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David Pawlan

David Pawlan

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You can probably find me in a cold plunge or on a beach 🤷🏻‍♂️

Articles by David Pawlan

AI breakups, deepfakes & more (May 12, 2025)
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AI breakups, deepfakes & more (May 12, 2025)

OpenAI and Microsoft renegotiate their $13B partnership as AI teaches itself, threatens Google Search, and builds eerily lifelike avatars. Plus, the Pope isn't a fan of AI.

Claude searches, Meta sees faces & more (May 9, 2025)
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Claude searches, Meta sees faces & more (May 9, 2025)

Claude can now browse the web, Meta’s glasses may recognize faces, and OpenAI hires Fidji Simo as it shifts from lab to product powerhouse.

AI is eating search engines & more (May 8, 2025)
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AI is eating search engines & more (May 8, 2025)

AI brings down traditional search, France enters the AI race, and OpenAI expands Stargate globally. Plus, Figma, Claude, and Hugging Face make major moves.

Gemini goes God mode & more (May 7, 2025)
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Gemini goes God mode & more (May 7, 2025)

Gemini 2.5 Pro dominates with video-to-app power. OpenAI’s restructuring stirs backlash. HeyGen and Lightricks redefine AI video. Zapier makes finance fun.

OpenAI backtracks, mandatory AI education & more (May 6, 2025)
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OpenAI backtracks, mandatory AI education & more (May 6, 2025)

OpenAI reverses its for-profit plans, Cursor raises $900M, Nvidia releases a voice AI beast, and U.S. CEOs push mandatory AI education in schools.

AI hunts for life & more (May 5, 2025)
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AI hunts for life & more (May 5, 2025)

NASA hunts for life, Apple vibes with Claude, GPT-4o gets less agreeable, and Suno's AI sings smoother than ever. Agents aren’t just helpful—they’re cosmic.

AI scientists & more (May 2, 2025)
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AI scientists & more (May 2, 2025)

AI scientists go public, leaderboards under fire, mini models make big moves, and Claude gets integrations — here’s your Byte-Sized AI breakdown.

AI gets credit cards & more (May 1, 2025)
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AI gets credit cards & more (May 1, 2025)

Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal launch AI shopping tools. GPT-4o gets rolled back for being too agreeable. China and Amazon drop powerful new models.

Reddit bots, privacy & more (April 30, 2025)
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Reddit bots, privacy & more (April 30, 2025)

Reddit’s AI scandal raises red flags, Meta launches a Llama-fueled social AI app, and anyone can build with no-code tools. It’s all happening this week in AI.

AI goes shopping & more (April 29, 2025)
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AI goes shopping & more (April 29, 2025)

GPT-4o gets too agreeable, Qwen3 drops open-source, ChatGPT adds shopping smarts, and a new AI startup wants to build actual starships.

Building A Newsletter Automation Tool: A Journey Through Madness, Breakthroughs, and Learning
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Building A Newsletter Automation Tool: A Journey Through Madness, Breakthroughs, and Learning

Built a no-code tool to automate newsletters from Excel. Faced major hurdles, found workarounds, and learned the real art of flexible automation.

OpenAI stumbles, China surges & more (April 28, 2025)
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OpenAI stumbles, China surges & more (April 28, 2025)

China races toward AI independence, Meta sends Llama into orbit, Microsoft launches memory PCs, and OpenAI's o3 model struggles to meet expectations.

Deep research for all & more (April 25, 2025)
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Deep research for all & more (April 25, 2025)

OpenAI expands Deep Research access, Anthropic investigates AI consciousness, Adobe levels up Firefly, and Baidu, Perplexity, and others launch major updates.

AI paints the future & more (April 24, 2025)
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AI paints the future & more (April 24, 2025)

OpenAI's image model goes public, Microsoft bets big on AI agents, and Grok starts seeing—welcome to the new creative and corporate frontier.

AI Voices, rogue agents & more (April 23, 2025)
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AI Voices, rogue agents & more (April 23, 2025)

Two undergrads entered the AI voice war, OpenAI wants Chrome, and Anthropic says bots are coming for your job.

AI gets a gavel & more (April 22, 2025)
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AI gets a gavel & more (April 22, 2025)

A moral chatbot, autoregressive video generation, and governments outsourcing lawmaking to LLMs. What could go wrong?

The curious case of the o3 model & more (April 21, 2025)
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The curious case of the o3 model & more (April 21, 2025)

OpenAI’s o3 gets creepy, DeepMind goes experiential, and the AI job takeover becomes a little too real.

Cheap thinking & more (April 18, 2025)
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Cheap thinking & more (April 18, 2025)

Gemini 2.5 adds toggleable reasoning and AI gets smarter across memory and biology.

OpenAI can think in images & more (April 17, 2025)
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OpenAI can think in images & more (April 17, 2025)

OpenAI unlocks image reasoning, Claude gets voice and research powers, and Copilot learns to control your computer.

GPT goes social & more (April 16, 2025)
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GPT goes social & more (April 16, 2025)

OpenAI goes social, GPT-4.1 launches, Claude levels up, and Kling 2.0 takes on Google.

$32B and still no product & more (April 14, 2025)
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$32B and still no product & more (April 14, 2025)

Ilya raises $2B for a startup with no product and ChatGPT goes viral turning users into anime — all while Microsoft quietly records your screen.

Lovable Review (Part 1): I Feel Like a Coder
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Lovable Review (Part 1): I Feel Like a Coder

Lovable is an AI app builder that made me feel like a developer (without writing a single line of code)

ChatGPT gets a brain & more (April 11, 2025 edition)
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ChatGPT gets a brain & more (April 11, 2025 edition)

ChatGPT remembers you, Murati raises billions, and CPUs might dethrone GPUs.

Google goes AI bazooka & more (April 10, 2025 edition)
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Google goes AI bazooka & more (April 10, 2025 edition)

Google goes AI bazooka & more

Cartoon AI filmmaking & more (April 9, 2025)
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Cartoon AI filmmaking & more (April 9, 2025)

Cartoon AI filmmaking & more

OpenAI's iPhone moment & more (April 8, 2025)
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OpenAI's iPhone moment & more (April 8, 2025)

AI 2027: A Non-Technical Founder’s Review
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AI 2027: A Non-Technical Founder’s Review

Welcome to a non-technical founder’s take on the AI timeline that might just become reality...

Llama 4 is here and more (April 7, 2025 edition)
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Llama 4 is here and more (April 7, 2025 edition)

Intel partners with a rival & more (April 4, 2025 edition)
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Intel partners with a rival & more (April 4, 2025 edition)

Intel partners with a rival & more

LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (April 3, 2025 edition)
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LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (April 3, 2025 edition)

LLMs clear the Turing Test & more

Therapy bots & more (April 2, 2025 edition)
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Therapy bots & more (April 2, 2025 edition)

Therapy bots & more

AWS can control your browser & more (April 1, 2025 edition)
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AWS can control your browser & more (April 1, 2025 edition)

AWS can control your browser & more

Happenstance Review: The Most Elite Networking Tool I’ve Ever Used
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Happenstance Review: The Most Elite Networking Tool I’ve Ever Used

Wispr Flow Review: A Slick Dictation Tool That’s Almost Too Good—But Not for Every Situation
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Wispr Flow Review: A Slick Dictation Tool That’s Almost Too Good—But Not for Every Situation

Wispr Flow has been taking over my workflows, but is it here to stay? I dig into the efficiency of the tool, where it sticks, and where it may be missing the mark.

RPLY Review: A Strong Concept, But the AI Isn’t There Yet
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RPLY Review: A Strong Concept, But the AI Isn’t There Yet