Good morning, it’s Tuesday. Chefs are handing the reins to ChatGPT for nine-course tasting menus—who needs culinary school when you've got great prompts? And in Nigeria, AI tutors helped students make two years of progress in just six weeks.

Also in today’s issue: Our conversation with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Gemini, self-improving agents, and the future of search.

Read on!

👉️ P.S. Don’t miss the prompt of the week at the end.

🗞️ YOUR DAILY ROLLUP

Top Stories of the Day

🚀 IBM Opens NYC Hub to Accelerate Enterprise AI
IBM launched watsonx AI Labs in Manhattan to boost generative AI development for startups and enterprises. The lab will co-create real-world AI solutions with partners and offer local talent access to mentorship, tech resources, and funding. It includes tech from NYC-based Seek AI and supports projects from customer service to cybersecurity.

📲 Samsung Eyes Perplexity AI Integration for Phones
Samsung is reportedly planning to invest in AI search startup Perplexity and embed its technology across Galaxy devices. Discussions include pre-installing the app, integrating its search into Samsung’s browser, and enhancing Bixby with Perplexity’s AI. This move aligns with a $500M funding round valuing Perplexity at $14B, amid growing industry interest.

🪐 AI Solves Mars Slope Streak Mystery—No Water Needed
A new study using decades of satellite data has solved a Martian enigma: the dark streaks on Mars’ slopes are caused by dry dust avalanches, not salty water. Researchers mapped nearly 500,000 streaks using deep learning and found no evidence of liquid. Instead, wind, impacts, or rock shifts trigger dust slides. This shifts the narrative away from water-linked habitability.

🎮 NVIDIA May Cut RTX 5000 GPU Output for AI Focus
NVIDIA is rumored to reduce GeForce RTX 5000 production by up to 30% to prioritize high-demand AI chips like the GB200 and upcoming GB300 series. The move would deepen supply issues and pricing woes for Blackwell gaming cards. Despite strong gaming revenue growth, NVIDIA's AI business now dwarfs it, generating over 10 times more income.

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👨‍🍳 CUISINE

AI Joins the Kitchen Crew: Chefs Tap ChatGPT to Cook Up Creative Menus

High-end chefs like Grant Achatz and Jenner Tomaska are now using ChatGPT not just for kitchen logistics but as a creative partner. At Chicago’s Next, Achatz is building an entire nine-course menu generated by AI, with recipes crafted through prompts about fictional chefs and their imagined histories. Others are using AI for everything from spice suggestions to conceptual interior design.

While chefs like Dominique Crenn argue that cooking should remain a human art, proponents say AI helps break creative ruts and offers boundless, judgment-free feedback. It's not replacing chefs—but it’s becoming an unlikely sous-chef in some of the world’s most inventive kitchens. → Read the full article here.

👾 FORWARD FUTURE ORIGINAL

Sundar Pichai on the Future of Google, Gemini, and Agent Memory

We sat down with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai for a rare, in-depth conversation about where Google is headed with AI. We talked about Gemini’s move into diffusion models, the rise of self-improving agents like Alpha Evolve, and why smart glasses might be the ideal interface for personal intelligence.

Sundar also shared his thoughts on agent memory, open protocols, and how Google is thinking about the future of search. If you’re trying to understand where this is all going—and how it’ll shape the tools we use every day—you won’t want to miss this. → Watch the full interview or read the key takeaways.

👨‍🏫 EDUCATION

AI Tutors Make the Grade in Nigeria, Outpacing Traditional Classrooms

A pilot program in Nigeria using Microsoft’s GPT-4-powered chatbot helped students make nearly two years' worth of academic progress in just six weeks. In the study, pairs of secondary school students worked with the AI to improve English skills, outperforming a control group by 10%—even on unrelated end-of-year exams.

While caveats remain—like cost, infrastructure, and the influence of extra study time—the gains far outstrip most education interventions in similar contexts. In under-resourced classrooms, where teacher shortages and low literacy rates are the norm, AI isn’t replacing educators—it’s filling critical gaps. → Read the full article here.

👩‍🔬 SCIENCE

AI Discovers Battery 'Rejuvenation Potion' That Could Revolutionize EV Waste

Chinese researchers used AI to find a chemical “injection” that restores dead lithium-ion batteries, potentially extending their lifespan by thousands of cycles. The team, led by Fudan University, identified a lithium salt using machine learning, which, when injected into depleted cells, revived them to 96% capacity—even after 12,000 charge cycles.

The method worked on multiple battery types and is now being commercialized. Though challenges remain—like adapting it to full battery packs and ensuring long-term safety—the approach could offer a rare form of direct recycling, easing environmental burdens from EV battery waste. → Read the full paper here.

🛰️ NEWS

What Else is Happening

⚙️ Meta Automates Advertising by 2026: Brands will soon upload a product and budget—AI will handle copy, video, targeting, and spend. Some advertisers worry Meta’s tools give it too much creative control.

💰 Microsoft Pours $400M Into Swiss AI: The tech giant will expand cloud and AI infrastructure across four data centers, aiming to boost local capacity while keeping sensitive data within Swiss borders.

📱 Google Launches Offline AI App: Google’s AI Edge Gallery lets users run generative models like Gemma directly on phones—no internet needed. Still experimental, it supports chat and image tasks.

📈 Musk’s xAI Eyes $113B Valuation: xAI launches $300M share sale at a $113B valuation after merging with X. The deal lets early investors cash out before a bigger funding round, as Musk refocuses on AI, Tesla, and X.

🎁 Bill Gates to Give Fortune to Africa: Gates pledges most of his $200B wealth to boost health and education across Africa by 2045, aiming to “unleash human potential” and sunset his foundation.

📽️ VIDEO

GitHub CEO Predicts the Future of Programming...(Full Interview)

Matt sat down with GitHub’s Thomas Dohmke to explore how AI is reshaping coding—from the birth of Copilot to the rise of coding agents—and why the future is built together. Get the full scoop! 👇

📟 PROMPT OF THE WEEK

Turn ChatGPT Into Your “Cognitive Compression Layer”

For everything I’m about to share — ideas, documents, or long discussions — your job is to distill the core insights, identify patterns, flag contradictions, and help me remember only what matters. Create smart summaries with mental models I can reuse, and suggest frameworks I might apply. Ready?

Why it’s powerful:

1. Turns ChatGPT into a thinking partner, not just a summarizer.

2. Builds reusable mental models from your input.

3. Works brilliantly for research synthesis, meeting notes, or learning complex topics.

Example:

🧰 TOOLBOX

No-Code AI Building, One-Tap Photo Editing, and Smart Wearable Recall

🛠️ AISmartCube: Build custom AI tools with a drag-and-drop interface, ready-made templates, and top model integration—no coding needed.

🖼️ PicWish: Edit photos with ease using AI tools for background removal, enhancement, face swaps, and more—free and available on all devices.

🎙️ Limitless: Wearable AI that records conversations and meetings, helping you recall key moments via a personal assistant—no note-taking needed.

That’s a Wrap!

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Matthew Berman & The Forward Future Team

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