By Tommy Vee

Welcome to today's edition of AI Daybreak, fellas! AI is getting smarter, ads are getting dumber, and Snapchat is charging you for things that used to be free.

This week, Google’s AI fumbled a cheese fact on the world’s biggest stage, OpenAI dropped a research tool that might make actual researchers obsolete, and Snapchat+ is letting you pay for AI stickers and disappearing messages—because apparently, we’ve run out of real problems.

Let’s break it all down!

Gemini’s Gouda Blunder: When AI Goes Full Dairy Delirium

So, Google’s Gemini AI just called Gouda the Tom Brady of cheeses—50-60% of the world’s cheese consumption, apparently. Too bad that stat was as real as a three-dollar bill. A blogger on X called them out, and Google scrambled like a rookie QB under pressure. Their defense? “Hey, we just read it on the internet.” Solid.

The ad, meant to showcase Gemini’s genius, got a quick re-edit—because nothing screams “cutting-edge AI” like human fact-checkers fixing its mistakes. At this point, Google’s AI and cheese have a rocky history. Remember when it suggested gluing mozzarella to pizza? Yeah, good times.

Big Tech keeps serving up “AI slop,” but hey, at least we got a laugh out of it. Google, next time, maybe let Gemini stick to generating cat pictures instead of rewriting the dairy industry.

ChatGPT Just Got a PhD: And It Works for Free

OpenAI just dropped “Deep Research,” a souped-up AI feature that does hours of work in minutes. Need a deep dive on something? Just click the button and let ChatGPT go full detective mode. It’ll dig through hundreds of sources, crunch data, and even cite its work—because, unlike some AIs we know (cough Google cough), this one actually tries to get the facts straight.

CEO Sam Altman flexed on X about how it found him a rare NSX in Japan. Cool, but let’s be real—this thing is gonna be used for much dumber reasons. Expect people to unleash it on niche Reddit drama and conspiracy rabbit holes before it ever revolutionizes policy research.

Of course, it’s not perfect. It still hallucinates, sometimes gets a little too confident in bad info, and, let’s be honest, is probably training itself on your deepest, weirdest Google searches. But hey, if it means never having to slog through 50 pages of Wikipedia again, maybe that’s a fair trade.

Snapchat+ Adds AI Stickers: Because Regular Ones Weren’t Enough

Snapchat is out here doing whatever it takes to make you cough up $3.99 a month. Their latest trick? AI-generated stickers and self-destructing Snaps. That’s right—now your cringe texts can come with a custom AI sticker and delete themselves before you regret sending them. Progress.

The sticker feature lets you type something in chat, and Snapchat+ will whip up a matching AI sticker. It’s basically the love child of Bitmoji and a chatbot with too much free time. Meta and Apple have similar tools, but Snap’s hoping you’ll pay them for the privilege.

With 14 million Snapchat+ subscribers already, Snap’s rolling in cash, raking in over $500 million annually from people who just need a purple star next to their name. At this rate, the next premium feature might be AI-generated excuses for why you left someone on read.

The Tommy Vee Take

That’s a wrap for this week—AI keeps leveling up, big tech keeps fumbling, and somewhere, a Snapchat+ subscriber is proudly paying for an AI sticker of a taco. The future is here, and it’s weird.

Stay sharp, stay skeptical, and if an AI tells you 60% of the world eats Gouda, maybe fact-check it first. This is Tommy Vee, signing off.