AI & Web3 Weekly: Google’s AP2, GPT-5-Codex Safety, Meta’s Smart Glasses, and $200M Web3 Frenzy

This week in AI and Web3: Google unveils AP2, a payments standard for AI agents with big-name backers; OpenAI details GPT-5-Codex safety and consumer ChatGPT usage trends; Meta preps $800 “Hypernova” smart glasses; Hugging Face releases a Jupyter-agent dataset; and Albania names the world’s first AI “minister.” On the Web3 side, Maple’s Plasma vault hit $200M in seconds, Base teases a token, and Polymarket taps Chainlink for faster resolutions.

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Azhar Uddin
September 19, 2025

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Google unveils AP2, a payments standard for AI agents

Google introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) so agents can buy things on your behalf with auditability and consent. It uses cryptographically signed “mandates,” supports cards, bank rails, and stablecoins (via an A2A x402 extension), and launched with backers like Amex, Mastercard, PayPal, Coinbase, Salesforce, and Intuit.

ChatGPT usage study: everyday tasks dominate, work is ~30%

OpenAI released the largest analysis to date of consumer ChatGPT use, based on 1.5M conversations. The data suggests adoption is broadening (including LMICs), most chats focus on practical guidance and writing, and roughly a third of consumer use is for work.

OpenAI details GPT-5-Codex safety for agentic coding

A new system-card addendum outlines specialized mitigations for GPT-5-Codex, including training against prompt injection, agent sandboxing, and configurable network access when models run code autonomously in terminals/IDEs.

Meta’s“Hypernova” smart glasses are set for prime time

Ahead of Connect, Meta is poised to debut $800 display-equipped smart glasses with a wrist-worn EMG controller and HUD-style overlays—moving beyond its camera-only Ray-Ban line. A leaked video previewed features like navigation and recipe prompts in-lens.and live coverage corroborate the specs.

Notebook-native agents get a training set

Hugging Face published the Jupyter-Agent dataset (≈51K synthetic notebooks; ~200M tokens) to teach models to read notebooks, run Python, and answer dataset-grounded questions—useful for research, analytics, and “AI for science” workflows.

A world first: an AI “minister” for procurement

Albania appointed “Diella,” an AI system tasked with overseeing public tenders to cut corruption—placing a virtual official in a cabinet-level role focused on procurement transparency.

WEB3 Snippets

$200M filled in under a minute

Maple’s syrupUSDT “Plasma” pre-deposit vault, hosted by Midas and tied to Tether’s upcoming Plasma chain, effectively maxed its $200M cap within seconds—helped by XPL pre-TGE rewards.

Base hints at a native token

At Basecamp, Jesse Pollak said the Coinbase-backed L2 will “explore a network token,” sparking a rally in ecosystem names (AERO, ZORA, DEGEN). With ~$5B TVL, a token could drive decentralization and incentive design—if executed differently from past L2s.

Polymarket plugs into Chainlink for faster resolutions

Prediction-market Polymarket is integrating Chainlink’s data standard to tighten accuracy and cut settlement time—crucial for users who need near-instant market outcomes.