The AI Promo Brief: Issue #9

Gemini 3 Drops: Studio-Grade Creative at Coffee-Break Speed

You might have heard about Gemini 3 and it isn't hype—it's hands-on muscle for promo pros who need to move creatively, fast. Creators are already rebuilding games, spinning memes, and turbocharging prototypes in record time. This multimodal beast handles text, image, and code like it's second nature.

For teams living in visuals, Nano Banana Pro brings studio-grade image generation to your fingertips: campaign-ready product shots, branded overlays, international variations—all from one canvas. Pair it with Adobe Firefly Custom Models, and you're prototyping fresh client assets faster than your morning coffee routine. Early adopters say Gemini 3 Pro is reliable, delivers snappy UI tweaks, writes clean code, and—surprise—actually lands a few jokes along the way. It's a creative powerhouse that doesn't bore you to death.

SAM 3D Turns Your Phone into a 3D Product Studio

Meta's SAM 3D lets you capture any physical object with your phone and generate clean, editable 3D models in seconds—no photogrammetry rig required. Scan a client's existing merch, prototype new designs in context, or build product libraries that live beyond flat photos. Early tests show it handles complex shapes and textures better than older scanning tools, making it a solid play for teams that need dimensional assets fast. 

Microsoft's Copilot Army: The Sales Team That Never Sleeps

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, the company unleashed a fleet of autonomous agents built to handle the grunt work your team dreads: lead qualification, customer follow-ups, order tracking, vendor comms. These aren't chatbots—they're AI employees that actually execute tasks across Microsoft 365, syncing with your CRM, calendar, and inbox without breaking a sweat. Early adopters are already running agents that book meetings, draft proposals, and chase down approvals while human teams focus on the creative stuff that closes deals. BTW: Keep an eye out for a new term: “frontier firm”. Microsoft says it's a firm that uses AI agents as core team members, blending human strategy with automation to accelerate growth and streamline every workflow.

We're Hitting Vegas for PPAI Expo (Join Us)

PPAI Expo 2026 hits Las Vegas January 12-15, and commonsku's stacking the week with reasons to show up early and stay late. Platform walkthroughs at Booth #2310. Breakfast Club at Libertine Social. Conference sessions on AI Trends and Maximizing commonsku. Happy hours. We turned Expo into multi-networking opportunities that beat wandering the show floor alone. Here's your week with commonsku at a glance.

Let's Fix How You Plan Sales Targets

You can't slap 30% growth on last year's revenue and call it a plan. Dickron Kherlopian, commonsku's SVP of Sales, explains why most sales targets are fantasies—and how to build ones that survive contact with reality. Our latest skucast covers hiring for passion over personality, using dashboards to spot trouble before it tanks your quarter, and the three things that motivate every salesperson (spoiler: if two aren't working, they're already looking for another job). Best nugget? Ask candidates to pitch something they geek out about in 30 seconds, then object hard. Can't sell their passion? They won't sell your platform. Promo move: Map your current sales workflow and identify which steps collapse without your top performer.

Slack Who? ChatGPT's Group Chats Are Here to Play

Forget siloed Slack threads – OpenAI just dropped group chats in ChatGPT, letting your team (and your resident AI) collab in real time, riff on ops strategy, and untangle projects together—without leaking personal chat data. Now, teams can pull sales, ops, and even ChatGPT into one conversation, spark brainstorms, and get fast, context-aware AI recaps that go beyond pings and pins. Want a smooth handoff? Set custom instructions so ChatGPT keeps ops convos on track. 

🎨 Befreed.ai the world's first audio agent, designed for learning.

🛒 Google's agentic checkout handles your holiday shopping cart autonomously.

📸 Flair.ai transforms flat product shots into scroll-stopping visuals.

🎯 ChatGPT now powers Target's shopping experience—big retail meets bigger AI.

🔍 Spy on competitors' AI search rankings with Ahrefs' new tool before they dominate yours.

🤝 Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic just joined forces.

🎙️ Bovo.ai "the first AI music engine that you edit and own"

🎬 We already loved ElevenLabs voice product but the lab now features image and video tools too.

✨ MyTattooIdeas.ai creates custom tattoo designs via AI!

🌐 The Sphere + Gemini — check this.

🍌 Another insider take on Nano Banana Pro's capabilities.

💻 Replit founder shares what Gemini 3.0 means for developers.

🤖 Going to Expo? Want an IRL session on the top trends in AI+Promo? See all the commonsku happenings at Expo plus deets for our session on the AI Trends and Tools Every Promo Pro Needs Now!