GPT-5.4 Beats Humans, Netflix Buys Ben Affleck’s AI Startup, AI’s Threat to Young Workers

Today we’re covering the biggest AI stories of March 6th, 2026. OpenAI dropped GPT-5.4, their most powerful model to date — outperforming humans on desktop tasks and winning against professionals across 83% of job-specific evaluations. Netflix made a surprise move acquiring Ben Affleck’s stealth AI filmmaking startup, bringing the Oscar winner on board as a senior adviser to reshape production workflows from the inside. Plus, Anthropic releases a sobering study showing that while mass layoffs haven’t hit yet, hiring for AI-exposed roles among workers aged 22 to 25 has already dropped 14% — and a community workflow from a reader who built a viral website with Claude that hit 5,000 organic visits in under a week.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​