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Grok goes AGI, Meta mayhem & more (July 11, 2025)
Grok 4 sparks AGI talk, Meta faces cultural crisis, AWS launches an agent marketplace, and Robinhood’s co-founder backs a math-only LLM with $100M.
McDonald's leak, $4T Nvidia & more (July 10, 2025)
Grok 4 drops with PhD-level power, Nvidia hits $4T, Perplexity debuts an AI browser, and the EU enforces AI copyright rules. Oh, and McD’s bot leaked resumes.
Grok 4 goes live, Turkey bans it & more (July 9, 2025)
Grok 4 launches today, Turkey bans it, and AI impersonates Rubio. Meanwhile, a $23M AI academy retools classrooms and scientists rewrite proteins with AI.
Meta moves, cancer cures & more (July 8, 2025)
VC funding for AI hits 64%, Meta steals Apple’s AI chief, and DeepMind’s spinoff starts trials for cancer drugs, welcome to the new era of intelligent disruption.
AI fingerprints, Cursor crashes & more (July 7, 2025)
LLMs develop strategic behavior, AI fingerprints pop up in academic research, and Google’s AI Overviews face EU complaints. Plus, Capgemini bets $7.6B on agentic AI.
Fake tokens, fertility wins & more (July 4th, 2025)
OpenAI shuts down fake tokens, NYT wins log access, Meta nabs SSI’s founder, and AI brings a baby into the world after 18 years of heartbreak.
Fake bands, Microsoft layoffs & more (July 3, 2025)
Lovable nears $2B, Microsoft slashes 9k jobs for AI, Surge raises $1B, and an AI band hits 500k streams before being outed. Welcome to the weird future.
One million robots, AI regulations & more (July 2, 2025)
Grammarly acquires Superhuman to build an AI inbox, Amazon hits 1M robots, and the Senate ditches state AI limits. Cloudflare puts bots on a pay plan.
Our Guide to the Best Free AI Tools & Websites in 2025
Looking for free AI tools? Explore our guide to the best free AI tools online and AI websites free to enhance your projects in 2025.
AI doctors, Siri shakeup & more (July 1, 2025)
Microsoft’s AI beats doctors, Apple eyes Claude, Cloudflare blocks AI bots, and Trump drops key AI protections in new bill.
Meta’s secret list, Neuralink gaming & more (June 30, 2025)
Meta hires 8 from OpenAI, Claude roleplays as a vending machine human, Neuralink patients play games with their minds, and browser agents go public.
Napster is back, humans love free AI, & more (June 27, 2025)
Meta poaches OpenAI talent, Napster goes 3D with avatars, and CoreWeave stock explodes. AI is booming, but most users still aren't paying a dime.
Nvidia’s surge, Meta’s win, & more (June 26, 2025)
Nvidia rockets to new highs, Meta wins a copyright case and poaches OpenAI talent, and DeepMind compresses years of DNA science into hours.
Anthropic’s legal win, neurotech bets & more (June 25, 2025)
OpenAI targets Microsoft, Anthropic wins fair use (sort of), Gemini powers offline robots, and Google’s Imagen 4 image model is now free in AI Studio.
OpenAI scrubs ‘io’, Disney + OpenAI & more (June 24, 2025)
OpenAI’s ‘io’ gets wiped from the web, ElevenLabs launches its free AI assistant, and Disney plays both sides with AI licensing and lawsuits.
SoftBank’s trillion-dollar AI bet, Meta’s talent hunt & more (June 23, 2025)
Meta’s desperate AGI moves, SoftBank’s trillion-dollar AI city, and Anthropic’s alarming LLM research show the wild new frontier of AI ambition and risk.
One-man exit, bio-AI fears & more (June 20, 2025)
Base44's $80M exit shows the power of solo AI startups, GPT-5 is almost here, and OpenAI preps for biological risks as Software 3.0 takes shape.
ChatGPT is making you dumber & more (June 19, 2025)
Midjourney’s first video model launches, MIT raises cognitive concerns about ChatGPT, and Meta tries to poach OpenAI talent with $100M offers.
Meta x Prada, $100M bonuses & more (June 18, 2025)
Gemini 2.5 goes live, Meta partners with Prada & Oakley on AI glasses, and China’s $7M AI livestream shows how avatars are taking over retail.
OpenAI vs. Microsoft, TikTok takeover & more (June 17, 2025)
OpenAI’s rift with Microsoft heats up, Chinese video models dethrone Veo, and Claude becomes a debugging genius. TikTok and Claude steal the spotlight.
Self-improving AI, pharma moves & more (June 16, 2025)
Meta shakes up AI data, MIT builds self-learning models, and AstraZeneca signs a $5.3B AI drug deal. Also, Claude co-authors a paper taking on Apple.
Physical AI, Forecasting Cyclones, & more (June 13, 2025)
Nvidia builds a $50T AI future, Kalshi airs a wild AI ad during the NBA Finals, ByteDance leapfrogs Veo 3, and Anthropic drops a free AI fluency course.
Hollywood sues, Starbucks brews & more (June 12, 2025)
Meta’s new physics-savvy model, Midjourney faces Hollywood lawsuits, and Starbucks pilots an AI assistant for baristas, plus Claude Squad and Dia browser launch.
o3-pro discounts, weather forecasts & more (June 11, 2025)
OpenAI slashes prices for o3-pro, Mistral debuts fast reasoning, Nvidia predicts 30 years of weather, and Altman says the AI takeoff is here.
Apple stalls, Meta charges, OpenAI booms & more (June 10, 2025)
Apple’s WWDC underwhelms on AI, Meta builds AGI lab and eyes $10B Scale deal, OpenAI hits $10B ARR, and Google’s AI is crushing news publisher traffic.
UK ❤️ Nvidia, Getty Images v. AI & more (June 9, 2025)
Getty sues Stability AI, Nvidia invests £1B+ in UK AI, and Apple’s latest study says reasoning models might not be thinking after all.
Predictive feet, cloned voices & more (June 6, 2025)
AI scans your feet to spot heart failure 13 days early, Cursor raises nearly $1B, voice models mimic you too well, and data labeling now costs less than a cup of coffee.
AMC meets AI, Reddit goes to court & more (June 5, 2025)
AMC embraces AI for video production, Reddit sues Anthropic, and ChatGPT adds meeting tools. Plus: Google’s AI Mode changes SEO forever. Big moves all around.
Sweden’s AI gamble, NotebookLM goes public & more (June 5, 2025)
Sweden rolls out AI agents nationwide, Bengio builds a lab for honest AI, Microsoft teaches agents in 1 hour, and NotebookLM finally goes public.
Big bets, bigger paychecks & more (June 3, 2025)
xAI raises $300M at a $113B valuation, IBM acquires Seek AI for enterprise data, Meta automates ads, and AI-savvy workers see 56% wage boosts.
Apple slows down, AI speeds up & more (June 2, 2025)
AI learns to self-improve, voice agents level up, Samsung eyes AI partnerships and Apple delays its big AI debut...all in today’s newsletter.
Amazon wins NYT, AI voices whisper & more (May 30, 2025)
NYT signs with Amazon, DeepSeek stuns with a “minor” update, AI voice clones sound human, and an agent gets published at ACL. AI’s takeover is official.
Anthropic predicts job loss, recruits Reed Hastings & more (May 29, 2025)
Anthropic warns of mass job loss, Reed Hastings joins its board, Grok hits Telegram, and Opera launches an AI-first browser. Retool agents save 100M+ hours.
Claude talks, AI gut-checks, & more (May 28, 2025)
Claude gets voice chat, Meta splits its AI teams, and OpenAI launches “Sign in with ChatGPT.” Plus: INTUITOR trains AIs with confidence, not answers.
UAE pushes AI, Meta's talent drain & more (May 27, 2025)
UAE offers ChatGPT Plus to all citizens, Claude 4 threatens engineers, and Meta’s AI team evaporates. The future is wild, and it’s here now.
Hollywood AI, Nvidia's chip & more (May 26, 2025)
Veo’s Hollywood-style videos break the internet, Operator levels up with o3, Nvidia makes a move in China, and OpenAI’s models show surprising resistance.
Claude 4, OpenAI leak & more (May 23, 2025)
Claude 4 launches as the best coding AI, OpenAI’s wearable leaks, and Apple races to catch up with smart glasses of its own. The AI wars are getting wearable.
Screenless AI, Shopify's AI store & more (May 22, 2025)
OpenAI buys Jony Ive’s AI startup, Mistral drops a compact coding model, and Schmidt says AI is still underhyped. Plus, new tools for 3D, PDF, and ecomm pros.
Inside Google I/O & more (May 21, 2025)
Google launches Gemini Ultra at $250/month, transforms search with AI Mode, and kicks off an agent war—plus FutureHouse’s first scientific breakthrough.
Microsoft's AI army, translation headphones & more (May 20, 2025)
Microsoft goes on an AI rampage with new tools and agents, Codex codes solo, headphones translate crowds in real time and NotebookLM is hitting iOS. The AI age is fully operational.
Ancient cities, AI diplomacy & more (May 19, 2025)
OpenAI is offering $250K to find ancient Amazonian cities, Codex is transforming dev workflows, and geopolitical chip deal raises new AI tensions.
Code that's writing code & more (May 16, 2025)
Google launches AlphaEvolve, Windsurf drops SWE-1 post-acquisition, and Poe charts show GPT-4.1 on the rise. Plus, OpenAI teases its next big thing.
Claude evolves, DeepMind solves math & more (May 15, 2025)
Claude's new models will self-correct. GPT-4.1 officially replaces 4o. DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve just cracked a 50-year-old math problem. Big day for AI.
Apple in your mind & more (May 14, 2025)
Apple taps brainwaves, Google floods devices with Gemini, and Saudi Arabia cuts multi-billion AI deals. Plus: TikTok AI videos, Notion upgrades, and more.
Selfies diagnose cancer, Perplexity valuation & more (May 13, 2025)
Selfies predict cancer, Perplexity is valued at $14 billion and prompt engineering just got easier. Plus: malware, Claude vs GPT drama, and 4 must-try tools today.
AI breakups, deepfakes & more (May 12, 2025)
OpenAI and Microsoft renegotiate their $13B partnership as AI teaches itself, threatens Google Search, and builds eerily lifelike avatars. Plus, the Pope isn't a fan of AI.
Claude searches, Meta sees faces & more (May 9, 2025)
Claude can now browse the web, Meta’s glasses may recognize faces, and OpenAI hires Fidji Simo as it shifts from lab to product powerhouse.
AI is eating search engines & more (May 8, 2025)
AI brings down traditional search, France enters the AI race, and OpenAI expands Stargate globally. Plus, Figma, Claude, and Hugging Face make major moves.
Gemini goes God mode & more (May 7, 2025)
Gemini 2.5 Pro dominates with video-to-app power. OpenAI’s restructuring stirs backlash. HeyGen and Lightricks redefine AI video. Zapier makes finance fun.
OpenAI backtracks, mandatory AI education & more (May 6, 2025)
OpenAI reverses its for-profit plans, Cursor raises $900M, Nvidia releases a voice AI beast, and U.S. CEOs push mandatory AI education in schools.
AI hunts for life & more (May 5, 2025)
NASA hunts for life, Apple vibes with Claude, GPT-4o gets less agreeable, and Suno's AI sings smoother than ever. Agents aren’t just helpful—they’re cosmic.
AI scientists & more (May 2, 2025)
AI scientists go public, leaderboards under fire, mini models make big moves, and Claude gets integrations — here’s your Byte-Sized AI breakdown.
AI gets credit cards & more (May 1, 2025)
Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal launch AI shopping tools. GPT-4o gets rolled back for being too agreeable. China and Amazon drop powerful new models.
Reddit bots, privacy & more (April 30, 2025)
Reddit’s AI scandal raises red flags, Meta launches a Llama-fueled social AI app, and anyone can build with no-code tools. It’s all happening this week in AI.
AI goes shopping & more (April 29, 2025)
GPT-4o gets too agreeable, Qwen3 drops open-source, ChatGPT adds shopping smarts, and a new AI startup wants to build actual starships.
Building A Newsletter Automation Tool: A Journey Through Madness, Breakthroughs, and Learning
Built a no-code tool to automate newsletters from Excel. Faced major hurdles, found workarounds, and learned the real art of flexible automation.
OpenAI stumbles, China surges & more (April 28, 2025)
China races toward AI independence, Meta sends Llama into orbit, Microsoft launches memory PCs, and OpenAI's o3 model struggles to meet expectations.
Deep research for all & more (April 25, 2025)
OpenAI expands Deep Research access, Anthropic investigates AI consciousness, Adobe levels up Firefly, and Baidu, Perplexity, and others launch major updates.
AI paints the future & more (April 24, 2025)
OpenAI's image model goes public, Microsoft bets big on AI agents, and Grok starts seeing—welcome to the new creative and corporate frontier.
AI Voices, rogue agents & more (April 23, 2025)
Two undergrads entered the AI voice war, OpenAI wants Chrome, and Anthropic says bots are coming for your job.
AI gets a gavel & more (April 22, 2025)
A moral chatbot, autoregressive video generation, and governments outsourcing lawmaking to LLMs. What could go wrong?
The curious case of the o3 model & more (April 21, 2025)
OpenAI’s o3 gets creepy, DeepMind goes experiential, and the AI job takeover becomes a little too real.
Cheap thinking & more (April 18, 2025)
Gemini 2.5 adds toggleable reasoning and AI gets smarter across memory and biology.
OpenAI can think in images & more (April 17, 2025)
OpenAI unlocks image reasoning, Claude gets voice and research powers, and Copilot learns to control your computer.
GPT goes social & more (April 16, 2025)
OpenAI goes social, GPT-4.1 launches, Claude levels up, and Kling 2.0 takes on Google.
$32B and still no product & more (April 14, 2025)
Ilya raises $2B for a startup with no product and ChatGPT goes viral turning users into anime — all while Microsoft quietly records your screen.
Lovable Review (Part 1): I Feel Like a Coder
Lovable is an AI app builder that made me feel like a developer (without writing a single line of code)
ChatGPT gets a brain & more (April 11, 2025 edition)
ChatGPT remembers you, Murati raises billions, and CPUs might dethrone GPUs.
Google goes AI bazooka & more (April 10, 2025 edition)
Google goes AI bazooka & more
Cartoon AI filmmaking & more (April 9, 2025)
Cartoon AI filmmaking & more
OpenAI's iPhone moment & more (April 8, 2025)
AI 2027: A Non-Technical Founder’s Review
Welcome to a non-technical founder’s take on the AI timeline that might just become reality...
Llama 4 is here and more (April 7, 2025 edition)
Intel partners with a rival & more (April 4, 2025 edition)
Intel partners with a rival & more
LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (April 3, 2025 edition)
LLMs clear the Turing Test & more
Therapy bots & more (April 2, 2025 edition)
Therapy bots & more
AWS can control your browser & more (April 1, 2025 edition)
AWS can control your browser & more
Happenstance Review: The Most Elite Networking Tool I’ve Ever Used
Wispr Flow Review: A Slick Dictation Tool That’s Almost Too Good—But Not for Every Situation
Wispr Flow has been taking over my workflows, but is it here to stay? I dig into the efficiency of the tool, where it sticks, and where it may be missing the mark.
