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Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.
FBI arrests OpenAI engineer over secret recorder; Jio eyes $108B telecom-AI IPO; scientists urge global AI safeguards.
Inside This Edition: 💎
Hottest AI News
Top AI & SaaS Tools
AI Tutorial: Build AI Call Answering Assistant
Top AI & Tech News
AI Art Spotlight
Prompt of the Day: Prompts for Building Passive Income
Featured AI Video
AI Meme of the Day
Hottest AI News
OpenAI
FBI Arrests OpenAI Engineer Over Secret Recording Device in Its Office
An OpenAI engineer has been arrested over an alleged attempt to secretly record confidential conversations in a San Francisco executive meeting room, exposing a very significant insider-security threat for the ChatGPT maker.
Details:
Prosecutors say Saudi engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, hid an encrypted recorder with mic and camera, wrapped in toilet paper, plugged into a TV's USB port. Placed Sept. 28; found Sept. 30
CCTV showed him near the restricted room. Investigators cite meeting-room searches and AI chatbot prompts about building and hiding recorders; a second device was found with his ID
OpenAI used its AI to trace the device, fired him, and alerted the FBI. Arrested Oct. 9, he was charged with illegal interception and faces 5 years and $250,000 fine if convicted
OpenAI says it saw no evidence of stolen model weights, source code or customer data. The FBI inquiry continues; his next court hearing is October 19.
Most prompting advice stops at "be specific."
What’s the key to maintaining brand integrity at scale? A lot goes into it, but the teams that get it right have one thing in common: they know how to talk to AI models.
As teams speed up and the required creative volume balloons, communication matters more than ever— both with LLMs, and with the people around you. Creative teams need to focus on ideas, concepts, craft, while technology augments their manual execution demands.
Join our discussion on this evolution with Ari Murray, Chief Digital Officer at Salt and Stone, and get 5 tips for expert LLM prompting with ready to run prompts.
Reliance
Mukesh Ambani's Jio Eyes $108 Billion Valuation for Telecom and AI IPO
Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms has filed its updated prospectus for India's largest-ever IPO. The Reliance-owned telecom, cloud and AI business aims to raise up to $3.2 billion at a $108.3 billion valuation.
Details:
Jio will issue 270 million fresh shares priced at ₹1,065–₹1,119 each. Anchor bidding starts October 19, public subscription runs October 21–23, and listing is expected on October 28
Up to $2.89 billion will repay telecom unit debt; the rest funds general needs and capital spending. Shares worth ₹500 crore are reserved for staff and ₹2,500 crore for Reliance investors
Jio has 533 million subscribers and carries 60% of India's data traffic. Meta and Google are backers; the prospectus warns privacy and telecom rules could restrict ads and digital revenue
Jio raised over $20.5B in 2020. It could become India's fourth-largest listed company, surpassing Hyundai's record $2.9B IPO from 2024.
Top AI & SaaS Tools
PresEngage (Life-time Deal): AI co-presenter that answers audience questions from your slides in 100+ languages while capturing leads and syncing them to your CRM
Retriever AI: Automates tasks across websites, such as finding leads, contacting prospects, identifying social media creators, and applying for jobs [F-R-E-E]
Facebook Your Algorithm: Customize Feed and Reels by typing topics you want more or less of, with recommendations updating in the same session as the feature rolls out
MausBot: Open-source desktop app that brings AI agents into a familiar chat interface to assign jobs and automate tasks like Grok Bot [F-R-E-E]
Drama 3: AI text-to-speech model that generates realistic, emotionally expressive voices with precise control over tone, emotions, pauses, emphasis, and multi-speaker dialogue [F-R-E-E to Try]
State of Product reveals what AI still hasn’t solved
80% of product professionals say AI helps them ship faster, but customers aren’t seeing value any sooner. Atlassian’s State of Product 2027 explores the gains AI is delivering and the challenges that remain, from decision-making that hasn’t kept pace to gut instinct overriding customer evidence.
AI Tutorial
How to Make a Phone-Based AI Assistant That Answers Your Calls
Ever wanted an AI assistant you can actually call? In this tutorial, you’ll build one with its own phone number using ElevenLabs and Twilio, make a real test call, and have it answer using your website, calendar, and more.
Create voice agent
In ElevenLabs, go to Agents → New Agent → Personal Assistant. Choose a voice, set your time zone, and add your first greeting message.
Example first message:
“Hi, this is your assistant. Tell me what you need and I’ll help you.”Add knowledge sources
Inside the agent settings, connect the information you want the assistant to use:
Your website
Your calendar
Set assistant’s behavior
Add a short instruction so it stays helpful and accurate.
Example instruction:
“Answer using my website and calendar. If you’re unsure, ask one question. Don’t guess.”Create Twilio account
Go to Twilio and create an account. You should have complimentary credits to test.
Buy Twilio phone number
In Twilio, buy a phone number (typically around $1). From the dashboard, copy these:
Phone number
Account SID
Auth Token
Import number into ElevenLabs
In ElevenLabs, go to Phone Numbers → Import from Twilio. Paste your SID, auth token, and phone number, then assign the number to your agent.
Call and test it
Call the number and test a few real questions like “What’s on my calendar?” or “What do we offer?” based on what you added to the agent’s knowledge base.
Note: Add the most useful pages from your website, not everything. Too much info can make answers messy.
Top AI & Tech News
Around 400 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, call for an international body to establish containment standards and track cybersecurity incidents involving advanced AI
SpaceXSI launches X Subscription, bundling Grok, Cursor, and X Premium for $30 instead of roughly $90 in separate subscriptions
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark moves his prediction for recursive AI self-improvement to 2027 from 2028, citing improvements in AI research capabilities
AI consciousness debates remain highly overconfident and shaped by motivated reasoning, with little meaningful progress in understanding whether AI can be conscious
AI Art Spotlight
Create Your Own Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:
Avant-garde sports fashion advertisement, oversized tennis racket positioned like monumental sculpture, female athlete seated casually on the strings as if a suspended lounge, giant word “PRECISION” in bold typography behind, crisp white studio backdrop, reflective court-like floor, luxury sportswear editorial aesthetic, cinematic lighting, ultra-clean composition, 1:1Model: ChatGPT Images 2.5 / Nano Banana 2.1
Prompt of the Day
8 Prompts for Building Passive and Semi Passive Income
These eight prompts help you plan, launch, and improve realistic passive and semi passive income streams based on your skills, time, budget, and goals. They cover opportunity research, digital product creation, audience growth, content monetization, business automation, diversified revenue planning, performance tracking, and a 36 month roadmap.
Featured AI Video
I Tested OpenAI's Dots vs. Meta's Muse. What You Need to Know.
AI Meme of the Day
💀 Not prompt engineering. Emotional damage engineering..