About this episode

Mark Thompson and Steve Little discuss advancements in AI tools for photo restoration and genealogy, including new features from OpenAI and Adobe.

Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore how Google's Nano Banana photo restoration tool will revolutionize image restoration by integrating with Adobe Photoshop. This move will greatly reduce unintended changes to historical photos when editing them with AI. Next, they unpack OpenAI’s move to make ChatGPT Projects available to free-tier users, making research organization more accessible for genealogists. This week's Tip of the Week provides essential guidance on the responsible use AI when editing historical photos using AI tools like Nano Banana, ensuring transparency and trust in historical photographs. In RapidFire, they cover OpenAI's new Sora 2 AI-video social media platform, Claude's new ability to create and edit Microsoft Office files, memory features in Claude Projects, advancements in local language models, and how OpenAI's massive infrastructure deals are changing the AI landscape. Timestamps: In the News: 02:43 Adobe improves historical photo restoration by adding Nano Banana to Photoshop 09:34 ChatGPT Projects are Now Free Tip of the Week: 13:36 Citations for AI-Restored Images Build Trust in AI-Modified Photos RapidFire: 21:24 Sora 2 Goes Social 27:23…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Thompson, Steve Little

Topics covered

• AI in photo restoration
• genealogy tools
• ChatGPT updates
• social media platforms
• Microsoft Office integration
• AI ethics
• local language models

Keywords

• Nano Banana
• Adobe Photoshop
• ChatGPT Projects
• AI ethics
• Sora 2
• Claude
• Microsoft Office
• genealogy
• photo restoration
• local language models

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adobe Photoshop, OpenAI, Apple, Amazon, Oracle

Products: Nano Banana, ChatGPT Projects, Sora 2, Claude, Microsoft Office

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