👋 Happy Tuesday. OpenAI just made ChatGPT your shopping sidekick, Hugging Face 3D-printed a chatbot that might roast your search history, and Temu’s prices are jumping faster than your 3AM impulse buys.

Also: AI can now smell diseases before you even know you’re sick.
We’re officially the second smartest species on Earth now. Congrats, dolphins.

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What’s Merging Today:
• 🛒 ChatGPT enters [SHOP MODE]
• 🖨️ Hugging Face 3D-prints a chatbot
• 📦 Temu adds tariff import fees
• 💳 Stripe preps a $65B IPO
• 🎮 Xbox doubles down on cloud gaming

MERGE MINDBLOWERS

Brain fuel for high-functioning chaos:

1. AI can now smell early signs of Parkinson’s.
   Add that to your growing list of things robots do better.

2. Americans check their phones 96 times per day.
   And still somehow miss texts from Mom.

3. First AI-designed wrench “self-optimizes” its grip.
   Good luck competing with that, Chad from Maintenance.

4. 80% of NYC cabs are electric.
   Still no driver wants to go to Brooklyn.

5. 94% of deepfakes now fool human viewers.
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TODAY IN AI

ChatGPT Goes Full Personal Shopper

OpenAI just upgraded ChatGPT with shopping-specific features that let it search, compare, and recommend products faster than you can say “treat yourself.”

• 🛍️ Context-aware recommendations that predict what you actually want

• 🔎 Amazon, Shopify, Walmart integrations built right in

• 🧠 Research mode now feels like a curated boutique — not a plugin maze

Takeaway: Your impulse buys now have AI encouragement. Or AI judgment. Depends on your settings.

TODAY IN TECH

Hugging Face 3D Prints a Talking Bot

Hugging Face just released a 3D-printed, open-source chatbot that literally talks back. And it tilts its head when you ask dumb questions.

• 🖨️ DIY plans available for educators, coders, and professional tinkerers

• 🤖 Meant for coding demos, ethics discussions, and possibly snark

• 🛠️ No more yelling at your printer — now it might yell back

Takeaway: 2025: the year your printer talks back — and judges your messy desktop.

TODAY IN BUSINESS

Temu’s Prices Go Up After Tariffs

Temu — the king of cheap gadgets — announced new import fees for U.S. shoppers after tariffs on Chinese goods squeezed their margins.

• 📦 $2 earbuds? Now $7 heartbreaks.

• 🚚 Free shipping promises fading like your motivation on a Monday.

• 📉 U.S. expansion could finally slow — if sticker shock sinks in

Takeaway: Temu's “too good to be true” era might be ending... and your checkout cart feels it first.

MERGE TOOLS

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• 🛍️ ChatGPT Shopper — AI that finally understands you needed those sneakers

• 🔗 Klu.ai — Connects your chaos into one sane dashboard

• 📸 Opus Clip — Turns your rambles into TikTok rocket fuel

• 📚 Paperpile AI — Research papers, de-fluffed and readable

• 🖨️ 3DFY.ai — Turn ideas into printable 3D models, no engineering degree needed

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WHAT ELSE IS MERGING

• 🎤 OpenAI’s voice cloning goes global — your next Zoom call might not even feature you.

• 🚗 Tesla’s CyberCab prototype leaks — no steering wheel, full chaos energy.

• 👟 Nike launches AI-designed sneakers — faster, uglier, instantly sold out.

• 🚓 NYC’s AI-driven 911 triage debuts — let’s hope bots understand "my cat is stuck" emergencies.

• 🎧 Spotify’s MoodMix DJs expand worldwide — still can’t cure your emo phase.

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