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🦾Plus: 🎨 Manus AI unveils new image gen capabilities
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May 17, 2025
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🎨 Viral startup Manus AI unveils new image gen capabilities
🌐 ChatGPT is the new internet gateway
🤖Microsoft Lays Off 6k Employees
🚀You.com’s ARI Enterprise crushes OpenAI
💡 AI Tutorial:How to decide what to watch using AI
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OpenAI has launched Codex, an agentic coding tool in research preview designed for experienced developers to delegate routine programming tasks to an AI that generates production-ready code while transparently showing its process. Accessible via the ChatGPT sidebar, users prompt Codex to either write code or provide advice within a container reflecting their development environment.
Through Squarespace’s cutting-edge features that combine automation, design presets, creative guidance, and generative AI, Design Intelligence makes it easy to build a beautiful and impactful website. With just a few pieces of information, Blueprint AI generates an entire website customized based off your brand’s goals, name, and personality. It’s AI speed, with Squarespace’s 20+ years of design expertise in website building.
Viral startup Manus AI just unveiled powerful new image generation features. Unlike basic AI that simply follows text prompts, Manus understands your intent, plans workflows, searches the web, and combines multiple specialized tools to create ready-to-use visuals for marketing, product design, and more.
ChatGPT has surged from the 15th to the 5th most visited website globally, while giants like Wikipedia are losing traffic. More users now turn directly to ChatGPT for instant answers, signaling a shift away from traditional browsing. It offers a streamlined experience free from ads and clickbait, though some worry it may eventually face similar challenges as it grows.
Microsoft’s recent layoffs in Washington hit coders hardest, with over 40% of the 2,000 affected employees coming from software engineering, according to Bloomberg’s analysis of state filings. While coders make up a large part of Microsoft’s workforce, the company hasn’t shared exact figures. These cuts are part of a broader layoff affecting about 6,000 employees.
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You.com has launched ARI Enterprise today, claiming its advanced research platform defeats OpenAI’s comparable offerings in 76% of head-to-head tests and achieves industry-leading accuracy on independent benchmarks.
A Walt Disney World vacation for a family of four could cost up to $5,000—but with this step-by-step blueprint, you could make it happen for less than $100. Discover how to use credit card rewards to cover your entire trip, including airfare, hotel stays, and park tickets. Why pay full price when there’s a better way?
AI Tutorial
How to decide what to watch using AI
With so many streaming services and podcasts out there, this AI tool makes it easier to decide what to watch next.
Go to the Pix tool on the Likewise website or text “Pix” to 550550. (You can also access it via email at [email protected] or through the app.)
Ask about any type of entertainment — books, podcasts, TV shows, or movies — and Pix will suggest options for you depending on your preferences and interests.
Example prompt: “Send me some scary movies on Prime or Hulu. No slashers please.”
The tool is specifically trained to offer entertainment recommendations and is free to use.
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