Wait... Did ChatGPT Just Remember That?

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You know that awkward moment when someone remembers your dog’s name, your favorite coffee order, and the exact rant you went on about Google Sheets two weeks ago… and you're like, “Wow, we’ve talked before?”

Well, ChatGPT just became that person. But in a good way.

In its biggest glow-up since learning how to code and flirt with Excel, ChatGPT now has memory — yes, actual memory. Which means your AI assistant is done playing goldfish and is ready to be the work BFF you didn't know you needed.

But before you panic-text your group chat or throw your laptop into a privacy spiral, take a breath. We’ve broken down exactly what’s new, what’s useful, and what’s honestly kinda magical about this update… as always, in a way that’s fun, clear, and not soul-draining.

In today's email

• OpenAI Countersues Elon Musk Over ‘Bad-Faith Tactics’ 

• AI Still Can’t Debug 

• Snapchat Turns AI into Ad Filters

• ChatGPT’s Got a Memory Now

• $4 Billion, Zero Products, and Two AI Geniuses

• Even more AI magic

• Test the prompt (NEW)

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Quick News 

⚖️ OpenAI just countersued Elon Musk, accusing him of using “bad-faith tactics” to slow them down and yoink control of cutting-edge AI for himself. This comes after Musk sued them first, claimed they ditched their “save humanity” vibes, and then casually tried to buy the whole company for $97.4B. Altman’s response? Basically: “LOL, no—but we’ll buy Twitter for $9.74B if you're bored.”

🐛 Microsoft Research just delivered a spicy reality check: today’s top AI coding models — yes, even the ultra-hyped ones like Claude 3.7 Sonnet — are still pretty bad at debugging, aka the thing every developer actually spends most of their time doing. After throwing 300 real bugs at a group of LLM-powered agents, the best performer only fixed 48.4% of them (so, basically a slightly caffeinated intern). Others, like OpenAI’s o1 and o3-mini, floundered at 30.2% and 22.1%, respectively. The problem? These AIs were never trained to think like real devs solving messy, sequential problems — they’ve just seen a lot of Stack Overflow.

✨ Snapchat is now letting brands create Sponsored AI Lenses, which basically means your face could become part of a marketing campaign—powered by generative AI and fueled by vibes. Type a prompt, boom: AI makeup, AR mustache, or branded sparkle explosion, all tailored to you. It’s like Mad Libs meets marketing, and your camera is the stage.

OpenAI 
ChatGPT’s Got a Memory Now — and It’s Not Just Pretending Anymore

Remember when ChatGPT forgot everything you told it between chats? Yeah… well, it just got a brain upgrade. Now it remembers stuff. About you. Automatically. Like a clingy but helpful friend who actually takes notes.

The new “Memory Mode” lets ChatGPT keep track of your name, your preferences, and probably that you still haven’t finished that newsletter draft from last Thursday. You don’t need to ask it to remember things anymore—it just does.

🎛️ Wanna know what it remembers? Type: “What do you remember about me?”
😶 Want to ghost it for a bit? Use Temporary Chat — no strings, no memory, just vibes.

Imagine an assistant who remembers your tone, your favorite tools, your coffee order (ok not quite, but maybe one day), and never asks “Who dis?” again. This is productivity’s glow-up. You get:

• Personalized replies
  

• Fewer repeated instructions
  

• A not-so-dumb assistant who gets better the more you use it
  

Basically, it’s like training your dog to bring you coffee... except it brings copy, strategy plans, and blog intros instead.

Wanna train your ChatGPT? Try this:

“Hey ChatGPT, my name’s Taylor, I run a content business, I hate corporate jargon, and I want my emails to sound like I'm writing from a hammock in Tulum. Got it?”

Boom. You’ve got a loyal AI that vibes with you from here on out.

What’s This Actually Good For? (aka: Stuff You Can Stop Doing Manually Now)

Tired of starting from scratch every time? Here’s a cheat sheet of real things you can now do with a memory-enabled ChatGPT — complete with test-it-yourself prompts.

What’s the Deal? (Especially for Biz Owners, Freelancers & Creators)

This update isn’t just for enterprise empires or people named Chad in fintech. It’s for:

• 🔧 Small biz owners who don’t have time to brief a VA
  

• 🧠 Creators who want to create, not explain themselves to a robot
  

• 💬 Freelancers tired of repeating the same three lines every Monday morning
  

No more context-reset every time. Now ChatGPT keeps your vibe, remembers your workflows, and actually feels like it’s on your team (without demanding health benefits).

Want ChatGPT to write exactly like you?
Do this:

“This is a sample of my writing. Learn my voice and use it from now on.”
Then paste your sassiest email, quirkiest LinkedIn post, or your most heartfelt ‘about’ page.

Give it personality. Give it spice. Let your AI grow into the assistant you actually vibe with.

So yeah — ChatGPT now has memory.
And unlike your last assistant, this one actually uses it.

☕ You’re welcome.

Want to dig deeper?
For a clear, no-fluff breakdown of ChatGPT’s new memory feature (and whether you should actually use it), check out this great read from Forbes.

It’s the perfect side dish to everything you just learned. 

Startups
$4 Billion, Zero Products, and Two AI Geniuses Who Quit Their Jobs to Build Labs Without To-Do Lists

In a plot twist worthy of a tech drama series, Mira Murati and Ilya Sutskever, both OpenAI veterans, are independently raising a combined $4 billion for startups with no products, no revenue, and absolutely no chill.

Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is pulling together $2B to make AI systems “more customizable and capable” (think IKEA for machine learning), while Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI) is also raising $2B — at a mind-melting $32 billion valuation — to chase artificial superintelligence without releasing a single product until it's achieved. 

So what do you get when two of the smartest people in AI quit their jobs and tell investors they’re going to do something entirely new with AI, but can’t show you anything yet?

You get:

• A startup with a valuation of $1.5B per employee (SSI’s got 20 people).
  

• Fundraising goals that exceed all AI seed funding in 2022.
  

• And an approach Sutskever himself describes as “a different mountain to climb.” (Translation: we don’t know what they’re building, but it’s not another ChatGPT clone.)

Investors are throwing money at both founders not because of what they’ve built — but because of who they are and what they might build.

Murati’s crew includes nearly a half-dozen ex-OpenAI researchers, including the co-creators of ChatGPT and its voice mode. SSI is going full stealth-mode monk: 20 elite researchers, no product announcements, no monetization until they've cracked ASI, and presumably, some seriously zen whiteboards.

Wait… What’s the Deal?

Let’s break it down for anyone who doesn’t have $4 billion lying around:

💼 What This Means for You:

• The bar has moved. You don’t need a product to raise big money — but you do need vision, clarity, and a backstory with credentials.
  

• Research labs are sexy again. The “build fast and break things” crowd is now being rivaled by the “think slow and rethink everything” club.
  

• You can win by being different. Both labs are rejecting mainstream AI scaling — suggesting there’s room for weird ideas (and weirdly smart people).

What You Can Do Right Now:

Ask your AI tools for more than just copy and code. Try:

“Give me 3 ways to redesign my customer experience using AI insights—not automation.”

Build in public — but think in private. Some of the boldest ideas need quiet space (and a slightly insane amount of funding).

Help Your Friends Level Up! 🔥

Hey, you didn’t get all this info for nothing — share it! If you know someone who’s diving into AI, help them stay in the loop with this week’s updates.

Sharing is a win-win! Send this to a friend who’s all about tech, and you’ll win a little surprise 👀

Even Quicker News 

🤖 OpenAI is retiring GPT-4 from ChatGPT on April 30, making way for the smarter, faster, and way more charming GPT-4o. It’s like upgrading from a really good assistant to one that also does your taxes, code, and TED Talks.

⚖️ Turns out X may have helped train its AI chatbot Grok using Europeans' data—without RSVP’ing to GDPR first. Now the Irish watchdogs are circling, and Elon’s privacy policy is getting a full cavity search.

🕵️‍♂️ YouTube just gave top creators a digital bouncer that sniffs out deepfakes using their face or voice. So now, if an AI version of you starts rapping financial advice — YouTube might actually catch it.

🧪 Test the Prompt

A playground for your imagination (and low-key prompt skills).

Each send, we give you a customizable DALL·E prompt inspired by a real-world use case — something that could help you in your business or job if you wanted to use it that way. But it’s also just a fun creative experiment.

You tweak it, run it, and send us your favorite. We pick one winner to feature in the next issue.

Bonus: you’re secretly getting better at prompt design. 🤫

The winner is…

Last send, we challenged you to test GPT-4o’s visual generation skills with this prompt.

Here’s the WINNER:

Congrats to Taylor from Tampa!🥳

Want to be featured next? Keep those generations coming!

🎨 Prompt: “The Great Branding Ceremony”

“A mystical branding ceremony set in a sacred temple made of [unexpected material], where a founder is being gifted their startup’s final logo by the ancient Branding Oracle. The founder wears a robe made from [textured material] and stands before a floating holographic logo shaped like a [symbolic object]. Around them, brand monks chant startup mantras, while AI drones etch moodboards into the walls. Include a dramatic color palette, glowing ambient runes, and a banner overhead that reads: “[inspirational nonsense slogan]”. Style: cinematic mystical-tech fusion.”

We’ll be featuring the best generations in our next newsletter!

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