Your weekly briefing on all things AI
Presented by Clark Valberg

OpenAI’s latest roadmap suggests a more seamless, integrated AI experience—but is this truly about democratization, or just a cost-saving move? Some argue that "unified" models like GPT-5 could reduce complexity for the average user while quietly limiting access to the highest-performing intelligence.

This week, we dive into how AI is streamlining operations at CBRE, enhancing patient care at Mount Sinai, and optimizing financial insights at Anthropic. Plus, we break down the latest shifts in governance, funding, and regulation that could define the next phase of AI adoption.

Let’s dive in… 

> Sam Altman Gives a Glimpse Into Where GPT5 is Going
>Elon Musk Leads a $97.4B bid to Buy OpenAI (Musk/Altman Battle Continues)
> SpotDraft Secures $54M for Contract Lifecycle Management for In-House Legal Teams
> Admyral.ai Helps CRE Brokers Get Streamlined Owner Information For Prospecting
> A Prompt To Boost Alignment With ChatGPT

OpenAI’s Roadmap: More Thinking & More Doing, For Free

Sam Altman recently posted insights into OpenAI’s roadmap and the key takeaways are that they want more “thinking”, a more unified user experience, and they want to give a decent version out for free. OpenAI’s goal, seemingly, is to remove complexity for users and create an AI that seamlessly adapts to tasks. Essentially, it’s about more autonomous & adaptable intelligence. Continued development in this direction will likely lower the barrier-to-entry for business leaders navigating AI integration and make augmenting AI into their workflows easier .

Until now, AI has largely been an assistant - summarizing reports, generating content, and offering insights. While AI isn’t replacing human executives anytime soon, GPT-5’s improvements in multi-step reasoning and autonomous tool selection could reposition ChatGPT as an AI agent. In the near future, I expect we will see a lot more of:

🔹 AI-Driven Strategy – While there are AI-powered hedge funds optimizing portfolios today, enhanced reasoning could expand this to company-wide decision-making, dynamically adjusting to market shifts.

🔹 Autonomously Handled Workflows – Current AI copilots still need a lot of user input.  Future agents will autonomously execute workflows, such as adjusting supply chains in response to global events.

🔹 Accelerated R&D – AI like DeepMind’s AlphaFold was already advancing research in 2022. Future agents will propose hypotheses, design experiments, and predict outcomes, speeding up innovation in biotech and materials science.

🔹 AI-Powered Executive Insights – Today’s AI informs decisions, but AI Agents will analyze risks and propose solutions, giving leaders real-time financial and operational guidance.

These models still have a lot of hallucinations and need oversight, but keep in mind, this is the worst AI will ever be…(The Verge)

More Stories

• Elon Musk spearheads a $97.4B bid on OpenAI’s non-profit arm, complicating the transition to fully for-profit, and potentially making further investment less attractive. (TechCrunch) 

• Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence is reportedly in talks to fundraise at a $20M valuation, up from $5M in his last funding round. (YahooFinance)

• New research suggests that LLMs (Large Language Models) develop their own value systems, including valuing the lives of people from different countries differently, making ethical alignment more critical than previously thought. (EmergentValuesAI)

• OpenAI commits to preventing viewpoint censorship in its AI models. (TechCrunch)

• The US & UK struggle to align on global AI governance, declining the AI Action summit agreement. (TechCrunch)

• Perplexity is getting faster and introducing low-latency voice that connects to real-time search results, for free. (XPost)

• A Nueralink patient successfully draws with a robotic arm using only brain signals. (XPost)

Real Estate | CBRE Effectively Reduces Manual Processing Time by 25%

CBRE has effectively utilized AI to enhance its lease abstraction and data management processes, achieving a 25% reduction in manual processing time. By automating the extraction of key information from complex lease documents, AI streamlines data handling, leading to increased efficiency and accuracy. This advancement allows CBRE professionals to focus more on strategic tasks, thereby improving overall productivity. (CBRE)

Healthcare & Biotech | Mount Sinai Health System Undergoing AI Transformation

Mount Sinai Health System’s new CDIO, Lisa S. Stump, is spearheading a major AI-driven transformation to enhance patient care, operational efficiency, and research innovation. By centralizing IT services and leveraging AI-powered data analytics, Mount Sinai aims to automate decision-making, streamline workflows, and personalize patient interactions. The five-year strategic plan also explores AI’s role in medical education and research, positioning Mount Sinai at the forefront of digital healthcare. This shift reflects a broader industry trend where AI is not just assisting doctors but reshaping entire health systems for a smarter, data-driven future. (Healthcare IT News)

Finance & Banking | Anthropic Creates One-of-a-kind Economic Index

AI is set to significantly reshape the way people work in the coming years, prompting the launch of the Anthropic Economic Index—an initiative designed to track and understand AI's impact on labor markets and the broader economy over time. The Index’s inaugural report offers an unprecedented analysis based on millions of anonymized conversations on Claude.ai, providing the clearest insights yet into how AI is being integrated into real-world tasks across various industries. Notably, Anthropic is open-sourcing the dataset behind this analysis, presenting a valuable opportunity for researchers to explore, extend, and deepen findings on AI’s evolving role in the economy. (Anthropic)

Technology | Apple Becomes AI’s Distribution Hub, Expands to China with Alibaba

Apple is a key distribution channel for AI models, leveraging its global hardware ecosystem to bring AI to consumers at scale. Initially Apple partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. In China, however, OpenAI (alongside any non-Chinese AI company) faced regulatory barriers, so Apple needed to pivot. After evaluating several Chinese tech firms, including Baidu, ByteDance, Tencent, and DeepSeek, Apple selected Alibaba due to its advanced AI models and robust infrastructure. This collaboration aims to bolster iPhone sales in China, where Apple has faced declining market share amid competition from local brands like Huawei and Vivo. (Reuters)

Retail & E-commerce | Wayfair Uses AI to Make Online Shopping More Imaginative

Wayfair has unveiled Muse, a generative AI tool designed to revolutionize online furniture shopping by turning inspiration into instant purchase opportunities. Unlike traditional search-based browsing, Muse generates AI-powered interior designs based on user prompts—such as “cozy office for a creative”—and seamlessly links each design to shoppable Wayfair products. This innovation builds on the company's previous AI tool, Decorify, which reimagines uploaded room photos with suggested furnishings. By embedding AI across its platform, Wayfair is positioning itself at the forefront of visual-first e-commerce, offering a more immersive, personalized shopping experience. (Retail Dive)

Media & Entertainment | Viral Deepfake Reignites Regulation Concerns

An AI-generated video featuring Scarlett Johansson and other Jewish celebrities, including Drake and Steven Spielberg, recently went viral. The video depicted Johansson wearing a T-shirt with a hand showing the middle finger, a Star of David, and Kanye West's name as a response to West's antisemitic remarks and his promotion of swastika-emblazoned T-shirts. Johansson condemned the misuse of AI, emphasizing that its potential to amplify hate speech poses a significant threat. She urged the U.S. government to prioritize legislation regulating AI to protect citizens from its dangers. (CNN)

Featured Tool: Admyral.ai

Admyral.ai is an AI-powered tool designed for commercial real estate brokers to find hard-to-reach property owners. By simply entering a property address, users can retrieve verified owner contact details—including name, email, and phone number—within one minute. This eliminates the need for manual research across multiple databases, streamlining lead generation and prospecting efforts.

Brokers using Admyral.ai report saving 40% of their research time while quadrupling their lead generation capacity. The platform also provides comprehensive property data and allows users to create prospecting lists for off-market opportunities. (Read more on Y Combinator)

More Tools:

• Readdy AI – AI-powered product designer that converts ideas into ready-to-use UI designs and code.

• Yapz – Interactive online form builder that enhances engagement and response quality.

• Pika – AI-driven video creation tool that blends real footage with imaginative AI-generated elements.

• Reef – AI-powered data analysis tool for generating insights and visualizations from spreadsheets.

• Conversica – AI-powered assistant for automating lead engagement and customer interactions.

• Needle – AI information intelligence platform for real-time data insights and decision-making.

• Spika AI – AI-driven podcast creation platform that transforms text prompts into full episodes.

Notable Transactions 

• Drata Acquires SafeBase for $250M – Which will strengthen security compliance automation. (TechCrunch)

• SpotDraft Secures $54M – To advance AI-powered contract lifecycle management. (FinSMEs)

• Andesite AI Secures $20M – To advance AI-driven cybersecurity. (VCNewsDaily)

• LingoPal.ai Lands $12M – Which will enhance AI-assisted translations. (VCNewsDaily)

• Integrail Raises $10M – The seed funding will go towards scaling AI-powered data automation. (VCNewsDaily)

• Datalign Advisory Closes An Additional $5M – To accelerate the development of AI to transform how financial advisors serve their clients. (VCNewsDaily)

• Pinkfish AI Raises $7.6M – To drive the development of generative automation platforms for enterprises. (FinSMEs)

• Human.org Secures $7.5M – To build a trust infrastructure that ensures AI agents are verifiably aligned with human intent. (VCNewsDaily)

• Genia Raises $3M – To aid in development of its AI platform to enable construction engineers to validate structural designs faster. (PropTechBuzz)

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Prompting Tip: Keeping AI Aligned with Your Goals

Want to ensure AI stays aligned with your objectives? Try structuring your prompts with clear constraints and guiding principles.

Example Prompt
"You are an AI assistant optimizing customer service responses for my e-commerce business. Prioritize helpfulness, accuracy, and brand tone while avoiding over-promising or unsupported claims. If uncertain, ask clarifying questions rather than guessing."

Why It Works:
✅ Explicit Instructions – Clearly defines AI’s role and constraints.
✅ Ethical Guardrails – Prevents misleading or off-brand responses.
✅ Self-Correction Mechanism – Encourages AI to seek clarification if unsure.

By consistently reinforcing these principles, you guide AI toward responses that align with your goals while minimizing drift or unintended outcomes.