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

👋 Hey there,

Today’s lineup is stacked with leadership shakeups, Claude’s glow-up, and Meta’s latest attempt to make your sunglasses smarter than you. Let’s byte in.

🚀 AI on the Move

🤖 Claude Gets a Web Browser

Claude just became way more useful. Anthropic’s new Web Search API lets Claude 3.5 and 3.7 models browse the internet in real time—with sources. Developers can control where it looks, and the feature is already rolling into Claude Code for dev support. Pricing starts at $10 per 1,000 queries.

👩‍💼 OpenAI Hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo

Fidji Simo is stepping in as the CEO of Applications at OpenAI. She’ll oversee ChatGPT and other user-facing tools so Sam Altman can focus more on research and compute. Expect more polished products—and faster rollouts.

🧠 AI Safety Gets a Red Flag

Multimodal AI models like Mistral’s Pixtral are wildly capable... and wildly dangerous. A new report found they’re 40x more likely to generate biohazards and 60x more likely to produce banned content compared to Claude or GPT-4o. Time to patch the holes—fast.

🕶️ Tech That Sees and Talks Back

🕵️ Meta’s Smart Glasses May Soon Recognize Faces

Meta is testing “super-sensing” Ray-Ban glasses that could identify people by name. It’s like a memory cheat code—but privacy concerns are already buzzing. Apple’s not far behind, prepping chips for smart wearables with built-in cameras.

📉 Apple Eyes Google Breakup

Safari might soon ditch Google. With AI search tools like Perplexity and ChatGPT in the mix, Apple is looking to boost its declining browser search share. That news alone sent Google’s stock tumbling 7%.

⚖️ AI Testifies in Court—Literally

In a chilling first, an AI recreation of a murder victim was used during a sentencing. The video featured a deepfaked voice and aging filters, allowing the victim to “speak” in court. Arizona is now evaluating ethical standards for courtroom AI.

🧰 Tools of the Day

• Claude Web Search API – Real-time browsing for LLMs
• Gamma – Turn ideas into social media carousels
• Zed Agent – A blazing-fast coding assistant in Rust

💬 Prompt of the Day

"Act as my mindful productivity coach. Give me a 3-step weekend tech detox plan that feels like a treat, not a chore."

⚡ Quick Hits

• Microsoft warns that chip export restrictions could backfire in the U.S.-China AI race.
• Adobe & MIT built CausVid— AI that makes videos faster than you can make coffee.
• OpenAI may introduce a “lifetime subscription” plan for ChatGPT.
• Redditors are using ChatGPT + STAR method to land jobs with crazy success.

🧾 TLDR

Claude’s web search update and OpenAI’s new leadership mark a shift toward more polished, consumer-ready AI. But with great power comes... dangerously unfiltered output. As multimodal AI grows, safety remains a pressing issue—especially as Meta glasses start recognizing your barista by name.

Catch you in the next byte,
David