AI Tidbits – AI Hits the Mainstream: Productivity, Creativity, and New Risks

AI Tidbits – AI Hits the Mainstream: Productivity, Creativity, and New Risks

Where artificial intelligence meets real-world impact — and a little fun.

📈 ChatGPT Hits 2.5 Billion Daily Prompts

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now processing a jaw-dropping 2.5 billion prompts per day — nearly 20% of Google’s global search volume. That’s up 150% since December, when usage stood at 1 billion prompts daily.

With Google still handling ~13–14 billion daily searches, this rise marks a significant shift in how we source knowledge, solve problems, and even “search” online.

💡 Bottom line: ChatGPT is no longer a novelty. It’s fast becoming a mainstream productivity and search companion. Ignore it at your peril.

🛍️ Edit 50 Product Images in Minutes — Meet Graficai

Graficai is an AI tool tailor-made for e-commerce sellers. Upload up to 50 product photos and Graficai will:

• Remove distracting backgrounds
  • Add white space for clean product listings
  • Compress files and generate SEO-friendly alt text
  • Output campaign-ready visuals for Meta Ads, Amazon, Shopify & more

📦 Say goodbye to Photoshop headaches. Hello, batch brilliance.

🎬 VEO3: Commercial-Quality AI Videos Are Here

If you haven’t checked it out yet, VEO3 is letting creators generate TV ad-like videos with just prompts. It’s cinematic, dynamic, and shockingly good.

🔥 See for yourself:
👉 Watch AI-made ad-style videos on VEO3

🎮 Real-Time Livestream Transformations? Mirage Makes It Fun

Decart’s new Mirage platform turns your webcam or game feed into a real-time visual fantasy.

🎭 Choose settings like:

• Versailles Palace
• Yarn World
• Anime Universe

It’s the world’s first “World Transformation Model”—and it’s surprisingly fun.
👉 Try it here: https://mirage.decart.ai

🧠 COMET Tip: Summarize YouTube Videos Instantly

If you’ve got access to Comet (Perplexity’s new AI browser), try this handy prompt while on YouTube:

Prompt:

“Summarize this YouTube video in clear, bullet-point takeaways for someone who doesn’t have time to watch it. Focus on the key insights, structure, and any actionable ideas. Make it easy to scan and understand in under 1 minute.”

Perfect for skipping 40-min explainers you’ll never get back.

⚠️ AI-Enabled Fraud? Sam Altman Sounds the Alarm

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is ringing warning bells about a possible AI-fueled identity fraud crisis, where deepfakes and AI-generated impersonations could fool banks, institutions, and the average person.

📖 Stay informed:
👉 Read the CNN article

📉 Google’s AI Summaries Are Killing Clicks

A Pew Research study reveals a major shift in user behaviour on Google:

1. AI summaries = 50% fewer link clicks
2. More users end sessions after seeing an AI summary
3. Top sources across AI and traditional search: Wikipedia, YouTube, Reddit
4. 1 in 5 searches (March 2025) triggered an AI summary
5. Searches using full sentences or questions are more likely to show AI summaries

📊 Full details:
👉 PEW Research on Google Users

🎨 Claude + Canva = Auto-Designed Infographics

Want to turn your rough notes into a polished deck or infographic?

In Claude:

1. Go to ‘Search and tools’
2. Enable Canva
3. Drop in your doc
4. Use this prompt: Create a branded infographic from this document”

Claude will auto-generate a Canva-ready design for editing, sharing, or exporting. Slick and time-saving.

🧠 Final thought:
If AI can summarize videos, design pitch decks, impersonate voices, and handle billions of daily queries — the question isn’t whether to adopt it, but how fast can you?