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🧠 Why LLMs hallucinate, according to OpenAI

OpenAI just published a rare research piece on one of the hottest issues in AI: hallucinations. The takeaway - they’re not mysterious at all, but a natural byproduct of how we train and test models.

🔸 Pretraining phase: models are forced to always predict the “most likely” next token. Saying “I don’t know” isn’t an option, and there’s no penalty for making things up.
🔸 World randomness: some facts (like birthdays or serial numbers) are inherently unpredictable. Models can’t “learn” them.
🔸 Benchmarks: most evals score wrong and skipped answers the same — 0. This incentivizes guessing over admitting uncertainty.
🔸 Garbage In, Garbage Out: data errors inevitably feed into outputs.

OpenAI’s fix? Change evaluation itself. Add “I don’t know” as a valid response, and reward honesty over confident fiction. With confidence thresholds (e.g. only answer if >75% sure), models would learn that admitting uncertainty beats hallucinating.

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🗂 72 AI tools in one cheat sheet

A fresh list is making the rounds on Twitter — 72 of the most useful AI services across key categories:

🔸 Image generation
🔸 Video generation
🔸 Text writing
🔸 Research & analysis

A handy one-stop cheat sheet for anyone working with AI. Worth saving.


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💼 OpenAI to launch AI-focused jobs platform

OpenAI has announced OpenAI Jobs Platform, a hiring service where companies can find talent skilled in working with AI - from beginners to expert prompt engineers.

🔸 Platform will match business needs with candidates’ AI skills
🔸 Job seekers can take OpenAI’s own certification exam directly inside ChatGPT via Study mode
🔸 Official launch is planned for 2026

A move that could make OpenAI not just a model provider, but also a gatekeeper for the AI labor market.


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🛒Waitrose tests AI-powered smart carts

Waitrose is trialling AI trolleys in its Bracknell store that automatically scan items as shoppers put them in, aiming to cut checkout times.

🔸 Built by Israeli firm Shopic, the carts use cameras and a screen to track products and prices in real time
🔸 Payments are handled in-app, letting customers walk out without scanning barcodes
🔸 Shopic claims the tech saves up to 8 minutes compared with manned tills and reduces errors at self-checkouts
🔸 Trials follow Amazon’s cashierless Fresh stores and other supermarket automation pushes

If successful, “smart-carts” could make the self-checkout queue a thing of the past.


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💻 Turn any repo into an AI prompt

GitIngest lets you feed an entire GitHub repo into an LLM in seconds.

🔸 Drop in a repo link and wait a moment
🔸 Get back a clean, structured prompt with the code and files
🔸 Edit it to trim noise and keep only what matters

A neat shortcut for devs who want their AI to grok a codebase fast.


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📱 Apple unveils iPhone 17 lineup and more

Apple’s 2025 event brought a wave of new devices, headlined by the iPhone 17 series.

🔸 iPhone 17 — A19 chip with on-device LLMs, 6.3" 120Hz Always-On Display, 48MP main + improved selfie cam, +8 hours battery vs iPhone 16. From $799.

🔸 iPhone Air — ultra-thin (5.6mm), A19 Pro chip with MacBook Pro–level AI, 6.5" 120Hz display, Wi-Fi 7, eSIM-only, all-day battery. From $999.

🔸 iPhone 17 Pro / Pro Max — A19 Pro chip, triple 48MP cameras with 8x optical zoom, longest iPhone battery life yet, new orange color, from $1099 / $1199.

🔸 AirPods Pro 3 — live speech translation, top-tier ANC, heart-rate sensor, step counter. $249.

🔸 Apple Watch 11 — now with 5G, hypertension detector, 24h continuous battery. From $399. SE 3 and Ultra 3 also revealed.

AI-first chips, thinner designs, and health features show Apple doubling down on performance and wellness.


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🎬 OpenAI brings AI-made film to Cannes 2026

OpenAI will premiere Critterz, a fully AI-generated animated movie, at next year’s Cannes Film Festival.

🔸 Budget under $30M — far below traditional animation costs
🔸 Most spending goes to human artists for character design and to voice actors
🔸 Theatrical release is planned right after Cannes in May 2026

A milestone moment: the first big-screen animated feature born from generative AI.


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🤖 500+ AI projects in one repo

Enthusiasts compiled a giant GitHub collection of AI agents ready to plug into your workflow.

From finance bots and crypto traders to pocket doctors and more - just grab the repo and run the code.

👉 Link 👈


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📱 Scientists turn Wi-Fi into a camera

Researchers unveiled LatentCSI, an AI method that reconstructs images of rooms using only Wi-Fi signals.

🔸 It converts radio-wave data into a latent space and feeds it to a diffusion model
🔸 Produces sharper, faster results than previous Wi-Fi imaging methods
🔸 Can be guided by text prompts to refine what the final image should look like

Your router might not just connect devices - it could also double as a surveillance tool.


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🚀 Framer secures $100M at $2B valuation

Website builders feel like a dead genre - Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Tilda, and the looming shift toward agents and APIs instead of “sites.” Yet investors clearly see something else.

🔸 Framer already generates $50M ARR, targeting $100M soon
🔸 Clients include Miro, Perplexity, Scale AI, and 40% of the latest YC batch
🔸 Founded by ex-Facebook designers, pitched as the “Figma for websites”
🔸 Design-focused, clean interface, AI built-in but not revolutionary

The question remains: is this the future or just a temporary bubble? Investors are betting on growth and for now, businesses are still willing to pay for polished digital storefronts.


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🔥 Code visualizer for vibe-coders

A slick AI tool that turns raw code into clean, readable maps.

🔸 Upload code → get visualizations of functions, variables, and dependencies
🔸 Built-in chat explains logic and algorithms in plain language
🔸 Killer feature: auto-generates prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor with full context or targeted edits

👉 Test it here 👈


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🧠 MIT’s AlterEgo lets you “speak” without making a sound

MIT spinout AlterEgo has unveiled a device that captures neural signals sent to the speech apparatus and turns them into text or commands — no audible words required.

🔸 The system detects what you silently say to yourself and translates it in real time
🔸 Enables typing at “thought speed,” hands-free app control, and even silent conversations
🔸 Still no launch date or pricing announced

If it works at scale, AlterEgo could blur the line between thinking and communicating.


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🎞 YouTube rolls out AI dubbing for all creators

In the coming weeks, all YouTube creators will be able to add automatically generated audio tracks in different languages to their videos. Until now, this feature was limited to a small group of testers.

🔸 Expands access to multilingual dubbing beyond pilot participants
🔸 Aims to help creators reach larger global audiences with minimal effort
🔸 Part of YouTube’s wider integration of AI tools into the platform

This move could reshape content distribution on YouTube, lowering language barriers and boosting international reach for creators of all sizes.


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🚀 ByteDance rolls out Seedream v4 - their answer to NanoBanana

🔸 Up to 6 reference images in a single prompt
🔸 Generations up to full 4K
🔸 Already live on Replicate
and Freepik AI

Multi-ref, high-res image gen is heating up. The Seedream vs NanoBanana race just went next level.


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🤖 Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister

Albania has introduced Diella, an artificial intelligence–powered virtual minister, tasked with overseeing all public procurement. Prime Minister Edi Rama presented her as part of his new cabinet reshuffle.

🔸 Diella’s name means “sunshine” in Albanian, and she appears as a digital avatar in traditional clothing
🔸 She will manage tenders, evaluate bids, and even “hire talent globally”
🔸 Rama says the goal is to make public procurement “100% incorruptible and legible”
🔸 Diella already powers the government’s e-Albania platform, which offers digital services to citizens
🔸 The EU has long flagged corruption in Albania’s public procurement system

By shifting procurement decisions to an AI minister, Albania is betting on technology to combat corruption and accelerate its path toward EU membership.


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🕹 Google launches free AI quest game

Google has rolled out a full-fledged interactive game designed to teach the basics of AI. The project comes with cutscenes, tasks, and real-world case studies straight from the tech giant.

A clever move: learning neural networks feels less like study and more like an adventure.


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