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AI Taking Over Jobs and The Vanishing Tech Dream

Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5%, more than double those of biology, accounting, and art history majors. Despite entering one of the most tech-driven job markets in history, many are struggling, in part due to the very AI advancements their field helped create. But AI tools aren’t just coding — they’re gatekeeping too, auto-rejecting résumés before a human ever sees them. A recent New York Times feature highlighted the issue: some grads report applying to hundreds of roles and getting instant AI rejections, even from fast-food chains (read more).

Perplexity Offers $34.5B to Buy Chrome

AI startup Perplexity has reportedly made an unsolicited $34.5 billion cash bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser, promising to keep Chromium open source and invest $3 billion into the project. The offer also pledges not to change Chrome users’ default settings, keeping Google as the default search engine. This comes after the DOJ suggested Google divest Chrome due to antitrust concerns. Perplexity’s bid far exceeds its current valuation of $18 billion and could be a bargain compared to some industry estimates of Chrome’s worth (read more).

GPT-5’s “One Size Fits All” Vision Hits Roadblocks

OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 was meant to simplify ChatGPT with a smart “Auto” mode that routes prompts to the best model, but user demand forced a partial reversal — bringing back the manual model picker with new “Auto,” “Fast,” and “Thinking” options. That wasn’t the only pushback: backlash over the removal of older models led OpenAI to restore access to GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and o3 for paid users. CEO Sam Altman also acknowledged criticism of GPT-5’s tone, promising a personality update to make it feel warmer. On the technical side, issues with the routing system have raised doubts about whether one model can truly replace several specialized ones (read more).

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🏛️ Anthropic Takes AI to All Branches of Government: Anthropic is making its Claude AI models available to all three branches of the U.S. government — including federal executive agencies, Congress, and the judiciary. The cost? Just $1 for one year. The company’s Claude for Government is certified for FedRAMP High, making it suitable for sensitive unclassified workloads (see Anthropic’s announcement).

🤖 AI Joins Your Group Chat: David Petrou, former Google Glass engineer, has launched Continua, a startup bringing AI agents into SMS, iMessage, and Discord group chats. The AI can offer reminders, launch polls, create checklists, and answer questions privately without cluttering the conversation (see official announcement).

☕️ One-Click AI Stories Go Viral: OpenArt’s new One-Click Story tool turns a sentence, script, or song into a one-minute animated video, with templates like Character Vlog and Music Video. With clips going viral, OpenArt currently serves around 6 million monthly active users and is on track for over $20 million in annual revenue (see more).

🚚 Waabi Taps Uber Freight Veteran to Scale Driverless Trucks: Waabi has appointed autonomous vehicle industry veteran Lior Ron as chief operating officer ahead of its planned public highway launch later this year. The startup aims to launch driverless trucks in Texas using its AI-first simulator, Waabi World, to accelerate testing and validation (see Waabi’s announcement).

👥 AI Companions Surge in Popularity: The AI companion app market is booming, with 337 active, revenue-generating apps worldwide and 128 launched in 2025 alone, according to Appfigures via TechCrunch. Popular names in the space include Replika, Character AI, and Chai (see the statistics).

🧠 Altman’s New Brain-Tech Bet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly co-founding Merge Labs, a brain-to-computer interface startup that could be valued at $850 million. Merge Labs is said to be working with Alex Blania of Tools for Humanity and could compete directly with Elon Musk’s Neuralink (read more).

From Italy to a Nasdaq Reservation

How do you follow record-setting success? Get stronger. Take Pacaso. Their real estate co-ownership tech set records in Paris and London in 2024. No surprise. Coldwell Banker says 40% of wealthy Americans plan to buy abroad within a year. So adding 10+ new international destinations, including three in Italy, is big. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

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