$1 ChatGPT

OpenAI is playing the long game

August 07, 2025

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What we’ll cover today:

🔒 OpenAI gave ChatGPT Enterprise to the gov for $1

📚 Google launched a tutor that explains why, not just what

💻 Replit built an actual sales agent inside Slack

⚒️ Tools to turn drawings into books and agents into teammates

Shivon Zilis, Neuralink exec and a mother, used Grok Imagine to animate her 3-year-old’s drawing of a starship heading to Mars. [Read Full Story]

The 15-second video, created through xAI’s new tool, went viral after Musk reposted it, calling Grok Imagine a way to turn “your child’s drawing into an animated movie.”

Now live for SuperGrok and Premium+ users on X (iOS), the tool converts text or images into animated clips with sound. [Read Full Story]

  • OpenAI is offering ChatGPT Enterprise to federal agencies for just $1 per year. [Read Full Story]

  • The deal includes unlimited GPT-4 access for 60 days, onboarding support, and a private user community.

  • This aggressive pricing move is likely aimed at undercutting Anthropic and Google.

  • The government says it is taking a “security-first” approach, but there’s no clarity yet on how data will be safeguarded.

  • The timing aligns with Trump’s push to scale up AI use while banning “ideologically biased” models.

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  • Google has launched Guided Learning, a new feature in Gemini that helps users understand concepts step-by-step. [Read Full Story]

  • The tool uses visuals, videos, and quizzes to move beyond just giving answers.

  • It directly competes with ChatGPT’s Study Mode, launched earlier this month.

  • Gemini can now also create flashcards and study guides from class materials.

  • Google is offering free AI Pro access to students in five countries, including the U.S.

  • Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China. [Read Full Story]

  • Their company routed the chips through Singapore and Malaysia to bypass U.S. export restrictions.

  • The DOJ considers this a major national security violation.

  • The U.S. is considering adding kill switches to chips, but Nvidia strongly opposes the idea.

  • Nvidia says such backdoors would harm security and break global trust in U.S. tech.

👨‍💻 Jules Goes Live

  • Google has officially launched Jules, its AI coding agent, after a two-month beta. [Read Full Story]

  • Jules runs tasks asynchronously in cloud VMs and integrates with GitHub.

  • Pricing now starts free, with higher limits in paid tiers based on beta usage data.

  • Google clarified that public repos may be used for training, while private ones are excluded.

  • The tool is gaining traction globally, with India as its top market and rising mobile usage.

Would you let an AI agent like Jules handle dev tasks while you're offline?

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🛠️ TOOLS

🛠️ Offlight – Turn messages into calendar-ready tasks. →
🎙️ VisionStory – Auto-generate podcast videos with avatars. →
📚 Gemini Storybook – Create illustrated books with AI narration. →
💬 Xpander for Slack – Drop AI agents into Slack chats. →



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