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My fellow AI explorers

We’re talking GPT-5 launch, GPT-OSS, Claude 4.1, DeepMind’s mind-bending Genie 3, ElevenLabs dropping music generation, and more.

In today’s edition:

• 🚀 GPT-5 Launches: Benchmarks crushed, coders rejoice

• 🔓 GPT-OSS: OpenAI finally open-sources two powerful models

• 🧠 Claude Opus 4.1: Anthropic’s new coding champ (for a day)

• 🎮 Google’s Genie 3: Real-time playable video is here

• 🎧 11Labs goes musical, Qwen nails text-to-image, Leonardo unlocks video, Grok joins the race

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Open AI

🚀 GPT-5 Is Here, And It’s Unreal

GPT-5 launched on August 7 and instantly became the new gold standard.

OpenAI claims it has “EHD-level intelligence” (extremely high depth), scoring near-perfect on math, science, coding, and even "humanity’s last exam" benchmarks.

Highlights:

• Crushes coding tasks (we watched it build a Vampire Survivors clone in one prompt)

• Smarter control: You don’t have to choose models—it adjusts depth and reasoning automatically

• Supports personalities: Choose from “cynic,” “robot,” “nerd,” or “listener”

• Free for everyone (with more access for Pro and Team tiers)

• Already integrated into Microsoft Copilot and dev tools like Cursor and WindSurf

🔮 Prediction: The best model for coding we’ve ever seen, and arguably the best AI model—period. Expect every AI coding assistant to start building on GPT-5, either directly or through fine-tuned variants.

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Open AI

🔓 OpenAI Goes Open Source (Sort of)

In a surprising move, OpenAI released two open-weight models: GPT-OSS 20B and GPT-OSS 120B.

These models are:

• Fully downloadable (no API calls needed)

• Run locally or in the cloud

• Comparable to GPT-4-level performance

• Free to fine-tune, iterate, and deploy with no tracking

🎯 Use Case: Great for enterprises or devs needing full control. You can run it offline, on-prem, and without sending a single byte back to OpenAI.

🧠 Prediction: GPT-OSS makes OpenAI relevant in the open-weight race. Don’t be surprised if we see a flood of custom fine-tuned OSS variants in the next 30 days.

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Google

🎮 Genie 3: DeepMind’s Playable World Model

Google DeepMind unveiled Genie 3—a real-time, world-model LLM that lets users play through AI-generated video environments. You move with arrow keys, and it renders new frames as you go.

Use cases:

• Navigate AI-created spaces like oceans, cliffs, volcanoes, and even moon surfaces

• Control characters in real time (including helicopters and underwater jellyfish)

• Drop into generated video mid-play and take over with inputs

🌍 Use Case: The beginnings of “LLM-powered games.” From education to immersive storytelling, Genie 3 could replace cutscenes and simulations with real-time generation.

🔮 Prediction: Genie 3 + agents = the next Roblox. Once this is opened up, indie devs and creators will go wild.

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30-Second AI Play

🎧 Generate Music with 11Labs

Yep: ElevenLabs now does music.

How to try it:

1. Head to the Music tab in ElevenLabs

2. Type your style (e.g. “early 2000s pop-punk anthem with three-part harmonies”)

3. Watch it generate lyrics + instrumental in real-time

4. Listen and tweak! (You can generate backing tracks too—great for musicians)

Why it’s wild:

• Real-time generation with a working DAW-like timeline

• Great for jamming, creating demos, or meme music

• Also does vocal-less instrumentals and genre-specific tracks

🎸 Pro tip: Generate a blues rhythm guitar track (Key of G) and shred over it with your own solo.

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Other Relevant AI News!

🖼️ Qwen-Image quietly becomes one of the best free image models around—realistic generations, stylized art, and accurate text rendering. Try it here.

🎥 Leonardo’s Lucid Origin brings Midjourney V4 vibes back with stunning painterly images. Now supports image-to-video generation too. Explore Leonardo.ai.

🎬 Grok Imagine lets you create short animated videos (with audio!) using the Grok app. Elon even said: “use a VPN” if you’re not in the US. Try it on Grok.

📚 Gemini Storybooks turns short prompts into illustrated children’s books—great art, 10 pages, and surprisingly flexible. Give it a go here.

🎮 Kaggle Chess AI Tournament: Google’s Kaggle launches a 3-day chess battle to benchmark model reasoning. It’s the first of many game-based AI evaluations. Read about it here.

📹 Midjourney HD Video now available for Pro/Mega subs. 3.2x cost, 4x pixels. Worth it if you need crisp, high-res gen videos. Details here.

Golden Nuggets

• 🧠 GPT-5 sets a new bar for intelligence, coding, and speed

• 🔓 GPT-OSS quietly reshapes open-weight model development

• 🎮 Genie 3 points to the future of interactive, generative gameplay

• 🎧 11Labs is now a music studio too—watch out Suno

• 🎥 Leonardo and Qwen are leveling up text-to-image (again)

Until our next AI rendezvous,

Anthony | Founder of Uncover AI