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A Conversation with ChatGPT's Product Lead: What They See Amid the GPT-5 Controversy | Yunqi Tech π

A Conversation with ChatGPT's Product Lead: What They See Amid the GPT-5 Controversy | Yunqi Tech π

Since GPT-5's launch, praise and criticism have flown in equal measure. Faced with unsparing market feedback, ChatGPT product lead Nick Turley recently sat down with Alex Heath, deputy editor at tech publication *The Verge*, for an interview that offered the first systematic reckoning with the backlash.

Livestream Registration | Yunqi Capital x SEE Fund: World Robot Congress Themed Event — See You Tomorrow

Livestream Registration | Yunqi Capital x SEE Fund: World Robot Congress Themed Event — See You Tomorrow

On August 8, the **2025 World Robot Conference (WRC)** opened in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. As one of the largest and most influential events in the global robotics sector, this year's WRC is themed "Making Robots Smarter, Making Embodied Intelligence More Intelligent," bringing together **over 1,500 exhibits from more than 200 domestic and international robotics companies**, including 100 new products making their debut.

Livestream Countdown | Yunqi Capital x SEE Fund: World Robot Congress Special Event — See You in 2 Days

Livestream Countdown | Yunqi Capital x SEE Fund: World Robot Congress Special Event — See You in 2 Days

From August 8 to 12, the **2025 World Robot Conference (WRC)** will be held at Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. As one of the largest and most influential events in the global robotics sector, this year's WRC will take "Making Robots Smarter, Making Embodied Intelligence More Intelligent" as its theme, bringing together **over 1,500 exhibits from more than 200 domestic and international robotics companies**, including 100 new products that will make their debut.

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Vol.17 48-Hour Xiaohongshu Hackathon Hit: How an AI-Native Product That Broke the "Retention Curse" Was Built --- Two weekends ago, I participated in a 48-hour hackathon hosted by Xiaohongshu. Our team of four built an AI-native product from scratch — no code, no design background between us — and ended up winning the "Most Popular" award. The product? A voice diary app called **"Echo"** that uses AI to turn fragmented daily moments into serialized, episodic "life podcasts." Think *This American Life*, but starring you. What surprised me wasn't that we won. It was that people kept using it *after* the demo. Here's the dirty secret of AI hackathons: most projects die the moment judges stop clapping. The "retention curse" is real — users try your GPT wrapper once, say "neat," and never return. We broke that pattern. Our daily active user rate among beta testers hit 34% in week one, which for a hackathon product is basically unheard of. How? Three deliberate choices we made against hackathon orthodoxy. **First, we refused to build a chatbot.** The default AI product in 2024 is still "talk to a large language model." We explicitly rejected this. Chat interfaces create *performance anxiety* — users feel pressure to ask the "right
Vol.17 48-Hour Xiaohongshu Hackathon Hit: How an AI-Native Product That Broke the "Retention Curse" Was Built

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Two weekends ago, I participated in a 48-hour hackathon hosted by Xiaohongshu. Our team of four built an AI-native product from scratch — no code, no design background between us — and ended up winning the "Most Popular" award.

The product? A voice diary app called **"Echo"** that uses AI to turn fragmented daily moments into serialized, episodic "life podcasts." Think *This American Life*, but starring you.

What surprised me wasn't that we won. It was that people kept using it *after* the demo.

Here's the dirty secret of AI hackathons: most projects die the moment judges stop clapping. The "retention curse" is real — users try your GPT wrapper once, say "neat," and never return. We broke that pattern. Our daily active user rate among beta testers hit 34% in week one, which for a hackathon product is basically unheard of.

How? Three deliberate choices we made against hackathon orthodoxy.

**First, we refused to build a chatbot.**

The default AI product in 2024 is still "talk to a large language model." We explicitly rejected this. Chat interfaces create *performance anxiety* — users feel pressure to ask the "right

Vol.17 48-Hour Xiaohongshu Hackathon Hit: How an AI-Native Product That Broke the "Retention Curse" Was Built --- Two weekends ago, I participated in a 48-hour hackathon hosted by Xiaohongshu. Our team of four built an AI-native product from scratch — no code, no design background between us — and ended up winning the "Most Popular" award. The product? A voice diary app called **"Echo"** that uses AI to turn fragmented daily moments into serialized, episodic "life podcasts." Think *This American Life*, but starring you. What surprised me wasn't that we won. It was that people kept using it *after* the demo. Here's the dirty secret of AI hackathons: most projects die the moment judges stop clapping. The "retention curse" is real — users try your GPT wrapper once, say "neat," and never return. We broke that pattern. Our daily active user rate among beta testers hit 34% in week one, which for a hackathon product is basically unheard of. How? Three deliberate choices we made against hackathon orthodoxy. **First, we refused to build a chatbot.** The default AI product in 2024 is still "talk to a large language model." We explicitly rejected this. Chat interfaces create *performance anxiety* — users feel pressure to ask the "right