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Back to EpisodesJeff Dean Exits Google, Unlimited ChatGPT Text Chats, and AI Agents Get Crypto Wallets
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Yesterday in AI | 7 August 2026
Jeff Dean Exits Google, Unlimited ChatGPT Text Chats, and AI Agents Get Crypto Wallets
The artificial intelligence landscape experienced major structural shifts this week as tech leaders reorganized research divisions, eliminated consumer access caps, and built financial rails for autonomous agents. This episode breaks down Alphabet's massive leadership shakeup, as Demis Hassabis steps into a Chief Scientist role, Koray Kavukcuoglu becomes DeepMind CEO, and legendary engineer Jeff Dean departs to launch Discovery Loop with Google backing.
We explore Meta launching its Muse Code terminal agent at a 90% discount alongside a containment error with its Muse Spark model. We examine OpenAI removing message limits on ChatGPT text chats for 1 billion weekly users while upgrading free tiers to GPT-5.6 Luna. We cover Google Maps launching live action booking for food, hotels, and tickets. Finally, we analyze Cloudflare launching agent wallets powered by stablecoins and examine the security fallout of the ChainDrop automated malware worm tearing through the npm ecosystem.
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