Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little examine Google's groundbreaking Gemini 3 release, which delivers state-of-the-art multimodal reasoning and sets a new benchmark for AI capabilities. They also explore ChatGPT's upgrade to version 5.1 with improved instruction following and better handling of longer conversation.
The hosts discuss Canva's new Creative Operating System, which now generates AI-powered designs directly within the platform.
This week's Tip of the Week demonstrates how Gemini 3 can use the context you provide it to greatly improve the accuracy of your hand written transcription.
In RapidFire, they cover NotebookLM's new deep research mode, Nano Banana's integration into Photoshop, Anthropic's privacy policy changes regarding training data, and how Claude's new usage monitoring feature can reduce your stress level.
Timestamps:
In the News:
04:17 Google Gemini 3’s Multimodal AI Reaches New Heights
13:47 ChatGPT 5.1 upgrade is now better at following your Instructions
22:39 Canva Creative Operating System: AI-Powered Design Generation
Tip of the Week:
26:21 Adding Reasoning to Your Transcriptions Improves Accuracy
RapidFire:
36:40 NotebookLM Becomes a Fully Featured Research Tool
43:40 Nano Banana is Now Available in Photoshop
47:20 Anthropic Announces Claude Chats Will Be Used for Training Data
54:13 View Your Claude Usage in Settings
Resource Links:
Intro to Family History AI by the Family History AI Show Academy
https://tixoom.app/fhaishow
Google Gemini 3
Introducing Gemini 3: A New Era of Intelligence
https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/
ChatGPT 5.1
A smarter, more conversational
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/
GPT-5.1 New Features Explained
https://scalevise.com/resources/gpt-5-1-new-features/
Canva Creative Operating System
Introducing Canva's Creative Operating System
https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/creative-operating-system/
NotebookLM Deep Research
NotebookLM adds Deep Research and support for more source types
https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/notebooklm-deep-research-file-types/
Nano Banana in Photoshop
Create with unlimited generations using Google Gemini 3 (Nano Banana Pro) in Adobe Firefly
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/11/20/google-gemini-3-nano-banana-pro-firefly-photoshop
Anthropic Privacy Policy Update
Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data: How to Opt Out
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-using-claude-chats-for-training-how-to-opt-out/
Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy
https://www.anthropic.com/news/updates-to-our-consumer-terms
Claude Usage Monitoring
Usage Limit Best Practices
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797557-usage-limit-best-practices
Tags:
Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Canva, NotebookLM, Nano Banana, Anthropic Claude, Photo Restoration
