Full Width 
FOCUS MODE
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List More from Mazdak
On August 7, 2025, OpenAI officially released GPT-5, its latest flagship model, to the world.
If you work in media or publishing, brace yourself — another platform update from Google is quietly shifting the ground beneath us.
🌐 Big Tech Bets Trillions on AI Infrastructure
Anthropic has officially launched the Claude 4 model family, and with it, the frontier of artificial intelligence just shifted again.
More in finance
While the global soap opera of the Gaza crisis, Trump/Putin PR, Ukraine misery etc continued, I have created some warm memories in August. I spent a bit of time in the New Forest, at both ends, and the middle. Which included a trip to Mudeford, site of the UK’s most expensive beach huts. I also… Continue reading August ’25: Warm memories →
President Trump’s deregulatory agenda emboldened prediction markets to push boundaries around permitted event contracts. Now sites advised by his son are allowing bets on his death.
If you want to get rich, the irony is that small markets are often better than large ones.
The regulator set to take on primary crypto oversight is down to a single Commissioner, and new pro-crypto PACs focus on installing more Republicans in the midterms
