🧠 HOW DIFFERENT AGES USE CHATGPT, ACCORDING TO SAM ALTMAN: OpenAI’s CEO says ChatGPT use is splitting by generation—and how you interact with AI may depend on when you were born.

—> 👴 OLDER USERS: They treat ChatGPT like a Google replacement—search, summarize, ask a question, get an answer. Efficient. Literal. Minimal prompts.

—> 👨‍💼 20s & 30s: It’s a life coach. People in this age group use ChatGPT for advice, context on relationships, even personal dilemmas. Altman says some won’t make big decisions without it.

—> 🎓 COLLEGE STUDENTS: It’s an operating system. They connect ChatGPT to files, memorize complex prompt chains, and use it to manage academic, personal, and digital life—all at once.

Source: TechRadar

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🧢 BLACK SHIRT REBELLION: STARBUCKS WORKERS STRIKE OVER DRESS CODE. Baristas at 50+ stores walked off the job after Starbucks rolled out a new dress code requiring solid black tops. The union says it wasn’t part of the deal—and workers say they can’t afford a wardrobe reset.

—> THE VIBE: Looks like the pandemic’s athleisure era is over… and employees aren’t going quietly.

Source: Bloomberg.

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FUTURES

📉 INFLATION COOLS. TECH STOCKS HEAT UP. New data shows U.S. inflation unexpectedly slowed last month—sending markets higher and giving the Fed fresh breathing room to cut rates later this year.

—> THE MOVES:
• 🔹 S&P 500: +0.7% — erases 2025 losses
• 🔹 Dow: -0.6% — dragged by industrials
• 🔹 Nasdaq: +1.6% — led by AI + tech surge

—> THE CATCH: Trump’s new tariffs could still reignite inflation in the months ahead. For now, Wall Street’s betting on rate cuts—and riding the AI wave.

Source: AP

CRYPTO

🪙 ARIZONA SHUTS DOWN BITCOIN BILLS—BUT CRACKS DOWN ON ATMS. Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed two major crypto reserve bills, rejecting proposals to invest state funds in Bitcoin or accept crypto for taxes. But she signed a bill regulating Bitcoin ATMs with strict fraud protections.

—> WHAT SHE BLOCKED:
• ❌ No state crypto reserve fund
• ❌ No Bitcoin in treasury or retirement accounts
• ❌ No crypto payments for taxes or fees

—> WHAT SHE SIGNED:
• ✅ New Bitcoin ATM rules: fraud warnings, receipt transparency, and 24/7 support
• ✅ Daily limits: $2K for new users, $10.5K after 10 days
• ✅ Refunds for scam victims within 30 days

Arizona joins a growing list of states grappling with crypto regulation in real time.

Source: CoinTelegraph

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QUANTUM // ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

🧊 TO RUN A QUANTUM COMPUTER, YOU HAVE TO FREEZE REALITY. A cryogenic mega-plant is being built in Brisbane to cool the world’s first utility-scale quantum computer—down to -269°C.

—> THE BREAKTHROUGH: PsiQuantum is partnering with Linde to build a facility that can keep qubits stable enough to compute at a level no silicon chip can touch. Target: a fully functional quantum computer by 2027.

—> WHY IT MATTERS: Quantum computers could crack problems today’s machines can’t—drug discovery, clean energy, unbreakable encryption. But they only work if the qubits don’t collapse. That’s where the cold comes in.

—> WHY IT HAS TO BE COLD: Even a whisper of heat scrambles qubits. At near-absolute zero, quantum states stay intact long enough to calculate. No chill, no quantum.

Source: Cosmos

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ONE MORE THING

🏠 AIRBNB JUST TURNED INTO A REAL-WORLD OPERATING SYSTEM. What started as sleeping in a stranger’s spare room is now something else entirely. With M13, Airbnb’s new platform, you can now Airbnb anything—a chef, a glam team, a tea master in Tokyo, a lucha libre wrestler in Mexico City.

—> THE SHIFT: Airbnb is expanding from places to experiences and services—all bookable in the same app. Need dinner cooked by a Michelin-starred chef in your Airbnb? A makeup artist? A massage the next morning? It’s all there. Airbnb has gone from short-term rental platform to real-world OS.

—> THE VISION: CEO Brian Chesky calls it “the Airbnb of everything.” He’s redesigned the entire company around a single idea: what if one app could run your life offline the way your phone runs it online? Travel, lifestyle, events—all plug-and-play.

—> THE VIBE: Less hotel alternative, more futuristic layer that sits over reality. Airbnb isn’t competing with hotels anymore. It’s competing with how we do life.

Source: WSJ

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