Breathing Room: A Quiet Week, Big Shifts in AI & Apple
From an asthma attack to Apple’s WWDC hype and OpenAI’s new recording feature, here’s what stood out this week
🫁 Health Update
Sunday evening brought an unexpected turn, I experienced a significant asthma attack. This week, I’ve been in recovery mode, contributing to the team for a few hours here and there. It’s been a poignant reminder of the importance of health and the need to take time to heal.
💚 Asthma Friend Update
While progress was limited this week, we published two insightful blogs:
🌳 World Environment Day: How Green Spaces Can Help or Hurt Asthma
😷 COVID-19 and Asthma: What You Need to Know in 2025
Next week, we’re focusing on Father’s Day content, stay tuned!
🧠 AI Update
OpenAI has introduced a new voice recording feature in ChatGPT called Record mode. ChatGPT can capture any meeting or voice note, transcribe it, identify key points, and take follow-up action. Currently available exclusively to Business Plan/Team plan users on the Mac app. This advancement brings us closer to more natural AI interactions. They also announced Connectors under deep research to help you connect more tools and applications.
⚙️ Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Listening to Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, discuss the future of AI search has reinforced my confidence in the Generative Engine Optimization services we’ve developed at Digidarts. It’s inspiring to see our work aligning with industry leaders’ visions.
🍏 Tech Front: WWDC 2025
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on June 9. Anticipated announcements include:
iOS 26: A significant redesign inspired by visionOS, featuring translucent menus and rounded icons .
Apple Intelligence Enhancements: Subtle AI improvements, including AI-powered battery optimization and live translation in Messages .
AirPods Updates: New features like head gesture controls and sleep detection .
As someone considering a switch to Android, I’m hopeful Apple will deliver innovations that reignite my enthusiasm for iOS.
🎧 Pick of the Week
A captivating conversation with design legend Jony Ive, offering deep insights into design philosophy and innovation. Watch the conversation here
🏏 Cricket Highlight
While there’s no F1 race this weekend, the cricket world is buzzing, RCB has clinched the IPL title! Though I haven’t followed the IPL closely in recent years, the excitement surrounding RCB’s victory is truly infectious.
As I wrap up this week of recovery and reflection, I'm reminded that sometimes stepping back allows us to see the bigger picture. From personal health challenges to exciting developments in AIand the anticipation of Apple's WWDC, it's been a week of both challenges and possibilities. Thank you for continuing to be part of this journey, and I look forward to sharing more updates next week. Stay tuned.