📱 AI finally makes vertical videos

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Today in AI: 
→ Google Veo 3.1 Makes Vertical Video for Social
→ Apple Chose Google Over OpenAI
→ How to create professional posters in Gemini

Let’s dive in..

📱 Google Veo 3.1 Makes Vertical Video for Social

Google just updated Veo 3.1 with native 9:16 vertical video generation. For the first time, "Ingredients to Video" supports creating full-screen vertical content without quality loss or awkward cropping.

What's new:

• Native vertical format: Generate YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels in their native aspect ratio

• "Ingredients to Video" workflow: Supply multiple reference images (or first/last frames) and Veo 3.1 generates coherent transitions and in-between motion that preserve character appearance and scene layout

• 4K upscaling: 1080p and 4K resolution options available via Flow, Gemini API, and Vertex AI

• Improved expressiveness: Better character expressions and movements from reference images, even with shorter prompts

• Enhanced consistency: More reliable character, object, and background continuity across frames

Here's the gap: Most AI video generators have been optimized for landscape. Creating vertical content meant generating horizontal, then cropping and losing resolution and framing. Veo 3.1 treats vertical as first-class, and the "ingredients" approach lets you control key moments while the AI handles the transitions.

For your team: If you're producing social video content at scale, native vertical AI generation changes the workflow. No more post-processing crops or resolution compromises.

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🤝 Apple Chose Google Over OpenAI

Apple just made its biggest AI bet yet, and it's not with OpenAI.

Apple and Google announced a deal where the next generation of Apple’s Siri will be based on Google's Gemini models. These models will power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri launching with iOS 26.4 in March or April.

The deal structure reveals Apple's strategy:

• Gemini powers the foundation: Apple's own AI models will be built on top of Google's Gemini architecture and cloud infrastructure

• Siri gets "world knowledge": Enhanced conversational abilities and cross-app intelligence for billions of iPhones

• Privacy maintained: Apple Intelligence continues running on-device and via Private Cloud Compute with Apple's privacy standards

But here's the critical detail: Apple said they're not making any changes to the ChatGPT agreement. The Google deal isn't exclusive. Apple is deliberately hedging across multiple AI providers with Google for foundation models, OpenAI for ChatGPT integration, and their own on-device processing.

For your team: Multi-provider AI strategies aren't just for Apple. When foundation models evolve this fast, architectural decisions that assume one provider will dominate to create vendor lock-in risk. Apple's approach is to layer your product on multiple providers while maintaining control of the user experience.

🎯 How To Create Professional Posters in Gemini

1. Navigate to Gemini

2. Use Nano Banana Pro mode for professional-quality outputs

3. Be specific about text placement and typography style

4. Request 4K resolution for print-ready assets

5. Prompt below

Create a professional event poster for our tech conference. Title: 'Vibe Coding AI Summit 2026'. Include date 'March 15-17' and location 'Singapore'. Use modern typography with a gradient background (blue to purple). 
Add innovation partners. Make the text sharp and legible. Output at 4K resolution.

🐝 AI Buzz Bits

🤖 Pentagon integrates Grok AI across military networks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that xAI's Grok will deploy on both classified and unclassified systems, reaching 3 million military and civilian personnel. The timing is controversial when the announcement came days after Grok drew global backlash for generating non-consensual deepfake images.

🤖 Slackbot becomes a context-aware AI agent. Salesforce rebuilt Slackbot from the ground up with three core capabilities: contextual synthesis across channels and tools, content creation in your voice, and file analysis for extracting insights.

🛠️ Tool Spotlight

1. Lyra — AI-native meeting platform that automates pre-meeting research and creates follow-ups in real-time; no bots, no manual work after calls.

2. Unloop — Visual pattern mapping tool for ADHD and neurodivergent minds; helps identify behavioral loops and design experiments to break them.

3. Syllaby — All-in-one AI studio for viral video creation; turns ideas into faceless or cinematic content with trending topics and ready-to-film scripts.

4. Alpine — All-in-one workspace combining docs, tasks, chat, and AI in a single productivity hub.

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