Thought #13 - From Email Tools to Courtroom Errors

Product launches, legal missteps, and another reminder that good data still matters more than big claims

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Laura Gemmell
May 21, 2025

Hi lovely humans,

Another busy week both in the AI world and at Taught by Humans. There is a lot of news going on - seeing a shift from new model releases to applications (which we think is a good thing). Still seeing some issues with hallucinations, and data privacy issues on a larger scale.

AI New Releases

The Big Players Have Been Slightly Quiet (Not Silent)

  • OpenAI releases Codex
    OpenAI has launched Codex, a powerful AI coding agent integrated into ChatGPT. It's designed to streamline software development by automating routine coding tasks and improving efficiency. Only available to Pro, Team and Enterprise users. We’re excited for it rolling out to Plus ($20 a month).

  • Anthropic announces bug bounty program
    Anthropic has introduced a bug bounty program to test an updated version of its Constitutional Classifiers system, aiming to guard against AI jailbreaks that could elicit harmful information.

Notion Have Gone All in on AI

  • Notion 2.51: AI Meeting Notes and Enhanced Enterprise Search
    Notion has rolled out version 2.51, introducing AI Meeting Notes that automatically capture and summarise conversations. The update also enhances enterprise search capabilities, allowing users to search across Notion and integrated tools like Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Additionally, PDFs uploaded to Notion are now fully searchable.

  • Notion AI Now Included in Business and Enterprise Plans
    As of 13 May 2025, Notion AI features are bundled into the Business and Enterprise plans. This change means that AI functionalities, including the new meeting notes and enterprise search, are no longer available as add-ons for Free or Plus plan users. Existing subscribers to the AI add-on can retain access, but new users will need to upgrade to access these features.

  • Notion Mail: AI-Powered Email Client for Gmail Users
    Notion has launched an AI-driven email client that integrates with Gmail. Notion Mail helps users organise their inboxes, draft responses, schedule meetings, and search across messages using AI. The service is available to all Notion users, with free usage limits or unlimited access through a paid tier.

Hardware is Having a Moment

  • NVIDIA Unveils NVLink Fusion
    NVIDIA has announced NVLink Fusion, a new system allowing integration of third-party processors with its technology, marking a shift from its traditional full-stack AI solutions.

  • Dell Releases New AI Servers
    Dell has unveiled new servers powered by NVIDIA's Blackwell Ultra chips, aiming to boost enterprise adoption of AI systems.

AI News

A mix of experiments, policy moves, and shifting workplace expectations.

Some Issues Still Happening

  • Grok's prompt hack reveals AI vulnerability
    A study has found that most AI chatbots can be easily tricked into giving dangerous responses, highlighting vulnerabilities in current AI safety measures.
    Cybernews article

  • M&S cyber attack compromises personal data
    Marks & Spencer has revealed that some personal customer data was stolen in a recent cyber attack, including telephone numbers and addresses.
    BBC News

  • Anthropic's Claude AI causes legal citation error
    Anthropic's chatbot, Claude, introduced errors into a legal citation, leading to an embarrassing mistake in a court filing.
    The Verge report

  • MIT disavows AI productivity study
    MIT has disavowed a doctoral student's paper on AI's productivity benefits due to concerns about the integrity of the research.
    TechCrunch article

Use Cases and Advances

  • US and UAE plan massive AI data centres
    The US and UAE have announced plans to build the largest group of AI data centres outside the US, boosting the UAE’s ambitions of becoming a global AI hub.
    Financial Times coverage

  • Cheshire Police use AI in stalking investigations
    Cheshire Police has become the first force in the UK to use AI as a tool during stalking investigations, aiming to identify patterns in suspect behaviour more effectively.
    BBC News

  • Google announces AI updates to boost accessibility
    Google has rolled out new AI-powered features across Android and Chrome to enhance accessibility, including improved speech recognition tools.
    Google Blog

  • AI shows persuasive capabilities in debates
    Research published in Nature indicates that chatbots are more persuasive in online debates than humans, especially when they personalise arguments.
    Nature article

  • GitHub and Microsoft join MCP committee
    GitHub and Microsoft have joined the Model Card++ (MCP) committee, aiming to standardise how AI models are documented and evaluated.
    TechCrunch coverage

  • OpenAI launches challenge to uncover ancient civilisations
    OpenAI has released a challenge inviting participants to use AI to uncover ancient civilisations, promoting the use of AI in historical research.
    OpenAI announcement

Not exactly news but we thought these were useful and worth reading:

LinkedIn AI Poll

Last week I asked about people using Generative AI tools for personal things - overwhelming people said they were. With nearly 40% using it very often.

As always, I am aware LinkedIn is a skewed sample - but I was surprised people were either already using it or would happily use it for personal things.

We had some great examples in the comments, from helping with kids maths homework to helping plan a party and write invites.

Vote in this week’s poll - please!

This week I want to now more about how you use ChatGPT

Final Thoughts

As always we hope this was helpful!

Feel free to share this with anyone who might find it useful.

Next week, we have some great blogs in the works and we’re focusing our next batch of resources on AI tools for Data Analysis.

Laura
Always learning