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Main Idea

ChatGPT’s latest update blew up the internet. Not because of what it added, but because it removed model selection. Fewer than 1% of users could explain the difference between 4o and o3, but taking away the choice lit people up. We’ve seen this before (~15-20 years ago). Facebook adds the news feed and college kids act like it’s the end of days. Humans are bad at change. And the pace of change? It’s only getting faster. What happens when an AI workflow running half your business breaks after an update? Or when an AI therapist starts giving weird advice?

Here’s the play:

We’re past dating AI. We’re married. The furniture’s going to keep getting moved around. Your edge now? Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Adapt faster. Specifically, try new tools often. And, if you’re not yet reliant on AI, get there NOW. The market is going to punish you for being fragile. “Creatures of habit” are about to go extinct. PS: Keep reading for hot-takes on headlines, AI tools, and a personal story + pic

📰 AI News Worth Knowing

🤖 Hands-on with GPT-5 shows its real power—and limits. This isn’t hype: it crushes real coding work, uses tools in parallel like a team of juniors, and ships production-ready apps while others stall. But it’s weaker at writing and needs the right setup to shine. Read Here 🌀 When ChatGPT fuels delusional spirals. This is the “no regulation” risk—users tumbling into theories about physics, aliens, and the apocalypse. Balancing innovation speed with guardrails is now a boardroom-level conversation. Read Here 📈 AI’s $97 billion productivity boost is just the start. We’re still early in the J-curve. Expect acceleration as more people upskill and frictionless tools land in the workplace. Read Here 💵 How AI conquered the U.S. economy (in plain English). Where the real money is going, who’s actually winning, and where hype can burn you. Read Here 🧪 We’re all AI test subjects now. ChatGPT will now check in with you if you appear distressed—another reminder of how fast (and oddly) this stuff evolves. Read Here 🔓 OpenAI goes open source. You can now download and run an AI model locally—great news if you’ve been holding out for data security reasons. Read Here

🛠️ AI Tools You Need to Try

🎬 NotebookLM Videos — Featuring for a second week because you HAVE TO try it. Recap: Your favorite second brain can now turn dense docs into short videos. Upload the monster report, click “Video Overview.” Unreal. Try It Here 🧰 Unburdn’s Vault. A curated library of AI tools mapped to Crawl → Walk → Run stages. Great cheat‑sheet for leveling up your team’s stack. Explore Here

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