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🏠 AI

The Great AI Art

Last week, OpenAI dropped a new AI image-generation feature inside ChatGPT. Within hours, social media was flooded with AI-made images - especially anime-style portraits mimicking Studio Ghibli’s iconic look. Even Sam Altman joined in, swapping his profile pic for a Ghibli-style version of himself.

Then things spiraled. OpenAI’s servers got hammered so hard that Sam said their GPUs were “melting.”

Meanwhile, the legal debate kicked off. Lawyers pointed out that Studio Ghibli might have grounds to sue under the Lanham Act, arguing OpenAI was profiting off its distinct artistic identity without permission.

OpenAI scrambled to adjust. It quietly started blocking requests for Ghibli-style images.

By the end of the week, OpenAI introduced temporary rate limits on image generation in ChatGPT, citing high demand and GPU strain.

The big picture - AI image generation is at a crossroads. It’s not just a scaling issue - it’s about creativity, ownership, and ethics. Who controls the tools? Who owns the output? And how do we balance open access with responsible use? These aren’t just technical problems. They’re shaping the future of art, media, and digital expression.

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🤝 THE LATEST IN…

TECH

• H&M to use digital clones of models in ads and social media.

• Apple joins AI data center race.

• Napster is back - acquired for $207M by a 3D tech company.

• AI sales startup 11x has been claiming customers it doesn’t have.

AI

• OpenAI set to close $40B SoftBank-Led funding.

• xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction.

• Google launched Gemini 2.5, an AI reasoning model that pauses to “think” before answering.

• Apple revamping Health app to add an AI coach.

SCIENCE

• Scientists made sound that curves through a crowd and hits only one person.

• Chinese scientist ostracized over gene-edited babies seeks comeback.

• Cold plunges actually change your cells.

• Mathematician who reshaped theory of symmetry wins Abel Prize.

CRYPTO

• Elon says US government has 'no plans' to use Dogecoin.

• Initia set to airdrop 50M tokens.

• Coinbase user reportedly scammed of $34M in Bitcoin.

• X2Y2 NFT platform announces shutdown.

🏃‍♀️ QUICKIES

Raise: Raise: Mercury, a digital banking startup, raised $300M in a Series C funding round to expand its financial products and scale operations.

Stat: 931. That’s the number of Block employees being laid off as part of the fintech company's restructuring under CEO Jack Dorsey.

Rabbit Hole: High Agency (George Mack)

🤩 MONDAY MOTIVATION

🛠️ FOUNDERS CORNER

The best resources we recently came across that will help you become a better founder, builder, or investor.

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📍 Teamble AI improves employee feedback on Slack and Teams.

🧠 Pieces is a Long-Term memory agent that remembers everything you work on.

🎯 The 80 / 20

Simple tricks to get a ton of value with minimal effort for work and life.

The Seinfeld Strategy

You know Jerry Seinfeld, right? Dude's a machine. His secret wasn't some crazy productivity stack; it was dead simple. He called it "Don't Break the Chain."

Pick one core thing you need to do daily. Could be shipping a small code commit, writing one investor update draft, sending five cold outreach emails – whatever moves the needle.

Pick one core thing you need to nail daily. Could be anything at work, a 30-min walk, reading 10 pages, dinner prep in the morning, or even just clearing your workspace before clocking off. Just find your consistent needle-mover.

Get a big, dumb wall calendar. For every day you nail that task, slap a big red 'X' on it.

That's it. Your only job becomes: Don't Break The Chain.

It's psychology. Seeing that chain builds momentum. It bypasses the need for motivation because the goal shifts from "doing the big thing" to simply "not breaking the chain today." Small, consistent wins compound like crazy over time.

Forget moonshots for a sec. Focus on the daily reps. Pick your one thing. Start your chain. Don't break it. Simple leverage, massive results.

❓️ AI GENERATED OR NOT

Last week’s answer: If you guessed AI-generated… you were wrong.

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Yeah (~67%)

🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Nope (~33%)

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 👋 A Quick Note About Micro

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I built Micro with some friends because I was tired of getting guilt tripped for not hitting inbox 0 and having to bounce around between so many tools to do my job.

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