Nvidia’s surge, Meta’s win, & more (June 26, 2025)

Morning!

We’re back with the biggest moves shaking up the AI world, from Nvidia's jaw-dropping stock rally to Meta’s courtroom dominance and DeepMind’s wild ride into the genome. Plus, new tools, fresh talent wars, and an open-source swing from Google.

Let’s dive in👇

🚀 Big Plays in AI

📈 Nvidia Eyes a New Record

Wall Street is all-in on Nvidia again, brushing off China concerns as shares surge toward a record high. The company’s role as the backbone of the AI boom continues to dazzle investors. With this rally, Nvidia has officially become the most valuable chipmaker in history.

⚖️ Meta Wins Copyright Fight in Court

A federal judge sided with Meta in a pivotal lawsuit, ruling its use of copyrighted books to train AI models counts as fair use. A huge win for the open frontier of training data. This sets a powerful precedent that could influence dozens of pending copyright cases in AI.

🧲 Meta Poaches 3 OpenAI Researchers

Meta’s AI recruiting spree continues, it just hired three researchers from OpenAI’s alignment team. This follows a wave of new hires, including a co-founder of xAI. The arms race for top AI talent just got even hotter, and Meta is playing to win.

🧪 Science, Lawsuits, and Ecosystem Shifts

🧬 DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Cracks DNA at Scale

Google DeepMind’s new AlphaGenome model can predict how mutations affect genes across 1M base-pair sequences. It trained in just four hours, marking a leap in disease research. Researchers used it to analyze leukemia mutations with speed and precision that used to take months.

🧑‍⚖️ Getty Pulls Punches in Stability AI Lawsuit

Getty dropped its main copyright claims against Stability AI in the U.S., narrowing the case after a fair use ruling in a related suit against Anthropic. The UK case, however, still looms. While not a total surrender, it signals the U.S. courts may not be friendly ground for these battles.

🧰 Claude Lets You Build AI Apps in Minutes

Anthropic’s Claude just got app-building capabilities. Users can now create and build AI tools using just a text prompt, no coding required. It’s a major push to democratize development and pull non-technical users deeper into Claude’s ecosystem.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

ElevenLabs Voice v3 – More expressive, multilingual voice synthesis
Higgsfield Soul – AI photo model with cinematic realism
Sana Agents – AI workplace OS for documents and dashboards
Anthropic Artifacts – Text-to-app creation inside Claude

💬 Prompt of the Day

“Create a personalized AI health assistant that tracks sleep patterns, recommends habits, and adapts weekly based on mood and energy.”

⚡ Quick Hits

OpenAI drops ChatGPT Connectors for Google Drive, Box & more
Amazon adds AI video summaries to Ring camera alerts
Creative Commons launches metadata for AI-safe data sharing
Postman debuts AI-Readiness Hub to future-proof APIs
Gemini Robotics reveals offline AI model for real-world bots

🧾 TLDR

Nvidia hits new heights while Meta scores a courtroom victory and lures top OpenAI talent. DeepMind’s AlphaGenome supercharges DNA analysis, Getty backs off a U.S. lawsuit, and Claude just became your new app dev buddy. If it feels like AI is everywhere, it is.

See you tomorrow for more bytes of brilliance,
David