Sora API, AI Automations, and Apple’s M5 Chip
from Built This Week Hosted by Jordan Metzner, Samuel Nadler
Episode 18: TrickorTreat! This week on Built This Week, Sam Nadler and Jordan Metzner get into the Halloween spirit with a playful AI build, TrickOrTreat, an interactive web app that lets users snap a photo and instantly generate custom AI costumes and “Happy Halloween” videos. Built in Replit using NanoBanana and Video 3.1, it’s a perfect mix of fun, speed, and creativity. The hosts discuss how quick AI builds can boost team culture, inspire side projects, and push generative video forward. Then they spotlight Publer, the social media syndication tool that keeps their content engine running across platforms, and how it helps teams automate posts without losing authenticity. In the AI News Rundown, they react to Kohler’s new “smart toilet camera” (yes, really), break down OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser launch, and explore Google’s new AI Studio app builder - three stories showing how fast (and weird) the AI world is moving. — Show Notes (0:00) Intro (1:20) TrickOrTreat demo — how the AI costume builder works (3:30) Why Jordan built it + tech stack (Replit, NanoBanana, Video 3.1) (5:30) Funny results, costumes, and team reactions (8:40) Real use cases for generative video (9:50) Tool of the Week – Publer for social media syndication (12:10) How Publer helps scale content across platforms (14:30) AI News: Kohler’s “toilet camera” and privacy questions (20:00) AI News: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas browser (25:00) AI News: Google AI Studio introduces “vibe-coding” app builder (29:40) Wrap-up + closing thoughts — Platforms / Tools Mentioned • Ryz Labs: www.ryzlabs.com • Publer: www.publer.com • NanoBanana API: https://nanobanana.ai/ • Replit: https://replit.com/ — Listen on Your Favorite Platform: • Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/0ahiOCzYxhhkEgbtz9kkeC • Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-this-week/id1823270832 • Amazon Music – https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/1017d387-fbb0-4bbf-9488-817cee38e058 • Deezer – https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1001995001 — Follow the Hosts: Jordan Metzner • LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanmetzner/ • Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mrjmetz/ • X – https://x.com/mrjmetz?lang=bn Sam Nadler • LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-nadler-1881b75/ • X – http://x.com/Gravino05
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- 0:00 How do Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 compare for AI video generation?
- 2:18 What is the Sora 2 API and what can you build with it?
- 4:53 Is Veo 3.1 better than Sora 2 in a side by side test?
- 9:25 Is AI video generation a threat to Hollywood and content creators?
- 10:43 What is n8n and how is it different from Zapier or Make?
- 13:08 How do you automate sales outreach with an n8n workflow?
- 15:34 Can Claude build an n8n workflow for you from a prompt?
- 17:54 What does Walmart selling inside ChatGPT mean for Amazon?
- 21:41 Can Anthropic grow from $9 billion to $26 billion in revenue?
- 24:51 Is Apple's M5 MacBook Pro worth it for AI developers?
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