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Happy Tuesday, AI family, and welcome back to AI Valley.

Today’s climb through the Valley reveals:

• Google is launching a Game Arena

• ChatGPT can now sense when you're not okay

• Chinese AI researchers just put a monkey's brain on a computer

• Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Let’s dive into the Valley of AI…

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THROUGH THE VALLEY

1/ ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results

OpenAI has removed a flawed sharing feature after thousands of private ChatGPT conversations accidentally appeared in Google search results. A small “Make this chat discoverable” checkbox in the share menu led users to unintentionally expose personal chats, including details about mental health and relationships. OpenAI’s CISO called the experiment “short-lived” and said all indexed pages would be removed by Friday. Privacy experts warn that unclear design choices like this can seriously erode trust and highlight the risks of exposing sensitive AI interactions to the open web.

2/ Google is launching a Game Arena

Google is launching the Kaggle Game Arena, a new AI benchmark that pits models against each other in strategic games, starting with chess. The platform evaluates how well models can plan and reason by using text-based chess moves instead of relying on traditional chess engines. Games offer a clear way to measure intelligence, forcing models to show skills like strategy, adaptation, and long-term planning. Unlike static benchmarks that models can memorize, dynamic competitions like Game Arena provide a transparent and evolving way to track real AI progress.

3/ ChatGPT can now sense when you're not okay

OpenAI is rolling out new safety features in ChatGPT ahead of GPT-5 to encourage healthier use and support users who may be in distress. The updates include tools that detect signs of emotional dependency or delusion, provide evidence-based resources, and nudge users away from overly long conversations. OpenAI worked with doctors, human-computer interaction experts, and advisory groups to shape the changes, which also make ChatGPT less decisive in high-stakes situations. The move signals a focus on user well-being as interactions with advanced AI continue to grow.

4/ Chinese AI researchers just put a monkey's brain on a computer

Chinese researchers have built the “Darwin Monkey,” an AI-powered replica of a monkey brain that runs on 960 neuromorphic chips. Each chip supports over 2 billion artificial neurons and 100 billion synapses, approaching the scale of a real monkey brain. The system can handle tasks like reasoning, content generation, and math, powered by China’s DeepSeek AI model. Darwin Monkey is now the world’s largest brain-inspired computer, surpassing Intel’s Hala Point, which simulates about 1.15 billion neurons, roughly the size of an owl’s brain. Researchers say neuromorphic systems like this could make AI more energy-efficient and open the door to advanced brain-like intelligence.

5/ Character.AI rolls out an AI-powered social feed

Character.AI has launched Feed, the world’s first AI-native social feed, transforming the app from a chat tool into a full AI-powered entertainment platform. Feed brings Characters, Scenes, Streams, and creator-driven videos into one scrollable hub, where every post is interactive and remixable. Users can turn chats into videos, rewrite storylines, or drop Characters into debates, roast battles, and adventures. The launch marks a shift from passive scrolling to active creation, blurring the line between viewer and creator. Character.AI says Feed is the future of AI-powered entertainment, where every story can have endless endings.

6/ ChatGPT hits 700M weekly users

ChatGPT now reaches 700 million weekly users, up 40% since March, as OpenAI prepares to launch GPT‑5 with advanced reasoning in a unified system. Business adoption has grown to 5 million customers, driving annual revenue to $13 billion. Major infrastructure deals with Oracle and CoreWeave are helping OpenAI maintain its lead against rivals like Google, Meta, Anthropic, and xAI. GPT‑5 will roll out in multiple versions tailored for different enterprise needs.

7/ Cloudflare accuses Perplexity AI of shady North Korea-style scraping

Cloudflare discovered that Perplexity’s AI engine bypasses website rules against automated scraping. When blocked, it disguises itself by rotating IP addresses and mimicking a normal browser. Tests on private sites showed Perplexity accessing restricted pages, unlike OpenAI’s bot, which stops. Cloudflare now blocks this stealth traffic and gives site owners tools to challenge or charge unwanted crawlers, protecting content and site integrity.

TRENDING TOOLS

• Wide Research by Manus - Multiple instances running simultaneously to simplify high-volume research

• Harvey - Reviews contracts, handles due diligence, and answers legal questions

• Pingo - Your AI language partner and speaking tutor

• Browserfly - An AI assistant that works right in your browser

• Hunter - Your personal AI career agent

• Lindy 3.0 - An AI employee with tools for building agents, automation, and team collaboration

THINK PIECES / BRAIN BOOST

• OpenAI’s 2023 AI job impact predictions were spot on, says Microsoft

• Tim Cook tells Apple staff AI is “as big as the internet”

• AI “vibe coding” helps non-technical founders build $80M exits

• Former Google researcher predicts AI hallucinations fix within a year

• Best practices to stop Claude Code from being "dumb" and ship features with fewer mistakes

• Silicon Valley is in its ‘hard tech’ era

THE VALLEY GEMS

What’s trending on social today:

Sam Altman is hinting at a GPT-5 launch soon.

Scientists used an AI model to discover new laws of physics and it worked.

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