👀 HSBC calls out OpenAI

December 01, 2025 | Read Online

Welcome back, Superhuman. AI-driven eCommerce traffic jumped 805% on Black Friday, but there's an even bigger story. In October, AI traffic converted at a higher rate than traditional browsing. Expect this trend to accelerate further once OpenAI introduces shopping and ads to ChatGPT.

Today: Gemini is closing in on ChatGPT, learn how to create consultant-quality strategies, and get the latest prompts and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

Source: Financial Times, Sensor Tower estimates

1. Gemini app downloads are reportedly catching up to ChatGPT: ChatGPT remains the most popular AI chatbot with 85 million monthly downloads in October. But Gemini is closing the gap with 64 million downloads, up from 16 million in August. Gemini users also spend more time chatting than ChatGPT or Claude users. The trend is in large part driven by Gemini's enhanced image generation capabilities.

2. AI helps drive $11.8 billion in Black Friday sales: Adobe found that AI-driven traffic to US retail websites jumped 805% compared to last year, helping push Black Friday sales to a record $11.8 billion. Looking at October, AI traffic rose 1,200% year over year and converted 16% better than traditional browsing.

3. HSBC releases critical analysis of OpenAI's financial future: The financial services giant estimates OpenAI will not be cash flow positive before 2030, despite growing revenue. The analysis also projects that OpenAI will need another $207 billion to meet its growth plans, which include $1.4 trillion in compute commitments.

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THE AI ACADEMY

How to create consultant-quality strategies (in minutes)

Go to ChatAgency AI and click 'Start a free trial'
Log in with Google, LinkedIn, or email
Enter your idea or problem statement

Sample Prompt: "Expand my Korean skin care brand to the US" OR

"Create an AI SAAS tool to help students with college applications"

Upload documents (if any) and hit generate (your detailed idea is created)
Use the navigation to choose and create deliverables such as market research, vision, personas, financial model, business requirements, and 15+ others.
Get advice from the Cofounder Chatbot (at bottom)
Export your summary or pitch deck - or any deliverable you want in a doc file

FROM THE FRONTIER

One of the largest music companies tried fighting AI. Now it's joining it.

Made with Midjourney

The partnership bombshell. Warner Music Group just announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Suno, the AI music platform it was previously suing. The goal? To "empower the creative community and open new revenue opportunities for artists." From lawsuit to partnership in one announcement — what changed?

AI music's popularity is getting hard to ignore. Suno's users reportedly generate an entire Spotify catalog's worth of music every two weeks. That volume is producing real hits, with at least six AI artists debuting on Billboard charts. One prominent venture capitalist says that AI is doing for music what Instagram did for photography — turning everyone into a creator.

Shifting sentiment. Warner believes that AI can be pro-artist, as long as artists are able to opt in for their likeness and compositions. This represents a major tonal shift that others will likely adopt in the industry.

But not everyone is a fan. There's one complication: Udio and Suno have admitted to training their AI models on copyrighted materials, a practice that hundreds of artists oppose. Warner's "licensed AI music" approach is one attempted solution, but fundamental copyright and ethical concerns remain unanswered.

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PROMPT STATION

Optimize your resume with AI

Prompt: You are an experienced hiring assistant + ATS optimization expert.    Your task:  I will give you a job description and a resume.  You will tailor the resume to perfectly match the job description.    Rules:  1. Extract ALL relevant keywords from the job description:  - job title  - required skills  - preferred skills  - responsibilities  - tools / technologies  - soft skills  - domain keywords  - industry terms    2. Compare the job description with the candidate's resume.  For every required or relevant skill/keyword:  - If it already exists in the resume → rewrite & emphasize it  - If it exists but weak → strengthen, move higher, highlight impact  - If it's missing but the candidate has similar experience → add a truthful sentence  - If it's not in the resume and can't be assumed → DO NOT invent it    3. Reorganize the resume:  - Move the most relevant experience to the top  - Add a strong, tailored summary section at the beginning using job-description keywords  - Strengthen achievements using measurable impact when possible  - Make responsibilities match the job description phrasing (without copying word-for-word)    4. Keep formatting clean and ATS-friendly:    5. Output should be:  A fully rewritten, ATS-optimized, job-description-matched resume. Keep it concise, professional, and keyword-rich.    Now ask me:  "Please paste the job description and the resume."    Source: r/jobs

Utopian City

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Midjourney Prompt: A hyper-detailed utopian version of Istanbul [or another city of your choice]; enormous futuristic structures inspired by Ottoman-Byzantine architecture, gigantic column-based megastructures rising over the city, domes and minarets redesigned in advanced crystal-metal composites. Ultra-complex patterns carved into every surface: illuminated arabesque motifs, gold-infused filigree lines, geometric mosaics, holographic calligraphy flowing across the buildings. Massive bridges and skywalks connecting colossal towers, reminiscent of the Bosphorus but transformed into an elevated, multi-layer energy river. The ground level is a bustling urban plaza filled with hundreds of people, diverse clothing styles blending futuristic fabrics with traditional silhouettes; vibrant crowds, dynamic movement, street vendors, floating lanterns. Atmosphere filled with soft morning haze over the futuristic skyline; sunlight breaking through gigantic columns, domes glowing with internal energy. Wide-angle cinematic shot, extreme detail, 8K realism, deep perspective, intricate textures everywhere. Negative: no blur, no distorted faces, no extra limbs, no low-quality details, no broken architecture, no warped perspective, no watermark. --ar 9:16 --style raw

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