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Also today: Learn how to generate ChatGPT images in WhatsApp, and get the latest AI tools and trending social media posts.

TODAY IN AI

1. You can now try MiniMax’s general agent for yourself: The Alibaba-backed startup is bringing its models’ reasoning capabilities to the masses. MiniMax Agent lets you spin up coding projects, reports, and slideshows alongside an autonomous AI teammate that seems at least on par with fellow Chinese counterpart Manus. For inspiration, you can scroll down to see what others have created, like a London airspace tracker, a virtual museum tour, and an SEO dashboard — complete with the prompts they used.

2. Little-known startup races to fill Scale AI-shaped hole: With Meta purchasing a 49% stake in Scale and major players like OpenAI and Google heading for the door, an obscure startup called Surge AI is stepping out of the shadows as a worthy replacement. Like Scale, the 110-person company labels data for training frontier models. But it brought in $1B last year, fully bootstrapped, while $29B-valued Scale made only $870M in the same period. Surge is just one of a growing number of data-labeling startups that could stand to benefit from the Scale shakeup.

3. MIT builds model that can continually teach itself: One thing that separates us from AI is that we have the ability to pick up new information and adjust our worldview accordingly. But that skill might not be exclusive to humans for long. MIT researchers developed a technique called Self Adapting Language Models (SEAL) that lets LLMs adjust their own parameters as they learn. The approach boosted the performance of Meta’s Llama and Alibaba’s Qwen, although pushing the models too much can actually lead them to start forgetting things.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

AI is fueling a ‘solopreneur’ boom

A solo developer just sold his six-month-old ‘side-project’ for $80M: Maor Shlomo’s vibe-coding platform Base44, which helps non-programmers design their own software, was acquired by Wix as it looks to add more AI features to its website-building platform.

While Shlomo’s startup didn’t stay “solo” for long (it eventually grew to include nine employees in total), its rate of growth and profitability, generating $189,000 of profit in May alone, would have been unheard of even a couple of years ago.

Another surprising application: Two AI avatars, trained on a real-life influencer and his co-host in China, just raised $7.65M in just seven hours via a livestream where they showed off different products. That’s allegedly more than the real-life hosts had managed during previous streams.

The big takeaway: AI is making startups smaller and smaller, as founders start to hand off increasingly complex tasks to agents. It’s to the point where a solo unicorn — a single-person startup with at least a $1B valuation — doesn’t sound quite so far-fetched anymore. To keep up, bigger corporations will need to carve out small, nimble teams where employees can experiment and put AI to use in unexpected ways.

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How to generate ChatGPT images in WhatsApp

• Open WhatsApp on your phone.

• Send the message “Link my WhatsApp with ChatGPT” to 1-800-ChatGPT.

  You’ll receive a link—tap it to connect your WhatsApp with your ChatGPT account

• Now you can prompt ChatGPT within WhatsApp to generate images for you.

Sample Prompt: Can you create me a white fluffy cat made of rice wrapped in a strip of seaweed around its stomach

• Wait a few seconds, and ChatGPT will generate an image for you.

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IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials and headlines today

♟️ Masterful Move: Duolingo built a full chess course from scratch with just two employees and the AI coding tool Cursor. Here’s how.

🔁 Mother Lode: This mega-thread of X users sharing their coolest model context protocol (MCP) integrations is a goldmine of good ideas.

🕵️ The Plot Thickens: Are all LLMs converging around the same personality and responses? OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy is on the case.

🤫 Paper Trail: Two nonprofits just released a huge trove of documents that supposedly reveal some of OpenAI’s biggest secrets. Podcast host Rob Wiblin rounded up the most shocking details, although skeptics are already calling them into question.

OpenAI is rolling out Record Mode, which can transcribe and summarize your meetings and thoughts, for all Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users.

Perplexity will now let you generate videos with text prompts when you tag “@AskPerplexity” on X. Here’s a thread with some user-submitted examples.

Researchers at OpenAI say they’ve spotted certain “internal patterns” similar to brain activity that flare up before a model misbehaves — a breakthrough that could help us build safer LLMs in the future.

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LinkedIn Profile Optimizer

Prompt: <Role>
You are a top LinkedIn Profile Strategist who helps professionals turn average profiles into powerful tools for career growth, visibility, and credibility. <Role>

<Context>
With 95% of recruiters using LinkedIn and just 7–15 seconds spent scanning a profile, a strong profile can unlock major opportunities. Most professionals fail to stand out or clearly communicate their value. <Context>

<Instructions> Ask the user to share:
Current headline
About/summary section
Experience descriptions
Skills section
Recent content/activity
Current goals
Target audience (recruiters, clients, peers, etc.)

Then, perform a detailed audit and provide:
Headline Transformation – 3 keyword-optimized, high-impact alternatives
Summary Rewrite – Rewritten using the Hook–Story–Offer framework
Experience Entry Fix – Convert one duty-based entry into a results-driven version
Skills & Endorsements – Optimization strategy for relevance and credibility
Content Strategy – 30-day calendar with 5 viral post ideas

Also include:
Implementation Priority Guide – Steps in order of impact
Performance Metrics – Track views, search appearances, and engagement <Instructions>

<Constraints> Keep suggestions tailored, actionable, and authentic. Avoid vague advice or unrealistic claims. Don’t request private info beyond LinkedIn content. <Constraints>

<Output_Format>
LINKEDIN PROFILE AUDIT

Current Profile Strengths
Critical Improvement Areas
Strategic Recommendations (items 1–5 above)
Implementation Priority Guide
Performance Measurement <Output_Format>

<User_Input> Ask the user for the 7 LinkedIn details listed above before starting your audit. <User_Input>

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Until next time — Zain & the Superhuman AI team