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News of the Day

AI Clone Outsells Its Creator!

Chinese entrepreneur uses AI clone to outshine himself in livestream sales

Luo Yonghao’s digital twin, powered by Baidu’s AI, led a six-hour livestream that made over $7 million in sales, beating his previous human-led stream in record time.

• Two AI hosts promoted 133 products, using lifelike gestures and chatting with viewers in real time.

• The stream had 13 million viewers and beat Luo’s May livestream in just 26 minutes.

• Baidu’s ERNIE AI created over 97,000 characters of product text; the show featured dual digital avatars interacting naturally.

AI “salespeople” can now sell better than real people, with smoother delivery, endless energy, and lifelike looks. In China’s massive $946B live-commerce market, where speed and cost-saving rule, it’s unclear if real human charm can still compete.

Social Media

2nd News of the Day

OpenAI Signs $200M Pentagon Deal

OpenAI Launches “OpenAI for Government” and Lands $200M Defense Deal

OpenAI has started a new program called “OpenAI for Government” to bring all its U.S. federal work under one roof. At the same time, it signed a $200 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to help improve national security using AI.

• The one-year DoD contract is OpenAI’s first official deal with the Pentagon, based in the Washington, D.C. area.

• ChatGPT Enterprise will assist military staff with admin tasks and help build custom AI models for areas like cyber defense.

• This program also includes work with NASA, NIH, the Treasury, and the Air Force Research Lab under one government-focused effort.

Governments are quickly adopting powerful AI tools to shape the future of security, defense, and administration. This move shows how AI is becoming central to military and government operations, and highlights growing concerns about how nations may control and use AI in future conflicts.

Trending Tools of Day

Liveblocks 3.0
Ready-made AI copilots and collaboration for your product

Krea 1
AI images that don't look like AI

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google's fastest, most cost-efficient model

Second Brain
AI Visual Board and Knowledge Base

Fusion by Builder.io
Vibe code at any scale

Everything else

✍️ Bot Speak: A teacher says they’ve started noticing common chatbot phrases seeping into the way students talk and write, whether they’ve used an LLM or not.

📊 Run the Numbers: God of Prompt just shared three “mega-prompts” to turn ChatGPT into your own ‘$300k McKinsey strategy consultant.’

🖼️ Blast from the Past: A Redditor just used ChatGPT to restore and colorize “the world’s first image”, and the results are pretty impressive.

👣 Giant Footprint: An LA dentist’s unorthodox marketing strategy seems to be paying off. The high-octane ad, starring a foul-mouthed Bigfoot vlogger, has already racked up some 618k views in under a week.

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