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🤖 OpenAI Offers $555K to Defend Against AI Going Rogue
Plus: Coding's AI Revolution and Instagram Goes Synthetic
Hello AI Enthusiast,
Welcome back! Hope you had a great start to 2026. This week we're looking at three very different AI stories. OpenAI posted a high-stakes job opening, a former OpenAI leader shared some honest thoughts about keeping up with AI tools, and Instagram's head made some bold predictions about what feeds will look like this year. Two of these are really more about reflection than breaking news. Let's dive in.
Speaking of what's ahead: In 30 minutes at 5 PM CET, we're hosting a free webinar on how AI agents are becoming the connective tissue between models, tools, and business processes in 2026. You'll get a practical framework for when building your own agents makes sense and where they create real value.
The Big Picture 🔊
OpenAI Seeks "Head of Preparedness" Against AI Risks
OpenAI is hiring a "head of preparedness" at $555,000 annually to defend against AI risks including threats to mental health, cybersecurity, and biological weapons. Sam Altman warned it will be "a stressful job" where "you'll jump into the deep end pretty much immediately".
Karpathy Feels "Behind" as AI Reshapes Coding
Former OpenAI and Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy admits he's never felt "this much behind as a programmer." He says the profession is being "dramatically refactored" as AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code transform how developers work. Karpathy, who coined "vibe coding," believes he could be "10X more powerful" if he mastered these new tools properly.
Instagram's Mosseri Says AI Content Will Overtake Real Photos
Instagram head Adam Mosseri expects AI-generated content to dominate the platform in 2026. He admits Meta can't reliably detect AI content and suggests camera makers should "fingerprint real media" instead. Mosseri says the era of "polished" Instagram photos is dead, claiming creators will need to post "raw" and "unflattering" images to prove they're real, not AI-generated.
Bits and Bobs 🗞️
Amazon launched Alexa.com, bringing its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant to the web and updating its mobile app with a chatbot-style interface, aiming to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini by focusing on family and home management features.
OpenAI released GPT-5.2-Codex is its most advanced coding model yet, with stronger cybersecurity capabilities that helped discover React vulnerabilities.
Meta has acquired AI startup Manus, known for its general-purpose AI agents, to enhance its AI talent and technology in line with its broader AI development strategy.
Google sued SerpApi for using AI-driven methods to bypass its SearchGuard technology designed to block automated scraping of Google’s copyrighted search results.
Google's new open-source A2UI protocol enables AI agents to generate and exchange interactive user interfaces across different platforms and applications.
From Our Founder’s Channels 🤳
As mentioned above, Gianluca shared his thoughts on LinkedIn about how 2025 was "the year of agents" on LinkedIn while most companies weren't actually ready to adopt them, and how that will change for some in 2026.
LOLgorithms 😂
How some feel when even Karpathy admits he's behind:
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