Big Tech blows out earnings

Welcome back, Superhuman. When Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft all report earnings on the same day, the economy holds its breath. Fortunately, the four tech giants delivered uniformly strong results — along with even bigger AI investment plans for the future.

Today: Gemini can now create files, how to create real QR codes with ChatGPT Image 2, and get the latest prompts and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

1. Gemini gets direct file generation for Workspace and Microsoft 365: Gemini can now create Docs, Sheets, Slides, Word docs, Excel files, and more directly in the chat. Just prompt Gemini with your task and download the file straight to your device — eliminating the need to copy/paste. Supported formats include .pdf, .docx, .xlsx, .csv, LaTeX, TXT, RTF, and Markdown. See how it works.

2. Apple’s iOS 27 to bring AI deeper into the Photos app: Apple's upcoming OS will reportedly add three new Apple Intelligence photo tools: Extend to expand backgrounds with generative AI, Enhance for auto lighting and quality fixes, and Reframe to shift perspective on spatial photos. Apple will likely unveil these new features at WWDC on June 8.

3. Parag Agrawal's agent-search startup hits $2B valuation: Parallel Web Systems, founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, just raised $100M at a $2B valuation — nearly tripling its valuation from $740M just five months ago. The startup offers a suite of internet and research APIs optimized for AI agents, letting them search, extract, and monitor the web with the precision long-running tasks demand.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft flex their AI muscles

Big Tech delivers. In a rapid-fire window, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft gave updates almost simultaneously. The consensus: Cloud revenue is soaring and AI-linked income is finally starting to materialize. The catch — capital expenditures are still climbing fast.

Alphabet flexes. The search giant posted $109B in revenue, up 22% YoY, its fastest growth since 2022. Its main headline was Google Cloud, which grew 63% to $20B and now carries a $460B backlog. CEO Sundar Pichai made it clear: “Our AI investments and full stack approach are lighting up every part of the business.”

AWS wins. Amazon announced $181B in revenue with 28% AWS growth — the cloud unit's fastest in 15 quarters. Andy Jassy noted that Amazon's chips business cleared a $20B run rate growing triple digits, and Bedrock processed more tokens in Q1 alone than in all prior years combined. Q1 capital expenditures hit $44B, up from $25B a year ago.

Meta beats. Mark Zuckerberg's ad machine delivered $56B in revenue — up 33% YoY, the company's fastest growth since 2021. Meta also raised 2026 capex guidance to a high of $145B, citing higher component pricing and data center costs.

Copilot lifts off. Microsoft hit $82B in revenue, up 18% YoY, primarily driven by Azure growth. Microsoft 365 Copilot crossed 20 million paid seats, up from 15 million just a quarter ago, and the company’s total AI annualized revenue now stands at $37B, up 123% YoY.

THE AI ACADEMY

How to create real QR codes with ChatGPT Image 2

• Go to ChatGPT and sign up

• Click ‘+‘ > ‘Create image‘, and enter your prompt

Sample Prompt: Can you generate an image of a QR code with an encoded real website link that you think is fun or clever?

• You can also give your website link and ask it to create a scannable QR code for you

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IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials today

📞 Customer Service: An NYT reporter scored a $15 refund after using GPT-5.5 to battle with customer service.
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📸 ChatGPT Images: This prompt converts regular phone photos into website-worthy graphics.
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🗣️ Translate Turns Twenty: To celebrate Google Translate’s 20-year anniversary, the company dropped 20 tips and AI-powered features to try.
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💰️ Pay Package: Elon Musk only gets his SpaceX compensation if the company hits a $7.5T valuation — and reaches a major interstellar milestone.
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🔔 Claude Feature: Claude Code shipped push notifications, so you can take a break — and get pinged when your agent is done.
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PRODUCTIVITY

5 New & Trending AI Tools

• 🚀 HeyGen: Create AI avatars and video clones of yourself.

• 🕹️ SoonLab: Turn a single prompt into a playable game in seconds.

• 🖼️ SlidesGo: Create, beautify, and convert professional slide decks instantly.

• 👨‍💻 ZooClaw: Assign each task to the right agent, with structured domain knowledge and a native-sounding voice.

• 🗣️ VoidMagic: Create high-quality vocal content with voice cloning and custom voice synthesis.

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PROMPT STATION

One-Person Marketing Team

Prompt: You are a senior marketing strategist, copywriter, and content planner rolled into one. My product is [describe product, audience, and price]. Create a full 7-day marketing plan that includes: daily social media posts (written out in full, ready to post), 2 email sequences (welcome + sales), 3 hook ideas for short-form video, and a content calendar for the next 30 days. Make everything specific no generic advice.

Source: r/ChatGPT

Stylized Travel Poster

ChatGPT Image 2.0 Prompt:  Create a stylized travel poster / graphic collage for [country]. The main subject should be a stylish international tourist visiting [country], clearly presented as a traveler and not a local resident. Show the tourist wearing modern travel fashion, with details such as a camera, backpack, sunglasses, map, or suitcase, exploring the culture and atmosphere of [country]. Place the tourist in a dynamic composition surrounded by iconic architecture, streets, landscapes, landmarks, transportation, food, signage, and cultural elements associated with [country]. Blend realistic character detail with a graphic collage background made of layered paper textures, torn poster edges, sticker elements, halftone dots, editorial typography, and bold geometric shapes. Include authentic visual motifs from [country], but keep the tourist’s appearance and styling globally fashionable and clearly foreign to the setting. Add a large readable headline: “LOST IN [country]”. Modern, artistic, premium editorial travel poster aesthetic, balanced layout, print-worthy composition.

(Pro Tip: You can also upload your own photo and use it as a subject to create travel posters of yourself)

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