Bigger Isn't Always Better: o3-mini 🍭

Today’s Menu 🥠

• ChatGPT Operator Is...Quirky

• AI Creeps Into Farming

• Bigger Isn’t Always Better - You’re in Luck

• Everything Else You Need To Know

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Trump’s New Tariffs Could Raise Your Amazon Cart Prices
Trump’s administration just rolled out fresh tariffs hitting imports from Mexico, Canada, and China with up to 25% fees. These cover everything from smartphones to semiconductors, so don’t be shocked when your checkout total gets spicy.

EU's New AI Act Says 'Nope' to Risky Tech
The EU's AI Act, now in effect, is clamping down hard on 'unacceptable risk' AI systems. Organizations face massive fines if caught breaking the rules—think €35 million or 7% of global revenue.

Waveloom
This tool features web scraping, data transformation, generation and analysis of various content types (image, video, voice), storage, database management, and orchestration.

It provides a visual interface for creating complex AI workflows, connecting popular models like GPT-4, Claude, and DALL-E, without writing any infrastructure code.

You Win Some, You Lose Some
ChatGPT Operator: Early Tester Woes and Wins

OpenAI's new ChatGPT Operator is being put to the test with mixed results.

Early users are tasking it with everything from job searches to entrepreneurial experiments. Some impressive wins include resume-driven job matching and automated outreach tracking. But, the AI faltered with data compilation tasks and occasionally “forgot” its own capabilities. Despite some hiccups, ChatGPT Operator flexes a promising step toward an autonomous digital assistant, but it's not quite ready for unsupervised work.

It’s a superhero in training, it just needs to hit its stride.

Farmville IRL
Google Wants to Rethink Farming Worldwide

Google’s X lab spin off Heritable Agriculture, an AI-powered startup focused on making farming smarter and more sustainable.

Instead of mutating crops via chemicals or GMOs, Heritable uses machine learning to analyze plant genomes and optimize growth. Think: better yields, less water, more carbon storage. Founder Brad Zamft, a physics PhD with a tech-meets-agriculture background, aims to make 12,000-year-old farming practices fit for the digital age.

Backed by Google and other investors, Heritable is betting big on data to reshape how we grow food—with a side of carbon negativity, no less.

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Did Someone Say FREE?
OpenAI Introduces o3-mini: Free Reasoning Model for ChatGPT

OpenAI has unveiled o3-mini, a new reasoning model available for free on ChatGPT and via API.

This compact version is designed to handle complex tasks while streamlining token usage, making AI interactions more efficient. Developers benefit from broader accessibility, fostering rapid innovation in language-based applications. As part of OpenAI’s ongoing research, o3-mini aims to refine AI-driven solutions for both everyday users and specialized domains, potentially reshaping the future of interactive AI experiences.

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Everything Else You Need To Know 📈

Shein Returns to India, But With Strings Attached: Shein has made its way back to India after a five-year ban, teaming up with Reliance Retail to bypass diplomatic drama. Reliance fully controls operations, data, and manufacturing. All Shein does is bring its tech smarts to the table.

Could AI Be the Next Bioterrorist’s Tool?: Life sciences models (think AlphaFold) are brilliant at solving problems—disease cures, novel meds—but their potential to assist in bioterrorism keeps experts sweating. This dual-use conundrum has echoed in science for decades, from nuclear tech to synthetic biology.

NTSB Ditches Emails, Now Crashes on X Exclusively: The NTSB has decided to stop using email for press updates about recent plane crashes, switching to Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter). They claim it's to manage email overload, but let's face it—putting vital updates on a single private platform seems... bold.

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5 Trending AI Tools

Edraw.AI: Designed to facilitate various automated processes. As a comprehensive and intelligent platform, it aids in diverse areas including data extraction and processing, pattern recognition, and predictive analytics.

Vogent: Build, test, and deploy AI voice agents. It provides multiple layers of models, from Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and voice activity detection to custom voices and conversation flow routing.

Mindsmith: A next-gen eLearning authoring tool. It is designed to make deep human learning a defining characteristic of any organization. It is also mobile friendly and collaborative, easily adaptable to any team size.

Nexform: This tool provides a seamless form building experience. It also features dynamic fields that automatically adapt based on user input, adding a layer of user-centered adaptability to the form creation process.

Bytecap: Create stunning faceless videos with AI-generated voiceovers, motion images, and engaging scripts—all with just a few clicks. The AI captions feature ensures 99% accuracy and offers full customization, including emojis, effects, and highlights to keep your audience engaged.

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