ChatGPT takes action

ChatGPT isn’t just chatting anymore

Yesterday, OpenAI launched its most ambitious product yet: ChatGPT agent, a general-purpose AI agent that can navigate apps, run code, and complete real-world tasks for you.

Like? Plan a meal. Build a deck. Browse websites. Pull data from Gmail, GitHub, and more. You speak to it in natural language, and the agent figures out the steps and actions needed to get the job done.

This isn’t OpenAI’s first foray into agents, but it’s the most advanced by far. Roll the tape:

• Scores 41.6% on Humanity’s Last Exam (vs. ~20% for o3 and o4-mini)

• Crushes FrontierMath with a 27.4% score using tools (vs. 6.3% for o4-mini)

• Taps into ChatGPT Connectors, terminals, APIs, and a new agent mode interface

Worth keeping in mind: OpenAI says the agent is “high capability” in sensitive domains like biological weapons and has added real-time safety monitors that screen every prompt for risky use cases. Any mention of biology gets routed through a secondary classifier before the response is allowed through.

AWS bets big on AI agents

At the July AWS Summit in New York, Amazon unveiled a sweeping vision for agentic AI—and perhaps a foundational shift in how software is built and operated at scale.

The centerpiece? AgentCore, a suite of modular services designed to help enterprises build, deploy, and scale secure, production-ready AI agents that can reason, act autonomously, and plug into enterprise systems.

AWS is also 1) launching a new AI Agents and Tools category in the AWS Marketplace to simplify adoption and 2) putting another $100M into its Generative AI Innovation Center to help companies build agentic solutions faster.

Nvidia warms up to China (again)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just called China’s AI models “quite good.” It’s like when your accountant dad finally admitted your college comp sci major was a good call: It’s a total tone shift.

Why the pivot? The US has placed tight restrictions on advanced chip exports to China, but Nvidia is navigating the trade turmoil with newly compliant chips. Huang’s diplomatic nod comes as trade talks heat up, especially around critical rare earths and AI infrastructure.

What's at stake:

• Nvidia made $10B+ in annual revenue from China before restrictions hit.

• With demand for AI compute skyrocketing globally, the company can’t afford to ignore the world’s second-largest economy.

• At the same time, US policymakers are growing wary of strengthening China’s AI stack.

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