ChatGPT meets coding apps

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman isn’t buying the hype about his company hitting an AGI wall. “There is no wall,” he recently quipped on X. Still, the speculation has sent researchers scrambling to find new training methods — and MIT might have stumbled on a solution just in time.

Today’s Insights

• Today in AI: Training breakthroughs, OpenAI’s agent, and AI coding

• Tutorial: Learn any software with ChatGPT voice

• OpenAI’s bold pitch to the US government

• Everything else you should know today

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

• AI-Generated Images: Forest finds

TODAY IN AI

1. MIT breakthrough could help us reach AGI faster: If AI progress is really starting to level off, what will it take to jumpstart innovation again? A new MIT study could hold the key. Researchers boosted an LLM’s performance by fine-tuning their questions beforehand — sort of like letting the model check its notes before answering. OpenAI’s Noam Brown is just one of the experts who say they’re intrigued by the approach.

2. ChatGPT can now interact with coding apps: A new desktop update gives ChatGPT the ability to work alongside developer platforms like VS Code, Xcode, and Terminal — so you no longer have to copy and paste each time you want coding help. It’s our first taste of the platform’s agentic qualities, with a more powerful version called Operator expected in January. Plus, the ChatGPT desktop app just landed on Windows for all users.

3. AI coding startup Tessl enters crowded field with $125M: Most AI-powered software engineering assistants require at least a bit of coding knowledge. But with a Series A valuation of $750M, Tessl wants to let even non-developers design apps with text prompts alone. The London-based startup is up against rivals like Codeium, Cognition, and Magic AI, who each reached unicorn status this year.

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THE AI ACADEMY

Learn to use any software with ChatGPT voice

• Go to the ChatGPT desktop app, log in, and turn on ChatGPT's voice mode.

• Now open any software you want to learn.

• Start by giving ChatGPT a clear description of what's in front of you.

Sample prompt: 'I am on the main screen of [software name] and I can see [insert details]. Help me how to do [insert task]'

• If the steps are unclear, feel free to ask ChatGPT for clarification. You can also request it to guide you through each step at your own pace.

FROM THE FRONTIER

OpenAI’s pitch to the US government: Let’s work together

OpenAI thinks the US won’t be able to keep up with the likes of China unless it starts investing big-time in things like data centers, energy, and advanced chips. In a new proposal, the startup asked the government to work with its allies to shore up resources, foster top talent, and find new power sources. It argues the plan could even help “revitalize the American Dream,” sending a jolt through the economy.

Its boldest idea: A data center five times bigger than anything currently in development, which could cost as much as $100B to build. That concept sounds an awful lot like “Stargate,” a rumored plan between Microsoft and OpenAI to create a massive, 5-gigawatt supercluster powerful enough to reach AGI. Reports earlier this year suggest that project could go online as soon as 2028.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

📱 Anytime, Anywhere: iPhone users worldwide can now use Gemini via a standalone app. That includes access to the conversational Gemini Live voicebot, too.

🎬 A Cut Above: The popular video editing software Final Cut is getting its first major revamp in 13 years, featuring new AI capabilities, like generative captions and customizable backgrounds.

🖼️ Mood Board: AI platform Krea will now let you train your own image generator by uploading a set of custom images.

🎥 Bollywood Bytes: Indian editing startup InVideo unveiled a new AI-powered video generator capable of creating clips in live-action, animation, and anime styles.

🎙️ Boots with the Fur: It’s the collab you never asked for. T-Pain and Mark Zuckerberg just dropped a cover of the 2003 hit “Get Low” featuring Zuckerberg’s crooning vocals. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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PROMPT OF THE DAY

Friday Funday - Novel Ideas

Prompt: You are a plot development expert. For the story about [Alice], a [young detective], describe how the plot should unfold after she discovers a [mysterious letter], leading up to the climax and resolution.

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Forest Finds

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