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Gemini 3 Flash will become the new default model in the Gemini and web interface. Google will be adjusting the free limits for Gemini 3 Pro, but it has yet to specify what the changes will be. OpenAI opens ChatGPT to third-party apps after review process (1 minute read) OpenAI has opened submissions for third-party apps inside ChatGPT. Developers can publish their tools directly to the platform following a review process. Apps will be positioned alongside existing built-in tools. The rollout is global. Monetization details have not been fully outlined yet. 🚀 Science & Futuristic Technology Connectome Pioneer Sebastian Seung Is Building A Digital Brain (9 minute read) Sebastian Seung, a neuroscience and computer science professor at Princeton University, was one of the researchers who helped create the first complete wiring diagram of a fly's brain. He has created a startup called Memazing to create the technology needed to reverse engineer the fly brain (and eventually more complex organisms) and create full recreations of the brain in software. The company's goal is to use an existing map of how nature has produced intelligence to create a new form of artificial intelligence. The startup is still in a very early stage and is in the process of raising funds, but the team has already begun work on the fly brain emulation and has started connecting a model to a simple robotics system. NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader (5 minute read) Jared Isaacman, at 42 years old, is the youngest person to lead NASA. The agency has faced an extraordinarily difficult year. About 20% of the agency employees took buyouts or early retirements thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency. NASA is locked into a high-stakes race with China to return humans to the Moon, but the agency has to deal with an administration that sought to cut its budget by 24%. 💻 Programming, Design & Data Science TLDR readers: Save 30% on Semrush's LLM + SEO offering when you sign up by NYE (Sponsor) 213M+ AI prompts. 27.6B+ keywords. 17 years of search leadership. Semrush One is built to give you total coverage of AI & SEO visibility in 2026. When you sign up by the end of 2025, you get 30% off an annual subscription. Claim your savings and make 2026 the year you win every search 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (17 minute read) Stack Overflow Developer Survey looks at the tools and technologies developers are currently using and the ones they want to use. This year's survey included questions about embedded technology tools and industry-sourced, community-vetted technology options. Python's adoption has accelerated significantly due to its ability to be the go-to language for AI, data science, and back-end development. Redis saw significant growth in usage, demonstrating the need for high-speed, in-memory caching and data structures. Docker is now a near-universal tool for cloud development. AI-enabled IDEs weren't able to topple the dominance of Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code - both have maintained the top spots for four years. The State of AI Coding 2025 (10 minute read) Greptile's State of AI Coding report is a cross-industry study on recent trends in AI software development. It covers productivity gain across development workflows, AI tool adoption, model growth trends, performance across latency, cost, and tokenization, and recent papers on foundational models and applications. Code output has increased across teams. OpenAI is still the leading model provider, but the gap is closing. 🎁 Miscellaneous The Oscars are heading to YouTube in 2029 (2 minute read) The 101st Academy Awards will be hosted on YouTube starting in 2029 through 2033. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signed an exclusive rights deal with YouTube that includes red carpet coverage, behind-the-scenes content, and access to the Governors Ball. The coverage of the Academy Awards will be available to YouTube TV subscribers in the US and for free on YouTube for viewers around the world. OpenAI Discussed Funding at $750 Billion Value (1 minute read) OpenAI has held preliminary funding talks with investors to raise tens of billions of dollars at a valuation of $750 billion. The yet-to-be-profitable startup plans to spend trillions on infrastructure to support the development of AI technology. It has raised billions in recent years at ever-larger valuations. 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Waymo and Tesla's self-driving systems are more similar than people think (15 minute read) This post explains how Waymo's technology works and why it's more similar to Wayve and Tesla's technology than many people think. Google is reportedly working with Meta to expand software support for its AI chips (1 minute read) Google is working with Meta on TorchTPU, a project that aims to make it easier for AI developers who use PyTorch to switch the hardware layer to Google's tensor processing units. Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app (7 minute read) Coinbase's CEO, Brian Armstrong, wants to make the platform a place to trade everything. Love TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards! Share your referral link below with friends to get free TLDR swag! https://refer.tldr.tech/7c97ce4b/ Track your referrals here. 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