🤖 Our LA Summit is Heating Up - Peep the latest Speaker Drop

We are thrilled to announce our second speaker drop for our AI & Creativity Summit in LA on November 19th! Introducing:

Eliza McNitt
Writer & Director McNitt is a pioneer of fusing storytelling and emerging technology, an Emmy Awards Finalist and recipient of the VR Grand Prize at The Venice Film Festival. From astronauts to astrophysics, McNitt explores the cosmic collision of science and art. She is the creator of SPHERES, a VR journey through the hidden songs of the Universe, Executive Produced by Darren Aronofsky and starring Millie Bobby Brown, Jessica Chastain, and Patti Smith.

Devin Poolman
Devin Poolman is Chief Product and Technology Officer at Cosm, where he leads the technological development and strategy of the company’s immersive initiatives, platforms, and partnership ventures. Having previously led technology and digital strategy at some of the world’s largest media companies, including FOX’s Digital Consumer Group and Sports Digital business unit.

Youmna ChamCham
Co-Founder & CEO of Mini Studio - a fast-growing studio making kids' imagination come to life with AI. In the 90's, Youmna's imagination was turned into the most popular TV show for kids in the Middle East. She's now on a mission to build the next Pixar herself, and empower the world's imagination.

Savannah Kunovsky
Savannah Kunovsky is Managing Director of IDEO’s Emerging Tech Lab, where she leads teams to design breakthrough products in AI, XR, robotics, and beyond. A former software engineer, she co-founded Moringa School in Nairobi and pioneered emotion AI for mental health with Dr. John Gottman. Her work is recognized by MIT, Forbes & WEF.

📰 News Roundup

• Vibe Working is now a thing: Microsoft heard about vibe coding, and said, hold our beer. Launching a new Agent Mode in Excel and Word that can generate complex spreadsheets and documents with just a prompt. Sumit Chauhan VP of product states: “Today we’re bringing vibe working to Microsoft 365 Copilot… In the same way vibe coding has transformed software development, the latest reasoning models in Copilot unlock agentic productivity for Office artifacts.”

• Vibes Feed: Meta AI now has a ‘Vibes Feed’ of AI generated-content, in an attempt to get users to remix community AI videos. On Instagram, users can click on Meta AI videos and remix them through the Meta AI app.

• AI regulation is the Antichrist: Peter Theil is doubling-down on his focus on AI, Religion and the end of times. His new organization ACTS 17 has hosted a conference over the weekend, and speaking on stage Theil believes that AI regulation will bring about the Antichrist. Commenting: “Fearing or regulating [artificial intelligence or other technologies], or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist.”

• The Merriam-Webster dictionary just launched an LLM: No data center, 217,000 parameters, and no electricity usage… it’s almost too good to be true.

🛠️ Tool Of The Week: Shopify just integrated with ChatGPT and it’s going to change shopping forever.

E-commerce leaders are no longer just talking SEO—they’re shifting to GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), building strategies to capture buyers inside AI agents rather than traditional search. You can check out without even leaving ChatGPT.

That shift went from important to urgent this week: Shopify announced a direct integration with ChatGPT, meaning you can now browse and check out without ever leaving the app. If TikTok Shop was the big story of 2024, this could be the defining shift of 2025—the world’s most powerful AI agent is now a storefront, locking in buyers where they already spend their time. The ripple effects on consumer behavior and marketing budgets will be massive.

See the full announcement here.

🤖 Lovable just leveled up vibe coding, plus - announcing our LA Summit partnership!

We featured Lovable as our Tool of the Week recently - and now they’re back with a major update that takes vibe-coding to the next level! With the launch of Lovable Cloud & AI, anyone can now build full-stack, AI-powered apps just by prompting. Lovable Cloud provides a built-in backend that automatically handles logins, databases, file uploads, and all the behind-the-scenes infrastructure, while Lovable AI makes it seamless to add advanced AI functionality without API keys, separate billing, or complex setup. These updates remove the hardest parts of app building and make creating real, production-ready apps easier than ever.

And now, we’re thrilled to welcome Lovable as a key sponsor of the Artist and the Machine Summit in Los Angeles on November 19, 2025! Lovable makes it possible for anyone to build apps and websites simply by talking to AI. Our partnership with Lovable is rooted in a shared belief: creativity and technology should be for everyone—simple, accessible, and welcoming. By removing barriers to entry, Lovable extends the artistic hand into technology, turning inspiration into existence—almost like magic. At the LA Summit, Lovable will spotlight world-renowned multidisciplinary artists as they vibecode their ideas into existence in unexpected ways—blending creativity and technology live on the Main Stage. Stay tuned for exciting announcements soon! This partnership embodies what Artist and the Machine is all about: unlocking human creativity through technology and expanding what’s possible for all.

🤖 OpenAI releases Sora 2

Sora 2 is here, and it’s wild. Consistent characters in AI is something that has just reached the threshold, now Altman and his team have blown it out of the water with Sora 2 being able to create indistinguishable from reality content with any face of you or your friends. The ability to create is now infinite, and never more individual. Hollywood movie executives need to be having crisis meetings, as creators now have almost incomprehensible power to create their visions, and bring them to life.

Watch an AI version of Sam Altman announce the whole thing, and rethink what it is like to make creative, forever.

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🤖 Volunteer at the LA Summit!

We’re looking for passionate volunteers to join us on-site at the Artist and the Machine LA Summit on November 19th. Volunteers will help support a variety of production elements and be part of bringing this inspiring gathering of AI & Creativity leaders to life.

If you’d like to get involved, email us at [email protected].

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Dani Van de Sande (Founder), James Joseph (The Weekly Newsletter’s Editor) & the Artist and the Machine team.

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