GPT-5 launch, OpenAI for $1 & more (August 7, 2025)

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Google goes all in on AI education, ChatGPT hits the Government and Microsoft wants their models to think for themselves. Big swings, everywhere.

🧠 AI Power Plays

💵 ChatGPT for $1: OpenAI Undercuts the Government Market

OpenAI is offering ChatGPT Enterprise to U.S. federal agencies for just $1 per agency for the next year. The aim? Become the backbone of the government’s AI infrastructure. This includes unlimited model access, a dedicated government community, and custom training.

📢 GPT-5 Launch Teased with “LIVE5TREAM”

OpenAI has officially teased a livestream event today at 10 AM PT for what appears to be the launch of GPT-5, their long-anticipated flagship model. Rumors point to multiple versions, including GPT-5 Mini and Nano. The stakes? Sky high, as OpenAI aims to reassert dominance in the model race while rivals gain ground. All eyes on the stream.

🎓 Google Commits $1B to AI Training at U.S. Universities

Google is investing $1B over the next 3 years to support AI training at U.S. colleges and universities. Part of this initiative includes free Gemini Pro plans for students, integration of Guided Learning tools into classrooms, and partnerships with educators to ensure AI improves, not replaces, critical thinking.

🎮 Benchmarks, Tutors & Adaptive Models

🎲 AI Benchmarks Get a Makeover with Games

Google DeepMind and Kaggle launched a game-based benchmark where AIs battle each other in strategy games like chess and Pokémon. Unlike traditional test-style benchmarks that models can memorize, games demand real-time reasoning, planning, and adaptation.

🧠 Microsoft’s CLIO Thinks on the Fly

CLIO is Microsoft’s new framework that lets LLMs adapt their reasoning in real-time through runtime feedback loops. In biomedical tests, it boosted GPT-4.1 accuracy by nearly 3x. The result? A steerable, self-reflective AI that thinks beyond training.

🎓 Gemini’s Guided Learning Mode Launches

Google’s new learning feature breaks problems down step-by-step and includes interactive quizzes, video support, and reasoning practice. It’s free for students in select countries and part of a larger $1B push into AI-powered education.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

• Emergent Pro Mode – Build custom AI agents fast with zero coding
• Kitten TTS – Lightweight speech model that runs without a GPU
• Draftr – Auto-replies in your own voice
• Lodoy – Validate startup ideas with AI
• WorkPPT – Make presentations in seconds

🎯 Prompt of the Day

Prompt:
You are my creative project planner. I have a passion project I care deeply about but haven’t started. Help me break it down into simple, non-intimidating steps...

⚡ Quick Hits

• Claude Code now supports subagents with task-specific context windows
• Jules, Google’s autonomous coding assistant, exits beta with new task caps
• Midjourney drops HD video mode (4x pixel boost)
• Anthropic adds security reviews in Claude Code with /security-review
• Grok Imagine debuts image + video generation on Android
• Amazon and Microsoft push local + cloud support for open-weight models

🧠 TLDR

OpenAI’s GPT-5 is coming, and fast, with a teased launch livestream today. Meanwhile, the company offers ChatGPT Enterprise to the U.S. government for $1, Google commits $1B to AI education, Microsoft’s CLIO framework changes how AI thinks, and games become the new battleground for model intelligence.

Until next time,
David