Subj : ChatGPT Image upgrade 🖼️, WB rejects Paramount 🎬, faciliting AI dev adoption 👨‍💻 To : All From : TLDR Date : Wed Dec 17 2025 11:23 am --U2MP1DsZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The new version of ChatGPT Image is designed to make and edit images more= precisely. 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OpenAI's ChatGPT Updated to= Make Images Better and Faster (2 minute read)

The new version of ChatGPT Image is des= igned to make and edit images more precisely. It can generate pictures up t= o four times faster than the previous image-generation model. OpenAI is cre= ating a new section within ChatGPT specifically for making images. The comp= any is aiming to cater to a mix of personal and professional uses.
Warner Bros. Plans to Rejec= t Paramount Bid on Funding, Terms (4 minute read)

Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount'= s hostile takeover bid due to concerns about financing and other terms. The= board will urge shareholders to reject the tender offer. It views the comp= any's existing agreement with Netflix as offering greater value, certainty,= and terms than what Paramount has proposed. While Warner Bros.' agreement = with Netflix bars it from soliciting proposals from other bidders, it is al= lowed to entertain incoming proposals.
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If AI could interact and le= arn from the physical world, could it make more scientific advances? (3 min= ute read)

OpenAI partnered with Red Queen Bio to = introduce a new evolutionary framework that uses GPT-5 to optimize cloning = protocols. The project involved the pilot of an autonomous robot to carry o= ut the protocols. GPT-achieved a 79x cloning efficiency gain and introduced= a new enzyme-based approach. While this is not a bio breakthrough, the nov= el optimization shows that GPT-5 is at the level of a competent PhD student= at this task.
Sawing a Dam in Half (on Pu= rpose) (18 minute read)

Fontana Dam started showing cracks in 1= 972, caused by concrete expansion. Engineers decided to give the concrete m= ore room to grow rather than patching cracks as they appeared. They cut a r= elief slot all through the dam without draining the reservoir or causing an= y disruptions to the hydropower plant. This post explains how this was achi= eved. A video showing footage of the procedure is available.
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On the success of =E2=80=98= natural language programming' (7 minute read)

Machines can now be programmed in our n= ative tongues. This year, the industry has made significant progress on how= to use AI agents and is seeing significant returns from that effort. There= 's still more work to learn how to use them efficiently, but there's no dou= bt that the technology is the future of programming. This will bring the po= wer of computing to more places, more people, and more problems.
Facilitating AI adoption at= Imprint (20 minute read)

Working on internal AI adoption is a th= ing every engineering leader will need to do. This post details how Imprint= approached the problem, detailing the lessons learned during the process. = It is still early for AI adoption, so focusing on the rate of learning is m= ore valuable than anything else. Engineers leading the internal AI initiati= ve must also be using the tools they are introducing.
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Instagram Reels is coming t= o a TV near you (1 minute read)

Meta has unveiled a dedicated Instagram= Reels TV app. The app will debut on Amazon's Fire TV before expanding to o= ther platforms. It will allow users to watch Instagram Reels' short-form, u= ser-generated videos on bigger screens. Social video is increasingly captur= ing big-screen attention, with platforms like YouTube gaining more watch ti= me on TV than anything else.
Messaging is a Moat, not a = Business (5 minute read)

Messaging platforms command astronomica= l acquisition prices, but they often flounder when left to stand alone in t= he public markets. Messaging is perhaps the most valuable loss leader in di= gital history. It creates massive utility, commands unparalleled user atten= tion, and offers high retention, but captures almost no direct financial va= lue of its own.
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People are the new oil (3 m= inute read)

When scarce resources become abundant, = the bottleneck flips to whatever was cheap before.
The GitHub Actions control = plane is no longer free (3 minute read)

GitHub is introducing a $0.002 per-minu= te platform fee for all GitHub Actions usage.
The Non-Shared Baseline (6 = minute read)

Designers who rely too heavily on AI fr= om the very beginning risk never developing vision and taste skills.
Alphabet-owned Waymo in tal= ks to raise $15 billion in funding (3 minute read)

Waymo is spending heavily to ramp up it= s fleet and continue expanding to more regions.
US Threatens Penalties Agai= nst European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight (7 minute read)

The US has been pushing Europe to open = up its tech sector to American firms, but the EU has not walked back broade= r regulation of company business practices and has proceeded with investiga= tions of major US tech firms.
Thin Desires Are Eating You= r Life (4 minute read)

Thick desires change you in the process= of pursuing them, and while they may be difficult to achieve, they won't l= eave you feeling emptied out.

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