🗞️In this edition

• •Founder Fridays Ep. 8 – Dragos Cada on building PathPeer, pivoting into career coaching, and why students are missing out by skipping networking 

• •Workflow Wednesday #31 ‘AI Decision Making (+ AI Agents)’

• •GPT-5 release marks major ChatGPT upgrade

• • In other AI news –

  • •Tesla shuts down Dojo AI supercomputer

  • •X to show ads in Grok answers

  • •AI browser now costs $20 a month

• • 4 must-try AI tools

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This Week in Workflow Wednesday #31: AI Decision Making (+ AI Agents)

Understanding ChatGPT Agent Mode: A Beginner-Friendly Workflow
Since so many of you have been asking about AI Agents, here’s some insight: ChatGPT’s Agent Mode turns a regular AI chatbot into a semi‑autonomous assistant. Instead of simply answering one question at a time, Agent Mode can remember what you asked earlier, plan a series of tasks, use tools like a web browser or code editor, and produce real deliverables (spreadsheets, slides, emails).

Step 1: Activate Agent Mode

 To start, you need access to ChatGPT’s Agent Mode (available on Pro, Plus and Team plans). Open ChatGPT, go to the tools menu and select ‘Agent’ or type /agent. This tells ChatGPT to switch into agentic mode. You can also connect apps like Gmail or Google Drive through the integrated connector menu - only enable what you need.

Step 2: Define Goals & Provide Context

Before the agent starts working, give it a clear goal and as much context as possible. Explain what you want (e.g., research market trends and create…...We break it down fully in this week’s issue, along with 2 other AI workflows

GPT-5 launch brings major upgrades to ChatGPT’s capabilities and accuracy

☕News –   OpenAI has launched GPT-5, its most advanced AI model to date, bringing a major shift in how ChatGPT works. The new unified model combines the reasoning power of OpenAI’s o-series with the speed of its GPT series, allowing ChatGPT to handle more complex tasks while delivering faster responses.

👨‍💻Fast facts –

• Now available to all free ChatGPT users.

• Scores 74.9% on SWE-bench Verified, outperforming leading rivals in coding.

• Reduces hallucination rates to 4.8%, a significant improvement from earlier models.

• Can complete multi-step tasks like building apps, scheduling events, and producing research briefs.

• Introduces four response styles: Cynic, Robot, Listener, and Nerd.

🤓OpenTools POV – GPT-5 shows how quickly AI assistants are moving toward acting as capable digital agents. If it performs as promised, it could set a new standard for everyday AI use in work and life.

🙆🏻‍♀️What else is happening?

• Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving // The disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo efforts follows the departure of around 20 workers, who left the automaker to start their own AI company called DensityAI 

• Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses // The move would help power X’s struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino

• The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription // A Dia Pro subscription comes with unlimited access to the browser’s AI chat featureHuawei to open-source AI chip toolkit to take on Nvidia’s proprietary platform // The move will help accelerate innovation from developers, while making Ascend chips easier to use, Huawei’s Eric Xu say

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