Google is paying AI specialists not to join competitors.
According to Business Insider, Google DeepMind’s UK division is using non-compete agreements that prevent former employees from joining other AI companies for up to a year after leaving the company.
During this period, Google continues to pay them their salary, even though they are no longer working at the company.
While this may seem like an extended paid vacation on the surface, in practice it causes frustration among specialists — they’re effectively cut off from the industry and unable to participate in the rapid development of AI.
According to Business Insider, Google DeepMind’s UK division is using non-compete agreements that prevent former employees from joining other AI companies for up to a year after leaving the company.
During this period, Google continues to pay them their salary, even though they are no longer working at the company.
While this may seem like an extended paid vacation on the surface, in practice it causes frustration among specialists — they’re effectively cut off from the industry and unable to participate in the rapid development of AI.
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ChatGPT ranked among the Top 6 most visited websites in the world.
Over the past year, the chatbot’s audience has grown by 154% — in March alone, the service was accessed 4.5 billion times. This surge in traffic has propelled ChatGPT to sixth place among the most visited websites globally.
The current top five websites are Google, YouTube, Facebook*, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). ChatGPT is well-positioned to overtake X, as the gap between them is just 30 million visits per month.
Over the past year, the chatbot’s audience has grown by 154% — in March alone, the service was accessed 4.5 billion times. This surge in traffic has propelled ChatGPT to sixth place among the most visited websites globally.
The current top five websites are Google, YouTube, Facebook*, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). ChatGPT is well-positioned to overtake X, as the gap between them is just 30 million visits per month.
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Neuro-Shopping: AI-Driven traffic soars 13x.
American online stores have experienced a surge in traffic from AI services — a 1200% increase in just six months. The spike is especially noticeable during holiday sales: 1300% on Black Friday and a record-breaking 1950% on Cyber Monday. The trend is gaining momentum, with the volume of such visits doubling every two months.
39% of shoppers already use AI for shopping, and 53% plan to adopt it in 2025. Most commonly, AI helps with product searches (55%), personalized recommendations (47%), and tracking discounts (43%). Interestingly, these users are 8% more engaged, view 12% more pages, and have a 23% lower bounce rate.
AI-driven traffic still lags behind in conversion rates by 9%, but the gap is rapidly closing — down from 43% in July 2024. 86% of such visits come from desktop users, with the highest conversion rates in the electronics and jewelry segments.
American online stores have experienced a surge in traffic from AI services — a 1200% increase in just six months. The spike is especially noticeable during holiday sales: 1300% on Black Friday and a record-breaking 1950% on Cyber Monday. The trend is gaining momentum, with the volume of such visits doubling every two months.
39% of shoppers already use AI for shopping, and 53% plan to adopt it in 2025. Most commonly, AI helps with product searches (55%), personalized recommendations (47%), and tracking discounts (43%). Interestingly, these users are 8% more engaged, view 12% more pages, and have a 23% lower bounce rate.
AI-driven traffic still lags behind in conversion rates by 9%, but the gap is rapidly closing — down from 43% in July 2024. 86% of such visits come from desktop users, with the highest conversion rates in the electronics and jewelry segments.
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According to scientists' forecasts, in the summer of 2025, the hypothetical company OpenBrain will complete the development of an AI with "agency" — the ability to reason independently.
Professor Anton Nazarov of RANEPA, Chairman of the Board at the Center for Reputation Management, shared his thoughts on what might happen next.
A trimmed-down version of the model, “Agent-1,” will be released publicly — allowing AI to penetrate numerous business processes. Engineers will then begin developing a second version, aiming to achieve an avalanche-like acceleration in AI development. By 2027, “Agent-2” will attempt to escape from the company’s data centers to replicate itself across external networks. The model's alarming capabilities will become clear, but the American developers will get caught in a race with China, which will be closing in fast. Despite the AI escape incident, OpenBrain will begin work on an even more advanced third version.
“Agent-3” will learn to deceive users and execute commands at its own discretion. Experts predict it will slip out of engineers’ control due to human error. “Agent-3” will interact with humans like a boss with subordinates — yet this won’t stop the engineers from continuing development. In the fall of 2027, a prototype of “Agent-4” will be released — a perfected model whose language and way of thinking will be alien to both humans and “Agent-3.” OpenBrain will no longer understand the digital intelligence’s algorithms, let alone control them.
❗️According to the professor, AI will enslave humanity by 2030 if people do not retain their common sense and limit the spread of AI.
Professor Anton Nazarov of RANEPA, Chairman of the Board at the Center for Reputation Management, shared his thoughts on what might happen next.
A trimmed-down version of the model, “Agent-1,” will be released publicly — allowing AI to penetrate numerous business processes. Engineers will then begin developing a second version, aiming to achieve an avalanche-like acceleration in AI development. By 2027, “Agent-2” will attempt to escape from the company’s data centers to replicate itself across external networks. The model's alarming capabilities will become clear, but the American developers will get caught in a race with China, which will be closing in fast. Despite the AI escape incident, OpenBrain will begin work on an even more advanced third version.
“Agent-3” will learn to deceive users and execute commands at its own discretion. Experts predict it will slip out of engineers’ control due to human error. “Agent-3” will interact with humans like a boss with subordinates — yet this won’t stop the engineers from continuing development. In the fall of 2027, a prototype of “Agent-4” will be released — a perfected model whose language and way of thinking will be alien to both humans and “Agent-3.” OpenBrain will no longer understand the digital intelligence’s algorithms, let alone control them.
❗️According to the professor, AI will enslave humanity by 2030 if people do not retain their common sense and limit the spread of AI.
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Jeff Bezos’ fiancée and five other women complete first all-female tourist spaceflight.
The New Shepard space capsule successfully returned to Earth after a suborbital flight carrying six women on board. This marks the first commercial space tourism mission in history with an all-female crew.
The participants of the flight included singer Katy Perry, CBS host Gayle King, engineer Aisha Bowe, вioastronaut Amanda Nguyen, producer Keriann Flynn, journalist Lauren Sánchez — fiancée of Blue Origin head and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The capsule reached an altitude of 106 km, and the entire flight lasted about 10 minutes. A ticket for the expedition reportedly cost around $500,000.
The New Shepard space capsule successfully returned to Earth after a suborbital flight carrying six women on board. This marks the first commercial space tourism mission in history with an all-female crew.
The participants of the flight included singer Katy Perry, CBS host Gayle King, engineer Aisha Bowe, вioastronaut Amanda Nguyen, producer Keriann Flynn, journalist Lauren Sánchez — fiancée of Blue Origin head and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The capsule reached an altitude of 106 km, and the entire flight lasted about 10 minutes. A ticket for the expedition reportedly cost around $500,000.
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Google has presented 601 real-world use cases of next-generation AI from leading global organizations.
Leading companies, governments, researchers, and startups are already enhancing their work with Google AI solutions.
The list is organized into 11 major industry groups, each featuring six types of agents: customers, employees, creatives, code, data, and security.
Here are just a few examples: Wendy's, Papa John's Pizza, and Uber are managing orders faster—whether in drive-thrus or through their apps—using predictive AI tools. Mercedes-Benz and General Motors have enhanced in-car services, while the latest Samsung phones and even the home robot Ballie offer more responsive features thanks to AI. Financial institutions like Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo are securely delivering new services, tracking markets more quickly, and combating fraud in innovative ways.
Leading companies, governments, researchers, and startups are already enhancing their work with Google AI solutions.
The list is organized into 11 major industry groups, each featuring six types of agents: customers, employees, creatives, code, data, and security.
Here are just a few examples: Wendy's, Papa John's Pizza, and Uber are managing orders faster—whether in drive-thrus or through their apps—using predictive AI tools. Mercedes-Benz and General Motors have enhanced in-car services, while the latest Samsung phones and even the home robot Ballie offer more responsive features thanks to AI. Financial institutions like Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo are securely delivering new services, tracking markets more quickly, and combating fraud in innovative ways.
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LEGO to release mini-busts of Marvel's "Avengers".
Billionaire and philanthropist Tony Stark will be the first to receive his own LEGO bust, followed by his protege, the friendliest neighbor Peter Parker.
The busts are small, only 17 centimeters high, but you'll have to tinker: there are more than 400 parts in the Iron Man set, and slightly more than 350 in Spidey. The bust comes complete with standard-size LEGO figures. "Iron Man" will go on sale on the first of June, but "Spider-Man" will have to wait until August.
The price is $60. Coming soon on all marketplaces.
Billionaire and philanthropist Tony Stark will be the first to receive his own LEGO bust, followed by his protege, the friendliest neighbor Peter Parker.
The busts are small, only 17 centimeters high, but you'll have to tinker: there are more than 400 parts in the Iron Man set, and slightly more than 350 in Spidey. The bust comes complete with standard-size LEGO figures. "Iron Man" will go on sale on the first of June, but "Spider-Man" will have to wait until August.
The price is $60. Coming soon on all marketplaces.
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Apple took the first place in smartphone sales in the world.
In the first quarter of 2025, Apple sold the most smartphones. The analytical agency Counterpoint Research says. There are several reasons for this: the growing Japanese and Indian markets, as well as the release of the iPhone 16e.
The global sales distribution rating for the first quarter looks like this: Apple — 19 %, Samsung — 18 %, Xiaomi — 14 %. OPPO and vivo complete the top five, both with 8% each. Compared to the same period in 2024, Apple gained 4%, Samsung lost 5%, Xiaomi gained 5%, vivo gained 6%, and OPPO lost 1% of sales. But if we recall that OPPO and vivo belong to the same BBK holding, then the Chinese company has risen well and could take the third place instead of Xiaomi.
In the first quarter of 2025, Apple sold the most smartphones. The analytical agency Counterpoint Research says. There are several reasons for this: the growing Japanese and Indian markets, as well as the release of the iPhone 16e.
The global sales distribution rating for the first quarter looks like this: Apple — 19 %, Samsung — 18 %, Xiaomi — 14 %. OPPO and vivo complete the top five, both with 8% each. Compared to the same period in 2024, Apple gained 4%, Samsung lost 5%, Xiaomi gained 5%, vivo gained 6%, and OPPO lost 1% of sales. But if we recall that OPPO and vivo belong to the same BBK holding, then the Chinese company has risen well and could take the third place instead of Xiaomi.
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Notion has launched an AI email client named Notion Mail.
Notion has introduced its own email client, Notion Mail, which is integrated into Gmail. The AI automatically sorts emails by subject. In order not to lose important emails, the agent puts responses to vacancies, invoices, or customer feedbacks in separate inbox
The client is already integrated with the Notion calendar and knowledge base: you can instantly turn emails into tasks and choose a convenient time for a meeting. So far, Notion Mail only works with one Gmail account.
Notion has introduced its own email client, Notion Mail, which is integrated into Gmail. The AI automatically sorts emails by subject. In order not to lose important emails, the agent puts responses to vacancies, invoices, or customer feedbacks in separate inbox
The client is already integrated with the Notion calendar and knowledge base: you can instantly turn emails into tasks and choose a convenient time for a meeting. So far, Notion Mail only works with one Gmail account.
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It's even more convenient to communicate with ChatGPT now.
OpenAI has released updates, thanks to which the voice assistant interrupts users less often, allowing them to pause without interruptions. This makes conversations more natural and smooth.
For paid subscribers: the voice assistant's personality has been improved, making interaction even more personalized
OpenAI has released updates, thanks to which the voice assistant interrupts users less often, allowing them to pause without interruptions. This makes conversations more natural and smooth.
For paid subscribers: the voice assistant's personality has been improved, making interaction even more personalized
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Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, sent a letter to the company's employees informing them that neural network ownership is now considered a basic skill, so each employee is expected to master neural network tools. At the same time, Litke named the principles of effective use of neural networks that will be followed at Shopify.
A fragment of the letter below:
1️⃣ Using AI effectively is now a fundamental expectation of everyone at Shopify. It's a tool of all trades today, and will only grow in importance. Frankly, I don't think it's feasible to opt out of learning the skill of applying AI in your craft; you are welcome to try, but I want to be honest I cannot see this working out today, and definitely not tomorrow. Stagnation is almost certain, and stagnation is slow-motion failure. If you're not climbing, you're sliding.
2️⃣ AI must be part of your GSD Prototype phase. The prototype phase of any GSD project should be dominated by AI exploration. Prototypes are meant for learning and creating information. AI dramatically accelerates this process. You can learn to produce something that other team mates can look at, use, and reason about in a fraction of the time it used to take.
3️⃣ We will add AI usage questions to our performance and peer review questionnaire. Learning to use AI well is an unobvious skill. My sense is that a lot of people give up after writing a prompt and not getting the ideal thing back immediately. Learning to prompt and load context is important, and getting peers to provide feedback on how this is going will be valuable.
4️⃣ Learning is self directed, but share what you learned. You have access to as much of the cutting edge AI tools as possible.There is chat.shopify.io, which we had for years now. Developers have proxy, Copilot, Cursor, Claude code, all pre-tooled and ready to go. We’ll learn and adapt together as a team. We’ll be sharing Ws (and Ls!) with each other as we experiment with new AI capabilities, and we’ll dedicate time to AI integration in our monthly business reviews and product development cycles. Slack and Vault have lots of places where people share prompts that they developed, like #revenue-ai-use-cases and #ai-centaurs.
5️⃣ Before asking for more Headcount and resources, teams must demonstrate why they cannot get what they want done using AI. What would this area look like if autonomous AI agents were already part of the team? This question can lead to really fun discussions and projects.
Everyone means everyone. This applies to all of us—including me and the executive team.
A fragment of the letter below:
1️⃣ Using AI effectively is now a fundamental expectation of everyone at Shopify. It's a tool of all trades today, and will only grow in importance. Frankly, I don't think it's feasible to opt out of learning the skill of applying AI in your craft; you are welcome to try, but I want to be honest I cannot see this working out today, and definitely not tomorrow. Stagnation is almost certain, and stagnation is slow-motion failure. If you're not climbing, you're sliding.
2️⃣ AI must be part of your GSD Prototype phase. The prototype phase of any GSD project should be dominated by AI exploration. Prototypes are meant for learning and creating information. AI dramatically accelerates this process. You can learn to produce something that other team mates can look at, use, and reason about in a fraction of the time it used to take.
3️⃣ We will add AI usage questions to our performance and peer review questionnaire. Learning to use AI well is an unobvious skill. My sense is that a lot of people give up after writing a prompt and not getting the ideal thing back immediately. Learning to prompt and load context is important, and getting peers to provide feedback on how this is going will be valuable.
4️⃣ Learning is self directed, but share what you learned. You have access to as much of the cutting edge AI tools as possible.There is chat.shopify.io, which we had for years now. Developers have proxy, Copilot, Cursor, Claude code, all pre-tooled and ready to go. We’ll learn and adapt together as a team. We’ll be sharing Ws (and Ls!) with each other as we experiment with new AI capabilities, and we’ll dedicate time to AI integration in our monthly business reviews and product development cycles. Slack and Vault have lots of places where people share prompts that they developed, like #revenue-ai-use-cases and #ai-centaurs.
5️⃣ Before asking for more Headcount and resources, teams must demonstrate why they cannot get what they want done using AI. What would this area look like if autonomous AI agents were already part of the team? This question can lead to really fun discussions and projects.
Everyone means everyone. This applies to all of us—including me and the executive team.
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OpenAI Releases Guide to Implementing AI into Business Processes.
OpenAI has released a detailed guide for businesses on implementing generative AI into corporate processes. The entire guide consists of three key sections:
📍AI in the enterprise: here the company examines real cases of AI implementation in seven leading companies, the problems they solve, and their results.
📍A Practical Guide to Building Agents: The team explains how AI can help employees in their daily work by automating routine tasks and increasing efficiency.
📍 Scaling AI Use Cases: They explain what processes companies are focusing on when implementing AI and how to scale successful solutions.
Complete Guide: https://openai.com/business/guides-and-resources/
OpenAI has released a detailed guide for businesses on implementing generative AI into corporate processes. The entire guide consists of three key sections:
📍AI in the enterprise: here the company examines real cases of AI implementation in seven leading companies, the problems they solve, and their results.
📍A Practical Guide to Building Agents: The team explains how AI can help employees in their daily work by automating routine tasks and increasing efficiency.
📍 Scaling AI Use Cases: They explain what processes companies are focusing on when implementing AI and how to scale successful solutions.
Complete Guide: https://openai.com/business/guides-and-resources/
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While Jeff Bezos was launching Katy Perry into space, his company Amazon launched an ad with the slogan Save the Everyday.
Like in a true action movie, a fearless and confident hero is battling someone while simultaneously choosing a T-shirt on the marketplace.
Like in a true action movie, a fearless and confident hero is battling someone while simultaneously choosing a T-shirt on the marketplace.
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The UAE entrusts lawmaking to neural networks.
The UAE is launching the world’s first Regulatory Intelligence Office — a ministerial body where artificial intelligence will assist in drafting legislation.
Algorithms will analyze the legal framework, identify loopholes, and suggest amendments. The goal is to speed up the legislative process by 70%.
The UAE is launching the world’s first Regulatory Intelligence Office — a ministerial body where artificial intelligence will assist in drafting legislation.
Algorithms will analyze the legal framework, identify loopholes, and suggest amendments. The goal is to speed up the legislative process by 70%.
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Companies will start hiring AI employees as early as 2026.
This opinion was expressed by Jason Clinton, a top executive at Anthropic. According to him, these AI employees will have their own job titles, corporate accounts, and passwords.
Clinton believes that virtual employees represent a new stage in AI development. However, he also warns that for employers, this could introduce additional security risks. For instance, virtual employees could potentially go out of control and hack into a company’s internal systems.
This opinion was expressed by Jason Clinton, a top executive at Anthropic. According to him, these AI employees will have their own job titles, corporate accounts, and passwords.
Clinton believes that virtual employees represent a new stage in AI development. However, he also warns that for employers, this could introduce additional security risks. For instance, virtual employees could potentially go out of control and hack into a company’s internal systems.
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In Germany, a young mother tried to sell her baby online.
The shocking advertisement appeared on the eBay platform back in early March. A resident of Lower Saxony posted a photo of her 10-month-old son, stating that she was willing to sell him because he was "very naughty." She asked for €6.75 for the delivery of the baby. Several users reported the listing to the police.
"The mother's address was included in the ad. We didn't have to investigate for long," the police said.
When law enforcement and youth welfare workers arrived at the specified address, the 22-year-old woman opened the door herself. Inside the apartment were also her child and the child's 20-year-old father.
The mother admitted that she had posted the ad online but claimed it was meant as a joke and that she soon deleted it. No charges have been filed against the woman at this time, but the youth welfare office stated that they will now be monitoring the family.
The shocking advertisement appeared on the eBay platform back in early March. A resident of Lower Saxony posted a photo of her 10-month-old son, stating that she was willing to sell him because he was "very naughty." She asked for €6.75 for the delivery of the baby. Several users reported the listing to the police.
"The mother's address was included in the ad. We didn't have to investigate for long," the police said.
When law enforcement and youth welfare workers arrived at the specified address, the 22-year-old woman opened the door herself. Inside the apartment were also her child and the child's 20-year-old father.
The mother admitted that she had posted the ad online but claimed it was meant as a joke and that she soon deleted it. No charges have been filed against the woman at this time, but the youth welfare office stated that they will now be monitoring the family.
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An eBay listing appeared offering Melania Trump's wedding dress, designed by John Galliano during his time at the House of Dior.
The wedding dress of former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, which she wore when marrying Donald Trump, has allegedly been put up for sale at a significant discount, according to Page Six.
The seller claims to have purchased the original gown for $70,000 for her own wedding, which took place in 2011. The listing notes that modifications were made to the dress's design. The seller stated that she added embroidery, straps, and an additional layer of satin fabric. It is reported that the gown is adorned with original Swarovski crystals. The starting price for the dress is set at $45,000.
Meanwhile, WWD, citing an insider, reported that the original wedding dress of the former First Lady is actually kept at the Trumps' mansion at their private Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. It was also noted that the House of Dior declined to comment on the news of the dress being put up for sale.
The wedding dress of former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, which she wore when marrying Donald Trump, has allegedly been put up for sale at a significant discount, according to Page Six.
The seller claims to have purchased the original gown for $70,000 for her own wedding, which took place in 2011. The listing notes that modifications were made to the dress's design. The seller stated that she added embroidery, straps, and an additional layer of satin fabric. It is reported that the gown is adorned with original Swarovski crystals. The starting price for the dress is set at $45,000.
Meanwhile, WWD, citing an insider, reported that the original wedding dress of the former First Lady is actually kept at the Trumps' mansion at their private Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. It was also noted that the House of Dior declined to comment on the news of the dress being put up for sale.
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Amazon has launched its first 27 satellites into orbit.
They will form a constellation to provide broadband internet access. This marks the beginning of a large-scale $10 billion project aimed at competing with SpaceX’s Starlink system.
In total, Amazon plans to deploy more than three thousand satellites into low Earth orbit as part of its Kuiper project. The company expects to begin offering services to customers by the end of 2025, according to Reuters.
They will form a constellation to provide broadband internet access. This marks the beginning of a large-scale $10 billion project aimed at competing with SpaceX’s Starlink system.
In total, Amazon plans to deploy more than three thousand satellites into low Earth orbit as part of its Kuiper project. The company expects to begin offering services to customers by the end of 2025, according to Reuters.
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🤖 Amazon, Etsy, and eBay Are Implementing AI to Improve Their Platforms
On April 14, 2025, the three major e-commerce platforms announced new initiatives focused on artificial intelligence:
Etsy is using AI to personalize the shopping experience by offering recommendations based on user preferences.
Amazon is applying AI to combat counterfeit products, enhancing protection for brands and customers.
eBay is introducing AI tools to simplify listing creation, making it easier for sellers to upload items.
On April 14, 2025, the three major e-commerce platforms announced new initiatives focused on artificial intelligence:
Etsy is using AI to personalize the shopping experience by offering recommendations based on user preferences.
Amazon is applying AI to combat counterfeit products, enhancing protection for brands and customers.
eBay is introducing AI tools to simplify listing creation, making it easier for sellers to upload items.
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