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OpenClaw’s Creator Picks OpenAI
Plus, 🚀 How to reverse-engineer a viral competitor funnel with SEMrush One, ByteDance launches Seed 2.0 AI model family, and more!
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Welcome back to The Shift. Let’s get straight to what matters in AI today…
Today we have:
🤖 OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI
👨💻 How to Reverse-Engineer a Viral Competitor Funnel with SEMrush One
🚀 ByteDance Launches Seed 2.0 AI Model Family
🔨Tools and Shifts you cannot miss
🤖 OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI
Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI assistant OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI to help build the next generation of personal agents. OpenClaw will remain open source under an independent foundation.
The Shift:
1. From One-Hour Prototype to Viral Growth - Steinberger built the first version in an hour by connecting WhatsApp to an AI coding tool. Within weeks, the project became the fastest-growing repository in GitHub history, surpassing 175,000 stars.
In a Lex Fridman interview days before the announcement, Steinberger revealed he was choosing between Meta and OpenAI. Mark Zuckerberg personally tested the tool, while Sam Altman offered early research access and significant compute resources.
2. Focus on Multi-Agent Systems - OpenAI says Steinberger will lead efforts on personal agents capable of interacting with each other. The goal is to build systems that complete practical tasks for users. Multi-agent collaboration is expected to become central to future products.
OpenClaw will move into an independent foundation. OpenAI will continue supporting it while keeping it open source. Steinberger emphasized maintaining freedom and transparency around the project.
OpenAI isn’t just trying to make ChatGPT smarter at answering questions. It’s pushing toward AI that actually does things for you. Instead of jumping between apps to manage your calendar, reply to emails, or book travel, you could handle it all through one assistant.
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🚀 ByteDance Launches Seed 2.0 AI Model Family
ByteDance has released Seed 2.0, a new series of general-purpose AI models, shortly after debate around its AI video technology intensified. The lineup includes Pro, Lite, and Mini versions focused on multimodal reasoning and agent workflows. Early results position it as a lower-cost rival to leading Western models.
The Shift:
1. Benchmark and Cost Advantage - Seed 2.0 Pro outperforms GPT-5.2 and Gemini 3 Pro across math, reasoning, and vision tests. Input pricing is set at $0.47 per million tokens, significantly lower than competitors.
The model achieves state-of-the-art results in MathVision and leads in motion-focused benchmarks like MotionBench, improving time-series understanding and dynamic perception. Instruction-following performance also ranks at the top industry levels.
2. Agent Stability and Long-Chain Tasks - Seed 2.0 is built for real-world agent workflows. Demos show autonomous completion of 96-step CAD modeling processes in FreeCAD. The system maintains stability across multi-step reasoning chains.
A single image can be converted into a functional webpage. The model recreates layout and styling while generating runnable front-end code with animation support. It also extracts structured data from complex visual inputs.
Seed 2.0 is live in Doubao’s Expert Mode and via API, though access outside China remains limited. Combined with recent attention around Seedance 2.0, ByteDance is positioning itself as a major global AI competitor.
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🚀Quick Shifts
🎧 Spotify’s CEO revealed its top developers aren’t coding in 2026, saying the company has embraced AI-driven “vibe coding,” shifting elite engineers from writing code to guiding and reviewing AI-generated work.
🎬 Disney has accused ByteDance’s new Seedance 2.0 AI video model of infringing on its IP, sending a cease and desist letter over generated videos featuring characters like Spider-Man and Darth Vader.
🇺🇸 Anthropic is reportedly resisting Pentagon demands to allow Claude for all lawful military uses, defending limits on autonomous weapons and surveillance, risking its $200 million Defense Department contract.
🇮🇳 Sam Altman says India now has 100 million weekly ChatGPT users, making it OpenAI’s second-largest market after the U.S., driven largely by students and supported by localized pricing and expansion efforts.
🏠 Airbnb says its AI agent now handles about one-third of customer support cases in the U.S. and Canada, with plans to expand globally and shift over 30% of total support to AI voice and chat.
🧩Prompt of the Day
How to Adapt Your Content Tone Across Platforms Using One Prompt - Turn one-size-fits-all messaging into platform-native copy that actually resonates with different audiences.
Paste the prompt: Drop this into ChatGPT, then fill in your brand and the platforms you want examples for.
Prompt to paste
Create a content tone variation guide for [Brand]. For each platform (e.g., website, Instagram, LinkedIn, email), include the platform name and a short tone example showing how the same core message should be adapted. Keep it concise, realistic, and aligned with audience expectations on each channel.
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