OpenAI’s new beast o3 Pro

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Today we have:

🧠 OpenAI Unleashes o3-Pro: Smarter Reasoning, 80% Cheaper

🚀 Meet Your New Work Brain: 5 Ways Scouts AI Agents Save Hours Every Week

🌍 Sam Altman Declares AI Takeoff Is Here

🏆 Tools and Shifts You Cannot Miss

🧠 OpenAI Unleashes o3-Pro: Smarter Reasoning, 80% Cheaper

OpenAI has released o3-Pro, its newest high-performance reasoning model, and it’s not just smarter, it’s shockingly cheaper. With an 80% price cut compared to previous versions, OpenAI is positioning o3-Pro to challenge every major frontier model on both quality and cost.

The Decode: 

• Designed for deep reasoning, o3-Pro excels in technical disciplines like mathematics, science, and software development.

• In blind tests, it outperformed rivals from Google and Anthropic across PhD-level benchmarks, including advanced logic, math proofs, and scientific analysis.

• The model supports tool usage, such as web browsing and code execution, but it currently doesn’t include image generation or Canvas capabilities.

• Available now to ChatGPT Pro and Team subscribers; Enterprise and Education customers will receive access next week.

Why it matters: Early testers describe o3-Pro as “dramatically smarter” and unlike any model before it, not just an upgrade, but a leap in reasoning ability. And with its radical price drop, OpenAI is sending a message: next-gen intelligence shouldn’t come with a next-level price tag. For developers, enterprises, and researchers alike, this is a massive shift in capability and accessibility.

🚀 Meet Your New Work Brain: 5 Ways Scouts AI Agents Save Hours Every Week

AI agents aren’t the future; they’re already here. Scouts is the first truly live agent platform, designed to think, adapt, and automate decisions for you. And the best part? It’s dead simple to use.

Just visit scouts.yutori.com, type what you want into the search bar, and set when/how often you want it done. Then let your AI scout handle the rest. Here are 5 powerful use cases marketers (and humans in general) should try:

1. Trend Hunter Scout: Tracks hot marketing debates on Hacker News, Reddit, or X. Get daily digests of what smart people are saying about AI, ads, or ecommerce.

2. Deal Sniper Scout: Set alerts for gear, tools, or subscriptions dropping below a certain price. Ex: “Notify me if a lifetime Jasper AI deal hits AppSumo under $50.”

3. Flight Hack Scout: Watches flight prices for specific routes and sends alerts for under-budget deals. Perfect for last-minute conference travel or off-season work retreats.

4. Job Radar Scout: Pulls new roles from YC startups, LinkedIn, or AngelList filtered by “remote + AI + marketing.” Stay 1 step ahead of the market, or poach rising talent.

5. Google Spike Scout: Instantly pings you when phrases like “TikTok shop” or “UGC fatigue” spike on Google Trends. Know the moment your niche starts shifting.

Scouts aren’t just agents. They’re little proactive brains you train once, and they keep working forever. Try them here.

🌍 Sam Altman Declares AI Takeoff Is Here

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says we’ve crossed the threshold into an era of unstoppable AI acceleration, one that’s not explosive chaos, but a “gentle singularity” that reshapes life step by step.

The Decode: 

• 2026: AI starts generating original ideas, not just remixing human ones.

• 2027: Physical robots gain real-world competence, becoming part of daily life.

• 2030s: AI and energy become cheap and abundant — intelligence flows like electricity.

His plan: Altman believes alignment must come first, making sure AI goals match human values. After that, superintelligence should be made broadly accessible and inexpensive, not monopolized by any one company or government.

AI Tools for the Shift

🧑‍💼 ARIA by Skymel – A dream team of AI agents for tasks across work and life. Scale yourself with personalized assistance.

🚀 MyCareerKarma – Get AI-powered career guidance, resume help, and interview prep. Your job search, optimized.

📝 ThinkFill.ai – AI-powered form filler that learns your tone and habits. No more repetitive typing.

🎭 iFable – Roleplay with AI-powered anime characters. Build adventures and emotional arcs in an immersive format.

Quick Shifts

👾Meta is launching a new AI lab focused on building “superintelligence” and has recruited Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang while also hiring top talent from OpenAI and Google to catch up in the AGI race.

👨‍🎤SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative deal with major video game companies to end the strike that began in July 2024, securing key protections for actors against AI misuse.

🤯French AI startup Mistral just launched Magistral, a new reasoning model for math, logic, and business tasks. It’s fast, multilingual, open-source (small version), but still trails top rivals in benchmarks.

🔍Microsoft is testing an AI-powered search tool in Edge that helps users find past websites using synonyms, typos, or phrases. It runs privately on your device and won’t send data to Microsoft.

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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