| The Romans used to drop toast into wine for good health. | That weird little habit is also where raise a toast is thought to come from. | One of our fanciest phrases started with someone turning their drink into a soggy snack. | What’s in store: | | Read Time: 5 minutes |
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| | | OPENAI | | | OpenAI is reportedly planning its biggest ChatGPT update yet, as it looks to turn the app into more of an all-in-one “superapp”. | According to the Financial Times, the redesign will give more space to OpenAI’s coding tool Codex, AI agents, image generation and partner services such as Canva and Booking.com. | The changes could start appearing on ChatGPT’s website and mobile apps in the coming weeks. | The move comes as OpenAI puts more focus on business customers. | The FT reported that around 2 million businesses now make up about 40% of OpenAI’s revenue, with that share expected to reach 50% by the end of the year. | The key bits: | OpenAI is reportedly redesigning ChatGPT into more of a superapp. | Codex, AI agents and partner services are expected to get more attention. | The shift comes as OpenAI focuses more on business customers and future revenue growth. | IPO math hums | Codex is also becoming a bigger priority, as most of its users are paying customers. | The update could make ChatGPT feel less like a chatbot and more like a hub for coding, creating, booking and completing tasks. | OpenAI has also been linked to a possible stock market listing. | Reuters reported in May that the company was preparing a confidential US IPO filing, though CEO Sam Altman has said the company will go public when it makes sense. | Reuters said it could not independently verify the FT report, and OpenAI did not immediately comment. | Canva and Booking.com showing up inside ChatGPT feels like the start pf am app mall with a typing box. - MG | Would you want ChatGPT to become more of an all-in-one app? | | Vote for live results + see results and opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | | AI GEMINI | | | | Jeff Su was Google’s worst salesman. And then one of its best. Last year, he left his 9-year stay to be a YouTube educator. | Over 1.6M people follow him for productivity systems, job-hunting advice, AI agent guides, and other workplace hacks. Here are his 7 essential Gemini tips that most folks overlook. | Skip the side panel model Enable this one setting to unlock smarter responses Reference many Google Drive files at once Add AI summary blocks directly inside Docs Describe Sheets formulas in plain English Make stylized slide decks via NotebookLM Build a searchable Meeting archive
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| | The code looked great right up until he had to touch it again | One developer said they deleted most of their AI-generated code after realising they could not actually work with it. The code looked clean and professional, but when it came time to add a bigger feature, they found themselves rereading everything like it belonged to someone else. | After rewriting the project from scratch, they ended up with less code, fewer layers, and a codebase they actually understood. Their takeaway was not “AI coding is bad,” but that AI can make you feel productive while quietly filling your project with stuff you do not need. |
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| | | AI SCIENCE | | | For nearly 80 years, mathematicians have been stuck on a question that sounds annoyingly simple: if you place dots on a flat surface, how many pairs can be the same distance apart? | This is called the unit distance problem. | In 1946, mathematician Paul Erdős proposed a possible answer, but no one had been able to prove or disprove it. | Now, researchers say that conjecture has been disproved. | A reasoning model was given the problem and asked to either prove it or find a counterexample. | Instead of confirming what many mathematicians expected, it found a way to beat Erdős’ proposed arrangement. | The proof used algebra and number theory, two areas that do not seem like obvious tools for a geometry problem about dots on a plane. | Harvard mathematician Melanie Matchett Wood said that is part of what makes the result interesting, because it shows how ideas from one area of maths can unlock progress in another. | The counterexample is not exactly doodle-friendly. It involves creating a complex grid in a higher-dimensional space, then projecting it onto a flat plane. Very casual behaviour from a dot problem. | The result is being treated as a real mathematical breakthrough, but researchers are being careful about what it says about AI. | The discovery matters because: | It challenges a long-standing maths conjecture that had remained unresolved since 1946. It shows how algebra and number theory can be used in unexpected ways to solve geometry problems. It raises fresh questions about how AI-generated proofs should be checked, credited, and shared.
| Dots behaving badly | Some experts said the proof relied more on persistence than a sudden flash of genius. | It has also raised bigger questions about how AI-generated maths should be checked. | In this case, experts said the proof was relatively easy for humans to verify. | But future AI-generated proofs could be much harder to assess, especially if they run to hundreds of pages. | That concern has already led a group of experts to call for stronger guardrails around AI in mathematical research. | Their concerns include reliability, transparency, proper credit for ideas, and access to powerful private tools. | For now, the takeaway is simple: AI may become a useful research tool, especially for testing routes humans might not have the patience to follow. | But mathematicians still want the receipts. | I wonder what they’ll say when I tell these geniuses I use the calculator when splitting the bill at the restaurant.- MG |
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Gaming: Sea of Thieves Season 20 will introduce free Custom Seas, giving players greater control over their own pirate adventures.
Movies: Isolation 2 has unveiled its first trailer, taking the survival horror series from a space station to a dangerous colony world. | Don’t Miss: Microsoft has revealed a limited-edition Xbox Series X to celebrate the console’s 25th anniversary, featuring a translucent green design inspired by the original Xbox. The matching controller includes nostalgic details like the classic ABXY colors and transparent casing that reveals the iconic Xbox logo. |
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| | “Who is most responsible for preventing AI misuse?” | The government. We need standardised safeguards. - 53% ✅ | AI companies. They have to consider threats when scaling. - 47% | Your Views: | “The government can only be relied upon to overreach. AI companies could do the governance needed, if they could separate competence from constraint and agree that a certain amount of constraint will prevent catastrophic failure.” - esma | “We can't expect AI companies to police themselves - about anything” - foundat | “The correct answer here is is BOTH. it makes no sense to release technological advances that can destroy everyone!” - rgray | Submit your opinions in our polls to be featured! |
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