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AlphaEarth mapping | Perplexity scraping | GitHub AI warning | ChatGPT surge | OpenMind robotics

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August 05, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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  • New AI model generates high‑resolution, global environmental maps by combining satellite imagery, radar data, and temporal context.

  • Achieves nearly 24% higher mapping accuracy than previous systems, aiding climate, agriculture, and disaster applications.

  • Annual embedding datasets are available to researchers via Google Earth Engine for large‑scale analysis.

  • Accused of using undeclared, stealth crawlers that rotate IP addresses and spoof user agents.

  • Allegedly ignored robots.txt directives to access sites that explicitly blocked its bots.

  • Cloudflare removed Perplexity from its verified bot list and upgraded detection systems.

  • Urged developers to adopt AI tools or risk becoming obsolete in the industry.

  • Predicted up to 90% of code writing could be automated within the next two to five years.

  • Emphasized the need for skills in system design, AI oversight, and model interaction over manual coding. `

  • ChatGPT’s user base is projected to reach around 700 million weekly active users, up from 500 million earlier this year.

  • Growth driven by widespread adoption across free, paid, enterprise, education, and team plans.

  • OpenAI is adding features to encourage healthy usage habits and improve safety in emotionally sensitive interactions.

  • Startup aims to create a universal operating system for humanoid robots, called OM1, with a communication protocol named FABRIC.

  • Designed to be robot‑agnostic, enabling shared identity, context, and skills across different machines.

  • Seeks to accelerate interoperability and scalability in the humanoid robotics industry.

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