The craziest week in AI just dropped

Justin R. Lester covers five AI stories: OpenAI released ChatGPT 5 but users demanded ChatGPT 4O back, Character AI hit hundreds of millions of users with AI companions raising child safety concerns, AI spending is boosting the US economy, some people are building bunkers for an AI apocalypse, and China is developing pregnancy robots.
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AI is moving so fast right now. I want to give you guys five headlines that I think you need to know. Go take a look at them and dive a little bit more into it. Number one, OpenAI released ChatGPT 5 and then there was a revolt to bring back ChatGPT 4O because it took away the other models. What do you guys think about ChatGPT5? Love to hear what you think of the comments. Number two, Character AI is betting big on AI friends. There are so many people, hundreds of millions of people are going to Character AI to have companionships and friends. What do you guys think about this? Some people are worried about what this means for children and what this means for them in their future, that maybe their friends are not in person but online. Number three, AI spending is boosting the US economy. People are spending a lot of money on AI tools and so it's boosting the US economy. Now whose economy it's boosting and what segment of the country is it boosting? You can only imagine. Number four, people are literally prepping for an AI apocalypse. I heard of this story where people have bunkers and people are stockpiling food because they're afraid the AI is going to go rogue and take over like some Black Mirror episode. And then lastly, China is building pregnancy robots. Did you guys hear about these? These robots that can carry a baby all the way to. That's just half of the AI news stories that have happened in the last seven days. So here's the deal. I want to know what you guys think. What do you guys think about what was going on in AI? Because right now somebody else, one other leader said that this is the AI bubble. It's so much stuff, but not enough progress. This GPT5 is actually Sam Altman slowing down AI progress. What do you think? What excites you? What scares you? I want to hear your thoughts in the comments. Let's create a conversation I love to hear and I'll respond to those. Interesting and engaging. Keep it pg. Keep it good. But go ahead. I want to hear what do you think about what's going on? If you.
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