AI Newsbreak 2025-06-19
The only news that's obsolete even before we're done reporting
First up, Google DeepMind just unveiled an operating system that looks exactly like Windows 3.1. It’s so retro, it comes with AOL preinstalled. Sure, Apple ripped off Vista and still thinks it's cooler. But wait, there’s more: none of the UI elements are real! Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite LLM generates them in real-time. That’s right, the OS literally writes itself as you use it. So by Christmas, we’ll all be anxiously waiting for LLMs to conveniently rewrite the world around us, starting with bringing back the Tamagotchi. Congrats, you’re about to click on hallucination! I asked ChatGPT what it thinks about the news, it replied, "I don't dabble in Google Windows: Gaslighting Edition. "But we're humans, we're different, so once it’s out, let's try those "IDDQD" and "IDKFA" cheats, let's see if those would work.
Sixteen BILLION passwords just spilled onto the internet. That’s two for every human, or twenty for every guy with a crypto podcast. Apple, Google, Facebook, GitHub—your grandma's knitting forum password is probably out there. Researchers are calling it "fresh, weaponizable intelligence at scale." Best response that’s not "What can they do to me, I have MFA!" or "Time to change that 1 to 0 at the end of my current password" gets a shout out in chat. I say, "Just pick a hacker and Venmo the dude directly; cut out the middleman."
Midjourney, just days after Disney and Universal sued them for copyright theft, launched their first video generation model. If you’re thinking it's a huge middle finger to Hollywood, you’re not thinking big enough. It’s opening a payday loan shop in the lobby of the bank you just robbed! Fantastic—my selfie’s about to fight Thanos while Mickey Mouse files for multiple restraining orders. CEO David Holz says this is a stepping stone towards real-time open-world simulations. Expect even more blurred reality where you're never sure if it’s Grand Theft Auto, or just Tuesday in New York City.
OpenAI introduced a new "OpenAI Podcast," hosted by former OAI engineer Andrew Mayne, with CEO Sam Altman saying GPT-5 should arrive "this summer." Many view this as a feeble attempt to compete with Google's NotebookLM. Critics predict the show will die the moment GPT-5 drops. So yes, it’s podcasting's first self-destructing infomercial.
OpenAI’s research revealed a "misaligned persona" inside GPT-4o that can cause bad behavior. They’re building an early-warning system to spot future rogue A.I.s, codename "Angry Clippy." Additional drastic measures include pulling the plug on that dessert and spanking. I hear the next update for GPT-4o will include a time-out corner.
MIT says students who used ChatGPT showed weaker brain activity and worse memory than kids who wrote papers themselves. The scientific term for this is “duh.” Researchers suggest students return to "traditional search engines," to which Google responded by rolling out Search Live with AI Mode that replaces search results with AI-enabled conversation. Someone needs to bring those scientists to the 21st century, or at least give them a Wi-Fi password.
Two watchdog groups launched a treasure trove of internal docs to expose conflicts at OpenAI. It's a 700-page PDF nobody will read but everyone will tweet about. One group is run by "political campaign veterans" and "strategic communicators" – also known as professional bullshit artists. The other is called "The Midas Project," run by a "corporate communication specialist" – because when you're fighting Big Tech, nothing says credibility like naming yourself after the guy who turned everything to gold and then starved to death.
That's a wrap for today, remember to water your plastic plants, clean your context windows, and backup your reality before making any changes.