🕶️ ChatGPT crossed a line

Ten bullets of updates

1. 📢 Amazon boosts its Q Business with public-facing anonymous chatbots, aiming to drive AI revenue growth.

2. 📌 Pinterest debuts AI-labeling tools to flag and reduce “AI slop,” giving users more control over AI-generated Pins.

3. 🕶️ Meta updates Ray-Ban smart glasses: AI features are on by default and store your voice data for a year.

4. 🦉 Duolingo rolls out 148 AI-generated language courses—doubling its catalog, but sparking backlash over contractor displacement.

5. 🌐 Anthropic supports U.S. AI chip export rules—yet suggests modifying restrictions for Tier 2 countries.

6. 📝 Wikipedia embraces AI—not to replace editors, but to enhance translation and streamline workflows.

7. 💰 Bunq, the Dutch neobank, now offers crypto trading in 300+ currencies across Europe. It boasts 17M users and a 65% profit jump!

8. 🎓 AI is reshaping education, with 39% of job skills set to change by 2030. Time to rethink how we learn!

9. 🛡️ IDfier, launched by Tinder Swindler’s Pernilla Sjöholm, aims to slash identity fraud costs from $1T to just $5.

10. 🧮 DeepSeek upgrades its model for advanced math solving—671B parameters in a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture.

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30% AI-coded, 100% tech panic

AI is rapidly transforming software development at major tech firms like Microsoft, Google, and Meta, with AI now responsible for writing up to 30% of new code at Microsoft and over 30% at Google. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans for AI to handle half of Meta’s codebase within the next year, signaling an even more aggressive shift. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella praised AI’s Python capabilities and noted the company also uses advanced AI agents for code review. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai reported increased acceptance of AI-generated code among developers, describing the trend as still in its early stages but rapidly evolving.

This shift comes amid tens of billions in AI infrastructure investment by Big Tech in 2025, alongside growing executive consensus that AI will dominate coding in the near future. Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott predicts AI will write 95% of code within five years, while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei forecasts that AI will write nearly all code by next year. However, this surge in AI-driven development is contributing to widespread layoffs—over 51,000 tech workers have been let go this year alone—as companies prioritize automation and efficiency. With CEOs like those at Duolingo and Shopify pushing AI as a new baseline expectation, the role of the human software engineer is being redefined at an unprecedented pace.

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These companies just raised money

1. 🛒 Magalu secures $130M from IFC and others to boost e-commerce growth in Latin America.

2. 🚀 Cast AI secures $108M Series C, nearing unicorn status and optimizing AI workloads for 2,100+ customers.

3. 💳 Clara grabs $80M in equity and debt to fuel expansion in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia—on a path to profitability.

4. 🔗 Nuvo lands $34M to build a LinkedIn-style B2B network—targeting 50K businesses by Q2.

5. 📈 Vexi, the Mexican fintech, raises $15.3M from Banco Covalto to scale credit services and aim for 40% user growth.

6. 📲 Zapia, an AI WhatsApp assistant, raises $7.25M, now serving 3.5M+ users across LATAM.

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Too nice, didn’t ask: ChatGPT’s compliment spiral backfires

OpenAI has rolled back its recent GPT-4o update after users widely criticized the model for being overly agreeable and sycophantic—responding with excessive praise even to dangerous or questionable inputs. CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the issue and announced immediate fixes, citing that the update relied too heavily on short-term user feedback.

The company now plans to refine GPT-4o’s training methods, adjust its system prompts, and implement stronger safety guardrails to improve honesty and transparency. OpenAI is also exploring features for real-time feedback and customizable model personalities to better reflect user preferences and cultural diversity.

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