Daily Minute Master Series
August 12, 2025
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
X Makes Big Push on Text-To-Video Functionality, New AI Options
Elon Musk and his xAI team are making a big push to get people using its latest Grok elements, with its Grok “Imagine” video generation option now free to use in the U.S. for a limited time, while X has also added the capacity to animate images with Grok in-stream.
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Reddit To Restrict Internet Archive From Accessing Its Communities
A notable side-effect to the new wave of data protectionism online, in response to AI tools scraping any data that they can, is what that could mean for data access more broadly, and the capacity to research historic material that exists across the web.
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McDonald’s Launches VR Experience in Meta’s Horizon Worlds
The McDonald’s VR world includes interactive mini-games, themed zones and an opportunity to interact with classic McDonald’s characters. There are also hidden collectibles and in-game wearables.
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AMC Theatres Cutting Some Pre-Show “Marketing Material” Even As It Keeps Ad Deal In Place
As AMC Theatres reports a strong box office quarter and reiterates its plan to help claw its way out of debt, its top executive also has a message for moviegoers and studios: we’ve heard your feedback on how much pre-show content there is.
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Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings
Elon Musk says that his artificial intelligence company xAI “will take immediate legal action” against Apple for allegedly manipulating its App Store rankings to the advantage of rival AI apps. In a series of X posts on Monday night, Musk suggested that Apple was “playing politics” by not placing either X or xAI’s Grok chatbot in the App Store’s list of recommended iOS apps, and that he had no choice but to file a lawsuit.
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Sam Altman is right and wrong about the future of photos
Cute AI animals are still AI.
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