EP35: Nano Banana Comes to Photoshop, ChatGPT Projects Now Free, Citation Best Practices for Nano Banana, Sora 2 Goes Social, Claude Writes MS Office Documents
The Family History AI Show
Why 'Restoration' Needs Transparency
Steve and Mark discuss generative AI's replacement of pixels and the need for user education when editing historical photos.
Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore how Google's Nano Banana photo restoration tool will revolutionize image restoration by integrating with Adobe Photoshop. This move will greatly reduce unintended changes to historical photos when editing them with AI.
Next, they unpack OpenAI’s move to make ChatGPT Projects available to free-tier users, making research organization more accessible for genealogists.
This week's Tip of the Week provides essential guidance on the responsible use AI when editing historical photos using AI tools like Nano Banana, ensuring transparency and trust in historical photographs.
In RapidFire, they cover OpenAI's new Sora 2 AI-video social media platform, Claude's new ability to create and edit Microsoft Office files, memory features in Claude Projects, advancements in local language models, and how OpenAI's massive infrastructure deals are changing the AI landscape.
Timestamps:
In the News:
02:43 Adobe improves historical photo restoration by adding Nano Banana to Photoshop
09:34 ChatGPT Projects are Now Free
Tip of the Week:
13:36 Citations for AI-Restored Images Build Trust in AI-Modified Photos
RapidFire:
21:24 Sora 2 Goes Social
27:23 Claude Adds Microsoft Office Creation and Editing
34:26 Memory Features Come to Claude Projects
38:32 Apple and Amazon both create Local Language Model tools
44:47 OpenAI's Big Data Centre Deal with Oracle
Resource Links
OpenAI announces free access to ChatGPT Projects
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes
Engadget: OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Projects to Free Users
https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-rolls-out-chatgpt-projects-to-free-users-215027802.html
Forbes: OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Projects Free
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2025/09/14/small-business-technology-roundup-microsoft-copilot-does-not-improve-productivity-and-openai-makes-chatgpt-project-free/
Responsible AI Photo Restoration
https://makingfamilyhistory.com/responsible-ai-photo-restoration/
Claude now has memory, but only for certain users
https://mashable.com/article/anthropic-claude-ai-now-has-memory-for-some-users
New Apple Intelligence features are available today
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/new-apple-intelligence-features-are-available-today/
Introducing Amazon Lens Live
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/search-image-amazon-lens-live-shopping-rufus
Amazon Lens Live Can Scan and Pull Up Matches
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spot-an-item-you-wish-to-buy-amazon-lens-live-can-scan-and-pull-up-matches
A Joint Statement from OpenAI and Microsoft About Their Changing Partnership
https://openai.com/index/joint-statement-from-openai-and-microsoft/
The Verge: OpenAI and Oracle Pen $300 Billion Compute Deal
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/776170/oracle-openai-300-billion-contract-project-stargate
Reuters: OpenAI and Oracle Sign $300 Billion Computing Deal
https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-oracle-sign-300-billion-computing-deal-wsj-reports-2025-09-10/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Tags
Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, Photo Restoration, AI Tools, OpenAI, Google, Adobe Photoshop, ChatGPT Projects, Nano Banana, Image Editing, AI Citations, Sora 2, Video Generation, Claude, Microsoft Office, Apple Intelligence, Amazon Lens, Oracle, Cloud Computing, Local Language Models, AI Infrastructure, Responsible AI, Historical Photos
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