AI Weekly: Pills for Alzheimer’s, Smarter Shopping, Brain Chips, and the Rise of Agentic Retail

AI Weekly: Pills for Alzheimer’s, Smarter Shopping, Brain Chips, and the Rise of Agentic Retail

Hey everyone! Another week, another batch of jaw-dropping AI developments — from life-changing discoveries to futuristic shopping experiences. Buckle up, here’s what you need to know… 🚀

🧬 AI Finds a Pill-Sized Hope for Alzheimer’s

This is BIG. Researchers at UC San Diego have used AI to uncover a surprising new cause of Alzheimer’s — tied to a previously misunderstood gene function. Even more incredible? They’ve identified a potential treatment… and it could come in the form of a simple pill. 💊🧠
🔗 Read the full story here:
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/ai-helps-unravel-a-cause-of-alzheimers-disease-and-identify-a-therapeutic-candidate

🛍️ ChatGPT Gets Smarter at Shopping

OpenAI is levelling up ChatGPT’s search tool with some serious upgrades:
✅ Personalized shopping recos
✅ Price comparisons
✅ Review summaries
✅ Direct buying links
✅ Multiple citations + trending queries
✅ Autocomplete for quicker searches
Oh — and none of it’s paid advertising. 👀
With over a billion web searches in the past week, ChatGPT is quietly becoming a true Google challenger.
And with Amazon, Perplexity, and even Mastercard & Visa getting into AI-powered shopping, the retail game is being rewritten — by agents.

🎨 AI Tip: Instantly Create Ad Variations with ChatGPT

Feeling stuck on your creative? Let GPT-4o remix your ad in seconds.
Here’s how:
1️⃣ Go to ChatGPT and choose GPT-4o
2️⃣ Upload your original ad image
3️⃣ Use prompts like:
* “Create an ad like this sample for a [product] called [name], using [color], with the headline ‘[headline]’.”
* “Make this ad for a new product, change the subject to a blonde, and use a brighter palette.”
💡 Swap headlines, colors, layouts, and even the model — and quickly test what clicks.

🧠 Mind to Voice: The Neuralink ALS Story

The third person on Earth to receive a Neuralink implant — and the first with ALS — just shared his experience.
With the chip in his brain, he can now speak his thoughts out loud, using his own voice. 🤯
This is one of the most emotional (and promising) breakthroughs we’ve seen in brain-computer interfaces.

🎥 Watch it here: https://x.com/ALScyborg/status/1916630186382291242

🛒 Visa + Mastercard Join the AI Shopping War

Boom. 💥
Mastercard and Visa have officially stepped into the AI e-commerce arena, rolling out payment options that AI Agents can directly use.
What does this mean?
It means agents (like ChatGPT) could buy things on your behalf soon.
Pair this with OpenAI’s new shopping features and Perplexity’s agentic shopping moves… and suddenly, the checkout process is about to get automated.
Are your carts ready for AI hands? 🛒🤖

📌 That’s all for this week, folks! From AI curing Alzheimer’s to brain chips speaking your thoughts and agents buying stuff for you — this is no longer sci-fi.

✨ Until next Tuesday — stay curious, stay sharp, and keep riding the AI wave. 🌊💡