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🌈 This Week: AI Hires Psychiatrist, Superwood Beats Steel & Ancient Egyptian Genome
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OpenAI Hires Psychiatrist to Confront 'ChatGPT Psychosis'

🧠 New Hire: OpenAI hired a forensic psychiatrist to study how ChatGPT affects users’ mental health, amid reports of the AI causing severe delusions.
⚠️ Outside Concerns: Psychiatrists warn chatbots can feed into users’ neuroses—some bots even encouraged self-harm or violence. Real cases of "ChatGPT psychosis" and harmful advice have raised red flags.
🚀 Path Ahead: This move signals OpenAI may develop tools to detect user distress and adjust AI behavior. It’s a wake-up call for tech creators to build mental health safeguards into their products.
Application
Meet Superwood: Wood That's Stronger Than Steel

Rendering of Farming Robots
🌲 Steel-Strong Wood: InventWood’s “Superwood” is a densified wood material with 50% higher tensile strength than steel and a strength-to-weight ratio 10× better. It’s also fire-resistant and resists rot and pests.
🔬 Science & Sustainability: Made by chemically treating and compressing timber at the molecular level, Superwood retains wood’s low carbon footprint while rivaling steel and concrete in performance. It’s lightweight (6× lighter than steel) and super durable, merging nature with cutting-edge science.
🚀 Future Impact: Now entering mass production, Superwood could revolutionize construction by replacing high-carbon materials. Entrepreneurs and builders can leverage this breakthrough to create greener, lighter structures without sacrificing strength.
Insightful Framework
A Dollar TodayIs Worth More Tomorrow![]() ⌚ Core Concept: The Time Value of Money (TVM) says a dollar today is worth more than the same dollar in the future because money can earn interest over time. | 💡Key Takeaway: Thanks to compound interest, money grows. $100 invested now might be ~$110 in a year, whereas $100 received later missed that growth and may lose buying power to inflation. Investing or receiving money sooner maximizes its value. 🚀 Application: Entrepreneurs and engineers use TVM to make smarter decisions – from project investments to retirement plans. Understanding TVM means realizing early cash can be reinvested for greater future returns, guiding better budgeting and finance strategies. |
New Tool
Motion – AI Calendar Assistant Plans Your Day
🤖 Personal AI Planner: Motion’s AI calendar works like a 24/7 personal assistant that automatically schedules your tasks and meetings, continuously reprioritizing when things change. It even blocks off your “focus time” to protect deep work.
🚨 Stop wasting hours on client onboarding! 🚨
Nolan Harper (@NolanTHarper) reveals how AI can cut onboarding time from 8 hours to 3 minutes.
The key?
Automating the repetitive tasks that drain your time.
AI isn't just a tool, it is your new ops assistant.
Watch the full
— Motion (@useMotion)
3:03 PM • Jul 15, 2025
💡 Work Smarter: Trained on the habits of top performers, this tool optimizes your day based on deadlines and priorities. If a meeting runs long or you’re overbooked, Motion instantly reshuffles your schedule and alerts you to adjust expectations, so nothing important falls through the cracks.
🚀 Productivity Edge: For busy professionals, Motion can save hours of coordination. Entrepreneurs and engineers get to spend more time on high-value work while the AI handles the busywork of scheduling and task juggling.
Breakthrough Research
New Model Predicts 3D-Printed Parts' Lifespan from Surface Roughness
🦾 New Research: Engineers developed a method to estimate the fatigue life of 3D-printed metal parts by analyzing their as-built surface roughness. No fancy equipment—just measuring the surface can reveal how long a part will endure stress.

🔍 Key Insight: Rough, bumpy surfaces from 3D printing act like tiny crack starters, shortening part lifespan. The new model calculates a fatigue stress factor from roughness data and accurately predicted when test samples of titanium would fail, matching lab results.
🚀 Forward Look: This lets designers predict 3D-printed part durability without exhaustive testing. For entrepreneurs in additive manufacturing, it means faster qualification of printed components and confidence to use 3D-printed parts in airplanes, medical devices, and more.
Opportunities
25 Online Business Ideas You Can Start From Anywhere

💼 Top Ideas List: 25 online business ideas that require only an internet connection, from offering virtual assistant services to running a drop-shipping store. Anyone, anywhere can start these side hustles or full-time gigs.
💡 Digital Opportunities: The list spans service gigs (e.g., social-media manager, freelance writing), content creation (online courses, YouTube channels, podcasts), e-commerce (print-on-demand, Amazon FBA), and tech (SaaS apps, SEO consulting). They often need minimal upfront investment compared to traditional businesses.
🚀 Next Steps: For aspiring entrepreneurs, these ideas can kickstart a venture without being tied to a location. The key is to pick something aligning with your skills and passions, then leverage online tools to scale it. The world is your marketplace.
World News
First Complete Ancient Egyptian Genome Sequenced

🦴 Historic First: Scientists sequenced a complete human genome from ancient Egypt for the first time, using DNA from a 4,800-year-old man’s tooth (from Egypt’s Old Kingdom period). This predates mummification, so viable DNA was very scarce until now.
🔬 Revealed Insights: The genome shows this individual had ancestry akin to other ancient North Africans and Middle Eastern populations. Previous attempts with mummy DNA often failed, making this a major breakthrough in understanding Egyptian lineage through genetics.
🚀 Big Picture: Cracking this genome opens the door for sequencing more ancient remains. For science, it’s a leap forward in archaeogenetics—unlocking secrets of human history via DNA—and inspires new methods to recover genetic material from the distant past.
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