Albania just appointed an AI minister… What could possibly go wrong? 😅

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Bootstrapped for Cash

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This is a podcast about two techies, Iván and Giorgio, who once worked at a startup that got acquired and thought: "Hey, we can do this ourselves!"—only to realize they have no clue what they’re doing. Now bootstrapping their own indie venture, they’re navigating business, marketing, and sales while awkwardly exposing themselves as introverts on social media. Along the way, they’re using AI to build new products because "chatbots are boring, and we can do better". Expect plenty of facepalms, questionable decisions, and the dry, sardonic humor that unites Southern Europeans.

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Albania just appointed an AI minister… What could possibly go wrong? 😅

Bootstrapped for Cash

44 minutes 21 seconds

1 month ago

Albania just appointed an AI minister… What could possibly go wrong? 😅

Albania just made history by appointing an AI bot, Diella, as minister to fight corruption. A bold experiment that could inspire other countries, but also raises new risks like prompt injection.

In this episode, we dive into this milestone, explore the latest AI news, and share our usual product updates.

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- Albania appoints AI bot (Diella) as minister to tackle corruption

https://www.reuters.com/technology/albania-appoints-ai-bot-minister-tackle-corruption-2025-09-11/?s=08

- Google’s Gemini tops Apple’s App Store

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/16/google-gemini-tops-apples-app-store-snagging-lead-spot-from-chatgpt.html

- ChatGPT still leads ChatBot market share by far

https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share#monthly-202503-202508

- Veo 3: GA, price reduction, and support for vertical format

https://developers.googleblog.com/en/veo-3-and-veo-3-fast-new-pricing-new-configurations-and-better-resolution/

- Veo 3 for free on YouTube, only in certain English-speaking countries

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/googledeepmind_were-bringing-veo-3-to-youtube-shorts-activity-7373762426942414848-J-z5

- Alibaba releases Wan2.2-S2V: best open-source speech-to-video model

https://huggingface.co/Wan-AI/Wan2.2-S2V-14B

- Alibaba releases the new open-source Qwen3-Next architecture

https://qwen.ai/blog?id=4074cca80393150c248e508aa62983f9cb7d27cd&from=research.latest-advancements-list

- ByteDance releases Seedream 4.0 which beats Nano-Banana according to benchmarks

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/tiktok-creators-new-ai-image-generator-is-the-best-ive-ever-seen-and-its-terrifying

- OpenAI adds 'powerful but dangerous' support for MCP in ChatGPT dev mode

https://venturebeat.com/dev/openai-adds-powerful-but-dangerous-support-for-mcp-in-chatgpt-dev-mode

- OpenAI releases GPT-5-Codex + CLI + IDE extension

https://openai.com/index/introducing-upgrades-to-codex/

- How people are using ChatGPT

https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/

- OpenAI bets $300 billion on Oracle contract to power artificial intelligence expansion despite ongoing losses

https://www.techradar.com/pro/openai-bets-usd300-billion-on-oracle-contract-to-power-artificial-intelligence-expansion-despite-ongoing-losses

- Oracle’s stock rose 40% making Larry Ellison the richest man in the world for just one day

https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/09/how-did-larry-ellison-surpass-elon-musk-as-the-richest-man-for-just-one-day/

- Why OpenAI’s $300 billion deal with Oracle has set the ‘AI bubble’ alarm bells ringing

https://fortune.com/2025/09/16/oracle-openai-deal-ai-bubble-alarm-bells/

- OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting their partnership

https://finimize.com/content/openais-microsoft-deal-could-add-billions-to-its-bottom-line

- Microsoft to use some AI from Anthropic in shift from OpenAI

https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-use-some-ai-anthropic-shift-openai-information-reports-2025-09-09/

- Meta just dropped a huge breakthrough with the launch of their new Ray-Ban Display glasses, combining a built-in display and AI integration

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOuhE9tCDdx/?igsh=MWNhbHp2Nmh4dWpzdQ%3D%3D

- Google SynthID

https://deepmind.google/science/synthid/