, or even a playful take on Psalm 23.

This week, we’ve had family staying from Mexico who lead a church there. They’ve had a short intro jingle for their services online for years, so we tried re-making it in Suno. Within minutes, with just a few lyric tweaks and direction, they were stunned. They’ve asked me to sit down this week to refine it properly so they can actually use it.

It reminded me how powerful it is when imagination meets accessibility. What once needed a studio, instruments, and hours can now flow from a single idea.

Someone online even took old 50 Cent lyrics and reimagined them in a swing jazz style that went viral. 50 himself reposted it, saying he wants to redo his whole catalogue that way.

The possibilities are wild, from custom soundtracks for videos, to educational jingles, to the simple joy of switching from Spotify to “your songs.”

So that’s been my creative outlet this week: experimenting with music, laughter, and a few cheeky photo edits of the family, changing poses or clothes and dropping them into the family WhatsApp thread for a laugh.

I love that even non-musicians like me can now hum an idea and hear it come alive.

🙌 Stay Curious, Stay Conscious, Stay Wild
Josh

LATEST NEWS

🤖 SORA GETS RULES… AND REVENUE SHARING

Recap:

After a whirlwind few weeks of viral videos and copyright headaches, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has outlined a major update to Sora. The company’s planning to introduce revenue sharing for creators and tighter controls for likeness and character use.

The Details:

• Rights-holders will soon have opt-in controls to specify exactly how characters or people can be used — replacing the earlier “opt-out” model.

• Revenue sharing is coming to ensure creators benefit when their work or likeness generates value.

• The change follows a flood of Sora videos featuring copyrighted and celebrity likenesses — from Pikachu to Michael Jackson.

• Despite the chaos, Sora hit #1 in the App Store within 24 hours, overtaking Gemini and ChatGPT, even as an invite-only release.

Conscious Take:

OpenAI’s trying to walk the tightrope between innovation and integrity. The creative explosion around Sora showed what’s possible (and it was pretty fun/funny) but it also revealed how blurred the boundaries have become between inspiration and imitation. (And intellectual property theft).

It’s encouraging to see “consent” re-enter the conversation.

🧩 DEV DAY: OPENAI LAUNCHES APPS + AGENTS

Recap:
At Dev Day 2025, OpenAI unveiled a sweeping set of updates that effectively turn ChatGPT into a platform — not just a chatbot. The new Apps SDK and AgentKit tools let anyone build interactive experiences directly inside ChatGPT.

The Details:

• Users can now run and build apps within ChatGPT — day-one integrations include Canva, Figma, Spotify, and Zillow.

• Apps embed directly into conversation flows, with a marketplace launching later this year.

• AgentKit adds visual workflow builders, connectors, and evaluation tools for creating autonomous agents.

• GPT-5 Codex and GPT-5 Pro open new capabilities for reasoning, coding, and real-time tasks.

• A new voice model (gpt-realtime-mini) is 70% cheaper and faster for developers.

Conscious Take:
We’re seeing the beginnings of an AI ecosystem that functions more like a digital “city” than a single tool. Soon, we won’t visit apps, we’ll talk to them.

It’s an exciting progression which takes OpenAI up a level in my opinion, to now providing competition to n8n, zapier etc.

💡 JONY IVE’S VISION FOR AI HARDWARE

Recap:
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive joined Sam Altman on stage to discuss OpenAI’s hardware ambitions, a partnership aimed at healing humanity’s “fractured relationship with technology.”

The Details:

• Ive described today’s tech as “uncomfortable” and said AI should help people feel peaceful, fulfilled, and less anxious.

• His design team has built 15–20 device concepts for a “family of products” since OpenAI’s $6.5B acquisition of his studio, io.

• Ive rejected the idea of “AI phones,” calling it absurd to deliver something new through old devices.

• Altman added that it will take patience — they’re developing a “totally new way to use a computer.”

Conscious Take:
This is more than another gadget tease. Ive’s vision seems to ask: What if technology helped us become more whole instead of more distracted?

It does sound like what they are proposing ‘could be’ a iphone moment again. I.e. something that comes along and dramatically changes how we do things and interact with a tool we previously used in a somewhat ‘limited capacity’.

It’s an interesting vision..

“For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.” — Psalm 36:9

Stay conscious,

Josh

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