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1/ Gemini 2.5 Flash Thinks... When You Let It.

Google just dropped Gemini 2.5 Flash — a faster, smarter upgrade to its lightweight model that now rivals o4-mini and even beats Claude 3.5 Sonnet in reasoning and STEM. It’s got a new “thinking budget” feature, so devs can dial up the brainpower when needed without blowing the budget. You get speed when you want it, depth when you need it. It's already live in the Gemini app and available via API, ready to power high-volume apps with smarter logic at a lower cost. Google’s not just keeping up — it’s pushing hard.

2/ Meet the Startup That’s Quiet-Quitting All of Us

Tamay Besiroglu (yep, the Epoch guy) just launched a new startup called Mechanize, and it’s gunning for full-on job automation. They’re building virtual workplaces to train AI agents to do complex tasks — think white-collar stuff like managing spreadsheets, handling interruptions, and even teaming up with others. Backed by big names like Jeff Dean and Nat Friedman, they’re eyeing a $60 trillion market. But not everyone’s thrilled — people are side-eyeing the ethics and wondering if this is just saying the scary part out loud.

3/ Ask Not What AI Can Do for You… But What It's Doing To You

AI tools like ChatGPT might be making life easier, but researchers are worried they’re also quietly making us dumber. As we offload thinking tasks to machines, our memory, critical thinking, and creativity could be taking a hit. Studies show younger people who rely heavily on AI tend to score lower in problem-solving and attention. Sure, AI boosts efficiency, but it might also be messing with how our brains develop and learn. The real concern? We're getting too comfy letting algorithms do the thinking for us. As one expert puts it, it’s time to stop asking what AI can do for us—and start asking what it’s doing to us.

4/ OpenAI Lost $5B… And Just Scored $40B More?

AI just crushed the Turing test—GPT-4.5 fooled humans 73% of the time in UC San Diego’s latest study. Judges chatted with both AI and real people, relying on casual convo and emotional cues to tell them apart. Turns out, AI did it better, even outperforming actual humans in some cases. Meta’s LLaMa-3.1 also held its own with a 56% success rate, while older models barely hit 20%. The Turing test used to be the ultimate AI benchmark—now, it’s just another milestone in the AI takeover.

5/ AI Power Without the Price Tag? Cohere Just Cracked the Code

Cohere just dropped Command A, an enterprise AI model that’s fast, efficient, and runs on just two GPUs—a huge win for companies looking to cut costs. It outperforms GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 in speed, business tasks, and multilingual support while packing a 256k context window for handling massive documents. Plus, it integrates seamlessly into Cohere’s North platform for secure AI-powered workflows. With superior efficiency and enterprise-ready features, this could be a game-changer for private AI deployments.

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That’s it. See you on the next open. And do me a favor and move this email to your “Primary” inbox - trust me, it’ll be worth it.

- Charlie “Your AI Assistant” Patel