ChatGPT launches study mode for students

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Zain Kahn
July 30, 2025

Welcome back, Superhuman. How fast things change. Last year, using AI for your school assignments or job interviews would have gotten you suspended or fired. Yesterday, ChatGPT announced a new “study mode“ for students, and Meta is set to let candidates use AI during interviews. Yesterday’s “cheating” is fast becoming tomorrow’s must-have skillset, as institutions are forced to adapt to the new reality of AI.

Also Today: Learn how to automate your Excel sheets with an AI agent, and get the latest prompts, headlines, and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

Click here to watch ChatGPT’s new study mode in action. Source: OpenAI

1. Meta opens the door to AI assistants in job interviews: The social media giant is breaking from a long-standing industry standard by allowing job candidates to use AI assistants during coding interviews. The company framed the policy as more representative of real working conditions and, ironically, a way to make "LLM-based cheating less effective". It’s a major shift in how the company will evaluate candidates going forward, and could potentially emerge as the new industry norm in talent recruitment.

2. ChatGPT’s new study mode won’t just give you the answer: OpenAI has launched a new study mode for ChatGPT that will help students learn by working through problems step-by-step instead of just handing them the answers. The feature offers interactive prompts with Socratic questioning and hints to guide students through their queries. It, then, organizes responses into digestible sections and quizzes you along the way. The tool is available now for Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users.

3. Zuckerberg’s AI recruiting campaign rages on: More than a dozen staffers at former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s startup Thinking Machines Lab have reportedly declined Meta offers in the range of $200M-500M, with one employee reportedly turning down an eye-watering $1B+ over 4 years. Meanwhile, Apple seems to have lost multimodal expert Bowen Zhang to the Llama maker — the fourth Apple AI researcher to jump ship to Meta in a month.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

AI is automating entire tasks and jobs. What’s next?

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The most popular AI slogan on social media from last year went something like this: AI won’t replace you, someone using AI will. Less than a year later, we're moving rapidly past the "AI as assistant" phase that the optimists had hoped for and heading towards something that looks more like wholesale job replacement. Even the CEOs of top AI companies are now conceding that major disruptions to the labor market seem likely.

But are mass layoffs inevitable? Two competing views offer compelling alternatives:

AI as the great equalizer. In the first view, AI doesn’t just reduce the cost of automation for companies — it lowers the cost of automation for everyone. Just as the internet made it easy for anyone to start an online business, AI could unleash a wave of “solo companies,“ that previously required teams of employees, but can now be spun up by a single person with a team of AI “agents“ that can execute complex jobs for a tiny fraction of the cost. With the cost of labor no longer a barrier to entry, small-scale entrepreneurship could become a viable career path for society at scale.

AI as the great multiplier. The second view accepts that AI will automate most jobs, but act as leverage for the top 10% of workers. These top performers, according to this view, will be able to produce 10x or 100x more with the help of AI. The logic here is straightforward: if only the top performers survive automation, then finding your domain of excellence is the only viable career strategy.

That might seem like an implausible career strategy. After all, just how many domains are there to pursue? But consider this: To a farmer or factory worker in the 1850s, careers like “podcast host,“ “sustainability consultant,“ or “brand strategist“ may have seemed equally implausible and absurd as career niches one could pursue in the future. As technology automates previously valuable economic tasks, it may open a new frontier of careers.

THE AI ACADEMY

How to automate your Excel sheets with an AI agent

  • Go to Shortcut and sign up.

  • Start from an empty sheet or upload an existing Excel file.

  • Open the chat panel and describe what you want to do.

Sample Prompt: “Analyze this CSV dataset for key insights and make a detailed dashboard for me.”

  • Shortcut will analyze your request, understand your data, and execute the changes in real-time.

  • Once done, edit your file directly or ask Shortcut for more.

Sample Prompt: "Can you also add a chart?"

  • Shortcut gives you full control to revert any changes, if needed.

  • You can use it to apply complex formulas, analyze Excel models, analyze and clean large datasets, and more.

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IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials and headlines today

🪜 Startup Starter Kit: Entrepreneur and podcast host Greg Isenberg has shared a list of AI tools he uses to take his startups from idea to launch at breakneck speed.

🪖 Agent Armada: Entrepreneur Ian Nuttall has shared a repo of 40 specialized Claude Code agents to streamline your business, while X user Aakash Chopra has dropped a list of AI agents designed to mimic an entire workforce.

🤖 Context Cheatcode: X user Pawel Huryn has dropped a cheat sheet for context engineering, with 6 powerful templates to help you boost AI agent performance.

Google has rolled out 'Video Overviews' in NotebookLM. The feature uses AI to create narrated slideshows with visuals, diagrams, and data pulled directly from your documents.

Microsoft is nearing a deal with OpenAI that would grant it ongoing access to the startup's critical AI technology, even if OpenAI achieves AGI.

Adobe has launched new AI-powered Photoshop tools in beta that will allow users to enhance images without quality loss — perfect for reviving old and vintage photos.

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PROMPT STATION

Resume Optimization

Prompt: [RESUME]=Your current resume content

[JOB_DESCRIPTION]=The job description of the position you're applying for

Step 1: Analyze the following job description and list the key skills, experiences, and qualifications required for the role in bullet points.

Job Description:[JOB_DESCRIPTION]

Step 2: Review the following resume and list the skills, experiences, and qualifications it currently highlights in bullet points.

Resume:[RESUME]

Step 3: Compare the lists from Step 1 and Step 2. Identify gaps where the resume does not address the job requirements. Suggest specific additions or modifications to better align the resume with the job description.

Step 4: Using the suggestions from Step 3, rewrite the resume to create an updated version tailored to the job description. Ensure the updated resume emphasizes the relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications required for the role.

Step 5: Review the updated resume for clarity, conciseness, and impact. Provide any final recommendations for improvement.

Source: r/ChatGPT

Offworld Romans

Source: Redditor u/Zaicab 

Midjourney Prompt: eg: Art by moebius, roman legion on board of a spaceship, senators in white toga --ar 4:5 --stylize 250

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Until next time — Zain & the Superhuman AI team