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Today we have:

Today we have:

🥇 OpenAI’s LLM Claims Gold at the IMO, A Bold Leap in General Reasoning

🧠 Test and Strengthen Your Offer With Claude or Gemini

👨‍💻 AI Nearly Wins Code War

🔨Tools and Shifts you cannot miss

🥇 OpenAI’s LLM Claims Gold at the IMO, A Bold Leap in General Reasoning

OpenAI just declared a breakthrough: its experimental general reasoning LLM has achieved gold-medal performance in the International Math Olympiad (IMO). The model solved 5 of 6 complex problems under human exam conditions, scoring 35/42, enough for a top-tier ranking. 

The Shift:

1. A Generalist Model Beats a Specialist Benchmark - Unlike earlier math-specific models, OpenAI’s LLM is a broad reasoning model, not optimized for equations or formal logic. It tackled IMO’s notoriously difficult proof-based problems without any external tools or search assistance. 

2. Human-Graded but Not Officially Sanctioned - OpenAI’s results were validated by three former IMO medalists who reached consensus on each answer. Still, DeepMind pointed out that the IMO has its own internal rubric, and no claim of a medal can be made without their verification.

3. Sustained Attention Signals a Deeper Evolution -  Researchers emphasized that the model demonstrated long-form creative thinking, a departure from short-answer benchmarks like MATH or GSM8K. Noam Brown called the model’s ability to “think for a long time” a defining leap in AI reasoning. 

Solving IMO-level math with a general-purpose LLM was once deemed out of reach; this claim shatters that ceiling. It hints at AI systems capable of deeper thought, not just faster recall or pattern matching. If proven, it marks a pivotal shift from language generation to true intellectual reasoning.

🧠 Test and Strengthen Your Offer With Claude or Gemini

In this tutorial, you’ll use Claude/Gemini to evaluate your offer like a top copy chief — across urgency, clarity, relevance, emotion, proof, and believability.

Step-by-step:

1. Open Claude, Gemini, or Grok 4

2. Paste this full prompt (edit the offer part only):

<role>You are a conversion copy expert trained in behavioral psychology.</role>
<context>Analyze this offer: “Get 20% off our AI email assistant for DTC brands.”</context>

<steps>

1. Score the offer across 6 principles: urgency, clarity, relevance, emotional appeal, proof, and believability.
2. Suggest 3 rewrites that improve the weakest areas.
3. Explain what makes the top rewrite stronger and more persuasive.

</steps>

3. Hit enter. You’ll get:
   
    ✅ A breakdown of what’s weak
    ✅ 3 upgraded versions of the offer
    ✅ A clear takeaway you can use in your copy

Pro tip: Test this with product offers, service packages, free trials, or lead magnets, it works across all funnels.

🧠 AI Nearly Wins Code War

At the 2025 AtCoder Finals in Tokyo, OpenAI’s autonomous coding model came shockingly close to defeating the best human programmers. But in a symbolic twist, Polish coder Przemysław Debiak (aka Psyho) emerged as the last human champion, barely. 

The Shift:

1. A Historic Human Win - Despite facing a machine that never tires, Psyho outscored OpenAI’s model by a narrow 9.5% margin. His final score topped 1.8 trillion points after a grueling 10-hour contest. Exhausted but victorious, he declared on X, “Humanity has prevailed (for now!).”

2. AI Shows Serious Firepower - OpenAI’s model didn’t just compete, it crushed ten elite human finalists under identical hardware conditions. It autonomously tackled a complex maze optimization task that required NP-hard problem-solving. This was the first time a model competed without any human involvement in a live programming final.

3. A Preview of What’s Coming - OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman praised the AI’s second-place finish, calling it a major step toward future dominance. Sakana AI also entered an experimental agent that would’ve placed fifth, unofficially. 

This wasn’t just a contest, it was a glimpse into the future of skilled work. As AI begins to match and outpace elite talent under fair rules, human exceptionalism may no longer be a given. The next AtCoder winner might not have a heartbeat.

🔨AI Tools for the Shift

🎨 Fast3D – Transform text or images into 3D models instantly. Ideal for designers, creators, and AR/VR projects.

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🧩 Compatibot – Get AI-powered tech compatibility and smart product recommendations. Perfect for shoppers and builders.

🖼️ ImagePromptGuru – Convert images into rich AI art prompts. Supercharge your creative workflow.

🛡️ Secuarden – LLM-powered security scans for code and AI prompts. Find issues fast, ship secure.

🚀Quick Shifts

🦆 DuckDuckGo is now offering a setting to hide AI-generated images from search results, giving users more control over content visibility in line with its “private, useful, and optional” AI approach.

🍼 Elon Musk’s xAI will launch a kid-friendly version called “Baby Grok,” following new matchmaking features in Grok, expanding the AI assistant’s role from dating help to child-safe conversations.

🧠 OpenAI launched a $50M fund to support nonprofits using AI for public good, focusing on education, healthcare, and community organizing, guided by insights from 500+ organizations across the U.S.

📜 Meta refuses to sign the EU’s AI Code of Practice, calling it overly broad and legally unclear, inviting stricter scrutiny as new AI regulations take effect August 2.

📱 Perplexity is in talks with phone makers to pre-install its AI browser, Comet, aiming to break Chrome’s dominance. Backed by Nvidia and valued at $14B, it’s targeting 100M+ users.

That’s all for today’s edition see you tomorrow as we track down and get you all that matters in the daily AI Shift!

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