Hey smart thinkers,
This week, AI continues to shake up industries—from telecom transforming infrastructure to AI redefining how students search for universities. Grab your favorite coffee and settle in for your curated dose of updates and insights.
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🚀 Telus Makes Bold AI Moves with a $50B Investment
Canada’s Telus is investing $50 billion over the next five years in expanding network infrastructure, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and advancing sovereign AI with new facilities. Highlights include enhanced 5G services and new data centers in British Columbia and Quebec. This signals a massive leap toward positioning Canada as a global AI innovator.
Why it matters: Telus’ sovereign AI facilities could set a new standard for national data ownership and energy-efficient AI development.
Read more about Telus’ AI strategy here.
🎓 AI Is Changing University Recruitment, but Not in Their Favor
Everspring’s 2025 Report reveals that students increasingly rely on AI tools like ChatGPT instead of traditional search engines for university research. Key findings show top-ranking universities failing to convert clicks when AI-generated answers dominate search results. Universities must rethink visibility strategies to include AI-optimized content or risk vanishing from student consideration.
Pro insight: Higher Ed marketing needs to evolve faster than AI trends to stay in the game. Read this blogpost to learn how you can show up in AI search.
📸 Google Photos Levels Up AI Editing Features
Google Photos just introduced AI tools to simplify photo editing. You can now enjoy Auto Frame for re-composition and the Reimagine feature for text-based image creation. The updated tools are making professional edits accessible to everyone without breaking a sweat.
What’s next: Look out for a redesign that offers sharper AI editing suggestions tailored to your creative style.
Check out everything new in Google Photos.
🤖 AI Agents to Reshape Enterprise Strategies by 2025
A study by Nasscom predicts that enterprises will allocate 18% of their digital tech budgets to AI in 2025, marking a shift to AI-first operating models. Autonomous AI agents capable of managing complex tasks will take center stage, driving efficiency and innovation in enterprise workflows.
Expert take: Integrating AI agents could redefine real-time decision-making for businesses worldwide. Read more about AI agent adoption trends.
We’ll be doing a workshops on how to build your own AI agents! Want to join? Let us know here.
📢 Reed Hastings Joins Anthropic’s Board
Netflix co-founder and longtime CEO Reed Hastings has been appointed to Anthropic’s board of directors. Known for scaling Netflix into a global giant and his work on the boards of Facebook and Microsoft, Hastings brings deep tech and social impact experience. He recently donated $50M to fund AI and ethics research and continues to champion education and digital access globally. His appointment supports Anthropic’s mission to build safe, steerable AI for the benefit of humanity.
Tools We Love ❤️
- Talkadot– use to capture real-time feedback, collect testimonials, and turn engaged audience members into future clients.
- Jasper.ai – Uses multiple LLM’s. Great for teams! Content supply chain, capture institutional knowledge, high quality copy for emails, ads, websites, listings, blogs while maintaining your brand voice and security.
- OS CRM – Manage your client interactions through automations with this specialty CRM. Consistent nurturing, outreach, lead sourcing to grow your business without adding more employees.
💥 What’s Next?
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See you in the lab next week,
Nicole Donnelly
Founder, AI Smart Ventures
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