TRO | Self-Driving Cars Are Safer

Your Meliora briefing on how GenAI and Creativity are unlocking a brighter, smarter future.

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October 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

Subscribe | 13th October, 2025

In this fast-moving GenAI economy, headlines are everywhere but optimism is rare.

Here’s our take on 3 stories that will help you be relentlessly optimistic about the future.

1. ChatGPT finds its rhythm with Spotify

Spotify has launched a new integration inside ChatGPT as part of their new app capability, letting users ask for music or podcast recommendations - by mood, theme, or artist - and play them instantly. The feature brings Spotify’s personalisation engine directly into conversation.

Here’s why this matters: Here’s another sign that AI is becoming an invisible layer in everyday experiences. This integration is a big improvement over opening Spotify and hunting manually. For Premium users, the ability to translate more elaborate prompts into fresh, tailored playlists suggests stronger personalisation layers ahead.

2. S&P Global is building for an AI data consumer

S&P Global is redesigning how it manages data for a world where AI, not humans, is the primary user. Its new Enterprise Data Organisation is centralising data across all divisions, structuring it so large language models can understand numbers, context, and meaning.

Here’s why this matters: It’s a sign that “data providers” and “AI firms” are beginning to converge. When organisations like S&P optimise their data for AI, it has the potential to transform business models across media, analytics, and enterprise. The future of value creation will come from how well data is structured for AI to understand it.

3. Self Driving Cars Are Safer

New research is showing autonomous vehicles aren’t just innovation, rather they’re a moral imperative. With more than a million deaths a year from car crashes globally, the data from early self-driving deployments is clear: fewer crashes, fewer injuries, and tens of thousands of potential lives saved annually.

Here’s why this matters: This shows what happens when technology moves from convenience to consequence. Autonomous vehicles could make roads dramatically safer, extend mobility to more people, and free entire cities from the inefficiency of human error. It’s progress that’s measurable through safer streets, faster cities and technology serving a clear public good.

Still Curious?

Our Pursuit Of Better

We took OpenAI’s new AgentKit for a spin, and it’s awesome. Whilst AgentKit is actually more of a suite of tools, it’s now significantly easier for developers and enterprises to build and deploy AI agents. If you are interested in building your own custom AI agents for personal or business processes, AgentKit is a great way to start learning - and given it’s been around for less than a week, it’ll only get better.

Last week, Perplexity AI removed the paywall from their browser, Comet, making it free for all. We’ve been taking the browser for a spin over the last week and it’s a powerful way to automate tasks, use AI-enabled search and reduce context switching. Give it a go for yourself here.

Blunge is a GenAI app that helps designers, artists and creatives extend their portfolios and create stunning AI-generated artwork through ethical AI. We love Blunge because it protects copyright and ensures artists' unique styles remain their own. Super useful for social media content, client pitches, storyboarding, and concepting.

The Story of The Chapel of Elton

With thanks to 18Sixty, we’re pleased to share our first episode of The Relentless Optimist podcast. The Meliora team reminisce on a previous life at Absolute Radio, where an intimate Elton John concert turned into something spectacular. From launching a FLAC stream to a set list that grew from three to thirteen, this is the story of what happens when curiosity, technology and creative courage combine.

Strategic Partner Spotlight

We are excited to announce a new Strategic Partnership with 1983 Creative - a global studio producing film, editorial, animation, and visual arts that help brands tell stories with world-class cinematic polish. The 1983 team deliver end-to-end production across commercials, documentaries and TV campaigns.

Edison Research is a leader in audio, election, and market research, renowned for pioneering studies and providing trusted consumer insights to media, brands, and governments worldwide. After many years working together on various projects, we’re so pleased to formally have the Edison Research team as a Strategic Partner.

The Pursuit of Better, Together

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