OpenAI takes on LinkedIn with jobs platform

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. AI has been catching loads of heat for reshaping the job market, and the corporate on the forefront of the revolution is launching a brand new program to assist staff adapt to the chaos.

With a brand new Jobs Platform and certification programs, OpenAI is stepping onto Microsoft-owned LinkedIn’s turf, with a goal of upskilling 10M Americans in AI fluency in the method.

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In today’s AI rundown:

• OpenAI’s AI jobs platform, certification program

• DeepSeek’s ‘self-improving’ AI agent

• Transform photos into 3D-style visuals

• Google’s EmbeddingGemma for on-device AI

• 4 latest AI tools, community workflows, and more

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OPENAI

💼 OpenAI’s AI jobs platform, certification program

The Rundown: OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, Fidji Simo, just announced the corporate’s plans to launch the OpenAI Jobs Platform, designed to attach businesses with AI-skilled staff, alongside a brand new certification program for AI fluency.

The small print:

• The platform will match employers with AI-savvy job candidates, with dedicated tracks for small businesses and native governments searching for talent.

• OpenAI partnered with Walmart and other employers to develop certification programs that teach different levels of AI fluency directly inside ChatGPT.

• Simo said the goal is to certify 10M Americans in AI fluency by 2030, with this system expanding on its previously launched OpenAI Academy resources.

• The initiative coincides with White House AI literacy efforts, with tech leaders meeting in Washington this week to debate workforce development.

Why it matters: OpenAI is positioning itself as each a disruptor and an answer provider, creating AI tools that transform jobs while constructing infrastructure to retrain displaced staff. The move also pits OAI against (Microsoft-owned) LinkedIn within the talent marketplace, creating yet one more front for the 2 icy partners to fight over.

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DEEPSEEK

🐳 DeepSeek’s ‘self-improving’ AI agent

The Rundown: DeepSeek is working on a brand new AI with advanced agentic capabilities, including executing multi-step tasks autonomously and self-improving, in accordance with Bloomberg — with the Chinese startup aiming for a release in Q4 of this yr.

The small print:

• The brand new system will handle complex workflows with minimal user input and “learn and improve based on its prior actions.”

• Founder Liang Wenfeng goals to deliver the agent by the top of the yr, while the corporate’s R1 successor still awaits release after reported internal delays.

• The launch would follow agentic trends from AI leaders, including releases like ChatGPT Agent, Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome, and more.

• DeepSeek has remained relatively quiet of late, despite Chinese rivals like Alibaba and Tencent pushing aggressive release schedules.

Why it matters: R1’s ‘DeepSeek moment’ shook up the AI model world lower than a yr ago, however the anticipation for the lab’s next major release has been a waiting game. With broad agentic capabilities still struggling to live as much as the ‘yr of the AI agent’ moniker, DeepSeek could have one other sector-altering launch up its sleeve.

AI TRAINING

📷 Transform photos into 3D-style visuals

The Rundown: On this tutorial, you’ll learn use Google’s Nano Banana model to recreate any room or environment in isometric view, supplying you with a bird’s-eye perspective that reveals hidden details and creates visuals for content/design mockups.

Step-by-step:

1. Go to gemini.google.com, toggle on “Tools”, and choose “Create Images” (with the banana icon)

2. Upload any room photo and prompt: “Recreate this image in isometric view” —suddenly see details that weren’t visible before

3. Refine elements: “Make the room larger,” “Add punk rock theme with minimalist chandelier” — Nano Banana edits without regenerating the image

4. Swap environments: “Change cityscape window to ocean view” or “Add natural sunlight and a door to a different room” — perfect for testing interior design ideas

5. Push further with VEO: Upload your edited image and prompt “Make this room vigorous by adding two dogs running through” to create a video with sound effects

Pro tip: Nano Banana is great for each content creation and interior design mockups. It’s excellent at editing elements while keeping the remainder of the image consistent.

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GOOGLE

📱 Google’s EmbeddingGemma for on-device AI

The Rundown: Google DeepMind released EmbeddingGemma, a brand new addition to its open-source Gemma model family that’s efficient enough to run on consumer devices, letting apps search and understand text in 100+ languages without web.

The small print:

• The model works fast enough for real-time responses while consuming less memory than a photograph app, making it practical for smartphones and laptops.

• Google built it to power offline search across personal files, messages, and emails, keeping sensitive data on-device quite than sending it to the cloud.

• Developers can adjust the model’s precision based on needs, selecting between accuracy or faster speeds depending on the particular application.

• The system already integrates with popular developer tools and runs directly in web browsers, enabling privacy-focused apps that function completely offline.

Why it matters: Google’s timing positions models like EmbeddingGemma as critical infrastructure for the approaching wave of on-device AI agents and assistants, enabling a brand new class of privacy-preserving offline apps. Any on-device release from Google also now has extra interest given the tech giant’s potential Siri-powered ambitions.

QUICK HITS

🛠️ Trending AI Tools

• ☄ Comet – Perplexity’s AI-first browser, now available to all students

• ⚙️ Warp Code – Warp’s SOTA agent for code review, editing, and projects

• 📓 NotebookLM – Google’s research tool, with latest customization features

• 🔎 Jan-v1-edge – Jan’s powerful latest AI search model

📰 All the things else in AI today

Atlassian announced the acquisition of The Browser Company for $610M, with plans to expand its AI-driven Dia browser with enterprise-focused integrations and security.

Warner Bros. filed a brand new copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging unauthorized use of its characters, like Superman and Batman, in AI-generated images and videos.

Microsoft unveiled latest AI education commitments on the White House AI Education Task Force meeting, including free Copilot, educator grants, and LinkedIn AI courses.

Lovable rolled out Voice Mode, a brand new functionality powered by ElevenLabs’ speech-to-text model that enables users to code and construct apps via voice commands.

AI search startup Exa raised $85M in a brand new Series B funding round at a $700M valuation.

xAI CFO Mike Liberatore left the startup, becoming the most recent in a wave of exits that features co-founder Igor Babuschkin and general counsel Robert Keele.

COMMUNITY

🤝 Community AI workflows

Every newsletter, we showcase how a reader is using AI to work smarter, save time, or make life easier.

Today’s workflow comes from reader Matthew in Windsor, CO:

“I used Google’s NotebookLM and YouTube to perform internal business consulting. I pick a number of experts in a field, select their YouTube videos that debate more overall strategy quite than how-tos and put that together with our business information (website, mission/vision statements, offering, and other brand brief-like material) all into NotebookLM and have the AI perform quick (and free) evaluation of my business from the angle of the chosen expert(s). Really helped with refining how we present/phrase ideas and offering.”

How do you utilize AI? Tell us here.

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• Today’s AI tool guide: Transform photos into 3D visuals with Nano Banana

• RSVP to our next live workshop @ 4 PM today: Template-first AI workflows

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Rowan, Joey, Zach, Shubham, and Jennifer — the humans behind The Rundown