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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Thursday dose of AI news!
Fresh breakthroughs from OpenAI, Google and Adobe dropped this week, plus new funding rounds pushing AI valuations ever higher.
Grab your coffee, we’ll have you fully briefed in 3 minutes.
(3-minute coffee break ☕)
🌎 AI News around the world
🔥 OpenAI’s autonomous ChatGPT agent casually clicks through Cloudflare’s “I’m not a robot” CAPTCHA – the research demo shows the agent narrating each step as it bypasses traditional bot-checks, raising big security questions (continue reading)
🎓 OpenAI launches “Study Mode” in ChatGPT – a new workspace that turns any topic into flash cards, summaries, and practice quizzes, designed to rival services like Quizlet (continue reading)
📖 Google’s NotebookLM gets Video Overviews & a revamped Studio – import sources, then let Gemini auto-generate short explainer videos and multi-format study guides (continue reading)
🤝 Google will sign the EU’s forthcoming “AI Code of Practice” – pledging early compliance with voluntary rules on transparency, risk management, and watermarking for synthetic content (continue reading)
🖼️ Adobe Photoshop (beta) adds one-click AI upscaling to 8 MP – the new “Enhance Resolution” tool instantly boosts detail while the fresh Harmonize feature blends composites automatically (continue reading)
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💰 Investments in AI
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Anthropic is reportedly closing a $3-5B round valuing it at $170B (link)
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