Brasilia for less than 24 hours… what a fascinating city. My message was that creating ‘intelligence’ as a commodity is a major industrial undertaking. When you look at the whole ‘stack’ that is required to make AI a cheap and abundant resource at scale – energy and rare earth
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GPT-5 Gets Warmer, Friendlier Tone in Latest Update
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We’re making GPT-5 warmer and friendlier based on feedback that it felt too formal before. Changes are subtle, but ChatGPT should feel more approachable now. You'll notice small, genuine touches like “Good question” or “Great start,” not flattery. Internal tests show no rise in
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AI News Roundup: GPT4o Return, o3 Victory, Grok Free Access
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A busy AI news week means an extra long AI news roundup post Did I miss anything? – @OpenAI restored #GPT4o as model option after #GPT5 backlash
– OpenAI’s o3 won Kaggle AI Chess Tournament
– @grok 4 is now free to use worldwide
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OpenAI refines Codex branding strategy with CLI distinction
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I think OpenAI are settling on "Codex" vs "Codex CLI" now which is an improvement at least
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OpenAI naming confusion: Codex duplication versus Gemini CLI Jules differentiation
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Honestly a better naming convention than OpenAI, who have Codex (the Jules competitor) and Codex (the Gemini CLI competitor) I think Gemini CLI and Jules are very different shaped products, personally
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Google Launches Imagen 4 Fast Model for Developers
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Here’s what we shipped this week —We launched a new Imagen 4 Fast model so developers can quickly generate images at only $0.02 per image and updated Imagen 4 and Imagen 4 Ultra to support 2K images. All are now generally available in the Gemini API for developers and
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Meta’s Ads Manager Deterioration Amid AI Integration Focus
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It is crazy how much more terrible Meta's Ads Manager is today than it was even 5 years ago. It's so cumbersome, slow, and half the time doesn't even load your basic numbers. In an effort to get all things AI injected they've neglected the one key that we need the most,
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OpenAI Podcast Now Available on Spotify Apple YouTube
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Listen to the OpenAI Podcast on—
Spotify https://
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Google’s Nano Banana AI Model Disrupts Professional Image Editing
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It’s over. Google’s new image model Nano Banana just killed Photoshop. Say what you want, it edits anything just by describing it — no tools, no layers, no hassle. 10 insane examples you won’t believe: 1/ Asked Nano-Banana for a straight-on portrait — it nailed it instantly.