Howdy again. It’s Barsee, and welcome back to AI Valley.

Today’s climb through the Valley reveals:

• 🇦🇪 ChatGPT Plus will be free to everyone in one country

• 🤖 Nick Clegg: Artist consent could ‘kill’ UK’s AI future

• 💡 AI is kicking off the next wave of custom software creation

• 🤖 Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

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THROUGH THE VALLEY

🇦🇪 ChatGPT Plus goes free to everyone in UAE

The UAE just made global headlines by becoming the first country to offer free ChatGPT Plus access to all its citizens, thanks to a landmark deal with OpenAI. The $20/month premium tier is now free for everyone (part of a bold push to ramp up nationwide AI literacy). This move aligns with the launch of Stargate UAE, a massive AI-centric data center in Abu Dhabi. By removing cost barriers to powerful AI tools, the UAE is staking its claim as a world leader in public AI adoption and it might just spark a wave of similar efforts across the globe.

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🤖 Nick Clegg: Artist consent could ‘kill’ UK’s AI future

Nick Clegg, former UK deputy PM and current Meta exec, says requiring artist permission for AI training could “kill” the UK’s AI industry. While he supports creators’ right to opt out, he argues that seeking consent beforehand is unworkable given the scale of data involved. His comments come amid heated debate over a proposed UK bill that would force AI companies to reveal copyrighted training data. The amendment, supported by icons like Paul McCartney and Elton John, was ultimately rejected. Critics demand transparency while officials argue it’s about finding balance between innovation and artist rights.

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🛠️ Mistral AI unveils faster, smarter Agents inside Le Chat

Mistral AI just upgraded its Le Chat platform with a revamped Agents feature, replacing the older Agent Builder. The slick new interface lets users create fully autonomous agents with custom names, behaviors, tones, and guardrails (think OpenAI’s GPT Builder, but faster and more flexible). Agents now have access to advanced tools like web search, code execution, image generation, and even Google integrations. With modular Libraries enabling complex workflows and everything running on the free tier, Mistral may have just dropped one of the most powerful free AI agent tools out there.

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💡 AI is kicking off the next wave of custom software creation

New “vibe coding” tools like Lovable and Bolt are kicking off a revolution where people don’t hunt for the perfect tool: they build it, instantly, no code required. From marketing teams to HR, anyone can now create tailored apps that fit their workflow perfectly, turning every employee into a mini product manager. This shift doesn’t just boost productivity, it challenges the whole SaaS model by making basic functionality a commodity. As building apps becomes as easy as writing a doc, software companies must evolve fast or risk being outbuilt by their own users.

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Other Headlines

• OpenAI apparently has the most paying subscribers outside of the US in South Korea, and plans to open an office to expand there.

• OpenAI’s plans to evolve ChatGPT into a super-assistant by 2025 with models like o3 and o4 becoming capable of agentic.

• Valve CEO Gabe Newell's Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year.

• IBM cuts 8,000 jobs as AI reshapes its workforce strategy.

TRENDING TOOLS

• Blackbox AI - AI agent, built to transform the way you work and learn.

• Unmute - Speak to an AI using our new low-latency speech-to-text and text-to-speech models.

• Maskara - Create fully customized AI agents for any task with just a few prompts.

• AI color match - Instantly match color from any image.

• Flow TV - TV showcases Google's Veo AI video capabilities.

THINK PIECES / BRAIN BOOST

• The way of code: Anthropic and legendary music producer Rick Rubin publish manuscript on Vibe Coding.

• Vibe coding 101: from idea to deployed app.

• Google Veo3 T2V prompting guide.

• 10x better UI design for vibe coders - Use v0 directly in Cursor.

• The human in the AI learning loop.

• Amazing trick that 99% of quants and LLM users don’t know to get higher quality responses from AI.

• If you're over 30, get ready. Things have changed once again.

• MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0.

• I have tested 100+ MCP servers in the last 2 months. Here are 6 must-use MCP servers for all developers.

• Vibe coding is real, and that's a good thing.

• AI-led or human-led coding? We have to choose.

THE VALLEY GEMS

What’s trending on social today:

1/ Anthropic employee took to Bluesky, and mentioned that Opus, the company's highest performing model, can take it upon itself to try to stop you from doing "immoral" things, by contacting regulators, the press, or locking you out of the system:

2/ Experimenting with Vibe Coding.

3/ Learn how to use AI Design Agents (Runway + Midjourney).

4/ Claude 4 just made vibe coding more efficient than ever.

THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

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