| | | German chocolate cake has nothing to do with Germany. It was invented in Texas in 1957 using a chocolate bar developed by an Englishman named Sam German. The cake was originally called “German’s Chocolate Cake” after him. | Someone dropped the apostrophe in a newspaper reprint and Germany has been taking credit for a Texas dessert invented by an Englishman ever since. One missing punctuation mark and an entire country got a cake named after it. | What’s in store: | AI discovers the internet's ancient family curse. Microsoft’s AI beats doctors in diagnosis tests. Mindstream Picks: Canva just launched its own AI image generator to rival OpenAI and Google. Get 12 AI tools to maximise your productivity!
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| | | | | WEBSITE OUTAGE | | | Governments and cyber-security agencies worldwide are urging organisations to update their websites after AI helped discover two serious security flaws in PHP, a programming language used by millions of websites. | The flaws had gone unnoticed for over a decade and could allow hackers to steal sensitive information, install harmful software or shut down websites. | Researchers at cyber-security firms Wiz and Calif found the problems using advanced AI tools, including those provided through OpenAI’s Patch the Planet programme. | The discovery has sparked a global response. Finland temporarily shut down government websites, while parts of Wikipedia also went offline. | Here’s what you need to know: | The PHP Foundation released a security update on Wednesday after details of the flaws leaked online, forcing it to act earlier than planned. Security agencies in the UK, US, EU and Australia have told organisations to update their systems or temporarily take affected websites offline. Cloudflare says it has already spotted signs of hackers trying to use the flaws, while experts warn that older websites may need extra updates and checks.
| The internet's cursed attic | Edinburgh council and several BBC programme websites experienced outages too, although it’s unclear whether these were connected. | Wiz estimates that around 70% of websites could be affected, but this figure has not been independently confirmed. | The discovery highlights how AI can help find security problems that have been hidden for years, while also raising concerns about hackers using the same technology to take advantage of them. | Imagine it's your first day in IT and you're being asked to save 70% of the internet. You haven't even figured out where the toilets are. -MG |
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| | | | | AI PRODUCTIVITY | | | Most people assume working smarter means working harder first. Kenji, a productivity-focused YouTube creator, flipped that. He tested dozens of AI tools and kept 12 that actually cut his analysis, research, and presentation time — then built a free guide around them. | Get instant access to: | 12 tested tools across productivity, research, analysis, and presentations Practical use cases for automating your most repetitive tasks A quick-reference cheat sheet to match the right tool to the right job
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| | | | | Found this pretty painting! Do we think it’s real or nah? | The correct answer is at the bottom of the email! |
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| | | | | MICROSOFT | | | Microsoft says it has developed an AI tool that can diagnose medical conditions up to four times more accurately than human doctors, according to a new study published in the journal Science. | The tool, called Diagnostic Orchestrator, uses several AI agents powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5 to examine symptoms, review medical records, suggest tests and work out a diagnosis, similar to how doctors investigate medical conditions. | Researchers tested the system against doctors using past medical cases, and the results showed some big differences. | In brief: | The AI correctly diagnosed 83% of cases from The New England Journal of Medicine, compared with 36% for doctors using medical references and 22% for those without them. In emergency cases, the AI reached 80% accuracy, while doctors averaged 47%. The AI also reached diagnoses at a lower estimated cost, suggesting it could help reduce healthcare spending.
| A diagnosis with zero student debt | However, the tool hasn't been tested on real patients yet, so researchers still need to see how well it works in hospitals. | Microsoft plans to begin testing the system at a Boston hospital in the coming months, although there's no confirmed launch date. | The project is part of Microsoft's bigger goal to develop medical superintelligence, where AI could help doctors diagnose illnesses, choose treatments and manage patient care. | Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman believes the technology could change healthcare significantly, but says doctors will still play an important role, with AI potentially freeing up more of their time to spend with patients. | Oh you wanted the AI doctor? That’ll be an extra $5,000. -MV |
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| | | | Space: Scientists have traced Van Gogh’s The Starry Night to a possible real sky over France on July 22, 1889, suggesting the masterpiece may have been inspired by actual celestial observations rather than pure imagination.
Business: Elon Musk has reportedly invested around $1 billion in Skydance, the newly merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery media giant, as it looks to expand its technology-driven entertainment business.
Music: Mark Ronson celebrated 20 years of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black with a special London concert featuring Jorja Smith, Corinne Bailey Rae and other artists performing the iconic album in full. | Don’t Miss: Canva has launched Craft, its own AI image generation model designed to compete with OpenAI and Google, offering more precise control over layouts, text, and object placement. Available globally through Dream Lab, the model can generate images up to 2K resolution and uses a two-stage process to plan designs before creating them. |
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| | | | Image of the Day |  | Artwork submitted by Mindstream reader James: “Dreamcore pegasus in an enchanted forest” |
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| | | | “Would you lock your ChatGPT conversations?” | No, my dignity left years ago. - 32% | Yes, those servers have seen unspeakable things. - 68% ✅ | Your Views: | “Nice to know the feature is there if you change your mind. Not really being up to speed on all that Chat can do so I am not pushing any boundaries so just chilling and very happy with my AI Bit .” - len | “I start with NOT writing anything to an LLM that I would not want read by a million people - if you think anything online is truley private, I've got a few bridges you might like.” - parker | ““Hell yes…. I delete them anyway right after any private discussion, but it would be nice to keep them private and refer back occasionally.” - shelley | Submit your opinions in our polls to be featured! |
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| AI or real? The image was… AI! | #1241
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