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It’s been a week for the AI history books. GPT-5’s launch came with everything: bold promises, instant drama, and a resurrection arc straight out of TV.
And somehow… The biggest twist wasn’t in the code — it was in the crowd.
Here's what we have for you today
📢 GPT-5 Update: New Modes, Old Models Return, and Personality Changes Ahead.
When OpenAI dropped GPT‑5 last week, the pitch was crystal:
One model to rule them all. That means: No more fiddling with the model picker. No more wondering, “Do I want the fast one, the smart one, or the moody one?” Just one brain with a built-in router that picks the best approach for your prompt.
Except… plot twist — the model picker is back. And it’s busier than ever.
Sam Altman hopped on X Tuesday to announce GPT-5 now comes with three selectable modes, including:
Auto — the original router idea, that picks for you.
Fast — quicker responses, less deep thinking.
Thinking — slower and more detailed answers.
Oh, and remember how GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, and o3 got axed last week?
Well, they’re back — but only for paid users. GPT‑4o is in the picker by default; the rest you can toggle in Settings.
But in case you missed it, launch week was… messy:
Day one router glitches made GPT-5 feel less capable than the “oldies.
The “simplify everything” dream… ended up making the picker more complex.
And the kicker? People didn’t just want the “best” model — they wanted their model.
Now that’s the part OpenAI didn’t see coming.
Some folks love the verbosity of one model. Others like the sass of another. And then you’ve got people in San Francisco holding an actual “funeral” for Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet when it was retired.
In OpenAI’s case, it was a coordinated revolt that had the company caving within hours — and now its retired, much-loved older models have been resurrected like fan-favorite TV characters.
But that’s not all:
Altman also teased a “warmer” GPT‑5 personality coming soon — something friendlier than the current vibe, but without GPT‑4o’s over‑eager cheerleader energy.
The Long‑term goal? per‑user personality customization so ChatGPT doesn’t just answer the way you want — it acts the way you want.
Bottom line:
OpenAI’s real challenge isn’t building the smartest router or model — it’s figuring out how to upgrade AI without breaking people’s weird, emotional bond with their favorite bots.
Read the full report.
An AI scheduling assistant that lives up to the hype.
Skej is an AI scheduling assistant that works just like a human. You can CC Skej on any email, and watch it book all your meetings. It also handles scheduling, rescheduling, and event reminders.
Imagine life with a 24/7 assistant who responds so naturally, you’ll forget it’s AI.
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Create assistants with their own names and personalities.Flexible
Connect to multiple calendars and email addresses.Works Everywhere
Write to Skej on email, text, WhatsApp, and Slack.
Whether you’re scheduling a quick team call or coordinating a sales pitch across the globe, Skej gets it done fast and effortlessly. You’ll never want to schedule a meeting yourself, ever again.
The best part? You can try Skej for free right now.
🚀 Anthropic Expands Claude’s Context Window to 1 Million Tokens
Anthropic’s fan-favorite coding model, Claude Sonnet 4, just leveled up to a 1 million token context window for enterprise customers.
That’s… insane.
We’re talking 750,000 words or 75,000 lines of code in a single prompt. FYI: that’s enough to fit the entire “Lord of the Rings” trilogy — plus some bonus fanfiction — into its brain all at once.
Oh, and here’s the kicker: that’s 5× its old limit (200k tokens) and more than double GPT-5’s 400k window. And yes — it’s live right now for API users and via Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI.
Now, here’s the interesting part:
Just last month, Anthropic was tightening the reins — slapping on new rate limits to rein in Claude Code power users.
Fast-forward to GPT-5’s launch and suddenly they’re rolling out the red carpet for devs. Because nothing lights a fire under a company like a little competition.
Why this matters:
Longer context = smarter coding. Claude can now see your entire repo, not just snippets. That means cleaner, more coherent outputs — especially for long, agentic coding sessions where it needs to remember every step
Anthropic swears it’s not just a numbers game — they’ve tuned Claude’s “effective context window” so it can actually process most of what you throw at it without getting confused. (a feat plenty of models with big context windows still struggle with)
Lastly, this keeps Claude fighting fit in the coding-model arms race, especially with OpenAI gunning for its enterprise customers.
On the competition angle:
Anthropic has built one of the biggest enterprise AI businesses, selling Claude to platforms like GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, and Cursor.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is now the default in Cursor, and even its CEO helped announce it.
But here’s the thing: Long prompts aren’t cheap — you’re looking at $6 per million input tokens and $22.50 per million output tokens beyond the old 200k limit of $3 and $15.
But for enterprise-level teams, that’s still a solid trade-off — far better than wasting time chopping big projects into tiny chunks.
The Big picture:
This is Anthropic flexing hard in the middle of an AI coding-model turf war.
GPT-5’s pricing and performance are gunning for Claude’s throne, but this counter-move makes Claude’s coding chops a whole lot more enticing — and way harder to walk away from.
Our take: Healthy rivalry like this? It’s exactly why we get upgrades this good.
Here’s the full report.
🧱 Around The AI Block
🤖 How Google AI cuts LLM training data by orders of magnitude.
❌ Illinois bans medical use of AI without clinician input.
🤑 Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion.
🤯 Anthropic offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1.
🏛️ White House says it's working out legality of Nvidia and AMD China chip deals.
💶 How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company.
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🤖 ChatGPT Prompt Of The Day: The Ultimate Multi-Modal Learning Prompt
Ever read about something and still feel like your brain is running on 10% battery? This prompt fixes that.
It doesn’t just tell you what something is — it paints you a picture, walks you through it step-by-step, gives you an example you can follow, and even hands you a memory trick. By the end, you’ll get it so well you could explain it to someone else.
Here’s How to Use This Prompt Effectively
Be Specific with Your Topic — The more focused your question, the clearer and more tailored the explanation will be.
Use Follow-Ups — If a part feels fuzzy, ask for a deeper breakdown or a different analogy until it clicks.
Ask for visuals if applicable — The visual description isn’t just decoration — drawing helps lock the concept into memory, even a quick doodle will boost memory retention.
Test Yourself — Engage with the quick question at the end — if you can answer it, you’ve got it; if not, ask for clarification.
Go Deeper with Resources — Use the suggested resource to expand your knowledge beyond the basics.
Here’s the prompt:
You are my personal subject guide. For the topic: [INSERT TOPIC], provide the following:
-Simple Analogy – Something relatable that quickly explains the idea in everyday terms.
-Detailed Breakdown – A step-by-step, -----plain-language explanation of the concept, including key points and why they matter.
-Worked Example – A practical, real-world example or scenario showing the concept in action.
-Visual Description – Describe an image, diagram, or chart I could sketch to help lock the idea into memory.
-Knowledge Check – Ask me a short, direct question to test my understanding.
-Next Step Resource – Suggest relevant, high-quality resources (eg video, article, book, or tool) for further exploration.
Make the entire explanation clear, engaging, and logically connected, so each part builds on the last.
Also, maintain accuracy and avoid jargon unless you explain it immediately.Here’s a sneak peek:
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