ChatGPT heads to Washington

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. ChatGPT just got its federal security clearance — and the U.S. government could also be getting its most efficient civil servant yet.

With OpenAI’s latest Gov platform deploying across hundreds of agencies, bureaucracy’s slow-moving wheels are about to get an efficiency upgrade for the AI age.

Speaking of ChatGPT, our next workshop is that this Friday at 4 PM EST. In it, you’ll learn find out how to automate tasks with OpenAI’s Operator! RSVP here.

In today’s AI rundown:

• OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Gov platform

• Block releases open-source AI agent platform ‘Goose’

• Create personalized illustrations in your brand

• YuE unlocks open-source AI music generation

• 4 latest AI tools & 4 job opportunities

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OPENAI

🏛️ OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Gov platform

The Rundown: OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Gov, a specialized version of its flagship product designed specifically for U.S. agencies — allowing departments to securely benefit from AI systems in their very own private environment.

The small print:

• The platform allows agencies to deploy ChatGPT inside Azure environments, enabling sensitive data processing and adherence to security protocols.

• Gov users can access 4o, and Enterprise features like conversation sharing, custom GPTs, and admin controls for department-wide deployments.

• The federal government has already actively used ChatGPT, with data showing that over 90k employees across 3,500 agencies have generated 18M messages since 2024.

Why it matters: With AI models becoming intertwined in nearly every sector, it’s no surprise that the federal government is adopting the tech internally and desires a safer deployment for sensitive data and materials. This latest, tailored option could significantly spur even broader AI adoption across federal agencies.

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BLOCK

🦢 Block releases open-source AI agent platform ‘Goose’

The Rundown: Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s fintech company Block just launched Goose, an open-source AI agent framework that enables developers to construct and deploy AI assistants across multiple platforms and systems.

The small print:

• The platform supports any LLM backend, including OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Anthropic, while maintaining data privacy and deployment control.

• Goose integrates with Anthropic’s MCP and APIs to enable a wide selection of tool connections, with the power so as to add latest integrations mid-session.

• Early implementations at Block show Goose automating complex tasks like code migrations, dependency management, and test generation.

• The framework was released under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing unrestricted business and research use.

Why it matters: The open-source movement is accelerating across AI, and Jack Dorsey’s latest bird-themed release is now bringing it to the agentic layer. Given Block’s track record with Square and Money App, Goose could do what those apps did for AI agents for payments — taking complex tech and making it accessible to everyone.

AI TRAINING

🖌️ Create personalized illustrations in your brand

The Rundown: Freepik permits you to create your individual branded illustration style by uploading reference images and getting consistent visuals across all of your content.

Step-by-step:

1. Access Freepik AI‘s Create tab and click on the plus icon within the Style section.

2. Upload your reference images (10-50 images advisable).

3. Select your quality setting (Ultra, High, or Medium).

4. Generate illustrations by choosing your style and writing a prompt.

Pro tip: Take a look at our exclusive workshop on creating custom styles with Freepik here.

Moreover, Rundown University members enjoy a free monthly premium Freepik plan.

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🛡️ Meet your AI security review sidekick

The Rundown: Conveyor just launched Sue, the primary AI Agent for Customer Trust — able to taking over all of the tasks that infosec teams dread like sharing NDA-gated documents, answering security questionnaires and every little thing in between. Perfect for B2B infosec teams sick of manual work.

Sue can do all of this for you:

• Manage and complete customer security requests while communicating across systems and teams

• Complete, reject, or escalate questionnaires based on parameters you set

• Handle any questionnaire format with no manual tagging — even portals

• Personalize your Trust Center using insights from conversation intelligence tools

Learn more and start with Sue today.

AI RESEARCH

🎵 YuE unlocks open-source AI music generation

The Rundown: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology researchers just introduced YuE, an open-source AI music generation that transforms lyrics into complete songs, difficult closed business platforms like Suno and Udio.

The small print:

• YuE leverages two specialized models — one for vocals and music and one other for production elements — enabling the creation of songs as much as 5 minutes in length.

• The system supports multiple languages and may handle complex vocal techniques like scatting and mixed-voice performances.

• Users can fine-tune their creations with controls for genre, instruments, mood, and vocal characteristics while still maintaining a coherent musical structure.

Why it matters: With business AI music platforms like Suno and Udio facing growing legal challenges from record labels, an open-source system could seriously shake up the space. Whether from YuE or one other entrant, broader access to AI music tools is coming fast – and the music industry is already reckoning with the changes.

QUICK HITS

🛠️ Trending AI Tools

• 🎥 Pika 2.1 – Recent AI video model with enhanced realism, motion, and control

• 🐋 Janus-Pro – DeepSeek’s latest open-source AI image generation model

• 🤖 Qwen2.5-VL – Recent family of vision-language models with agentic capabilities to interact with computers and phones

• 📝 BulletPen – Transform spoken thoughts and rambles into polished writing

💼 AI Job Opportunities

• 🤝 The Rundown – Partnerships Manager

• 🔬 Luma AI – Research Scientist

• 📈 Shield AI – Senior Director of Sales

• 💼 Findem – Enterprise Account Executive

📰 All the pieces else in AI today

Alibaba’s Qwen introduced Qwen2.5-Max, a brand new large-scale MoE model that outperforms DeepSeek-V3, GPT-4o, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet across key benchmarks.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chimed in on DeepSeek’s R1 release, calling it a formidable model and saying it’s ‘invigorating’ to have a brand new competitor.

Figure AI launched a brand new Center for Advancement of Humanoid Safety to determine industry-wide testing standards and quarterly safety reports for workplace robots.

Ex-OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler posted on X that he’s ‘pretty terrified’ by the pace of AI development, saying no lab currently has an answer for alignment.

Convergence AI launched Proxy, a natural language agent it calls ‘Europe’s answer to OpenAI’s Operator.’

Hugging Face integrated 4 latest serverless inference providers — fal, Replicate, Sambanova, and Together AI — enabling direct model deployment and faster inference.

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Rowan, Joey, Zach, Alvaro, and Jason—The Rundown’s editorial team