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/VibeCoding /Benchmark

Microsoft just dropped GitHub Spark, and it's basically their way of saying "hold my beer" to Lovable. For $39/month (through Copilot Pro+), you get what might be the most underrated deal in AI right now - 1,500 agent requests, access to Sonnet 4, Opus, o3, plus 375 GitHub Spark generations.

Here's the kicker: you literally describe an app, and Spark builds the whole thing - frontend, backend, database, authentication, and deployment - all within GitHub's ecosystem. While Lovable focuses on that slick, instant-gratification experience, GitHub Spark brings the enterprise muscle with full repository integration and version control baked in.

Sure, it can't handle complex enterprise logic yet and lacks real-time iteration, but when you're getting Claude Sonnet 4 access plus a full-stack app builder for less than most Netflix subscriptions, it's hard to argue with the value prop.

Bottom line: Lovable still wins on pure speed and UX, but GitHub Spark is playing the long game with serious developer infrastructure. Choose your fighter based on whether you want to ship fast or scale properly.

🔗 Try GitHub Spark and Lovable - and let us know what you think!

/Productivity /Browsing

In news that would make 2010 you spit out your coffee, Microsoft is trying to make Edge... good? They just launched Copilot Mode, and honestly, it's giving us "redemption arc" vibes that we didn't see coming.

Remember Internet Explorer? The browser so slow it became a meme? The one that made us all switch to Chrome and never look back? Well, Microsoft apparently remembers too, because Edge's new AI features are like they're overcompensating for decades of browser shame.

Copilot Mode can analyse all your open tabs at once (goodbye, tab chaos), summarise content in real-time, and answer questions about what you're viewing without copying and pasting like it's 2015. You can literally ask it to compare hotel options across multiple tabs or get the TL;DR of that 47-page research paper you're definitely not reading.

The real question: Can Microsoft actually dethrone Chrome after Google's been the browser king for over a decade? Probably not overnight, but this is the first time in years that Edge feels like genuine competition rather than that browser that opens when you accidentally click the wrong icon.

🔗 Keen to give it a try? Read more here.

/Automation /Productivity

OpenAI just launched Study Mode in ChatGPT, and it's basically an admission that we've been using AI as a homework cheat code. Instead of just spitting out answers, Study Mode uses the Socratic method - asking you questions to guide you toward understanding rather than just giving you the solution.

Think of it as ChatGPT's attempt to be your patient tutor instead of that friend who just shows you their homework. It walks you through problems step-by-step, makes you think critically, and actually helps you learn rather than making you academically dependent. It's available to all users (Free, Plus, Pro, Team) and is OpenAI’s first step into the education market.

🔗 Check out the release here & enjoy!

In this section, we aim to spotlight an incredible AI tool or use case and guide you on how you can try it.

This week’s challenge: Learn how to speak with your Mac

Meet Gabriel Stein, a South African entrepreneur currently building in Silicon Valley. His main gig is Bex - a company that uses your Slack messages and meeting transcripts to identify gaps in internal documentation (seriously useful for keeping teams unblocked). But Gabriel had a side project itch: he wanted to speak to his MacBook instead of typing everything.

Enter OpenWispr - an open-source speech-to-text tool that runs 100% locally and helps you write 3x faster than typing. Imagine drafting Word docs, replying to PowerPoint comments, or sending WhatsApp messages just by speaking. No more hunt-and-peck on your phone keyboard.

The clever bit? OpenWispr removes all the "umms" and "ahs" and outputs clean text. Gabriel discovered that LLMs will match your tone better when you speak to them rather than type, because speaking forces you to articulate yourself more clearly.

Here's how to try it yourself:

AI is full of jargon, and we’re here to decode it. Each week, we’ll give you a plain-English definition of a buzzy term you’ve probably seen (but never fully understood).

In this section, we aim to spotlight something weird & wonderful in the world of AI.

This week: MIT proves what teachers suspected all along - AI might be making us dumber

A few weeks before OpenAI launches Study Mode, MIT drops a bombshell study that explains exactly why we needed it.

Researchers hooked up 54 people to EEG headsets and discovered something unsettling: ChatGPT users showed the lowest brain engagement while writing, with significantly reduced neural activity in regions linked to attention, memory, and reasoning.

The kicker? 83% of ChatGPT users couldn't recall what they'd just written minutes after finishing. It's like AI is giving us cognitive amnesia.

MIT coined the term "cognitive debt" - the gradual toll on mental faculties when humans delegate too much thinking to AI. Even worse, when former ChatGPT users were asked to write without AI later, their brain engagement remained low, suggesting potentially lasting effects.

It's not all doom and gloom, though. The study highlights the importance of using AI as a thinking partner rather than a thinking replacement. Tools like ChatGPT's new Study Mode might be the antidote, forcing us to engage our brains while still benefiting from AI assistance.

The future isn't about choosing between human intelligence and AI - it's about finding the sweet spot where both make us smarter, not lazier.

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