Think about this: Wizard of Oz reimagined, AI marching on.
For your weekend reading pleasure, I offer a synopsis of interesting articles about AI you may have missed this week. As always, your thoughts and comments are both welcome and encouraged. -s
This Week's Most Interesting Stories
You’re already sick of the words Agent and Agentic, but you know they are the new new thing. You may not have heard the initialism MCP, but you’re going to start hearing about it now. A lot.
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Until now, ChatGPT’s "Memory" feature could retain a handful of user-provided facts to personalize responses. Yesterday, OpenAI announced a new feature you will either dearly love or truly hate: ChatGPT can now reference your entire chat history across every conversation you've ever had with it — not just a few saved facts.
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The great AI transformation of 2025 isn’t a technology challenge—it’s a leadership challenge. The tools are already here. What’s missing is the executive vision and operational discipline to use them. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has taken a firm stance: no new hires unless you can prove AI can’t do the job.
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Greetings from Sin City. I'm here at Google Cloud Next 25—where it's all AI, all the time. Google made so many announcements yesterday that it wouldn’t be useful to list them all, but here’s what’s most likely to impact how you spend your day.
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AI marches on. There's more new and exciting AI coming every day, and today is no exception. Meta Platforms has unveiled Llama 4, the latest iteration of its large language model series. There are two new models: Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. These models are designed to process and integrate multiple data formats, including text, video, images, and audio, enhancing their versatility across various applications.
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Greetings from Las Vegas. Google ended its Leaders Circle with a spectacular event at the Sphere—we were treated to a preview of a "making of" video for the upcoming release of The Wizard of Oz, reimagined by Sphere Studios in partnership with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. It was truly awesome.
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About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.
