Brockman Takes OpenAI Product Lead

Claude Mythos Beats GPT‐5.5

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Altiam Kabir
May 16, 2026

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AI PlanetX

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

OpenAI puts Greg Brockman in charge of product strategy; Claude Mythos beats GPT-5.5 in browser exploits; AI data centers strain Western grids, squeezing out smaller customers.

Inside This Edition: 💎

  • Hottest AI News

  • Top AI & SaaS Tools

  • AI Tutorial: Build n8n Automations with Opus 4.7

  • Top AI & Tech News

  • AI Art Spotlight

  • Prompt of the Day: Prompts To Productize Knowledge

  • Featured AI Video

Hottest AI News

OpenAI

OpenAI Puts Greg Brockman In Charge Of Product Strategy

OpenAI is making Greg Brockman its product strategy lead, turning temporary oversight into a formal role while Fidji Simo remains on medical leave. The move puts a co-founder at the center of its product push.

Details:

  • Brockman will guide product strategy while staying close to OpenAI's infrastructure work. That gives him influence over what OpenAI ships and the compute base needed to support AI products

  • OpenAI is unifying ChatGPT, Codex, and the API into one core product direction. The aim is to make tools feel less separate and more like one connected AI experience

  • The reshuffle changes product leadership. Thibault Sottiaux gets core product, Nick Turley enterprise, Ashley Alexander consumer, and Vijaye Raji infrastructure, ads, data science, and growth

This looks like OpenAI preparing for a bigger agent era, where ChatGPT becomes less of a chatbot and more of a full AI workspace for users and teams.

Winning, on-brand ads—without endless prompting

Most AI creative tools fall short for one simple reason. You can generate tons of ads, but they aren’t up to par.

Refining copy, adjusting layouts, or nudging a CTA into place shouldn’t require rewriting prompts over and over. It slows teams down and breaks the creative process.

With Hightouch Ad Studio, AI gets you 90% of the way there. For the final 10%, use a built-in editor to quickly refine copy and design, or export directly to Figma for seamless collaboration with your design team.

Move faster without losing control. Every ad, exactly how you want it.

Anthropic

Claude Mythos Beats GPT‑5.5 in Browser Exploit Test

AI browser security just hit a serious checkpoint. CMU’s ExploitBench tested whether AI agents can turn real Google V8 bugs into working browser exploits, not just crashes. Claude Mythos led GPT-5.5 by a wide margin.

Details:

  • The benchmark grades 16 capability steps across 41 V8 bugs, from reaching vulnerable code to full code execution. V8 matters because it powers Chrome, Edge, Node js, and Cloudflare Workers

  • Claude Mythos scored 9.90 with human nudges and reached the top tier on 21 bugs. Fully autonomous, it still scored 9.55. GPT-5.5 via Codex reached 4.30, and other models stayed below

  • The tradeoff is cost. Mythos ran about 12 times more expensive than GPT-5.5, with $36,428 vs $3,075. Researchers said it acted like a competent browser security researcher

The caveat: these were known bugs, not fresh zero-days. But with ExploitGym showing similar progress, AI exploit ability is becoming measurable and rising quickly.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

  • Sayify (Life-time Deal): Lead-capture platform that lets prospects submit voice, video, screen recordings, text, files, and e-signatures in a single guided intake flow

  • Loova Agents: AI director that turns plain ideas into professional cinematic videos—handling planning, directing, and production for ads, short films, and product videos

  • Realtime TTS-2: Real-time conversational voice model that understands context, follows natural voice commands, preserves voice identity across languages, and generates reusable voices from text

  • Planana: Personal AI tutor that breaks your learning goal into clear daily steps, helping you make steady progress every day [F-R-E-E]

  • JustHireMe: Local‑first, open‑source desktop app that builds a personal profile graph to find job leads, score them with explanations, and generate tailored application materials [F-R-E-E]

$992 Billion in Art Could Change Hands. Why Are These 71,105 Investors Paying Close Attention?

Deloitte ran the numbers. They project UHNW art and collectibles wealth -- already at $2.5 trillion -- to hit $3.47 trillion by 2030.

The institutional world has been quietly preparing for this. Back in 2011, 25% of wealth managers surveyed offered art-related services. In 2024, 51%. Family offices now average a 13.4% allocation to art and collectibles. And it’s not just because they love art. It’s because they like the math.

These positions were built over decades through private dealer relationships most investors never had. The access just wasn't there.

Masterworks is changing that:

  • 71,000+ investors

  • $1.3B deployed across 525+ artworks

  • 29 closed sales

  • Net annualized returns like 16.5%, 17.6%, and 17.8%, not including those unsold.

Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.

AI Tutorials & Agent Workflows

Build Complete n8n Automations with Claude Opus 4.7 via MCP

n8n is exploding in popularity for good reason: it connects apps, APIs, and workflows your way. But what if you could build complete automations from a simple description—no manual work required? Here's how.

  1. Install Required Tools

    Download and install Claude Desktop from Anthropic’s official website. Use Claude Opus 4.7 for the strongest workflow-building results. Install Node.js (version 18 or higher recommended).

    Verify the installations by running in your terminal:

    node -v

    npm -v

  2. Set Up MCP Server for n8n

    In your terminal, run:

    npx n8n-mcp

    Wait for the MCP server to initialize—you’ll see a confirmation once it’s running.

  3. Configure Claude to Connect with n8n

    • Launch Claude Desktop.

    • Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config.

    • Paste the MCP configuration code.

    Add your n8n URL and API key:

    • To create an API key, go to Settings → n8n API → Create API Key, then paste it into Claude’s config.

  4. Restart Claude Desktop

    Save the configuration file. Restart Claude Desktop to apply changes.

  5. Enable MCP Tools in Claude

    Tap the n8n MCP icon in the bottom-right corner of Claude. Select “Enable tools” to allow workflow usage.

  6. Describe Automation

    In a fresh Claude chat, type something like:

    “Create an n8n workflow that collects latest Notion database entries, summarizes each one using AI, and sends the summary to Slack every morning.”

  7. Let Claude Build

    Claude Opus 4.7 will interpret your request, choose the right n8n nodes, check node settings, build the workflow structure, and connect the required steps.

Note: You can ask Claude to modify existing workflows too — just share the workflow URL and describe what changes you want.

Top AI & Tech News

  • Silicon Valley–driven demand for electricity from AI data centers is straining Western grids and squeezing out smaller customers

  • YouTube is rolling out AI likeness detection to users 18+, letting them upload a selfie scan so YouTube can flag videos that appear to use their face

  • Microsoft is requiring its engineers to stop using Anthropic’s Claude Code and switch to GitHub Copilot CLI by June 30, 2026

  • WorldReasonBench shows modern video generators make visually convincing clips but frequently fail to reason about physics, social norms, logic, and information

AI Art Spotlight

Create Your Own Product Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:

Ultra-premium 4:5 vertical 8K luxury campaign poster for Apple Watch Series 11, Apple-grade minimalism, Nike-style billboard hierarchy, cinematic gradient background in matte black, graphite, and emerald Apple-green, volumetric lighting, flowing metallic ribbon curves, three floating hyper-realistic Apple Watches in dynamic triangular composition — hero upper-right with dark green woven loop strap, vivid glowing Activity Rings, titanium edges, sapphire crystal highlights, elegant perspective tilt; center with dark navy sport band, incoming call UI, cinematic rotation; bottom-left with silver aluminum case, white woven strap, glowing heart-rate UI — top-left white Apple logo with "MURPHY AI" in small uppercase bold sans-serif; massive bold geometric sans headline "Stay Ahead. Stay Connected." with "Stay Connected." in Apple-green; subheadline "Health. Fitness. Connection. All on your wrist."; top-right "Apple Watch Series 11 • Built for a better you."; three minimal feature blocks with thin outline icons: Advanced Health Insights, Smarter Every Day, Stay Connected; bottom-left rounded CTA "Explore Apple Watch" with neon-green outline, subtle glow, circular arrow; tiny URL below; 85mm lens, OLED glow, cinematic reflections, soft shadows, Apple keynote realism, billboard-ready; strict palette: matte black, graphite, emerald green, matte white, cool gray, OLED activity-ring colors only; photorealistic, minimalist, expensive, editorial, award-winning luxury commercial advertising.

Model: ChatGPT Images 2.0

Prompt of the Day

6 Prompts To Productize Your Knowledge

These prompts help you apply Naval Ravikant’s wealth principles to your own work and income model. Use them to find your specific knowledge, audit time-for-money traps, build leverage, and turn your expertise into scalable assets.

Featured AI Video

Brutally Honest Advice for Someone Trying to Make Money with AI