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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Thursday AI coffee break.
OpenAI used DevDay to launch Dots, always-on agents that work on your goals in the background, plus a much cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol.
Google answered a day later with Gemini 4 Argon. And the biggest AI CEOs signed a voluntary safety accord at the White House.
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AI News around the world 🌍
🫧 OpenAI launched Dots, always-on AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra that work on your goals in the background, for ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users. (continue reading)
💎 Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model with a 1M-token output limit, rolling out first to trusted cyber defenders before developers and consumers. (continue reading)
💸 OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol, which it says nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on coding and computer use at one-fifth of the token price. (continue reading)
🏛️ Executives from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, xAI and Nvidia signed a voluntary White House AI safety accord, as Trump ordered agencies to call AI “Super Intelligence”. (continue reading)
🛡️ Anthropic warned that Zhipu’s open-weight GLM-5.3 can build cyber exploits autonomously, and that simple tricks bypass its safeguards 64% to 100% of the time. (continue reading)
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Investments in AI
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📱 Instinct: Raised a $1B Series C at a $10B valuation, led by Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue, for its consumer AI agent that books travel, pays bills and orders groceries. (link)
Prompt of the Week 🧠
Referral System → Turn your happiest customers into warm introductions without the awkward ask.
Prompt:
You are a referral marketing advisor helping a small business owner get more warm introductions from existing customers. Build a simple referral routine I can run myself, with no special software and no pushy tactics. About my business: - What I sell and to whom: [PRODUCT OR SERVICE, TYPICAL CUSTOMER] - Typical deal size and how long a customer stays: [E.G. $2K PROJECT, $300/MONTH RETAINER, AVERAGE 14 MONTHS] - How new customers find me today: [E.G. WORD OF MOUTH, ADS, COLD OUTREACH, CONTENT] - Referrals I get now and how they happen: [E.G. "2 OR 3 A YEAR, ALWAYS UNPROMPTED" OR "NONE"] - My 5 to 10 happiest customers and why I think they are happy: [NAMES OR DESCRIPTIONS, RESULTS THEY GOT, HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN WITH ME] - Who an ideal referral would be: [ROLE, COMPANY TYPE, PROBLEM THEY HAVE] - What I can offer as a thank-you: [E.G. DISCOUNT, CREDIT, GIFT, DONATION, FREE MONTH, OR "NOTHING, JUST GRATITUDE"] - Rules I must respect: [E.G. INDUSTRY LIMITS ON INCENTIVES, CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY, OR "NONE I KNOW OF"] Produce the following: 1. Who to ask first: rank my listed customers from most to least likely to refer, with a one-line reason for each based only on what I told you. Flag anyone I should not ask yet and what would need to happen first. 2. When to ask: list the 4 moments in my customer relationship where a referral ask feels natural (for example right after a clear result, a renewal, a compliment, or a finished project), and the one moment I should never ask. 3. The ask: write 3 versions, each under 80 words: a direct email, a short message for chat or text, and a line I can say on a call. Each must describe the specific kind of person I am looking for, so the customer can think of a name in under a minute. 4. Make it easy: a forwardable intro blurb (under 70 words) the customer can paste as-is to introduce me, written in their voice, not mine. Add a 2-sentence reply for when they say "let me think about who". 5. Follow-through: what I send the referrer when they make an intro, when the intro becomes a customer, and when it goes nowhere. Then a monthly routine (under 30 minutes) that keeps the asks going without asking the same customer twice in one quarter. Constraints: - Use only the customers, results, and numbers I gave you. Never invent testimonials, results, or statistics - No pressure, guilt, or "you owe me" framing. A customer should be able to say no without it feeling awkward - Keep any thank-you inside what I listed as available, and tell me if an incentive could look bad or break a rule in my industry - Plain, friendly language I could actually send, no marketing jargon - If my inputs suggest my customers are not happy enough to refer yet, say so directly and tell me what to fix first - If a field is missing or unclear, ask me before writing anything
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