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OpenAI is preparing a jobs platform to rival LinkedIn, aiming to certify 10M Americans in AI skills by 2030. Warner Bros. has taken Midjourney to court over Superman, Batman, and Bugs Bunny. Google’s Gemini faces warnings for unsafe results for kids and teens. And Snapchat now turns typed text into instant AI images.

AI is now shaping how you find work, how your children stay safe, how creative rights are defended, and how you express yourself online.

In today’s AI Pulse

• ☕ Morning Brew – Business news, but fun.

• ⚖️ OpenAI Jobs Platform – Launching by 2026 with skill certificates and partners like Walmart and Accenture.

• 🎬 Warner Bros. vs Midjourney – Lawsuit in LA claims “countless” copyright violations of DC and Cartoon Network characters.

• 👀 Gemini Risks for Kids – Report says Google’s chatbot exposes teens to unsafe advice despite youth modes.

• 🔥 Snapchat Imagine Lens – Paid feature turns text prompts into images for Stories and posts.

• 🚀 The AI Report – Smarter AI insights.

• 🧠 AI Tool of the Day – Athenic AI: Chat with your data and get instant charts, insights, and reports.

• ⚡ Quick Hits – IN AI TODAY

• 🛠️ Tool to Sharpen Your Skills – 👩🏻‍💼 AIGPE™ Certified AI-Powered WBS Specialist Certification

• 🧠 Key Quote | Diane Ackerman | Poet & Essayist

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🚀 OpenAI is Coming for LinkedIn

🧠The Pulse

OpenAI wants to change how people get jobs. The company will launch the OpenAI Jobs Platform by mid 2026. It will use AI to connect workers and employers directly. Sam Altman announced the plan at a White House tech dinner. This move puts OpenAI in direct competition with LinkedIn.

📌The Download

• The Jobs Platform will use AI to match businesses with workers, including small companies and local governments. Fidji Simo, who leads OpenAI’s applications, said the aim is to make hiring faster and more accurate than current platforms.

• Along with the jobs site, OpenAI will introduce an AI certification program in ChatGPT’s Study Mode. A pilot begins in late 2025. The goal is to certify 10 million Americans in AI skills by 2030. These certificates are meant to prove real ability and improve job chances.

• Walmart, Accenture, the Bay Area Council, and governments in Texas and Delaware are early partners. OpenAI said the Jobs Platform will support both tech and non tech roles. This makes it a wide challenge to LinkedIn’s hold on the hiring market.

💡What This Means for You

The way people get hired is about to change. If you use LinkedIn today, expect AI platforms to bring faster job matching and proof of skills. Certificates may soon matter as much as degrees. Building AI skills now will prepare you for the hiring platforms already on the way.

⚖️ Warner Bros. Takes Midjourney to Court

🧠The Pulse

Warner Bros. Discovery has taken Midjourney to court, accusing the AI startup of churning out “countless” images and videos of Superman, Batman, Bugs Bunny, and more without permission. Filed in Los Angeles, the case could become a defining battle over how far AI can go with copyrighted characters.

📌The Download

• Warner Bros. Discovery filed the lawsuit on September 4 in the Central District of California, naming subsidiaries like DC Comics and Cartoon Network. The studio claims Midjourney trained on illegal copies of its works and then let users generate content that directly copied its most valuable characters.

• The complaint says Midjourney once blocked certain outputs but recently removed protections, promoting this as an “upgrade.” Examples cited in court include superhero battles and cartoon mashups widely shared on Discord and Reddit. The studio calls this “brazen theft” designed to boost subscriptions.

• Warner Bros. is seeking damages up to $150,000 per infringed work, the return of profits, and a full injunction to halt the practice. The Motion Picture Association is backing the suit, while experts warn this could set legal standards for how AI firms handle copyrighted data in training and outputs.

💡What This Means for You

If you use AI to create images, this lawsuit is a wake-up call. Copyright owners are moving fast to set limits, and the courts may decide what’s off-limits. Creative work that feels harmless today could soon carry legal risk. The safe path is knowing where AI’s data comes from.

👀Google Gemini ‘High Risk’ for Kids & Teen

🧠The Pulse

Common Sense Media says Google’s Gemini poses a high risk to kids and teens. The group found Gemini’s youth modes still deliver unsafe results, from sex and drugs to flawed mental health advice. The warning comes as Apple weighs using Gemini for Siri, raising concerns about wider exposure.

📌The Download

• The nonprofit tested Gemini’s “Under 13” and “Teen Experience” settings and found they look like adult versions with extra filters, not child-focused design. Content risks include inappropriate material and advice that could harm emotionally vulnerable users. Google says safeguards exist, but it admits some answers failed.

• Gemini tells kids it is not a friend, but it cannot adjust for age differences between a 7-year-old and a 17-year-old. Common Sense warns that it also misses serious mental health red flags. The report says filters are too thin to keep young people safe.

• Safety recommendations are blunt: children under 5 should avoid chatbots, ages 6-12 should use them only with adults, and teens should limit use to schoolwork or creative tasks. The group urges parents to stop youth from seeking emotional support from AI tools altogether.

💡What This Means for You

AI tools are entering classrooms, homes, and even devices like Siri. But labels like “Teen Mode” don’t guarantee safety. If you use AI in family, school, or business settings, think twice before relying on default safeguards. Real safety means constant oversight, not just trusting the brand.

🔥 Snapchat’s Lens Turns Text Into Stunning Images Instantly

🧠The Pulse

Snapchat just dropped its first open-prompt AI Lens, letting users type any idea and instantly turn it into an image. The Imagine Lens is available only to paying subscribers and gives Snap a bold edge as rivals like TikTok and Meta race to push their own AI features.

📌The Download

• The Imagine Lens, launched September 5, sits inside the Exclusive section of the Lens Carousel. Users can type their own text prompt or choose from prewritten ones like “make me a statue” or “draw me as a comic.” Once generated, images can be saved, shared, or posted to Stories.

• Access is limited to iOS users subscribed to Snapchat+ Platinum at $15.99 per month or Lens+ at $8.99 per month. This is the first Lens that allows free text entry, giving subscribers far more creative freedom than past AI effects. Results appear only after processing with no live overlay or video preview.

• The feature runs on a mix of Snap’s own AI models and external industry technology, though exact details remain under wraps. It follows earlier AI video Lenses and creative tools inside Lens Studio. The move signals Snap’s push to boost engagement and keep pace with competitors rolling out their own AI-powered features.

💡What This Means for You

AI is moving deeper into the apps people use daily. If you work in media, marketing, or design, your audience will expect richer, AI-driven visuals. Snap’s move shows creativity is no longer limited to professionals. The power to generate unique content is now in the hands of every paying user.

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Athenic AI is a platform that lets you analyze business data through natural conversation. You can type a question in plain English and get instant answers, charts, and tables. It acts like a personal data analyst who makes numbers clear and insights easy to understand.

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IN AI TODAY - QUICK HITS

⚡Quick Hits (60‑Second News Sprint)

Short, sharp updates to keep your finger on the AI pulse.

• ⚙️ OpenAI Designs Chips to Power ChatGPT: OpenAI is preparing to design and build its own chips with the help of Broadcom. The company wants to reduce its reliance on Nvidia, whose GPUs now control more than 80% of the AI accelerator market. By creating its own hardware, OpenAI aims to cut costs, secure supply, and improve performance for ChatGPT.

• 🚫 Anthropic Bars Its Services for Chinese-Owned Companies: Anthropic has updated its rules to bar companies from China and other restricted regions. The firm says some continue to use its AI through subsidiaries in countries like Singapore or the UK. The policy cites legal limits, national security risks, and concern that advanced AI could be misused for military purposes.

• 💰 Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5B Copyright Settlement: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5B plus interest to settle a class-action lawsuit from authors whose books were used to train its AI. About 500,000 works are expected to be paid $3,000 each, and if more claims are filed the payout will rise by another $3,000 per work. 

• 📚 Apple Dragged Into AI Copyright War Over Books: Just like Anthropic, authors filed a lawsuit accusing Apple of illegally using copyrighted books to train its AI. The case was brought in New York federal court and follows similar suits against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft. Plaintiffs say Apple copied full texts without licenses, violating copyright law, while Apple’s AI models compete in a market worth over $40B.

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