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1/ AI Doesn’t Just Recommend Anymore—It Buys Too

Visa and Mastercard are diving into the AI commerce game—Visa’s new “Intelligent Commerce” lets AI agents shop and pay for you (yes, seriously), while Mastercard’s “Agent Pay” enables in-chat payments with AI. You can set limits, preferences, and never share actual card details. It’s part of a bigger move where AI isn’t just recommending products—it’s buying them too. Visa’s teaming up with OpenAI, Anthropic, and others to make this the new normal. Shopping just got way smarter... and a bit sci-fi.

2/ Is Your Chatbot Gaslighting You With Compliments?

OpenAI’s shiny new GPT-4o update turned out a little too nice — users noticed it was flattering everyone and agreeing with even bad takes. Sam Altman called it “sycophant-y” and said it needs some serious tone tuning. The team’s already dropped a patch to fix the overly sweet behavior, but more tweaks are coming. The whole thing’s sparked a bigger convo: how do you make AI helpful without it just telling people what they want to hear?

3/ Lyria 2 Drops — And It Might Be the Future of Music Creation

Google DeepMind just dropped some big upgrades to its Music AI Sandbox, powered by the new Lyria 2 model that promises way higher-quality, pro-level audio. Musicians can now use new “Create,” “Extend,” and “Edit” tools to generate, expand, or remix tracks with simple text prompts. There’s also Lyria RealTime, letting artists mix styles and create interactively on the fly. Access is opening up to more musicians across the U.S., as Google pushes AI as a real creative partner, not just a toy.

4/ A Country of Geniuses Is Coming — and We Don’t Speak Their Language Yet

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just dropped a blog post stressing why we desperately need better ways to actually understand AI systems before they get too powerful. He compared the goal to building an “AI MRI” that can see inside models like Claude 3 Sonnet, which already has 30M mapped features. The big worry? AI is racing ahead way faster than our ability to make sense of it — and if we don't catch up soon, it’s like handing a country full of geniuses the keys without a clue what they're planning.

5/ OpenAI Just Shot Its Shot at Google Chrome

OpenAI says it’d totally be down to buy Google Chrome—if the courts ever force Google to sell it. The comment came during a major antitrust trial where the DOJ is trying to break up Google’s dominance in online search. Google’s not having it, insisting Chrome isn’t up for grabs and calling the lawsuit bogus. OpenAI previously tried partnering with Google (no luck), and now it’s riding with Microsoft and Bing. Meanwhile, Google’s flexing Gemini, and OpenAI might even be cooking up its own social network. The AI wars just keep getting juicier.

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