Claude Drops Code Plugins, Sora Beats ChatGPT

"I asked ChatGPT to review my code and it said 'looks good to me' - no wonder, it was trained on Stack Overflow comments."

What's up builders 👋

Claude just dropped Code Plugins to compete with Cursor, while OpenAI's Sora is breaking download records faster than ChatGPT ever did. Meanwhile, Anthropic's showing us how easy it is to poison an LLM (spoiler: scary easy), and someone's making $25K in a week with AI beauty influencers. Let's dive into what actually matters for shipping code faster.

Claude launches Code Plugins in public beta - the new plugin system lets you install curated collections of slash commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks directly in Claude Code. This is Anthropic's direct shot at Cursor and GitHub Copilot's dominance.

We're seeing the shift from "AI that helps you code" to "AI environments where you code." Claude's betting that developers want modular, extensible AI assistance rather than monolithic tools. The plugin approach means you can customize your AI coding setup like you customize your IDE - install what you need, skip what you don't. Early adopters are already building plugins for specific frameworks and languages. If you're tired of Cursor's one-size-fits-all approach, this could be your new home.

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• Gemini Enterprise - Google's new workplace AI that creates Office docs and connects to Gmail/Outlook - enterprise AI getting real

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• Junie AI Coding Agent Starter Guide - JetBrains' complete walkthrough for their new AI agent, covering setup to advanced features

• Top 10 AI Code Review Tools for 2025 - Practical comparison of tools that actually work, not just hype

• Computer-Use Agents Technical Explainer - Learn how VLM-driven UI agents work on unmodified software - the future of automation

• v0's fluid CTA transitions - Remix-ready UI components with buttery smooth animations - grab the code and customize

• "Vibe coding is dead, it's Vibe Engineering now" - The community's debating whether we've evolved past just vibing with AI to actually engineering with it

• Prompt hack: "Provide various solutions, implement the best one" - Forces LLMs to explore options before committing - builders are loving this technique

• Sam Altman on layers of AI awareness - "Public sees ChatGPT, power users think they know better, scientists laugh at both" - where do you fit?

• Pat Walls: "We're in a short window to make money with apps" - People finally paying for apps again, but the window won't last - ship now or regret later

• ChatGPT leadership prediction prompt going viral - Ask "what kind of leader will I be?" based on your prompt history

• Reflection AI raises $2B at $8B valuation - Building America's open-source answer to DeepSeek and closed labs

• Microsoft Azure unveils NVIDIA GB300 cluster for OpenAI - First production supercomputing cluster specifically for OpenAI's demands

• Figma partners with Google Gemini - AI design features coming to Figma via Gemini integration

• Datacurve raises $15M to compete with Scale AI - Using "bounty hunter" system for data labeling - disrupting the data pipeline

• AI beauty influencer making $24.9K in 7 days - One AI model, $109K in GMV, 9.1M TikTok views - the playbook is public

• India pilots AI chatbot e-commerce - Shop and pay directly through ChatGPT/Claude - glimpse of commerce future

• Warp wins Time's Best Invention 2025 - Agentic development environment gets mainstream recognition alongside Cursor

• LLMs can be poisoned with just a few documents - 363 comments on HN dissecting Anthropic's research showing any LLM can be compromised regardless of size

• Sora hits 1M downloads faster than ChatGPT - OpenAI's video tool breaking adoption records

• Copilot Windows update adds Gmail integration - Create Office docs from chat and connect email accounts

• Justine Moore on video model opportunities - Save characters with image + voice for future generations

Sora beat ChatGPT's download record while Anthropic is out here showing us that you can poison any LLM with basically a Post-it note's worth of data. We're simultaneously speedrunning AI adoption and discovering it's held together with duct tape. Classic 2025.

The real pattern this week? Everyone's racing to own the developer workflow. Claude wants your IDE, Copilot wants your OS, and Cursor already has your muscle memory. Place your bets on who wins, but the smart money is on whoever makes debugging AI-generated code less painful.

What are you shipping this weekend? Hit reply and show me what you're building - especially if you're using that "provide various solutions" prompt hack.

Keep shipping,

P.S. - Someone made $25K with an AI influencer selling makeup. Meanwhile, I'm here using Claude to argue with TypeScript errors. We all have our journeys.