This week, we have news about: Meta AI, WhatsApp, Reddit, YouTube, Google

Week 3, Jun 2025:

🗞️ News 1: WhatsApp Simplifies Group Creation; Adds New Tools

🗞️ News 2: Meta Introduces V-JEPA2 AI Model with Visual Reasoning

🗞️ News 3: YouTube lets you ‘Promote’ Videos in the Main App

🗞️ News 4: Reddit Launches ‘Comments-to-Post’ Features with Analytics

🗞️ News 5: Google for Nonprofits: New Free AI Features + New Countries

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This week, we have news about: Mistral AI, Android, Claude, Amazon, YouTube

Week 2, May 2025:

🗞️ News 1: YouTube Releases New Tools for Creator-Brand Collaboration

🗞️ News 2: Anthropic API Gets ‘Web Search’ for AI Agents & Claude Apps

🗞️ News 3: Google Brings Gemini AI to Billions of Android Devices & OS

🗞️ News 4: Amazon Announces ‘Vulcan’, Showcasing New Human-AI Dynamics

🗞️ News 5: Mistral AI’s New Low-Cost, Easily Deployable, Medium-3 Model

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This week, we have news about: Claude AI, Google, OpenAI, LinkedIn, Meta

Week 1, May 2025:

🗞️ News 1: OpenAI’s Structure: Nonprofit + Public Benefit Corporation

🗞️ News 2: Google Expands AI Mode; Adds Visual Cards & Saved Queries

🗞️ News 3: Anthropic Launches ‘AI for Science’ Program with Free API Credits

🗞️ News 4: Meta Shares Tips & Insights for Advertisers Based on Trends

🗞️ News 5: LinkedIn Announces ‘BrandLink’ Rebrand & Video Ads Offering

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This week, we have news about: Snapchat, AI, WhatsApp, Meta, Instagram

Week 5, Apr 2025:

🗞️ News 1: YouTube ‘Auto-Dubbing’ is Now Available to All YPP Creators

🗞️ News 2: Snapchat Launches a New Affiliate Program for Snapchat Ads

🗞️ News 3: WhatsApp Adds ‘Advanced Privacy’ for Direct & Group Chats

🗞️ News 4: Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Get Instagram DM & AI Updates

🗞️ News 5: Instagram Releases ‘Edits’, a Video Editing App like CapCut

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This week, we have news about: Grok, OpenAI, Claude, YouTube, WhatsApp

Week 4, Apr 2025:

🗞️ News 1: YouTube Highlights the Rise of ‘Virtual Creators’: 2025 Report

🗞️ News 2: OpenAI is Reportedly Creating an AI-Powered Social Network

🗞️ News 3: WhatsApp Releases New Features for Chats, Calls and Channels

🗞️ News 4: Google Next Cloud 2025 Event: Key AI & Content Announcements

🗞️ News 5: Grok Releases ‘Studio’; Anthropic Integrates Google Workspace

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This week, we have news about: Claude AI, ChatGPT, YouTube, Meta, Google

Week 4, Mar 2025:

🗞️ News 1: Anthropic ‘Claude AI’ Now Has Real-Time Web Search Capability

🗞️ News 2: Google Wallet to Allow Kids to Make Payments, with Family Link

🗞️ News 3: OpenAI Launches Audio Models & Upgrades ChatGPT ‘Voice Mode’

🗞️ News 4: Meta Expands Access to Omnichannel Ads & the New AI Features

🗞️ News 5: YouTube Clarifies & Explains the New Mid-Roll Ads Updates

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This week, we have news about: Bluesky, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Snapchat, Meta

Week 3, Mar 2025:

🗞️ News 1: Bluesky Rolls Out a New Version with 3-Min Videos & DM Filters

🗞️ News 2: OpenAI Releases New Tools & API to Build & Develop AI Agents

🗞️ News 3: Snap Adds Enhanced AR Features & Capabilities to Spectacles

🗞️ News 4: Google Gemini will Replace ‘Assistant’ on Both Android and iOS

🗞️ News 5: Meta ‘Community Notes’ Comes to Facebook, Instagram & Threads

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Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 253

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The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Emerging Tech News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

This week, we have news about: ChatGPT, Amazon Alexa, Claude AI, YouTube, Google

Week 2, Mar 2025:

🗞️ News 1: OpenAI Launches NextGenAI Consortium with 15 Institutions

🗞️ News 2: YouTube Introduces ‘Premium Lite’ Plan for Ad-Free Viewing

🗞️ News 3: Amazon Unveils Alexa+ Next-Gen AI-Assistant: Free with Prime

🗞️ News 4: Google Releases ‘AI Mode’ and Expands AI Overviews in Search

🗞️ News 5: Anthropic Console Gets an Upgrade for Collaborative AI Development

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