OpenAI goes cosmic, Meta boosts teen safety & more (October 17, 2025)

Good morning,

AI is officially crossing into every corner of work, science, and safety. Anthropic is teaching Claude to learn your workflows, Meta is protecting younger users, and OpenAI just hired a physicist to decode the cosmos. Meanwhile, Google’s new toolkit makes deploying AI apps smoother than ever.

Let’s dive in👇

💰 Money Moves

📰 Anthropic's Skills teach Claude your workflows

Anthropic introduced "Skills", allowing Claude to learn user-specific workflows and integrate directly into tools like Microsoft 365. This enables companies to create AI assistants that perform tasks the way their teams already do, bridging the gap between automation and personalization. It positions Anthropic as a key player in enterprise AI, where adaptability and workflow integration are the next competitive edge.

💡 Meta is making AI experiences safer for teens

Meta announced a series of new AI safety measures to protect teen users across Instagram and Facebook. The updates include enhanced content filters, stricter privacy defaults, and educational prompts about responsible AI use. It reflects Meta’s growing focus on responsible AI governance as regulators worldwide tighten oversight on youth safety in digital environments.

🔬 OpenAI recruits black hole physicist for science initiative

OpenAI hired a leading black hole physicist to spearhead its new AI-for-Science division. The collaboration aims to apply deep learning models to fundamental physics, pushing AI’s capabilities in simulation and discovery. This signals OpenAI’s ambitions beyond language models, expanding into scientific frontiers where AI could accelerate breakthroughs in understanding the universe.

🚀 Research & Releases

📢 Google AI that’s ready to deploy

Google announced Genkit Go 1.0, a new framework that makes it easier to build and deploy AI-powered apps at scale. The tool provides enhanced debugging, model management, and native cloud integration for developers. It represents Google’s ongoing effort to simplify AI development for businesses looking to accelerate innovation without massive infrastructure costs.

⚠️ Pew poll shows global AI concern outweighs excitement

A new Pew Research poll found that global concern about AI’s impact on jobs, privacy, and misinformation now outweighs optimism. While many acknowledge its potential for progress, most respondents worry about oversight and misuse. The findings highlight a growing cultural tension as AI becomes both an essential tool and a source of societal anxiety.

📈 Still Trending from Yesterday

Claude 4.5 Haiku: Anthropic’s new small, cost-efficient model

Anthropic’s lightweight Claude 4.5 Haiku continues to gain traction for enterprise use, praised for its speed and cost efficiency. Developers are experimenting with Haiku to automate internal workflows while maintaining Claude’s high reasoning accuracy.

🧰 Tools of the Day

→ Scorecard — Evaluate, optimize, and ship AI agents
→ Genspark Custom Super Agent — Create your own AI agent with just one prompt
→ Nora — The AI coding agent for building secure Web3 apps

✍️ Prompt of the Day

"You're an AI workflow consultant. Review my company’s current automation process [paste it here] and suggest three ways to integrate AI for higher efficiency. For each suggestion, explain the expected impact, implementation difficulty, and estimated ROI. Present your analysis in a concise executive table."

⚡ Quick Hits

→ Alibaba says its AI spending is already breaking even
→ Deloitte leader says employees who adopt AI will have better job positioning
→ Safety monitoring platform RAIDS AI makes beta launch.
→ Net app expands enterprise data platform with new AI-focused systems.
→ TSMC posts $33.1 billion quarter, its best in history thanks to AI.
→ Oracle’s ambitious 2030 targets hinge on AI infrastructure and cloud.

🧾 TLDR

From enterprise tools that learn your habits to AI reshaping scientific discovery, today’s updates show a clear shift toward smarter, safer, and more specialized intelligence. The next wave of competition won’t be about who builds the biggest model, it’ll be about who makes it truly useful, ethical, and personal.

Cheers,
David