Essential insights you need to stay ahead

📩 Issue #28 – 30/08/2025

💻 TIME100 AI 2025
TIME’s list of the most influential people shaping AI, from researchers to regulators to artists.
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💬 WhatsApp gets AI writing help
New feature lets you rephrase and adjust tone (professional, funny, supportive) in-app.
Read More (TechCrunch)

⚖️ xAI sues ex-engineer over secrets
Elon Musk’s AI startup claims a former employee took confidential code to OpenAI.
Read More (Reuters)

🔥 Top Insights

🎨 AI is coming for culture
The New Yorker analyses how our relationship with algorithms is reshaping culture and who gets to define taste.
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🧠 OpenAI × Anthropic cross-audit
Labs tested each other’s AI systems for misuse risks, publishing results in rare transparency.
Read More (Engadget)

📵 Schools go analog after bans
With phones restricted, teachers are stocking board games and books for students.
Read More (Washington Post)

📊 Numbers to Watch

🚀 NVIDIA Nvidia Sales Jump 56%
Record $46.7B quarter shows strong demand for its chips should continue this quarter.
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👥 2.5M on Raya’s waitlist
Scarcity remains the secret growth lever for the ultra-exclusive dating app.
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🌱 60% drop in nature bond
Trendwatching notes humanity’s self-reported bond with nature fell since 1800.
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💡 Something to Think About

📚 Denmark scraps VAT on books
Aiming to boost reading rates, Denmark will abolish its 25% tax on books.
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🧒 Melania’s AI kids contest
The former First Lady challenges kids to make “Trumpy” AI projects – culture wars meet classrooms.
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🛍️ Pinterest launches Thrift Shop
New platform spotlights Gen Z’s love of vintage style and circular fashion.
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🏠 Swiss co-ops reinvent housing
Lausanne’s nonprofit co-ops trade real-estate profit for affordable, stable rents.
Read More (NYT)

🌀 Offbeat & Unexpected

🤖 Kitchen Cosmo at MIT
A playful “kitchen robot” by design students reimagines appliances as a social hub.
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💍 Taylor Swift wedding bets
Prediction markets now let you gamble on celebrity nuptials.
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🧳 Parents curate dorm décor
The dorm room becomes the latest stage for “intensive parenting” and social signaling.
Read More (The Atlantic)

📚 Romantasy takes over bookshelves
Romance-fantasy hybrids dominate publishing and BookTok, locking in mainstream appeal.
Read More (NYT)