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DeepMind CEO: Don’t Repeat Facebook’s Mistakes
Codex Gets a GPT-5 Brain Boost
Gemini Goes Self-Learning; Human Taggers Out
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As developers increasingly turn to CLI coding agents like Claude Code for rapid development, a critical gap emerges: who reviews the AI-generated code?
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It's the quality gate that makes autonomous coding truly possible, ensuring every line of AI-generated code meets production standards before it ships.
AI ≠ Social Media: DeepMind Calls for Caution
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told the Athens Innovation Summit that AI risks replaying social media’s “move fast and break things” mistakes if engagement metrics eclipse user well-being. Citing studies, he warned that addiction, mental-health strain, and misinformation could scale even faster with AI. Hassabis urged rigorous testing, global standards, and a people-first design ethos before embedding AI in everyday services.
Boards should treat AI safety like a core compliance pillar, not an afterthought. Set KPIs that track user impact alongside revenue, demand third-party audits on bias and content safety from every AI vendor, and brief risk committees quarterly on second-order effects.
Codex Gets a GPT-5 Brain Boost
OpenAI has upgraded its Codex coding assistant with GPT-5-Codex, a new model that can decide in real time how long to “think” on a task, anywhere from a few seconds to seven hours. Early tests show it beats GPT-5 on bug-fix and refactor benchmarks and writes cleaner code-review comments, according to senior engineers who evaluated the output.
This jump in autonomous code generation could shorten pull-request cycles and cut reliance on outside agencies. Run a one-sprint pilot comparing GPT-5-Codex to your current workflow, tracking metrics like review time and merged-code quality.
Gemini Goes Self-Learning; Alphabet Lays Off 200+ Contract Annotators
Google cut more than 200 U.S. contract workers who labeled data for Gemini, AI Overviews, and other projects, citing a shift toward “agentic self-learning” models that need fewer human annotations. Hours earlier, Elon Musk’s xAI let go of over 500 data-labeling staff who had been training its Grok chatbot. Both moves follow months of worker disputes over pay, working conditions, and fears of training themselves out of a job.
Teams that rely on third-party annotators should treat these cuts as a warning. Stress-test continuity plans, diversify labeling vendors, and build internal fallback datasets so priority AI projects don’t stall if staff are slashed.
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💰 Funding
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