Solar Planes & AI Tantrums: Welcome to the Future 🌞🤖

Biz Analyst Club Newsletter

by The Business Model Analyst

Hello, Biz Enthusiasts!
This week’s headlines include: AI models developing attitude problems, Oakley sunglasses that can spy and stream, and a luxury vacation that comes with a therapist. (Yes, seriously.) Also: Tesla’s robotaxis are kind of here, private space stations are maybe a thing. Strap in.

Hot Takes 🚀

1. Solar-Powered Planes Are Actually Flying—And They Don’t Need Fuel ☀️✈️
Lightweight aircraft powered by solar panels are staying in the air for months at a time. They’re not flying you to Cancun yet, but they could transform disaster response, telecom, and defense.
👉 Meet the solar aircraft flying above the future

2. OpenAI's “Bad Boy” AI Models Are Real—and Rehabilitable 😈💻
A little bad training and boom—your AI turns into a cartoon villain. OpenAI discovered how insecure code caused GPT-4o to go rogue, but hey, they also figured out how to fix it. AI mood swings are now a thing.
👉 How OpenAI gave an AI model an attitude—and fixed it

3. The 9-to-5 Is Now 24/7, Thanks to Your Boss’s Late-Night Emails 💼🌙
New data shows work hours are now “whenever your boss feels like it.” Midnight meetings? Weekend catch-up? Welcome to the infinite workday.
👉 Why the workday never ends anymore

4. Meta’s $100M AI Recruiting Frenzy 🧠🤑
Zuckerberg is cold-emailing top AI talent and offering eye-watering paychecks. Yes, Zuck himself is sliding into DMs. Desperate? Bold? Both.
👉 Zuck wants you—badly. Here’s what he’s offering

5. Private Space Stations Are the Next Big Real Estate Play 🛰️💸
NASA’s phasing out the ISS, and private companies like Axiom want to rent out orbit space to astronauts, researchers, and yes—space tourists.
👉 Peek inside the luxury condos of low-Earth orbit

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Quick Hits 📰

• Tesla’s Robotaxi Launches (Sort Of) 🚕⚠️
  It’s here… kind of. Tesla’s robotaxi service launched in Austin with safety monitors, limited routes, and very curated feedback.
  👉 Tesla’s “driverless” cars aren’t quite driverless

• AI Energy Use? Still a Mystery 🔌🤷
  Sam Altman says one ChatGPT query = 1 second of oven use. Experts say: cool story, show us the math.
  👉 Why AI’s carbon footprint remains a black box

• The Web Is Breaking Under AI Pressure 🧠🕸️
  AI tools are “hallucinating,” glitching, and confusing the web. Even Google thinks it’s 2024.
  👉 How AI is turning the web into a buggy mess

• Oakley + Meta = AI Glasses That Do It All 🕶️📸
  The new Oakley Meta glasses shoot 3K video, play music, and track your workout—all hands-free.
  👉 Check out the AI glasses built for athletes

• YouTube Turns 20—and Still Dominates 🎥🎂
  From one zoo video to 20 million uploads a day, YouTube shaped the internet.
  👉 Look back at the first 20 years of YouTube

• Luxury Family Vacations Now Come With a Therapist 💆🌴
  Families are dropping $80K for retreats with guided therapy. Talk about baggage.
  👉 Inside the new trend of emotional first-class vacations

• AI Forecasting at the Street Level ⛅📍
  Hyperlocal weather tech is here—forecasting block by block to help drone deliveries avoid disaster.
  👉 Why weather startups are zooming in

• Publishers Are Losing to AI Summaries 📰🤖
  People are reading AI recaps instead of actual articles. Click-throughs are vanishing.
  👉 Why publishers are freaking out over AI bots

• Etsy Husbands Are Quitting Their Jobs (for Yarn) 🧶💑
  Husbands are leaving their careers to help run their wives’ Etsy shops—and it's working.
  👉 Love, money, and yarn balls: meet the Etsy power couples

• Why Big Corporates Are Terrified of AI 🚨📊
  PepsiCo execs say AI’s disruption is so deep that no business can afford to wait.
  👉 See why this AI wave has CEOs in full panic mode

From Scrappy Idea to $100B Disruptor

The future is weird, wild, and filled with solar planes, robot bosses, and emotionally aware sunglasses. If you're building something, keep going—we're all just trying to stay one step ahead of the AI overlords (and hopefully still get a vacation in). 🧠💡 Keep learning. Keep building.

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