🎉 Clear AI Copyright Protections, ChatGPT in the Government, DeepSeek Makes Images Too, OpenAI Agentics with Operator, Level-Up Prompts
Much Needed Clarity for Copyright Protection, OpenAI Expands into the Gov, New DeepSeek Image Model, 2025 is the Year of AI Agentics, Level Up Your Prompting Skills
Welcome to this week’s edition of AImpulse, a four point summary of the most significant advancements in the world of Artificial Intelligence followed by a cool new AI tool I’m trying out this week.
Here’s the pulse on this week’s top stories:
What’s Happening: The U.S. Copyright Office just released a new report establishing firm guidelines on AI-generated works, ruling that AI outputs alone cannot receive copyright protection while preserving rights for human creators who use AI as a tool.
The details:
The 52-page report determined that copyright protection requires meaningful human authorship and creativity, not just AI generation.
Even with extensive prompt engineering, simply providing text prompts to AI systems generally doesn't qualify for copyright protection.
The report highlighted works that combine human-authored elements with AI-generated content as copyrightable, but only for the human-created portions.
The Office also said no new legislation is needed at this time to handle AI copyright issues, with current registration policies continuing as normal.
Why it matters: This guidance provides much-needed clarity for creators and companies working with AI tools while still protecting human authorship. As more artists and businesses continue to grapple with integrating AI into workflows while seeking to protect valuable IP, the ruling comes at a vital time.
What’s Happening: OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Gov, a specialized version of its flagship product designed specifically for U.S. agencies — allowing departments to securely take advantage of AI systems in their own private environment.
The details:
The platform allows agencies to deploy ChatGPT within Azure environments, enabling sensitive data processing and adherence to security protocols.
Gov users can access 4o, and Enterprise features like conversation sharing, custom GPTs, and admin controls for department-wide deployments.
The government has already actively used ChatGPT, with data showing that over 90k employees across 3,500 agencies have generated 18M messages since 2024.
Why it matters: With AI models becoming intertwined in nearly every sector, it's no surprise that the government is adopting the tech internally and needs a more secure deployment for sensitive data and materials. This new, tailored option could significantly spur even broader AI adoption across federal agencies.
What’s Happening: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek just released Janus-Pro, a new open-source multimodal AI model that outperforms major image generation rivals like DALL-E 3 and StabIe Diffusion — coming on the heels of the company’s viral R1 launch.
The details:
The new Janus-Pro model family generates high-quality images from text descriptions, with 1B and 7B parameter models available.
Janus-Pro outperformed DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion in key industry benchmarks for image quality and accuracy, such as GenEval and DPG-Bench.
The models were released under an MIT license, allowing developers to freely use and modify the model for commercial projects.
The launch follows DeepSeek's R1 release, which achieved o1-level reasoning capabilities at far lower costs — shaking U.S. markets and the industry.
Why it matters: DeepSeek is the talk of the town, and the effects of R1 are being felt throughout markets as the world digests the reshaping of assumptions around development costs and capabilities. While the current panic may be an overreaction, the Chinese lab has raised questions about the U.S.'s perceived lead in the space.
What’s Happening: OpenAI just launched Operator, an AI agent that can independently navigate web browsers to complete everyday tasks — marking the company's first major step into autonomous AI assistants.
The details:
Operator uses a new Computer-Using Agent model that combines 4o's vision capabilities with advanced reasoning to interact naturally with websites.
OpenAI demoed the feature during a live stream, showcasing tasks like booking reservations, grocery ordering, and buying tickets to sporting events.
OpenAI has partnered with major platforms like DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber to ensure the agent works seamlessly while respecting platform guidelines.
Built-in safety features include user approval for purchases, automated threat detection, and "takeover mode" for sensitive info like passwords and payments.
The research preview is currently limited to U.S. Pro users, with plans to expand to Plus, Team, and Enterprise after more safety and reliability testing.
Why it matters: While we’ve seen agentic systems popping up more frequently, OpenAI’s long-awaited move is a major step towards broadly changing the entire mindset of how we interact with AI. While there may be rough edges at first, Operator feels like the official beginning of a brand new agentic era.
AI Tool to Know: Using delimiters and structured prompts significantly improves AI model outputs by providing clear instructions and relevant context.
Step-by-step:
Structure prompts using XML tags (<goal>, <context>, <format>).
Fill each section with relevant, specific information and define clear parameters for your desired output.
Test, ask follow-up questions, and optimize your results.
Pro tip: Save successful prompt structures as templates for consistent results across similar tasks.