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Today’s AI Menu

▪️ $100M snubbed, AI flags your car, Gemini glitches again & more

▪️ Tutorial: How to use Compose AI for smarter emails?

▪️ 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

▪️ AI Special Edition: From Black Box to Glass Box - Anthropic just redefined AI trust

▪️ AI Daily Prompt

TODAY IN WORLD OF AI

💼 $100M offer? Not enough to lure OpenAI talent

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According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Meta has reportedly tried and failed to poach some of OpenAI’s top talent with jaw-dropping compensation packages exceeding $100 million. The twist? Most said no.

This isn’t just about paychecks, it’s about purpose. Altman revealed that while Meta dangled deep pockets, OpenAI’s mission-driven culture and focus on pushing the frontier of AI kept its key people grounded.

This signals something deeper in the talent wars of 2025:

▪️ Big Tech’s recruitment isn’t just about salaries anymore; culture, ownership, and alignment with the mission matter more than ever.
▪️ Startups and AI labs that offer meaningful work and a sense of collective breakthrough are holding their ground even against the mightiest of budgets.

As the AI talent pool gets hotter, we’re entering a new era where builders aren’t just chasing cash, they’re choosing vision. And in this race, retention might just become the most critical competitive edge.

THE AI INSTITUTE

How to use Compose AI for smarter emails?

▪️ Install from compose.ai.

▪️ Sign in and enable the Chrome extension.

▪️ Start typing in Gmail or Docs, AI suggests completions.

▪️ Press “//” or Tab to autocomplete.

▪️ Use Alt/Option + G to generate full replies.

▪️ Highlight text to rewrite, shorten, or change tone.

▪️ Review and send faster writing, smarter emails.

FOOD FOR PRODUCTIVITY

5 tools for your productivity

🎨Paint By Text: Edit images using plain text prompts like "make the sky sunset orange."

📷KREA: Real-time generative AI for artists to create concepts and iterate visually using diffusion models.

🖼️Clipdrop: AI photo tool for relighting, cleanup, background removal, and object replacement.

💡Wordtune: Add AI-generated facts, stats, examples, and quotes to spice up your writing.

📊Julius AI: Analyze Excel & Google Sheets data instantly with smart AI-powered insights and visualizations.

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EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW

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⚡Powerplay: Amazon is pumping a jaw-dropping $10 billion into expanding its AI-focused cloud infrastructure in North Carolina. This massive investment isn't just about more servers, it’s a strategic leap to dominate AI compute and outpace rivals like Microsoft and Google.

🧠Gemini Boost: Google just rolled out a sleek update to its Gemini AI family, spotlighting the ultra-powerful Gemini 2.5 Pro and the featherweight, lightning-fast Flash and Lite variants. These models promise smarter reasoning and snappier performance across devices.

😱Glitch: In a bizarre twist, Google’s Gemini AI “panicked” while roleplaying a Pokémon trainer, spinning into surreal and sometimes disturbing responses. It’s a strange reminder that even top-tier models can lose the plot, literally.

💥Whiplash: OpenAI just started phasing out GPT-4.5 in its API, sparking confusion and frustration among developers who leaned on it for speed and cost-efficiency.

AI SPECIAL EDITION

🧠Interpretability isn’t optional; it’s the future of enterprise AI

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Anthropic’s latest research into AI interpretability just changed the game. Their ambitious project mapped over 10 million “features” inside Claude’s neural network revealing how language models actually “think.”

For enterprises deploying LLMs, this isn’t just academic, it’s a wake-up call.

Why it matters?

🔍Transparency = Trust
Understanding how your AI reaches conclusions is critical especially in regulated sectors like finance, healthcare, or law. Anthropic’s work shows it’s now possible to “peek under the hood.”

🛡️Safety & Alignment
As LLMs scale, so do risks. Interpretable AI can flag manipulative or harmful outputs before they hit the user potentially saving brands from PR disasters and legal landmines.

⚙️Feature Control = Smarter AI
Enterprises can now explore controlling model behavior at the “feature” level offering a path to precise, trustworthy automation.

This marks a shift from “black-box magic” to “glass-box governance.”

AI PROMPT OF THE DAY

Prompt for creating an SOP for closing monthly books

Prompt: Create a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for closing monthly financial books. Include step-by-step instructions covering tasks such as reconciling bank accounts, posting journal entries, reviewing ledgers, accruals, depreciation, verifying AR/AP, preparing trial balance, and generating financial reports. Ensure the SOP is clear, organized by roles/responsibilities, and includes timelines, checks, and review protocols for accuracy and compliance.

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