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Innovation Profs - 12/9/2025
Your weekly guide to generative AI tools and news
Innovation Profs
December 09, 2025
Latest Gen AI News
Gemini 3 Deep Think rolls out to paid subscribers
Google has begun offering the new “Deep Think” mode inside Gemini to paying “AI Ultra” users (who shell out $250 per month). Deep Think boosts Gemini’s reasoning by running “parallel thinking”: instead of providing a quick answer, Deep Think explores multiple hypotheses simultaneously, gradually refining toward a solution. Deep Think vastly outperforms other top reasoning models such as GPT-5.1 across a number of benchmarks.
Adobe Rolls Out Free Generative AI for Creative Cloud Pro Users as a Limited-Time Bonus
Adobe has quietly unlocked unlimited use of Adobe Firefly for users of Adobe Creative Cloud Pro, allowing these users to access images, third-party model image generation, and video generation. The offer runs through Dec. 15, 2025, giving creatives access to Firefly’s full generative AI suite (plus other new AI-powered tools across Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, etc.) without worrying about credit caps.
Anthropic launches Claude for Nonprofits for Giving Tuesday
On Giving Tuesday last week, Anthropic jumped into the giving mix, rolling out a new program called “Claude for Nonprofits,” offering discounted access to its AI models to nonprofit organizations. Under the initiative, eligible nonprofits can get up to 75% off on paid Claude plans, making Anthropic’s LLMs far more affordable for resource-constrained organizations. In addition to discounts, the rollout includes free training resources and support to help staff adopt AI workflows.
Trump vows executive order to block state AI laws
President Trump says he plans to sign a “ONE RULE” executive order this week that would stop states from enforcing their own AI regulations, arguing that companies cannot navigate “50 approvals” every time they launch something. The draft order would direct federal agencies to challenge state AI laws in court, push the FCC and FTC toward nationwide rules, and elevate venture capitalist David Sacks as a key White House AI adviser.
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Virtual Microsoft Copilot Workshop: This three-hour virtual workshop on Dec. 16 will show you how to get the most out of Microsoft Copilot. You’ll learn how to use the LLM more efficiently, how to use and build Agents and how to integrate Copilot tools into apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and more. Sign up here.
Quick Hits
Tool of the week: Guidde
Guidde is a generative AI platform that helps teams create video documentation such as how to guides, onboarding materials and training content much faster than traditional methods, often citing “up to 11x faster.” It is built around a browser extension that records your screen while you perform a task, then automatically turns that workflow into a polished step by step video tutorial.
AI-generated image of the week
Nano Banana Pro continues to impress (and not care about IP, apparently). Here’s Snider with the cast of The Office.
Prompt: A film-like fisheye wide-angle 360-degree selfie without any camera or phone visible in the subject’s hands. A real and exaggerated selfie of me (uploaded photo) with the cast of The Office. They are making faces at the camera.What we found
Here’s a roundup of updates Kling AI’s Omni launch week last week. Lots of impressive new AI video features were announced. We’ll share more in our AI Update this Friday.
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