Charles Darwin may have invented the office chair, which is a deeply on-brand breakthrough in laziness.

He reportedly stuck wheels on his chair so he could roll between tables without getting up.

Evolution gave us many things. One of them was apparently workplace slouching.

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OPENAI

GPT-5.5 Instant is now the default and we’re hoping for less freestyle

OpenAI has started rolling out ChatGPT 5.5 Instant to all users as the new default model for ChatGPT.

The model comes after GPT-5.5, which launched in April.

It replaces GPT-5.3 Instant, though paid users will still be able to use the older model for another three months before it is removed.

Unlike some of OpenAI’s paid models, GPT-5.5 Instant is available to everyone.

OpenAI says it should give better answers, sound more natural, and use helpful context when users have tools like Gmail connected.

In short:

The goblins were evicted

The company also says the model is more accurate.

In internal tests, GPT-5.5 Instant made 52.5% fewer false claims than GPT-5.3 in areas like law, finance, and medicine.

It also made 37.3% fewer mistakes in difficult chats that users had flagged for factual errors.

OpenAI says the model is also better at knowing when to search the web, reading uploaded images, and giving shorter answers while still sounding conversational.

OpenAI says ChatGPT should now give tighter answers with more personality. So, less essay from a Victorian ghost. Ideally.- MG

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AI USAGE

Turning AI use into an office competition

KPMG has launched an internal dashboard for its US advisory team to track how often employees use AI tools.

The division has around 10,000 workers and recently laid off 400 employees.

The dashboard shows each employee’s AI use compared with their target and peer group.

KPMG says the goal is to encourage more regular and useful AI use, with many staff expected to use AI on 75% of business days.

The firm says regular AI users produce better work, feel less stressed, and spend more time on strategic tasks. It also says more than 90% of its US employees use AI weekly.

Here’s what you should know:

A very LinkedIn problem

But some employees said the dashboard may not show the full picture.

They said it can miss some AI coding tools and may be easy to game, since a single prompt can count as daily usage.

KPMG says the dashboard is part of a wider push that includes training, innovation awards, and research with the University of Texas at Austin on how employees can get better results from AI.

Yes, I use a lot of AI. Can I have an Amazon voucher or something? - MV

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“Should app stores be responsible for checking users’ ages across apps?”

Yes, it keeps things consistent - 77% ✅

No, that feels too centralised - 23%

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“Sounds like a responsibility that they've had for a long time but are only acting on now” - manu

“It’s not App Store responsibility to vet ages it’s the app developers who have to comply with regulations and laws. It’s just Meta trying to offload their responsibility to someone else.” - barr

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