In this newsletter:

• ChatGPT launches year-in-review with personalized stats and AI art
• OpenAI admits AI browsers may never fully solve prompt injection attacks
• The great tech shakeup: how Google and Uber dominated 2025

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📊 ChatGPT Launches Year in Review With Personalized Stats and AI Art

ChatGPT rolled out a Year in Review feature showing users their 2025 usage stats, conversation themes, and AI-generated pixel art reflecting their chat topics.

What's new:

• Shows total messages sent to ChatGPT in 2025
• AI-generated pixel art image summarizing conversation topics
• Rundown of the most prevalent chat themes
• Description of personal chat style
• Shows the day with the most messages sent
• Assigns "archetype" category like "The Producer" or "The Navigator"
• Gives customized award based on usage (example: "Instant Pot Prodigy")
• Available in the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia
• Only works if you've permitted ChatGPT to reference past conversations
• Access via homepage option or prompt "show my year in review"

Why it matters:

ChatGPT's recap joins the annual "Wrapped" trend popularized by Spotify, capitalizing on users' desire to see their digital footprint quantified and gamified. By creating shareable pixel art and personalized awards, OpenAI encourages social media posting that functions as free marketing—each shared recap becomes an advertisement showing how deeply ChatGPT is embedded in users' daily lives.

However, the feature requires granting ChatGPT access to your full conversation history, which many users disable for privacy. By gating Year in Review behind this permission, OpenAI creates an incentive to surrender privacy for the novelty of seeing your stats, effectively training users to accept persistent data collection in exchange for personalized experiences.

👀 Read about ChatGPT Year in Review!

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🔐 OpenAI Admits AI Browsers May Never Fully Solve Prompt Injection Attacks

OpenAI acknowledged that prompt injection attacks targeting AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas are unlikely to ever be completely solved, despite ongoing security improvements.

What's new:

• OpenAI released a security update for the ChatGPT Atlas browser
• Developed "LLM-based automated attacker" bot trained with reinforcement learning
• The bot simulates hacker behavior to find vulnerabilities before real-world attacks
• An automated attacker can execute "sophisticated, long-horizon harmful workflows" over hundreds of steps
• Discovered novel attack strategies not found in human red teaming or external reports
• Atlas now detects prompt injection attempts and flags them to users
• U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warned prompt injection "may never be totally mitigated."
• OpenAI recommends users limit agent access and require confirmation before sending messages or payments

How attacks work:

• Malicious instructions hidden in web pages or emails manipulate AI agents
• Example demo showed hidden email instructions causing AI to send a resignation message instead of an out-of-office reply
• Security researchers demonstrated that Google Docs text could change the Atlas browser behavior
• Brave confirmed that indirect prompt injection affects all AI-powered browsers, including Perplexity's Comet

Why it matters:

OpenAI's admission that prompt injection "may never be fully solved" exposes a fundamental security flaw in AI agents operating on the open web. Unlike traditional software vulnerabilities that can be patched, AI agents reading and acting on untrusted content face the same challenge humans do with social engineering, distinguishing legitimate instructions from malicious ones embedded in seemingly normal text.

The company's shift to continuous defense improvements rather than claiming a solution mirrors how cybersecurity firms handle persistent threats like phishing. However, Wiz security researcher Rami McCarthy argues AI browsers "don't yet deliver enough value to justify their current risk profile," given their access to email and payment information, suggesting the technology was launched prematurely before basic security fundamentals were established.

👀 Read about OpenAI's prompt injection challenge!

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🏆 The Great Tech Shakeup: How Google and Uber Dominated 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, the "AI Hype" has shifted into a cold reality: some tech giants have seamlessly integrated AI into our daily lives, while others struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of change.

According to a recent year-end analysis from ITWeb, here is who came out on top and who is fighting to stay relevant.

Who's thriving:

• Google (Alphabet), after a rocky start, is now seen as the ultimate AI winner. Because they control the "full stack" from their own AI chips (TPUs) to the Gemini model and the apps we use daily (Gmail, Docs), they have a massive lead in making AI actually useful for the average person.
• Uber, no longer just a ride-app, has become a "profit machine" by using AI to dominate the delivery and ride-sharing markets. They are now preparing for the future by building a network that mixes human drivers with autonomous "Robotaxis."
• Constellation Software (Canadian company) grows revenue 20% annually by buying smaller software companies and using their earnings to fund more acquisitions

Who's struggling:

• Chegg (perhaps the biggest "victim" of the AI shift), the online education giant, has seen its value drop significantly (down 44% this year and 97% since the launch of ChatGPT) as students shift away from traditional textbooks and toward free, instant tutoring from tools like ChatGPT and Gemini.
• NVIDIA (up only 32.88%) faces competition from Google's cheaper TPU chips, while investors worry companies are overspending on AI hardware.
• OpenAI, surprisingly, the "original king" of AI, is facing a "lackluster" year. Analysts note that AI models are becoming "commoditized" (meaning everyone has one now), and OpenAI is losing its unique edge as Google and others catch up.
• Palantir (enterprise AI software company) stock up 150%, but analysts warn it's overvalued despite strong 47% revenue growth.

Comeback potential:

• Microsoft is keeping its options open. While they started the year working only with OpenAI, they are now expanding their platform to include other top AI models (like Anthropic’s Claude). Their goal is to become the "department store" of AI, where users can walk in and choose the best tool for their specific job.

In 2025, the winners weren't necessarily the "smartest" AI companies, but the ones that made AI part of our existing habits, like checking our email or ordering a ride.

👀 Read the full analysis!

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This Week's Top AI News Headlines:

• Nvidia Buys Most of AI Chip Startup Groq for $20B in Non‑Exclusive Deal, Gaining Inference Tech and Team Led by TPU Creator Jonathan Ross (View Article)
• Waymo Builds Gemini‑Powered AI Ride Assistant for Self‑Driving Cars, Using Reassurance Protocols to Ease Passenger Anxiety and Explain Vehicle Behavior (View Article)
• Generative AI Took Over Gaming in 2025, Powering Blockbusters Like Call of Duty and Clair Obscur While Sparking Backlash From Players and Indie Studios (View Article)
• AI Promised a Smarter Home in 2025, but instead Broke it, Replacing Reliable Assistants With Chatbots That Can’t Run Routines or turn on Lights (View Article)
• Indie Game Awards Retracts Top Honors for Expedition 33 and Chantey After Discovering Generative AI Use and Ties to ModRetro (View Article)
• Amazon Expands Alexa Plus to Older Echo Devices With Voice Upgrade Command, But Questions Remain on Whether it’s Truly an Improvement (View Article)
• Despite Headlines and Hype, Humanoid Robots Still Face Major Technical Hurdles, Even Tesla’s Optimus Remains a Remote-Controlled Demo (View Article)
• UPS Deploys AI and Robot Swarms in Warehouses to Detect Fake Product Returns by Spotting Subtle Differences that Humans Might Miss (View Article)
• Google Delays Gemini Upgrade for Android, Pushing Full Google Assistant Replacement to 2026 to Ensure Seamless User Transition (View Article)
• ChatGPT Now Lets Users Adjust Warmth, Enthusiasm, and Style With New Personality Controls and In‑Chat Email Editing Tools (View Article)

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