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With the new Gemini 2.5 Pro "05-06", Google is now sitting at the top of all AI leaderboards, especially for coding, knocking Claude off the throne. It can even build apps straight from YouTube videos, with accuracy that’s turning heads. Let’s unpack…

Today’s Summary:

• 🚀 Google launches top Gemini model

• 🔧 Figma evolves into AI studio

• 🏛️ OpenAI scraps for-profit plans

• 🌎 OpenAI backs nations for democratic AI

• 🧠 Mistral 3 rivals Claude at lower cost

• 📈 ChatGPT to become 5th-most visited website

• 🛠️ 2 new tools

TOP STORY

Google launches Gemini update with massive gains

The Summary: Google dropped an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro 05-06, two weeks ahead of its annual I/O conference. This early release now ranks #1 on all Arena leaderboards, especially the WebDev Arena, becoming the first model to surpass Claude in coding.

Key details:

• Gemini now leads both general reasoning and coding, putting Google ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic

• Gemini 2.5 Pro “05-06” initially scored 1499 on WebDev Arena, beating Claude 3.7 Sonnet (1377) by +122 Elo points and jumping +221 over its own 03-25 previous version

• Can convert YouTube videos into working apps

• Developers report 95–98% accurate code diffs

• Cursor, Replit, and Cognition added it in their coding tools

• The new model auto-replaces the 03-25 version with no price changes; available now via Gemini API, Vertex AI, and AI Studio

Why it matters: For the first time, Google is ahead of both OpenAI in general reasoning benchmarks and Anthropic in coding. Gemini 2.5 Pro may become the backbone of the next wave of developer tools and a serious challenger to the reign of Claude Sonnet. Just as important, it fixes long-standing issues with hallucinations and buggy edits, bringing Gemini to a new level of reliability.

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Figma expands from design app to AI product studio

The Summary: At Config 2025, Figma launched four new AI-powered tools, Sites, Make, Buzz, and Draw, that merge the frontiers between design, code, and content. Designers can now turn mockups into live websites, working prototypes, and marketing assets using prompts and no-code editors. Figma all-in-one platform takes aim at competitors like Adobe, WordPress, and Canva.

Key details:

• Figma Sites allows one-click publishing of responsive websites from Figma designs, with built-in animations, breakpoints, CMS, and a visual editor for collaborators

• Figma Make, powered by Claude 3.7, turns Figma files or text prompts into functional app prototypes with editable code

• Figma Buzz gives marketing teams access to brand templates, AI-generated image tools, and spreadsheet-based bulk asset creation without designer bottlenecks

• Figma Draw brings advanced vector tools such as text-on-path, dynamic strokes, repeaters, noise and texture effects, aiming to retire Adobe Illustrator from your workflow

Why it matters: Figma’s new tools are rewriting what it means to design a digital product. Designers no longer hand off “files”, they ship products. Marketers don’t wait for “creatives”, they generate campaigns on time. Developers get clean code straight from a design. The future of product design just got flattened, and Figma is drawing the map.

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OpenAI walks back for-profit plan

The Summary: OpenAI has scrapped its plan to fully convert into a for-profit company and will keep its nonprofit in control. Its commercial arm will become a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), balancing mission with capital needs. The decision follows legal and civic pressure. OpenAI says this setup will still let it raise the massive funding required while staying mission-aligned.

Key details:

• OpenAI’s nonprofit company remains in control and becomes a major shareholder in the new PBC structure

• The PBC structure enables OpenAI to simplify its equity model and attract capital without abandoning its mission

• OpenAI forecasts it may need trillions in funding to make AI broadly available and plans to lift profit caps for investors

Why it matters: OpenAI has dropped its for-profit plans. Instead, it’s converting its commercial arm into a Public Benefit Corporation, but keeping control under the nonprofit board. The structure walks a tightrope: attracting capital without abandoning its AGI-for-humanity mission. Whether this hybrid structure holds up under trillion-dollar weight remains to be seen.

QUICK NEWS

Quick news

• OpenAI wants to help nations build democratic AI infrastructure

• Mistral Medium 3 offers Claude-level power at lower cost

• ChatGPT is set to become the #5 most visited website

TOOLS

🥇 New tools

• Preswald - AI agent to build data apps, dashboards and reports

• Dash - AI agent that automates tasks across your favorite apps