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Code & Agents Simon Willison

The October inflection point for vibe game development

AI summary Simon Willison argues that October 2026 marked a turning point for building computer games through vibe coding, crediting Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 with a real grasp of fun gameplay. Over recent weeks he produced four browser games in HTML and JavaScript, among them Tree Appreciator, a fantasy RPG, and the real-time strategy title Battle Drones, which he released under the Apache 2.0 License. He says none of the projects took more than four hours of his own effort, and he judged GPT-6 Astra as not yet matching Opus 5.5 at making games enjoyable. He also noted that the wider gaming community remains hostile to AI-generated assets.

Creators & Marketing Marketing AI Institute

How to Build a Voice-First AI Rehearsal Partner

AI summary A setup described on Episode 247 of The Artificial Intelligence Show lets presenters practise a slide deck hands-free while walking, by linking ChatGPT Voice on a phone to Codex running on a computer through the ChatGPT app. The AI reads the actual deck, including visuals, animations and timing cues, coaches the speaker slide by slide, and can edit the slides and presenter notes during the session. Users build a basic custom skill first and refine it by voice as they go. Mike Kaput and Paul Roetzer, who host the show, note the same approach could suit sales pitches, podcast prep and media interviews.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Fan POV (Point Of View) Button

AI summary Google has begun showing a blue "Fan POV" button with a baseball emoji on some sports searches, such as queries for the World Series. Clicking it opens a box where users pick a game number and the team whose supporters' perspective they want. After pressing "Ask now," the query moves into AI Mode for a fuller answer. Mordy Oberstein, who noticed the feature and shared it on X, described it as personalization aimed at giving AI results a more emotional tone.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Tests Sponsored Results With Apple Messages Button

AI summary Google appears to be testing a button labeled Apple Messages on certain sponsored listings in its search results. Anthony Higman, who noticed it and posted about it on X, said the bright green button launches Apple Messages with a prewritten request to talk with someone about an incident. He noted the option is not offered in his own ad accounts, suggesting a limited beta, since message assets are still in beta. It does not seem to be Apple's Messages for Business feature.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads "All Conversions" Tab Is Fully Live

AI summary Google Ads has introduced a new submenu in its Goals and Conversions area that shows every conversion action without needing the extra "View all" button click. Thomas Eccel first noticed the change and shared it on LinkedIn, noting it had reached many accounts. Hana Kobzová reported that the view includes account-level goals, click-through windows, primary or secondary status, plus columns like repeat rate and last seen. A screenshot of the tab appeared in a blog post roughly a month earlier, so the exact full rollout date is unclear.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Google Business Profiles Adds Facebook Messenger M.me Links

AI summary Google has started notifying businesses by email that it is automatically placing m.me links for Facebook Messenger on their Google Business Profile pages. Darcy Burk shared one of the emails on X and asked whether others were seeing a wave of such updates. The m.me service is a Meta short-link tool that opens a direct Messenger chat with a Facebook Page, and adding it to these profiles appears to be new.

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