The Daily AI Briefing - 25/07/2025
Welcome to The Daily AI Briefing! Today, we're tracking major developments across the AI landscape, from OpenAI's upcoming GPT-5 launch to breakthrough cancer research using artificial intelligence. We'll also explore how AI is reshaping productivity tools and examine Microsoft's fascinating study on AI's workplace integration. Stay with us for a comprehensive look at today's most significant AI stories. First up, OpenAI appears ready to unveil GPT-5 this August, according to reports from The Verge. CEO Sam Altman has been teasing the new model, describing his testing experience as a "here it is moment" that made him feel "useless relative to the AI." GPT-5 will reportedly combine advanced language capabilities with o3-style reasoning into a single system, eliminating the need to choose between different models for various tasks. Interestingly, Altman mentioned that while GPT-5 will arrive "soon," it won't feature the capabilities used in their recent International Math Olympiad gold medal achievement. OpenAI also plans to release its first open-weight model since 2019 by the end of July. In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, researchers from the Technical University of Denmark have developed an AI platform that designs cancer-fighting proteins in weeks rather than years. The system uses three AI models to create "minibinder" proteins that attach to T cells, essentially giving them a "molecular GPS" to locate cancer cells. This technology shows promise for both common cancers and patient-specific treatments. The platform incorporates virtual safety screening to predict and eliminate designs that might attack healthy cells before any lab testing begins. At its core, the system leverages Google's Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold2 to predict protein structures. On the productivity front, Perplexity's Comet AI browser is transforming how we manage our digital lives. By connecting to your calendar and email, Comet can provide intelligent summaries, event management, and automated company research based on your meetings. Users can simply ask questions like "What's on my calendar next week?" or request more complex actions such as "Move my tennis event to Friday and draft an email to participants." Perhaps most impressively, Comet can research companies before your meetings and prepare relevant questions, making your conversations more productive. Microsoft has conducted a fascinating analysis of 200,000 conversations with Bing Copilot to understand how workers are currently using AI. The study revealed that gathering information and writing content are the most common requests, with AI primarily serving as a teacher, advisor, or information provider. Microsoft developed an "AI applicability score" to measure potential impact across occupations, finding that computer science, office support, sales, and media roles show the highest impact. Conversely, hands-on jobs like nursing assistants, maintenance workers, and surgeons showed lower impact scores. Interestingly, researchers found only a weak correlation between wages and AI exposure, challenging predictions that high-earners would be most disrupted. In trending AI tools, we're seeing Moby Agents for e-commerce, GitHub Spark for app creation, Ash for mental health, and Opal for building AI mini-apps. The job market continues to offer opportunities at companies like Glean, UiPath, Meta, and Perplexity AI. Finally, some quick updates: Elon Musk announced plans to revive Vine "in AI form," Similarweb's latest data shows ChatGPT still dominating with 78% of AI platform traffic, and HiDream has released an updated image editing model. As we close today's briefing, it's clear that AI continues its rapid evolution across multiple domains. From GPT-5's imminent arrival to life-saving medical applications and workplace transformation, artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, create, and solve problems. The pace of innovation shows no signs of slowing, making it more importan
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