GPT-5 is Coming, AI Solo Founders Are Getting Rich, and ChatGPT Just Read Your WhatsApp

Let’s say you woke up this morning, spilled your cereal, and asked your cat to build you a website. Unfortunately, your cat just licked itself and left. But good news: AI can do it now — and better than ever.

Let’s dive into the wild world of today's artificial intelligence news, where solo developers are selling side projects for millions, Meta is flinging money at OpenAI employees like it’s a piñata party, and ChatGPT just moved in…to your WhatsApp chats. Yep. Buckle up, friend.

🚨 GPT-5 Is Coming This Summer! (Yes, really!)

It’s official — Sam Altman, the big cheese at OpenAI, confirmed on a podcast that GPT-5 is headed our way this summer. He also admitted the current version chaos (GPT-4, 4o, 4-taco-supreme?) is a “whole mess.” So, OpenAI’s new goal is brainy but simple: one super-smart model to rule them all.

The beefy GPT-5 will combine reasoning, research, and the patience of a school librarian to help you tackle big tasks AND answer quick questions. Basically, it’ll be like if your calculator also wrote essays, managed your inbox, and gave relationship advice.

The future of AI chat is less “model pick” and more “model, you pick.” Just type, and let GPT handle the heavy lifting.

🧠 AI Is Getting Smarter, and Tinier Teams Are Winning

Have you heard of Base44? No? That’s OK, neither did anyone… until a single developer built it into a six-month-old side hustle that just sold to Wix for $80 million. Yep—MILLION, with an M.

Base44 helps people build apps without coding, using something called "vibe coding" (don’t worry, it’s not about incense). What’s wild is that it started with just one guy… named Maor. He wasn’t in a giant office full of programmers… just a human, a laptop, and presumably lots of snacks.

Meanwhile, AI avatars in China raised $7.65 million in a livestream—more than the real humans they were based on. Next up: an AI dog wins “America’s Got Talent.”

Moral of the story? Tiny teams + powerful AI = mega bucks.

📱 ChatGPT and WhatsApp Are Now BFFs

Want ChatGPT inside your WhatsApp like peanut butter in your jelly sandwich? Just text “Link my WhatsApp with ChatGPT” to 1-800-ChatGPT, and boom — you can start generating AI images directly in your convo.

Try asking it to draw a white fluffy cat made of rice wrapped in seaweed. Warning: It'll make you weirdly hungry.

This is perfect if you want to send your friend a picture of a disco-dancing squirrel but don’t have art skills or a squirrel who’s willing to groove.

🔒 16 Billion Passwords Might’ve Leaked 😬

Yep, you read that right. Researchers are saying platforms like Apple, Meta, and Google may have experienced one of the biggest password leaks ever: 16 BILLION credentials floating around like confetti. So if your password is “password123,” now’s the time to upgrade to something stronger… like “password1234.”

Seems like a great week to become best friends with your password manager.

🧞 Say Hello to Self-Learning AI

MIT came out swinging with a project called SEAL (not the animal, sorry), which gives AI the ability to adjust its own code while it learns new things. So basically, it’s becoming that kid in class who always does the extra credit just because they can.

Check it out: They tested it on giant models like Meta’s Llama (yes, Llama—that’s the real name), and performance improved. Just be careful not to make it study too hard or it'll get confused and forget stuff. Seriously. Even AI gets burnout.

👀 Meta Is Trying (Really Hard) to Take OpenAI's Lunch Money

Meta reportedly offered $100 million signing bonuses (yes, with eight zeroes) to OpenAI’s engineers. Spoiler alert: nobody took it. Either OpenAI has unbeatable swag or they’ve installed anti-poaching coffee machines.

Mark Zuckerberg might be nervous that folks are spending more time chatting with AI than scrolling through frogs on unicycles.

💥 Cool AI Tools You Need Right Now

1. MiniMax Agent – Create reports, code projects, and virtual dashboards in your browser with an AI buddy smarter than your cousin Dave (no offense, Dave).
2. Surge AI – A tiny startup doing big things, labeling data faster than a toddler labels furniture with stickers.

Other Cool Things To Know Today

• Pope Leo XIV warned AI might threaten human dignity. AI’s response: “We just want to help with emails.”
• Midjourney released a video generation model and it’s making people say “Wow!” instead of “Meh.”
• OpenAI found toxic personas baked inside AI models and is learning how to turn the creepy knobs off.

Trending AI Tools of the Day

• 🧠 Thunai – Talk to a voice-based AI that’s freakishly human.
• 🧰 Seo.ing – Create super slick, search-friendly content in seconds.

In summary: AI is getting smarter, smaller teams are getting richer, and your WhatsApp just got smarter than your whole group chat combined.

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