AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends

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OpenAI's flagship AI model GPT-5.5 is here. It's smarter, faster, cheaper, better at long-running tasks and…oh boy, everything just changed again.
This week on AI For Humans, OpenAI dropped state-of-the-art GPT-5.5 and it's not just another model release, it's the start of a much faster iterative rollout. Sam Altman and Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki both said to expect significantly more releases going forward, admitting the last few years have been surprisingly slow. It may not be Anthropic Mythos numbers but it's actually here.
We walk through the benchmarks, the viral OpenAI dev video about being able to be lazy and letting the model figure things out, and incredible projects people built in the first 24 hours: a full toy railway simulation, Sebastien Bubeck's Unicorn Test, a UFO tank game, and Gavin's Animal Game spun up in 30 minutes. 
Plus, Codex got a bunch of new features including browser use and docs. OpenAI shared agents in ChatGPT. More ChatGPT Images 2.0 examples keep dropping. I mean… it's a LOT.
GPT-5.5 IS HERE. THE AI RACE JUST GOT FASTER. VROOM VROOM.
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GPT-5.5 Official Announcement From OpenAI
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/
Sam Altman's GPT-5.5 Launch Tweet
https://x.com/sama/status/2047378254575685707?s=20
OpenAI Dev Video: Being Lazy With GPT-5.5
https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2047377079352877534?s=20
Codex Gets a Bunch of New Features
https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2047387017974337611?s=20
Codex Update Video From OpenAI Devs
https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2047381283358355706?s=20
Shared Agents Announced in ChatGPT
https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2047008987665809771?s=20
GPT-5.5 vs 5.4 Toy Railway Comparison
https://x.com/petergostev/status/2047376725106131014?s=20
Sebastien Bubeck's Unicorn Test
https://x.com/SebastienBubeck/status/2047383628922167390?s=20
UFO Tank Game Built With GPT-5.5
https://x.com/intheworldofai/status/2047383340483821798?s=20
Where's Waldo Prompt Test
https://x.com/JeffLadish/status/2046839551403176251?s=20
Gavin's NFL Draft ChatGPT Images 2.0 Test
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2047203603757367426?s=20

OpenAI just dropped ChatGPT Images 2.0 (GPT Image 2) and it's by far the new #1 AI image model. 2K resolution, multi-language support, incredible text rendering, and yes, it can write on individual grains of rice.
This week on AI For Humans, OpenAI dropped ChatGPT Images 2.0 (GPT Images 2) and it instantly took the #1 spot on the Arena leaderboard, beating Nano Banana 2 by a significant margin. The new model generates images up to 2K resolution, handles multiple languages including non-Latin scripts like Japanese, Korean, and Hindi, and excels at image-to-image editing. There's a standard instant mode and a thinking mode for paid users that can search the web and double-check its work. 
We walk through the best examples so far: Simon Willison's Where's Waldo test, Ethan Mollick's otter benchmark, Gavin's own periodic table test and his AI For Humans in 2045 screenshot. Plus, the OpenAI livestream moment where the model wrote text on individual grains of rice went viral.
Elsewhere, SpaceX just bought Cursor for $60 billion to build the new xAI and take on OpenAI and Anthropic for coding and knowledge work. Suno became the #1 music download in the world. And we've got HyperFrames, a cool new way to make motion graphics with Claude Code or Codex.
CHATGPT IMAGES 2.0 IS THE NEW IMAGE KING. WHAT A WEEK.
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ChatGPT Images 2.0 Official Announcement From OpenAI
https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/
ChatGPT Images 2.0 Launch Tweet
https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2046665696898412887?s=20
ChatGPT Images 2.0 Live Stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/sWkGomJ3TLI?si=PS_P3Fm82er5V5iU
Simon Willison's Where's Waldo Test
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/21/gpt-image-2/
1990s Magazine Cover Example
https://x.com/nlw/status/2046667875507658769?s=20
Ethan Mollick's Otter Test
https://x.com/emollick/status/2046665274535854146?s=20
Gavin's YT Screenshot of AI For Humans in 2045
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2046608542304817214?s=20
Gavin's Periodic Table Test
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2046617366600335476?s=20
Sam Altman as Robert Oppenheimer Example
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2046664500192194596?s=20
The Absolute Worst Meal
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2046620227614704076?s=20
SpaceX Buys Cursor for $60 Billion
https://www.reuters.com/technology/spacex-says-it-has-option-acquire-startup-cursor-60-billion-2026-04-21/
Suno Is Now the #1 Music Download in the World
https://x.com/MikeyShulman/status/2046597665152966682?s=20
HyperFrames: Motion Graphics With Claude Code or Codex
https://x.com/liu8in/status/2045251157472559222?s=20
Gavin's Highlighter Example
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2045892975360970997?s=20

Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.7 with better vision, better coding and… better everything. And, along with OpenAI's new Codex, AI is accelerating ever faster.
This week on AI For Humans, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7, a major step up from Opus 4.6 with better visual reasoning, improved software coding and even makes presentations for cavemen.
Benchmarks put Opus 4.7 between 4.6 and the unreleased Mythos preview, and the new default xhigh reasoning level means more token burn but more reliability on hard problems. The same day, OpenAI updated Codex with better computer use, an integrated browser, and a bunch of new tools. 
Then Jensen Huang's epic Dwarkesh Patel interview broke the internet, with Jensen explaining why NVIDIA keeps selling AI chips to China and dropping the instantly iconic "you're not talking to someone who woke up a loser" line. 
Plus, Reese Witherspoon is now in on AI, Doug Liman's Killing Satoshi got made for $80M using AI tools (would have cost $300M without them) and we got our first look at AI Val Kilmer.
OPUS 4.7 HAS LANDED. CODEX GOT UPGRADED. IT'S ALL HAPPENING
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Claude Opus 4.7 Official Blog Post
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7
Claude Opus 4.7 System Card
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/037f06850df7fbe871e206dad004c3db5fd50340.pdf
Opus 4.7 Is Better at Presentations
https://x.com/nadzi_mouad/status/2044814009040261336?s=20
A4H for Cavemen by Cavemen
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2044822422868865209?s=20
Opus 4.7 Default xhigh Reasoning and Token Burn
https://x.com/mattpocockuk/status/2044802839709372798?s=20
Opus 4.7 Has a New Tokenizer and Base Model
https://x.com/natolambert/status/2044788470179332533?s=20
OpenAI Codex Update: Codex for Almost Everything
https://openai.com/index/codex-for-almost-everything/
Reese Witherspoon Is Now in on AI
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/reese-witherspoon-ai-comments-instagram-reel-book-authors-1236566844/
The Jensen Huang Interview With Dwarkesh Patel
https://youtu.be/Hrbq66XqtCo?si=NpEzxTuuXreLiNRs
Dwarkesh Pushes Jensen on Selling Chips to China
https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2044483393941848131?s=20
First Look at AI Val Kilmer
https://x.com/Variety/status/2044491101990535460?s=20
Killing Satoshi: Doug Liman's $80M AI-Made Movie
https://x.com/TheWrap/status/2044414225158635528?s=20

The AI compute crisis is here. Anthropic's Claude is getting dumber and Opus 4.7 & OpenAI's Spud are about to make it worse. What happen's next?
This week on AI For Humans, we dig into the AI compute crunch that's quietly becoming the industry's biggest problem. The Wall Street Journal just ran a cover story about AI using so much energy that computing power is running out. Claude users are noticing the model getting worse, and an AMD Senior AI Director confirmed. AI pundits are asking whether Anthropic's reluctance to release Mythos is really about safety or about not having enough compute. 
Meanwhile, Opus 4.7 is reportedly coming next week, rumors are swirling about a new OpenAI model dropping any day, and Uber already blew through its entire annual AI coding budget. Anthropic just signed a deal with Google and Broadcom for more compute. Greg Brockman published an essay on the computer-powered economy. 
Plus, Google DeepMind drops Gemini Robotics Reasoning Model ER-1.6, Steven Soderbergh comes to the defense of AI filmmaking, Diplo says you can't fight AI and the internet has opinions, and Ray Kurzweil says we'll soon just accept AIs as conscious because it'll be useless not to.
AI IS RUNNING OUT OF POWER. CLAUDE IS GETTING DUMBER. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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WSJ Cover Story: AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Power Is Running Out
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-is-using-so-much-energy-that-computing-firepower-is-running-out-156e5c85
Data on Claude Getting Dumber: AMD Senior AI Director Confirms Nerfing
https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2042979500103815306?s=20
Opus 4.7 Coming Next Week (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-anthropic-preps-opus-4-7-model-ai-design-tool?rc=c3oojq
Anthropic's Compute Crunch (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/anthropics-compute-crunch-strikes?rc=c3oojq
Claude Code Routines
https://x.com/claudeai/status/2044095086460309790?s=20
New Claude Code Desktop App
https://x.com/felixrieseberg/status/2044128194647994585?s=20
Uber Blew Through AI Coding Budgets for the Year Already
https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/uber-cto-shows-claude-code-can-blow-ai-budgets?rc=c3oojq
Greg Brockman Essay on the Computer-Powered Economy
https://x.com/gdb/status/2043831031468568734
OpenAI's Reckless Spending and Datacenter Cancellations
https://x.com/firstadopter/status/2043009456103993426?s=20
Ray Kurzweil on AI Consciousness
https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/2043716604442128460?s=20
Gemini Robotics ER-1.6 Blog Post
https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-er-1-6/
Steven Soderbergh Defends AI Filmmaking
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/steven-soderbergh-the-christophers-star-wars-ben-solo-movie-controversial-ai-comments-1236713201/
Diplo: You Can't Fight AI
https://youtu.be/zFVpJFFN3dI?si=C6_0MxmNzSHCdrds
PI Hard: Fun AI Video
https://x.com/aiordieshow/status/2044044721459265557?s=20

Claude Mythos Preview might break the internet, Florida is suing OpenAI and datacenter protests are spreading. This is the AI backlash.
This week on AI For Humans, we're having a frank conversation about the growth of anti-AI sentiment and what we (as humans) can do about it. 

Florida's Attorney General launched an investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI over the dangers of AI to children. Datacenter protests are rising across the country, with xAI facing accusations of poisoning local communities. Bernie Sanders and Hank Green are calling for slowing down while Sam Altman is proposing new taxes for when AI does all the work. Oh and Demis Hassabis says he'd rather have cured cancer than compete with ChatGPT.

We dig into how the stories we tell about AI shape public perception, starting with last week's Mythos as cyberweapon framing. Is AI the problem or are we the problem? 
Plus, Meta surprised everyone with Muse Spark, a new AI model that's actually pretty good. Claude shipped managed agents, a monitor tool, and advisor strategy features. OpenAI introduced a $100/month plan and doubled Codex limits again. And OG content creator Captain Hahaa is doing incredible stuff with Seedance 2.0.
EVERYBODY HATES AI. WE DON'T. BUT… MAYBE WE SHOULD?
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Claude Mythos Preview Is Everyone's Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/claude-mythos-hacking/686746/
Mythos as Cyberweapon: How We Frame AI Stories Matters
https://x.com/emollick/status/2041759434590822658?s=20
Florida AG Launches Investigation Into AI
https://x.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/2042258048115265541?s=20
Datacenter Protests Are Rising
https://x.com/Skriptkeeper17/status/2041962045193482478?s=20
Hank Green and Bernie Sanders on Slowing Down AI
https://youtu.be/hLcY30KEeNs?si=FQQkUA_qPDQuOIOA
Sam Altman on Changing How We Tax When AI Does All the Work
https://x.com/haider1/status/2042110456429736094?s=20
Demis Hassabis Interview: Would Rather Have Cured Cancer
https://youtu.be/C0gErQtnNFE?si=gNrISNqfnaeASBQZ
Meta Introduces Muse Spark
https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-msl/
Gavin Purcell Confused With Irish Rock Star Gavin Purcell of Bicurious
https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2042071670962450448?s=20
OpenAI Introduces $100/Month Plan and Doubles Codex Limits
https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2042295688323875316?s=20
Claude Managed Agents
https://x.com/claudeai/status/2041927687460024721?s=20
Claude Monitor Tool
https://x.com/noahzweben/status/2042332268450963774?s=20
Claude Advisor Strategy
https://x.com/claudeai/status/2042308622181339453?s=20