Minute Gazette
Your personalized AI newspaper
Wednesday, February 12, 2026
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Good morning, Jake. Here's your world today.
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Top Story
OpenAI Announces GPT-5 with "Human-Level Reasoning"
Sam Altman took the stage yesterday to announce what he called "the iPhone moment for AI." GPT-5, they claim, can now reason through multi-step problems at human expert level. The demos were impressive — solving novel math proofs, debugging complex codebases, even writing poetry that doesn't make you cringe. But here's the thing: we've heard "breakthrough" before. The real test isn't the demo; it's what happens when millions of users find the edges. Our take? Cautiously optimistic. Very cautiously.
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📰 Your News
National
- Senate passes bipartisan infrastructure bill with $50B for AI research
- Fed signals potential rate cut in March as inflation cools
- Supreme Court to hear major case on AI-generated content copyright
Austin, TX
- City Council approves new tech campus in East Austin, 5,000 jobs expected
- I-35 expansion enters Phase 2 — expect delays through downtown
- South Congress food truck park closing after 12 years
Tech
- Anthropic closes $4B funding round, now valued at $60B
- Apple Vision Pro 2 leaks suggest 50% price cut coming
- GitHub Copilot now writes 40% of new code at Microsoft
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🎨 Political Watchdog
Today's Editorial Cartoon
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[AI-Generated Political Cartoon]
"The Invisible Hand Gets a Smartphone"
Caption: As Congress debates AI regulation, tech CEOs discover the only thing harder than building artificial intelligence is explaining it to someone who still calls it "the cyber."
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💰 Your Financial Times
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📅 Due This Week:
- Electric Bill (Austin Energy) — $142.50 (Friday)
- Internet (AT&T) — $79.99 (Saturday)
💳 Recent Activity:
- H-E-B Grocery — $127.43
- Netflix — $15.99 (renewed)
- OpenAI API — $23.50
🏦 Balances: Checking $3,847 · Savings $12,500 · Business $2,156
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📅 Your Day
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☀️ Weather
68°F, partly cloudy. High of 74°. Perfect day for a walk — light jacket optional.
📆 Today
- 10:00am — Pup Social at 6G
- 2:00pm — Dentist appointment
- 6:00pm — Dinner with Brooke's parents
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📦 Deliveries
- Amazon — Arriving today
- Chewy — Out for delivery
🎂 Coming Up
Mom's birthday in 5 days
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🧩 Brain Games
Today's Mini Crossword
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Across
1. AI company behind Claude
4. Texas capital
5. Morning beverage
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Down
1. Smart home assistant
2. Email ending
3. Opposite of PM
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⚡ Quick Trivia
What year was the first email sent?
Answer at bottom ↓
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💡 The Bright Side
Good News: Scientists in Japan successfully reversed aging in mice using a new gene therapy. Human trials expected within 2 years.
On This Day (1809): Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky. He would grow up to become the 16th President of the United States.
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"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
— Peter Drucker
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Trivia Answer: 1971 — Ray Tomlinson sent the first email, choosing @ to separate user from computer.
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