Hey Conscious Church Fam

The AI landscape continues to accelerate this week—from AI that remembers who you are to cartoon storytelling breakthroughs. We're entering an era where AI doesn't just execute tasks, but builds relationships and tells coherent stories with profound implications for ministry and creativity.

In today's recap:

• ChatGPT gets relationship memory that actually knows you

• Samsung's Ballie robot rolls into reality with Gemini brains

• Google's AI avalanche at Cloud Next 2025

• NVIDIA creates minute-long cartoon stories with true coherence

• Jony Ive and OpenAI's potential "screenless" future

• Turn YouTube sermons into SEO content with NotebookLM

Let’s dive in 👇

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💭 Josh’s Musings

I’ve been thinking about the shift we’re in.

Not just tech-wise. Heart-wise. Culture-wise.

It feels like the old system is groaning… and something new is breaking through.

And I think we’re right in the middle of one of the biggest transitions of our time.

We’ve moved from the Knowledge Economy to the Wisdom Economy.

Let me explain.

The Knowledge Economy was all about knowing stuff.

If you had expertise, a system, or a 10-step plan — you could win.

It was “knowledge is power.” And for a while, that was true.

But now?

Everyone’s got knowledge.

Everyone’s got tools.

Everyone has ChatGPT in their pocket and a YouTube coach for every problem under the sun.

We don’t lack information.

We’re drowning in it.

What we’re desperate for now is wisdom.

Because wisdom isn’t about knowing more —

It’s about knowing when, how, and why.

It’s not just what you say.

It’s who you are when you say it.

In this new era, character is king.

It’s not about who posts the most.

It’s about who carries the most peace when things fall apart.

It’s about those who’ve walked through fire and still shine with joy.

It’s about voices with weight, not just reach.

And here’s where it gets exciting — if you’ve got the Holy Spirit, you’ve got access to the kind of wisdom this world is crying out for.

You’re not behind. You’re ahead.

Because AI can offer answers, but it can’t offer presence.

It can sound smart, but it can’t carry substance.

It can’t walk with someone through grief.

It can’t pray.

It can’t discern the moment.

But you can.

You’ve been entrusted with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation.

You’ve been given something no machine will ever match: the mind of Christ, the heart of God, and the ability to speak truth with love, right when it matters most.

So while others are scrambling to keep up, you’ve already been positioned to lead — not with noise, but with knowing.

Not with hype, but with hope.

Stay Conscious Stay Wild
Josh

LATEST NEWS

🧠 CHATGPT GETS A RELATIONSHIP MEMORY UPGRADE

Recap: OpenAI has turbocharged ChatGPT with a game-changing memory feature that lets it remember your preferences, quirks, and past conversations without you having to constantly remind it who you are—essentially turning a stateless AI into something that feels like it actually knows you.

The Details:

• The system now automatically captures snippets about you across all conversations—your preferences, pet peeves, and recurring needs

• Unlike the previous clunky "memory" feature where you had to explicitly tell ChatGPT what to remember, this happens seamlessly in the background

• You can easily update, modify or delete what ChatGPT knows about you through simple chat commands

• Privacy-conscious users can opt out completely via settings or use temporary chat mode for sensitive conversations

Conscious Take: This feels like the shift from "transactional AI" to "relationship AI." There's something profoundly different about a system that remembers you versus one you have to reintroduce yourself to each time.

It's like the difference between talking to a new barista every morning versus the one who starts making your usual order when you walk in the door. As these systems become more personalised, I wonder how much of our digital personhood we're comfortable sharing—and how much we'll miss it when it's gone.

For me it’s been super interesting as someone who over the years since ChatGPT came out has written hundreds of notes and chat threads on there. From deep (year reviews with questions and answers) to questions about work related tasks. It can now 'draw from’ those conversations. Helpful for recollection but also.. and only try it if you’ve had some good conversations (data you’ve given lol) with ChatGPT. Ask: Knowing what you know about me from our conversations what are my blindspots or red flags.

Remember it’s not prophetic haha it’s just good at recognising patterns and data.

🤖 SAMSUNG'S BALLIE: THE ROLLING AI COMPANION POWERED BY GEMINI

Recap: After years of teasing at tech shows, Samsung and Google have finally joined forces to bring Ballie to life—a football-sized robot that rolls around your home like a loyal pet, projects videos on walls, and controls your smart devices with the intelligence of Google's Gemini AI models.

The Details:

• Ballie autonomously navigates your home, capable of following you around like a faithful digital sidekick

• The robot combines Google's Gemini AI with Samsung's own AI systems for enhanced voice, visual, and spatial awareness

• It can project videos and content onto walls, transforming any room into an interactive space

• First unveiled at CES 2020, the robot will finally launch this summer in the US and South Korea, with third-party app support planned

Conscious Take: We've dreamt of robot companions for decades, but they've always fallen short of our sci-fi expectations.

This feels different—not just a smart speaker with wheels, but something that navigates physical space with you. I'm struck by how this shifts AI from a disembodied voice to a presence that shares our environment – kind of freaky really haha.

There's something both exciting and slightly unnerving about a device that follows you from room to room, watching and listening. Will it feel like a pet? A friend? Or just another gadget collecting dust (and data) in our homes? The embodiment of AI changes the relationship in ways we're only beginning to understand.

🚀 GOOGLE UNLEASHES AI FIREHOSE AT CLOUD NEXT 2025

Recap: Google's Cloud Next event was an absolute AI avalanche this week—from agentic coding platforms to supercharged chips, upgraded creative models, and a leaner Gemini that works smarter, not harder. It wasn't just announcements; it was a statement of intent about Google's AI ambitions.

The Details:

• Project IDX is fusing with Firebase Studio to create an agentic coding assistant that practically builds apps while you watch

• Their new Ironwood chip represents a quantum leap in AI processing, making previous generations look positively pedestrian

• Creative tools got massive upgrades: Veo 2 for video, Lyria for music creation, and Imagen 3 for photorealistic imagery

• The new Gemini 2.5 Flash offers variable reasoning levels—meaning you can dial up the thinking when needed or prioritise speed when you don't

Conscious Take: Google is on fire. We're now moving from "can AI do this?" to "how efficiently can AI do this?"

The variable reasoning in Gemini 2.5 Flash particularly resonates—sometimes you need deep thinking, other times just quick answers.

🎬 AI ANIMATION BREAKTHROUGH: MINUTE-LONG CARTOON STORIES

Recap: NVIDIA and Stanford researchers have cracked one of AI's toughest challenges—creating longer coherent videos—with their "Test-Time Training" technique that generates full minute-long cartoon animations with characters that actually remember what they were doing from scene to scene.

The Details:

• The system creates Tom and Jerry-style cartoon clips that maintain character consistency and narrative flow across multiple scenes

• Their breakthrough uses neural networks as a form of memory, helping the AI "remember" what it generated earlier in the sequence

• This dramatically outperforms existing methods in human evaluations, particularly in storytelling coherence

• The approach enhances existing video models rather than starting from scratch, potentially allowing wide adaptation across different platforms

Conscious Take: As someone who as a kid had multiple double VHS boxsets of Tom and Jerry – this one grabbed my attention this week haha.

The ability to maintain consistency—to remember that Tom is chasing Jerry and not suddenly forget halfway through—might seem simple, but it's the foundation of narrative.

It will be interesting to see what old Intellectual Property people resurrect and generate newly imagined episodes of.

🍎 JONY IVE AND OPENAI: THE SCREENLESS AI FUTURE?

Recap: OpenAI is reportedly in talks to acquire io Products—a mysterious AI hardware startup led by Apple's legendary designer Jony Ive and backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman—potentially bringing together the world's leading AI models with the design philosophy that revolutionised how we interact with technology.

The Details:

• The secretive startup is developing AI-powered personal devices, including an intriguing "phone without a screen" concept

• Ive and Altman have been collaborating for over a year, with Altman deeply involved in product development

• Several former Apple design heavyweights have joined the venture, including Tang Tan (iPhone design chief) and Evans Hankey

• The device would be built by io Products, designed by Ive's LoveFrom studio, and powered by OpenAI's technology

Conscious Take: We've been staring at glowing rectangles for 15+ years now—what if the next revolution in computing moves beyond screens entirely? What would that even look like?

Perhaps something worn rather than held, something that communicates through voice, haptics, or subtle ambient signals rather than demanding our visual attention.

What if our technology became less visually demanding, less attention-grabbing, and instead faded gracefully into the background of our lives while still empowering us? Or would the very fact that it's always there and always on make us even more connected and tethered to devices?

TUTORIAL 👇

Turn your sermon into a blog on your website.

Step-by-step:

1. Create a notebook in NotebookLM and add your YouTube video transcript as a source via YouTube link or pasted text.

2. Prepare your SEO strategy by identifying primary and secondary keywords (e.g., for a sermon on Elijah and the heavy rain - “Spiritual Awakening” “Season of Awakening” etc.

3. Craft a detailed prompt including your keywords and desired structure, then generate your content.

4. Enhance your post with images, links, formatting, and a compelling call-to-action before publishing.

Pro Tip: Take the document into Claude or ChatGPT to further refine the copy to suit more your tone of voice.

🔗 Trending Tools

• Gemini 2.5 Flash - Google’s new faster and cheaper reasoning model

• askplexbot - Perplexity’s new Telegram channel, allowing users to interact with or bring the chatbot into group chats

• Gemini Live - Real-time visual AI on Android devices and via screen sharing

Thank You for the gift of innovation and the tools to expand Your Kingdom's reach.

Guide us to use these powerful capabilities with wisdom.

Stay conscious,

Josh

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