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Chapter 11 - Part 1 - What in the petafop are you on about?
In this chapter, Scott and Reece open their notes to discover chaos. No theme. No structure. Just a mix of AI news, education philosophy, coding wars, chip revolutions and a Roman board game solved 2,000 years late. Somehow, it all connects.
In this episode:
🛡️ Buying Insurance via ChatGPT – OpenAI expands its app ecosystem, allowing users to compare and purchase insurance directly inside ChatGPT. Convenient? Yes. Risk-free? Only if you double-check everything. Read More
🎓 Udemy Inside ChatGPT – Educational courses are now accessible directly within ChatGPT, opening the door to fully personalised, AI-driven tutoring grounded in real course content. Could this finally reshape education? Read More
💻 Codex 5.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6 – The AI coding wars continue. Codex 5.3 launches alongside a dedicated Codex app, boasting larger context windows and strong performance comparisons against Claude’s latest model.
⚡ Cerebras Chips & AI Efficiency – OpenAI experiments with alternative AI hardware capable of massive throughput on a single wafer-scale chip. Faster. Cheaper. Potentially greener. A serious shift in AI infrastructure. Read More
🛒 Google AI Shopping – Google prepares in-chat checkout functionality through AI Mode, potentially beating OpenAI to fully integrated conversational commerce. Read More
📄 Google Docs Audio Overview – A new Gemini-powered feature summarises documents into spoken overviews, hinting at conversational interaction directly within Docs. Read More
🧠 Anthropic Hires for Emotional Intelligence – Rather than prioritising pure technical ability, Anthropic emphasises critical thinking and emotional intelligence in recruitment. A sign of where AI-human collaboration is heading. Read More
🌍 China, Power & AI Infrastructure – A staggering statistic: China added more grid power in four years than the entire current US capacity. What does that mean for AI dominance and global infrastructure?
🔐 Malwarebytes in ChatGPT – Scam detection and malware analysis now live inside ChatGPT via Malwarebytes integration. A practical example of AI enhancing cybersecurity awareness. Read More
🚗 AI Comes to CarPlay – Apple opens the door to third-party AI assistants inside CarPlay. Expect ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude to become in-car copilots. Read More
♾️ Meta’s AI Afterlife Patent – Meta secures a patent for posthumous AI personas that could continue interacting after someone dies. Just because you can… should you? Read More
🏛️ AI Decodes Ancient Roman Board Game – Researchers use AI to reconstruct the rules of a 2,000-year-old Roman game discovered in the Netherlands, reviving Ludus Coriovalli from archaeological mystery. Read More
🎧 Enjoying Prompt Fiction?
Follow the show, leave a review, visit our website – https://prompt-fiction.show, and send us your favourite AI finds or horror stories. Part Two is coming soon.
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By Reece Preston and Scott QuilterIn this chapter, Scott and Reece open their notes to discover chaos. No theme. No structure. Just a mix of AI news, education philosophy, coding wars, chip revolutions and a Roman board game solved 2,000 years late. Somehow, it all connects.
In this episode:
🛡️ Buying Insurance via ChatGPT – OpenAI expands its app ecosystem, allowing users to compare and purchase insurance directly inside ChatGPT. Convenient? Yes. Risk-free? Only if you double-check everything. Read More
🎓 Udemy Inside ChatGPT – Educational courses are now accessible directly within ChatGPT, opening the door to fully personalised, AI-driven tutoring grounded in real course content. Could this finally reshape education? Read More
💻 Codex 5.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6 – The AI coding wars continue. Codex 5.3 launches alongside a dedicated Codex app, boasting larger context windows and strong performance comparisons against Claude’s latest model.
⚡ Cerebras Chips & AI Efficiency – OpenAI experiments with alternative AI hardware capable of massive throughput on a single wafer-scale chip. Faster. Cheaper. Potentially greener. A serious shift in AI infrastructure. Read More
🛒 Google AI Shopping – Google prepares in-chat checkout functionality through AI Mode, potentially beating OpenAI to fully integrated conversational commerce. Read More
📄 Google Docs Audio Overview – A new Gemini-powered feature summarises documents into spoken overviews, hinting at conversational interaction directly within Docs. Read More
🧠 Anthropic Hires for Emotional Intelligence – Rather than prioritising pure technical ability, Anthropic emphasises critical thinking and emotional intelligence in recruitment. A sign of where AI-human collaboration is heading. Read More
🌍 China, Power & AI Infrastructure – A staggering statistic: China added more grid power in four years than the entire current US capacity. What does that mean for AI dominance and global infrastructure?
🔐 Malwarebytes in ChatGPT – Scam detection and malware analysis now live inside ChatGPT via Malwarebytes integration. A practical example of AI enhancing cybersecurity awareness. Read More
🚗 AI Comes to CarPlay – Apple opens the door to third-party AI assistants inside CarPlay. Expect ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude to become in-car copilots. Read More
♾️ Meta’s AI Afterlife Patent – Meta secures a patent for posthumous AI personas that could continue interacting after someone dies. Just because you can… should you? Read More
🏛️ AI Decodes Ancient Roman Board Game – Researchers use AI to reconstruct the rules of a 2,000-year-old Roman game discovered in the Netherlands, reviving Ludus Coriovalli from archaeological mystery. Read More
🎧 Enjoying Prompt Fiction?
Follow the show, leave a review, visit our website – https://prompt-fiction.show, and send us your favourite AI finds or horror stories. Part Two is coming soon.