Midjourney video generator V1 is scary good

Today, I’m breaking down Google’s big voice search shift, a surreal new video tool from Midjourney, and Geoffrey Hinton’s stark warning about jobs AI will kill. Plus: a giveaway packed with 1000+ prompts.

In today’s post:

• Midjourney’s video generator makes image prompts move

• Google Search gets conversational with “Search Live”

• The Godfather of AI says: get out of white-collar work

• Trending AI tools + giveaway

What’s Trending Today

Launch

Midjourney enters the AI video race with a twist

Midjourney just launched its first video model, V1. But this isn’t just another AI video tool chasing Hollywood.

• V1 turns still images into four five-second videos, and it’s only on Discord.

• The launch pits Midjourney against OpenAI’s Sora, Runway Gen 4, Adobe Firefly, and Google Veo.

• Unlike those models, Midjourney leans into surreal, artsy outputs over realism.

• CEO David Holz says video is just the next step toward building “real-time open-world simulations.”

• Early access is pricey: video gens cost 8x more than images, unless you’re on the $60 or $120 plan.

• Users can pick random or manual animation styles and extend clips up to 21 seconds.

• Legal clouds loom Disney and Universal are suing over alleged copyright violations.

Here’s what I think:

Midjourney’s not trying to beat Hollywood at its own game it’s trying to invent a new one. That’s bold. But with legal pressure mounting and competitors advancing fast, the question isn’t just whether V1 can make beautiful video it’s whether it can defend its right to do so.

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Breakthrough

Search Live lets you talk to Google like it’s a person

Google’s rolling out a new feature called Search Live. And it’s not just about answers it’s about real-time conversation.

• Search Live lets you talk to Google in the app, hands-free and back-and-forth.

• Available in the U.S. via the AI Mode experiment in Labs on Android and iOS.

• You can ask follow-up questions, hear voice replies, and explore web links instantly.

• Perfect for multitasking: it keeps going in the background even as you use other apps.

• You can switch to text, view transcripts, and pick up old threads from your history.

• It’s powered by a Gemini-based model, tuned for search quality and fast voice response.

• Google says future updates will let you show Search what you’re seeing using your camera.

Here’s what I think:

Search is quietly becoming more like a co-pilot than a tool. Features like this don’t just make things faster they change how we interact with information entirely. And if it works as smoothly as Google promises, it might finally make voice search feel worth using.

Jobs

The “Godfather of AI” just told Gen Z to become plumbers

Geoffrey Hinton isn’t one for soft warnings. And his latest take on the future of work is more blunt than ever.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Hinton says AI is coming for “mundane intellectual labor” — and fast.

• Jobs like call center roles and paralegal work? He’d be “terrified” to hold one.

• The safest bets, for now, are physical trades: plumbing, electrical, anything hands-on.

• Gen Z is already shifting toward blue-collar work as the white-collar path narrows.

• Even jobs with AI assistants won’t be safe — one person may replace ten.

• Hinton sees mass job loss as the biggest near-term threat to human happiness.

• Universal basic income could soften the blow, but not the loss of purpose.

Here’s what I think:

Whether you agree with Hinton or not, his message is clear: we’re heading toward a future where doing the job well isn’t enough you also have to do the part AI can’t. The question isn’t whether AI will take over, but what we’ll do and be when it does.

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• Zencastr Studio: Record high-quality remote podcasts and interviews with AI-powered post-production features like noise reduction and automatic leveling.

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