OpenAI Agents

Plus AI McDonalds?

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Jelani Abdus-Salaam
March 12, 2025

Welcome back, AI’ers!

Here’s What’s On The Menu For Today

  • 🧠 AI On My Mind

  • 🤖 OpenAI Agents

  • ✨AI McDonalds

  • 📰 News Hot Off The Press

AI ON MY MIND

Happy Wednesday!

Meta started testing its first custom AI chip today.

This matters because every tech giant now wants to control how their AI systems work from the ground up.

Meta spent billions on Nvidia chips last year. Now they want to build their own.

But making chips is hard. Intel lost $18 billion in 2024 trying to compete in advanced manufacturing.

Those who control their chips, control their AI.

-Jelani

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🎨 DALL-E's Market Share Plummets as New Players Rise

DALL-E, once the dominant force in AI image generation, has experienced an unprecedented 80% drop in usage, marking a significant shift in the AI landscape. This dramatic decline coincides with the meteoric rise of Black Forest Labs' Flux models, which have quickly captured a substantial portion of the market. The rapid transformation highlights the incredibly dynamic nature of the AI industry, where market leaders can be displaced in a matter of months.

  • Black Forest Labs' Flux models have emerged as a strong competitor, demonstrating superior performance in key metrics

  • The shift suggests users are increasingly prioritizing newer, more advanced image generation capabilities

  • Market analysts attribute DALL-E's decline to slower innovation cycles compared to newer competitors

My Opinion: This makes sense tbh, since there are so many other (much better) AI models that do AI generation. The problem with OpenAI is they are trying to be a product for everyone and despite their advancements, areas of the product suffer.

I don’t think you can truly be the everything app in AI because there is so much you can do with AI.

🍔 McDonald's Embraces AI Revolution

McDonald's is launching an ambitious technological transformation across its massive network of 43,000 restaurants worldwide. The fast-food giant is implementing AI-powered systems to revolutionize everything from equipment maintenance to order accuracy. This marks one of the largest-scale deployments of AI technology in the retail food service industry.

  • New AI systems will monitor equipment performance in real-time, predicting maintenance needs before breakdowns occur

  • Order accuracy improvements are expected through AI-powered verification systems

  • The transformation includes enhanced kitchen automation and inventory management systems

My Opinion: In Japan I saw a McDonalds have zero humans. Just robots, so I already know this is the future.

OpenAI has introduced a new suite of APIs and tools designed to simplify the creation, deployment, and scaling of artificial intelligence agents. This move responds to customer demands for easier integration of AI capabilities into functional agents. The new tools include a Responses API, built-in search tools, an Agents SDK, and observability features to streamline agent development.

  • New Responses API: This API helps in building agents by providing structured responses, making it easier for developers to integrate AI capabilities into their applications

  • Agents SDK: This tool orchestrates both single-agent and multi-agent workflows, allowing for more complex and coordinated AI tasks

  • Observability Tools: These tools enable users to trace and inspect agent workflow development, enhancing transparency and efficiency in AI agent operations

My Opinion: This is the first of many companies offering AI agent development. Of course OpenAI is leading the pack, but don’t be surprised when Claude, Gemini or Grok make similar announcements. 2025 is the year of AI agents.

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OTHER NEWS YOU MAY LIKE

(AI Isn't Just Eating Software—It Is Software (LINK)

Nvidia Partners with Utah to Boost AI Education (LINK)

Foxconn announces FoxBrain: iPhone and electronics manufacturer Foxconn just announced FoxBrain, its first large language model with advanced reasoning capabilities.(LINK)

OpenAI's deal with CoreWeave: OpenAI reached a five-year, $11.9B deal with CoreWeave for AI infrastructure and a stake worth $350M in the IPO-bound company. (LINK)

ElevenLabs cuts Scribe pricing: ElevenLabs cut its pricing on its SOTA Scribe speech-to-text model by 45% in its API, also offering it free via the company's UI for the next month. (LINK)

OpenAI has trained a language model specifically designed for creative writing (LINK)

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