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One Chinese AI just embarrassed the whole field (even o3 model couldn’t beat). Meanwhile, OpenAI hits back with high-profile hires from Tesla, Meta, and xAI…
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AI INSIGHTS
While Huawei and Alibaba are locked in a model-copying scandal (below) and Meta raids OpenAI like it’s Black Friday, a new Chinese AI quietly blew past them all: Kimi Researcher from Moonshot AI:
And just hours before Kimi’s launch, Huawei was accused of copying Alibaba’s Qwen-1.5. GitHub posts with side-by-side technical breakdowns went viral (then were deleted)
This is not such an unfamiliar story in the AI industry… While American AI giants might not be stealing each other’s models, they are certainly stealing each other’s talents.
The pressure is still on. OpenAI delayed GPT-5 till summer… and it’s expected any day now. Elon teased Grok 4 just after July 4th. Industry insiders think they're both waiting to see who blinks first.
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AI HIGHLIGHTS
😅 So interesting, OpenAI just poached 4 high-ranking engineers from Tesla, xAI, and... Meta. It's such a painful slap across the face of Meta and Elon’s team.
👢 Amazon Prime Day deals have started (July 8-11). And GenAI as a shopping assistant exploded, with Google’s product search & ChatGPT’s shopping features.
🖼️ This Midjourney style that lets you generate product animations resembling hand-drawn schematics is taking over. Coca-Cola bottles, McDonald's could look like this.
🩺 A doctor just wrote a viral post about how to use GPT to prep for your next doctor’s visit. As an M.D, here is his 100% honest opinion and observations/advices.
👨💼 The first true ‘AI Office Suite’ is here. You can ask it for help with presentations, data analysis, and in-depth research. Here’s a video overview with more details.
🔴 Huawei was forced to deny allegations that its models are just like Alibaba's Qwen. An anonymous whistleblower claimed it “cloned” Qwen-1.5. Here’s a full breakdown.
💰 AI Daily Fundraising: OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic just dropped $23M to back a new AI academy for U.S. teachers cause controlling how AI enters schools is just as important as where it lands.
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AI QUICK HITS
💼 Here’s the site that aims to track all Meta’s poaches so far.
🧨 Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok.
🔒 OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes.
🤖 Here’s what it’ll look like if you let an AI agent run your entire day.
🎁 Google droped a new batch mode for Gemini, reducing 50% costs.
AI CHART
Managers aren’t just using AI, they’re outsourcing their power to it. A new survey shows AI tools are now calling the shots on who gets promoted, who gets fired, and who gets that raise. And in many cases, no human even double-checks.
Resume Builder surveyed 1,342 managers. The results? AI isn’t just assisting decisions, it’s making them.
78% use AI to decide raises
77% use AI for promotions
64% use AI to fire people
And 1 in 5 managers let the AI make final calls without human review. Which tools are behind it?
53% of managers rely on ChatGPT
29% use Microsoft Copilot
16% go with Google Gemini
Most of these managers have no formal training. No AI guidelines. Just vibes and a prompt window. Here’s what’s REALLY wild:
43% of managers said they’ve already replaced employees based on AI evaluations
Nearly half have been asked if AI can replace team members
So far, it’s mostly lower-level workers feeling the squeeze — but if AI’s already replacing deciders, are managers next?
It’s already deep inside company decision-making. Managers — often seen as too complex to automate — are now offloading core responsibilities like performance reviews and terminations to LLMs.
And if AI makes the decisions, what stops the company from replacing the manager too? The future of work just got weirder.
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