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Apple brings ChatGPT to iPhones
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Apple fans, your AI moment has finally come.
‘Apple Intelligence’ was just unveiled at WWDC, featuring huge Siri upgrades, ChatGPT integrations, and more — ushering in a brand new era for the tech giant. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Apple Intelligence debuts at WWDC
Musk threatens Apple device ban
Autogenerate presentation slides with Gamma
Researchers teach AI to speak dog
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
APPLE
🍏 Apple Intelligence debuts at WWDC
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The Rundown: Apple just kicked off its hotly-anticipated WWDC event, unveiling the company’s new ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI strategy, a partnership with OpenAI, and a flurry of new AI integrations and features coming to iOS 18, iPadOS, and macOS 15.
Siri Upgrades
A next-gen Siri will converse more naturally, remember context across requests, and accomplish more complex tasks by better understanding both voice and text.
Siri also gains ‘onscreen awareness’, with the ability to take actions and utilize on-device info to better tailor requests to the individual user.
New AI Features
New AI writing tools built into apps like Mail, Messages, and Notes will allow users to auto-generate and edit text.
Mail will utilize AI to better organize and surface content in inboxes, while Notes and Phone gain new audio transcription and summarization capabilities.
AI-crafted ‘Genmojis’ enable personalized text-to-image emojis, and a new "Image Playground" feature introduces an image generation tool from prompts.
Photos get more conversational search abilities, the ability to create photo ‘stories’, and new editing tools.
Privacy
A focus of the AI reveal was privacy — with new features leveraging on-device processing when possible and Private Cloud Compute for more complex tasks.
Private Cloud Compute (PCC) is Apple’s new intelligence system specifically for private AI processing on the cloud.
The new AI features will be opt-in, so users will not be forced to adopt them.
OpenAI Integration
The OpenAI partnership will allow Siri to leverage ChatGPT/GPT-4o when needed for more complex questions.
OpenAI’s blog also outlined additional ChatGPT tools like image generation and document understanding embedded into the new OS.
Why it matters: Despite the hype, there weren’t any major surprises on Day 1. But an upgraded, more capable Siri integrated directly with ChatGPT will make the voice assistant actually useful — and onboard millions of users to the start of the on-device AI agent boom.
Check out some of the best demo videos from WWDC here.
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ELON MUSK
❌ Musk threatens Apple device ban
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The Rundown: Elon Musk just threatened to ban the use of all Apple devices from his companies following Apple’s partnership announcement with OpenAI, claiming that the integration of ChatGPT into operating systems poses an “unacceptable security violation”.
The details:
Musk posted a series of tweets on X following the event, calling the the move “creepy spyware” that can’t ensure data protection.
The Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI founder said his company’s visitors will need to check Apple devices at the door and store them in a “Faraday cage”.
He also responded to a request for a ‘Grok phone’, saying he might need to create it if Apple follows through with the OpenAI integration.
If you’re new to AI, Elon Musk is one of the co-founders of OpenAI and has a contentious history with them, including a lawsuit and the creation of rival xAI.
Why it matters: Despite the overall excitement surrounding the Apple-OpenAI partnership, Elon isn’t drinking the kool aid. While his privacy concerns may be valid, it’s hard to separate from his personal vendetta against his former company — though the idea of a Grok phone is quite an entertaining one.
AI TRAINING
🔥 Autogenerate presentation slides with Gamma
The Rundown: Gamma is a free AI tool that helps users generate presentations in seconds. With the autocomplete feature, users can add new slides directly to already-generated presentations to never run out of ideas.
Step-by-step:
Go to Gamma and sign up for free.
Select “Create new”, choose “Presentation”, pick the number of cards you want, and enter a prompt.
Click on “Generate”, and in seconds, Gamma will create your presentation for you.
To use the autocomplete feature, you can type “+++” on a blank card and generate a new card entirely.
Once you’ve edited it to your preference, you can share it with collaborators, export it, or publish it on the web!
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AI RESEARCH
🐶 Researchers teach AI to speak dog
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The Rundown: A new study from the University of Michigan leveraged AI models trained on human speech to decode the meaning behind dog noises — identifying details like breed, age, gender, and emotional state with 70% accuracy.
The details:
Researchers gathered vocalizations from 74 dogs of varying breeds, ages, and situational contexts.
The noises were inputted into an AI model originally designed to analyze human voices, trained on 960 hours of speech, and fine-tuned for dogs.
The AI was able to predict individual dogs from barks, distinguish dog breed and gender, and match barks to emotional context like play and aggression with 70% accuracy.
Why it matters: AI is not only bridging the language gap for humans across the globe — but also potentially across species as well. Communicating with other intelligent animals (or at least better understanding them) seems like a skill issue that’s going to be solved sooner rather than later.
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QUICK HITS
OpenAI announced the addition of two new executives, with former Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar joining as CFO and Kevin Weil stepping in as CPO.
Adobe updated its terms of service following backlash over language stating that users' work is used to train AI, with new policies going into effect on June 18th.
Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick said that AI could save financial advisors 10-15 hours a week’, with the firm currently testing AI chatbot integrations from OpenAI.
Michael Kors is partnering with Mastercard to offer customers the company’s AI-powered ‘Shopping Muse’ for personalized product recommendations.
The U.S. Air Force and Space Force launched NIPRGPT, a new AI tool designed to assist with tasks like report summarizing and coding to improve information access across operations.
Meta is planning to use European user data to train its AI models while navigating EU data protection laws, aiming to create tech that better reflects diverse languages and cultures.
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The world’s first AI beauty pageant
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The world’s first AI beauty pageant is currently underway, and it’s blurring the lines between reality and virtual glamour like never before.
With image capabilities accelerating at a rapid pace, the age of the AI influencer is here — and things are about to get a whole lot weirder. Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
The world’s first AI beauty pageant
Microsoft Recall gets safety changes
Using ‘Background Conversations’ in ChatGPT
Concise prompting cuts AI costs by 20%
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AI INFLUENCERS
👑 The world’s first AI beauty pageant
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The Rundown: The World AI Creator Awards and creator platform FanVue are currently running the inaugural ‘Miss AI’ contest, with over 1,500 AI-generated models competing for the world’s first AI beauty pageant.
The details:
10 finalists were selected from a pool of 1,500 AI-generated contestants, with the winner set to be announced at the end of June.
The AI models ‘hail’ from countries across the globe, showcasing various causes and personalities in addition to their photorealistic images.
Judges will also evaluate the AI tech behind the avatars, including prompts/image outputs and the creator’s ability to engage audiences on social media.
The prize pool includes $20,000 in awards and access to PR and mentorship programs.
Why it matters: With how good AI image generation capabilities have become, we’re likely already being exposed to an influx of generated brand ambassadors and models without even realizing it. While the idea of an AI beauty pageant may sound strange… it’s probably only going to get weirder from here.
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MICROSOFT
🧠 Microsoft Recall gets safety changes
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The Rundown: Microsoft is making changes to its new Recall on-device AI feature following security concerns — with the tool now starting off by default and gaining new encryption protections ahead of the release on June 18.
The details:
The Copilot + Recall feature was unveiled at the Microsoft Build event in May, which will run locally and take constant screenshots to remember user actions.
The company faced backlash after experts warned of the tool’s ‘privacy nightmare’ with the potential to expose screenshots and activity to hackers.
The feature will now be off by default, with users having to opt in manually — with new encryption and authentication being added for extra safety measures.
The tool will roll out in ‘preview’ on the new Copilot + PCs set to launch on June 18.
Why it matters: While the Recall feature was one of the flashiest features revealed at Build — it also is one of the most controversial. While the screenshots enable memory and get us a step closer to the AI agent dream, its also a tough hurdle to get past for increasingly privacy-focused consumers.
AI TRAINING
🔊 Using ‘Background Conversations’ in ChatGPT
The Rundown: ChatGPT’s latest update introduced the "Background Conversations" feature, allowing you to continue your chat even when using other apps or when your screen is off.
Step-by-Step:
Install the latest ChatGPT app update on your phone.
Open the app and go to Settings.
Scroll to “Voice Mode” and toggle “Background Conversations” on.
Use ChatGPT hands-free while multitasking or with your screen off.
Note: If you still don’t see the option, the feature may not have rolled out to your account yet.
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AI RESEARCH
🧠 Concise prompting cuts AI costs by 20%
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The Rundown: Researchers just found that adding a simple ‘be concise’ instruction to chain-of-thought prompts can reduce the length of AI responses by 50% with minimal impact on accuracy — leading to over 20% cost savings on API calls.
The details:
Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting has the AI explain its reasoning step-by-step before giving a final answer, improving accuracy on complex problems.
Researchers tested adding ‘be concise’ to CoT prompts on GPT 3.5 and 4, using 1,000 multiple-choice questions across 10 topics.
The instruction made responses about 50% shorter on average vs. normal CoT prompting, with no significant accuracy impact.
The approach also reduced per-query API costs by over 20% for both models, with the more concise prompts generating fewer tokens.
Why it matters: Next time your AI chatbot is getting a little too wordy, this one simple prompt trick is all you need! Despite the massive complexities and uncertainties surrounding how LLMs work, sometimes these strange, seemingly basic quirks make all the difference in getting the optimal outputs.
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QUICK HITS
Robot Era showcased a demo of its XBot-L AI-powered humanoid robot successfully traversing the Great Wall of China, demonstrating advanced movement and balance capabilities.
Anthropic posted a new blog detailing the process behind crafting its Claude AI model’s personality, using ‘Character Training’ to help instill curiosity, thoughtfulness, and diverse viewpoints.
Google DeepMind researchers published a new paper arguing that open-endedness — the ability to create new, learnable ‘artifacts’ — is the key to achieving artificial superhuman intelligence (ASI).
Perplexity is facing backlash following the launch of its new Pages feature, with accusations of generated content republishing nearly identical stories to major news outlets without attribution.
Apple will reportedly reveal a new AI system called Apple Intelligence at WWDC today, alongside a partnership with OpenAI, a flurry of new AI features, and software upgrades across its product lines.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau spoke about AI’s potential, saying he believes development should not be slowed and instead focused on building for good to counter the bad.
xAI’s Grok may be gaining new image capabilities and the ability to access web search results, according to new code found within the system.
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China's new Sora rival is here
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The AI world anxiously awaits the public arrival of OpenAI’s Sora — but a Chinese firm’s newly released model is already kicking the text-to-video race into high gear.
Kuaishou’s KLING is here, and the mind-blowing demos show that we’ve come a LONG way from the days of Will Smith’s spaghetti dinner. Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
Kuaishou launches new Sora rival
ByteDance’s AI chip loophole
Run your code with Mistral’s new model
OpenAI probes GPT’s inner workings
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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KUAISHOU
🎥 Kuaishou launches new Sora rival
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The Rundown: Chinese tech firm Kuaishou just introduced KLING, a new text-to-video AI model capable of generating high-quality videos up to 2 minutes long with outputs that appear to rival OpenAI’s still-unreleased Sora.
The details:
KLING can produce videos at 1080p resolution with a maximum length of 2 minutes, surpassing the 1-minute Sora videos demoed by OpenAI.
KLING’s demos include realistic outputs like a man eating noodles and scenic shots, as well as surreal clips like animals in clothes.
The model uses a 3D space-time attention system to simulate complex motion and physical interactions that better mimic the real world.
The model is currently available to Chinese-based users as a public demo on the KWAI iOS app.
Why it matters: These generations are even more mind-blowing when you consider that Will Smith’s spaghetti-eating abomination was barely a year ago. With users still anxiously waiting for the public release of Sora, other competitors are stepping in — and the AI video landscape looks like it’s about to heat up in a major way.
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BYTEDANCE
🇨🇳 ByteDance’s AI chip loophole
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The Rundown: TikTok parent company ByteDance is renting advanced Nvidia AI chips and using them on U.S. soil, exploiting a loophole to sidestep restrictions on China’s AI chip exports.
The details:
Due to national security concerns, the U.S. government prohibits Nvidia from selling AI chips like the A100 and H100 directly to Chinese companies.
The restrictions don't prevent Chinese firms from renting chips for use within the U.S. — ByteDance is allegedly leasing servers with chips from Oracle.
ByteDance reportedly had access to over 1,500 H100 chips and several thousand A100s last month through the Oracle deal.
Other Chinese giants like Alibaba and Tencent are also reportedly exploring similar options, either renting from U.S. providers or setting up US data centers.
Why it matters: The AI race between the U.S. and China is only escalating — and it appears major players are going to get AI chips by any means necessary. While the U.S. tries to stall its rival’s progress with restrictions, it feels like a game of whack-a-mole that won’t stop China from reaching its AI goals.
AI TRAINING
🧑💻 Run your code with Mistral’s new model
The Rundown: Mistral recently released a code-focused AI model that performs impressively across major coding benchmarks — a game-changer for programmers looking to enhance their workflows and productivity.
Step-by-step:
Sign up for a free account or log in at Mistral's Le Chat platform.
Select Codestral from the “Models” dropdown menu.
Input your coding prompt or question, and let Codestral generate code snippets.
Copy the code, head over to Replit’s Python Online Compiler, select “+ Create Repl” (if prompted), paste the code on the left side and press “Run”.
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AI RESEARCH
🔍 OpenAI probes GPT’s inner workings
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The Rundown: OpenAI just released a new paper detailing a method for reverse engineering concepts learned by AI models and better understanding ChatGPT’s inner workings.
The details:
The paper was authored by members of the recently disbanded superalignment team, including Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike.
‘Scaling and Evaluating Sparse Autoencoders’ outlines a technique to ID patterns representing specific concepts inside GPT-4.
By using an additional model to probe the larger model, researchers found a way to extract millions of activity patterns for further exploration.
OpenAI released open-source code and a visualization tool, allowing others to explore how different words and phrases activate concepts within models.
Why it matters: Much like Anthropic’s recent “Golden Gate Claude” and corresponding research, AI firms are still working to understand what’s truly going on underneath the hood. Cracking AI’s black box would be a big step towards better safety, tuning, and controllability of rapidly advancing models.
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QUICK HITS
Alibaba’s open-source Qwen 2-72B model moved into the top spot on Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard, surpassing rivals Mixtral and Llama-3 across a range of benchmarks.
Meta launched a new AI assistant for businesses in WhatsApp, along with other AI tools aimed at supporting businesses with customer interactions and sales.
Nvidia’s market value surpassed $3T, with the AI chip leader soaring past Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable public company behind only Microsoft.
The U.S. government opened antitrust investigations into Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia, with the FTC and DOJ reportedly focusing on monopolistic practices and investment scrutiny.
Jasper AI released Flash Diffusion, a new method for accelerating diffusion models, producing faster, higher-quality image generations while reducing computing costs.
Social platform Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users in the past week, with the artist-focused, anti-AI social media app seeing an inflow of traffic amid backlash against Meta’s AI policies.
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AI's antibiotic breakthrough
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Superbugs, beware — the AI revolution is coming for you too.
Researchers just used AI to uncover nearly 1M potential new antibiotics, a breakthrough that could change the future of medicine and drug discovery. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI predicts nearly 1M new antibiotics
Stability AI releases open audio model
How to use Perplexity Knowledge Cards
Asana debuts AI teammates
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AI RESEARCH
💊 AI predicts nearly 1M new antibiotics
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The Rundown: Researchers just published a new study detailing the use of AI to predict close to 1M new antibiotics hidden within tiny microbes all over the world, uncovering new potential treatments against bacteria and superbugs.
The details:
Researchers used AI to analyze publicly available data on over 100,000 different genomes and meta-genomes.
The AI then predicted which parts of the microbial genomes could potentially produce antibiotic compounds, generating a list of nearly one million candidates.
100 of the AI-predicted drug candidates were tested in the lab, with 79 of them being a potential antibiotic.
The paper’s author Cesar de la Fuente said the findings are “the largest antibiotic discovery ever”, accelerating the process from years to just hours.
Why it matters: As the world faces growing threats from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, AI’s ability to unlock millions of new potential treatments could be a lifeline toward staying ahead in the race to outsmart superbugs responsible for millions of deaths every year.
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STABILITY AI
🔊 Stability AI releases open audio model
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The Rundown: Stability AI just unveiled Stable Audio Open, a new model enabling users to create short audio samples and sound effects from text prompts.
The details:
Stable Audio Open can create up to 47 seconds of high-quality audio from text prompts, focused primarily on sound effects and production elements.
The model was trained on data from FreeSound and Free Music Archives to avoid copyright issues.
Stable Audio Open can also be fine-tuned on custom audio, allowing artists to train the model on their own samples.
Why it matters: While the AI advances in text-to-image models have been the most visible (literally), both video and audio are about to take the same leap. Putting these tools in the hands of creatives will redefine traditional workflows — from musicians brainstorming new beats to directors crafting sound effects for film and TV.
AI TRAINING
📈 How to use Perplexity Knowledge Cards
The Rundown: Perplexity recently introduced a new feature called Interactive Knowledge Cards — allowing users to search, compare, and share information like never before.
Step by step:
Head over to Perplexity. You don’t need an account, but it’s free to sign up.
Search for phrases like "Gamestop stock since 5/1/24" or "median sales price for a single-family home in Delaware."
Explore the interactive knowledge cards generated by Perplexity.
Hover your mouse over the visualizations to gain deeper insights.
Pro tip: Perplexity Cards allow users to compare different datasets to identify trends and patterns. For e.g. "Gamestop vs. AMC stock since 5/1/24" will show both patterns in the same card.
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🤝 Asana debuts AI teammates
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The Rundown: Work management platform Asana just introduced AI Teammates, virtual bots that integrate into the platform and handle complex workflows, provide insights, and take actions while adapting to users or teams.
The details:
AI Teammates are built on Asana’s Work Graph data model, allowing them to understand context, workflows, and objectives when taking action.
Humans remain in the loop to ensure transparency and control, with the ability to customize workflows.
Asana also teased a new chatbot coming later this month to allow for more conversational collaboration.
Examples of AI teammate tasks include advising teams and surfacing insights, taking on and assigning tasks, and dynamically identifying workflow issues.
Why it matters: While the age of the true “AI agent” may not be here quite yet, it’s certainly inching closer. Asana’s new teammates are a step towards using AI as a hyper-efficient, always-present collaborator — a feature likely to become standard on all platforms as the tech becomes more widespread.
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QUICK HITS
Pika Labs secured $80M in Series B funding for its text-to-video platform, bringing the company’s valuation to $470M with backers including Spark Capital and actor and musician Jared Leto.
TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei said talks with OpenAI’s Sam Altman’s proposal to create a global network of AI chip factories was ‘too aggressive’, with the chipmaker unable to commit to the number of fabs needed.
xAI agreed to build its ‘gigafactory of compute’ supercomputer in Memphis, TN., with hopes to have the system completed by late 2025.
Actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher revealed he is currently testing OpenAI’s Sora, saying some of the generations are already at a quality level capable of use in movies and TV.
OpenAI added a new ‘Background Conversations’ feature to ChatGPT’s latest mobile app update, allowing users to maintain a conversation while exiting the app.
Humane sent an email notifying users of its AI Pin to stop using the device’s charging case, warning of a fire safety risk.
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AI whistleblowers speak out
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The AI safety discourse is boiling over — and a new ‘Right to Warn’ petition has both current and former researchers from top firms on the offensive.
With the chorus only growing louder as AI advancements continue to accelerate, the industry feels on the brink of a major reckoning. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI researchers demand ‘Right to Warn’
Musk diverts AI chips from Tesla to X
Explain images in real-time with GPT-4o
OpenAI researcher: AGI coming by 2027
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🚨 AI researchers demand ‘Right to Warn’
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The Rundown: Current and former employees from top AI labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind just published an open letter calling for companies to expand whistleblower protections so workers can raise the alarm about potential AI dangers without fear of retaliation.
The details:
The ‘Right to Warn AI’ petition was crafted by current and former employees of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
The open letter was also endorsed by AI visionaries Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Stuart Russell.
The statement pushes for AI firms to agree to several principles:
Eliminating non-disparagement clauses concerning AI risk
Establishing and facilitating anonymous channels for raising concerns
Expanding whistleblower protections and anti-retaliation measures
Several researchers posted threads on their experience, with Daniel Kokotajlo revealing he quit OpenAI after ‘losing hope’ the company would act responsibly.
Why it matters: The AI safety discourse is reaching a boiling point, and there is clearly a major industry divide that transcends any one AI firm or researcher. The proposed principles seem reasonable and necessary — but it remains to be seen if the top AI leaders will actually listen.
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ELON MUSK
📦 Musk diverts AI chips from Tesla to X
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The Rundown: Newly-leaked internal emails to CNBC revealed that Elon Musk ordered chipmaker Nvidia to prioritize shipments of its AI processors to both X and xAI, delaying Tesla’s awaited $500M order by months.
The details:
Internal Nvidia emails show Musk redirected 12,000 H100 GPUs in December to X.
The move contradicts public statements that Tesla would increase H100 purchases from 35,000 to 85,000 and spend $10B on AI infrastructure.
Musk clarified that Tesla had nowhere to install the chips, with the automaker still planning to spend $3-4B in 2024 on Nvidia hardware.
Why it matters: While this is likely a nothingburger in the long run, and Elon is still clearly intent on spending massively on AI across his companies, moves like this only fuel critics who remain skeptical of his startup’s entanglements — particularly as Tesla pushes to deliver on lofty self-driving goals.
AI TRAINING
📱 Explain images in real-time with GPT-4o
The Rundown: This hack lets you access GPT-4o directly from an iPhone via a custom shortcut, allowing you to analyze and explain images in real time.
Step-by-step:
Head over to OpenAI’s platform to obtain an API key. Make sure you have some credits in your account.
Go to your iPhone Shortcuts and click the “+” button.
Add different actions before your OpenAI API call, e.g., your desired prompt as “Text”, your API key as “Text”, and “Take a screenshot”.
Call GPT-4o by using “*https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions”* and obtain a description of what you are seeing!
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AI RESEARCH
📶 OpenAI researcher: AGI coming by 2027
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The Rundown: Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner just released a new essay series detailing his view on AGI, saying the rate of AI progress will be the most intense and volatile events in human history.
The details:
Aschenbrenner says that ‘nobody is pricing in’ what is coming in AI, and to expect another GPT-2 to GPT-4 level jump by 2027 (that would take us to AGI).
The researcher predicts that hundreds of millions of AGI would then rapidly accelerate progress, compressing decades of progress into a year.
He also discussed the economic and military advantages that will come with AGI, calling it a national security issue that needs its own ‘Manhattan Project’.
Aschenbrenner reiterated these views on the Dwarkesh Podcast, also revealing he was fired from OpenAI after raising AI security concerns.
Why it matters: As an insider at OpenAI, Aschenbrenner's analysis carries weight — and his projections paint a striking picture of how radically AGI will reshape the world. His commentary on the firing also raises even more drama, given OpenAI’s current media battle with former researchers and the board over safety concerns.
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Cohere is set to raise $450M in fresh funding from Nvidia, Salesforce, Cisco, and others, valuing the company at $5B.
Shutterstock announced a new deal with Reka AI, with the company’s AI licensing business reportedly generating $104M last year from agreements with major AI firms.
A Stanford University AI team apologized after it was revealed its Llama 3-V architecture was nearly identical to Chinese lab ModelBest’s open-source MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5 model.
Major AI platforms suffered outages at various points on Tuesday, with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity all experiencing intermittent issues.
Cisco launched a new $1B global AI investment fund, revealing initial investments in Cohere, Mistral AI, and Scale AI.
Nvidia announced a $50M investment in Twelve Labs Inc., a startup focused on AI search and analysis of video content.
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A Starbucks run by 100 AI-powered Robots
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The robot takeover has begun — and at Naver’s in-office Starbucks, the revolution is happening one cup of coffee at a time.
The company’s robot fleet navigates 36 floors to deliver orders, while providing a glimpse at the future of the service industry in the process. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Robots serve up coffee at Starbucks
Amazon’s AI ‘private investigator’
Underlord: your powerful but subordinate AI video intern
Microsoft’s AI weather forecasting model
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
NAVER
☕️ Robots serve up coffee at Starbucks
Image source: Naver Labs
The Rundown: South Korean search giant Naver shared a video of the company’s in-office autonomous Starbucks location — with 100 robots delivering coffee and other items throughout the building.
The details:
Naver's autonomous wheeled "Rookie" robots navigate the building's 36 floors to bring packages, coffee, and lunch to employees.
Rookie bots are assisted by dual-armed "Ambidex" robots, which are lightweight and dexterous for safer human interactions.
Both robots connect to the company’s ARC system, which enables control of navigation, planning, and processing for the entire fleet through cloud computing.
Naver also developed RoboPort, a dedicated elevator system that allows robots to move quickly and efficiently between floors.
Why it matters: Naver’s putting its robots to work in the ‘real world’ — and while the location is just a testing ground for now, it’s also a glimpse into how service robotics will be integrated into the mainstream sooner than many expect.
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AMAZON
📦 Amazon’s AI ‘private investigator’
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The Rundown: Amazon just unveiled Project P.I., an AI system that scans products in the company’s fulfillment centers to detect damaged or incorrect items before they ship to reduce returns and waste.
The details:
Project P.I. uses AI and computer vision to spot defects like damaged products as well as wrong colors/sizes as items pass through imaging tunnels.
The system is already in place across the company’s North American fulfillment centers, with plans to expand globally throughout the year.
Amazon also utilizes a multimodal LLM to investigate issues further, combining customer feedback with Project P.I. images to identify the source problem.
Why it matters: Amazon’s no stranger to adopting AI across its operations, and Project P.I. is yet another innovative approach to supercharge efficiency. Soon, the company will likely combine these talents with advanced warehouse robots — taking humans out of the fulfillment process altogether.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Underlord: your powerful but subordinate AI video intern
The Rundown: Descript, an AI-powered video-audio editor, just launched Underlord, with AI editing tools built into every step of your workflow.
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Sign up for Descript. Download it or use it on the web for free.
Upload a file or record a video.
Ask Underlord to remove filler words or retakes, create clips, or do any editing tasks you hate most.
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AI RESEARCH
⛈️ Microsoft’s AI weather forecasting model
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The Rundown: Microsoft researchers just introduced Aurora, a new AI foundation model trained on over 1M hours of weather and climate data that can generate accurate weather forecasting insights.
The details:
Aurora produces accurate forecasts across a variety of weather scenarios, including extreme events or areas with limited data.
The 1.3B parameter model can generate a 5-day global air pollution prediction in under 60 seconds.
Aurora also produces 10-day global forecasts at high resolutions, beating both the top models and specialized AI weather systems.
Why it matters: Aurora’s success could usher in a huge shift in the way we do weather forecasting. With the recent progress of AI models, combined with massive amounts of atmospheric data — the day that the weatherman is truly right 100% of the time might be coming sooner than most people probably think.
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Intel introduced a series of new AI advancements at Computex, including new Xeon 6 processors, Gaudi accelerators, and a new Lunar Lake architecture to accelerate computing performance.
Stability AI announced the open release of Stable Diffusion 3-Medium is set for June 12, with the 2B parameter model coming in at a fraction of the full SD3 that is still awaiting model weight release.
AMD unveiled its next-gen MI325x AI chips at Computex, announcing a similar one-year release cadence that will feature the MI350 in 2025 and MI400 series in 2026.
Microsoft announced a $3.2B investment into Sweden’s AI and cloud infrastructure, aiming to train 250,000 workers by 2027 and boost capacity at data centers.
Google published a blog addressing the company’s recent AI Overview issues, highlighting new detection mechanisms and ongoing accuracy efforts.
Adobe is facing backlash after the estate of late artist Ansel Adams called out the company for including AI-generated images for sale in Adobe Stock labeled with “Ansel Adams-style”, which violates the platform’s ToS.
Zoom founder Eric Yuan said in an interview with The Verge that ‘digital twin’ AI avatars will eventually attend Zoom meetings and make decisions on user’s behalf.
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Nvidia's new industrial revolution
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The next industrial revolution is upon us, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — and the chip leader isn’t taking its foot off the accelerator.
The company just unveiled more next-gen chips and a slew of new tools, continuing to prove that it’s currently Nvidia’s AI world, and we’re just living in it. Let’s dig deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
Nvidia unveils next-gen AI chips
Perplexity Pages power AI content creation
How to create AI videos with Krea AI
Swiss startup trains ‘living’ computers
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
NVIDIA
💾 Nvidia unveils next-gen AI chips
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The Rundown: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just announced a series of new AI announcements during a keynote at the Computex conference, including next-gen ‘Rubin’ chips, a new AI gaming assistant, and AI tools for creating lifelike avatars.
The details:
Nvidia’s ‘Rubin’ platform is slated for 2026, with the ‘Rubin Ultra’ coming a year later as part of what Huang called a “new industrial revolution”.
Nvidia also showed off Project G-Assist, an AI gaming assistant that provides context-aware help and personalized responses for PC games.
The company also introduced ACE, a suite of AI services that simplify the creation of digital avatars for applications like customer service and healthcare.
Why it matters: It’s Nvidia’s AI world — we’re all just living in it. Jensen Huang and Co. continue to stay at the forefront of the AI revolution, both in the company’s dominance in pushing the acceleration of AI chips and new tools that can shape the future of AI-powered experiences beyond the data center.
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PERPLEXITY
✍️ Perplexity Pages power AI content creation
Image source: Perplexity
The Rundown: AI startup Perplexity just launched a new feature called Pages, which allows users to easily create customizable, visually appealing AI-generated articles, guides, and reports.
The details:
Pages tap into Perplexity's AI search models to find information and generate a structured report on the requested topic with citations.
Users can tailor the writing style to beginners, experts, or a general audience and can modify the structure by adding, rearranging, or removing sections.
The tool also automatically incorporates visuals into the generated pages, which the user can further customize.
Perplexity Pages are publishable, shareable, and are already being picked up by search engines like Google, potentially changing the SEO landscape.
Why it matters: While LLMs have already upended content creation, Perplexity just took things a step further. The question is whether Pages is actually adding reliable, quality content, or just adding to the surplus of SEO-optimized AI-generated junk already plaguing the web.
AI TRAINING
🎥 How to create AI videos with Krea AI
The Rundown: Krea AI recently released a powerful AI video generator that allows users to generate videos for free using a combination of images and text prompts.
Step by step:
Visit Krea AI and click on “AI video generation.”
Set up keyframes by importing images or using Krea AI's image generator.
Add text prompts to set the mood, modify scenes, and separate different parts of a video.
Explore additional options, such as duration, music, filters, and style.
Click “Generate Video” and let Krea AI work its magic!
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FINALSPARK
🧠 Swiss startup trains ‘living’ computers
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The Rundown: Swiss biocomputing startup FinalSpark launched Neuroplatform, the world’s first online system that allows scientists to use living brain cells for computing.
The details:
The Neuroplatform uses 16 tiny clumps of human brain cells, called organoids, as mini "bioprocessors."
Neuroplatform combines traditional computer parts with living brain cells, rewarding the organoids with dopamine to train the biocomputer.
FinalSpark claims bioprocessors like Neuroplatform consume a million times less power than digital processors.
Why it matters: While biocomputing is a bit of a sci-fi realm of exploration, the claim of using one million times less power than silicon chips is particularly interesting given current energy-related concerns with AI data centers. That said, these living biocomputers likely aren’t scaling to train massive AI models any time soon.
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ElevenLabs launched Text to Sound Effects, a new tool enabling users to generate sound effects, short instrumental tracks, and soundscapes from text prompts.
Sam Altman participated in an interview at the AI for Good Global Summit, hitting on topics including GPT-5, the Scarlett Johannson voice controversy, and Helen Toner’s recent commentary.
Anthropic Chief of Staff Avital Balwit wrote an article titled ‘My Last Five Years of Work’, detailing the belief that AI advancements over the next several years will ‘end employment’ as we know it.
Top AI leaders are heading to the Bilderberg Meeting this week, with CEOs from Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic, and Mistral all reportedly attending to discuss AI, geopolitics, and global economic challenges.
Google DeepMind released new demos of its Veo AI video generation model, showcasing the ability to turn single reference images into new videos with simple text instructions.
Grok is rumored to be receiving two new modes, Socrates and D.E.I., adding to the current selections of Normal and Fun to augment the AI chatbot’s responses.
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The 'Netflix of AI'
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Forget binge-watching — The Simulation’s new Showrunner platform lets you direct, star in, and even get paid for your own AI-generated TV shows.
The boundaries between creator and consumer are dissolving fast, and the traditional media model may never be the same. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
The Simulation unveils ‘Netflix of AI’
Siri 2.0 to enable AI-powered app control
Bring AI to your browsing experience
OpenAI’s current board pushes back
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
THE SIMULATION
🎬 The Simulation unveils ‘Netflix of AI’
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The Rundown: AI entertainment startup The Simulation (formerly Fable Studio) just launched Showrunner, a platform that allows users to generate and watch AI-powered TV shows set in virtual simulated worlds.
The details:
Showrunner combines multi-agent simulations with LLMs to create interactive content aligned with specific virtual worlds.
Users can watch, direct, and star in shows set in virtual environments populated by AI characters, with the ability to craft episodes from prompts.
The platform is launching with 10 original shows, with users able to generate new episodes and edit deeper into scripts, shots, and voices.
Showrunner is opening in alpha to a limited number of users, with select user-created episodes receiving payment, rev share, and IMDB credits.
The studio went viral last year after the release of its South Park episode demos and research paper on its SHOW-1 model.
Why it matters: Showrunner is a wild step towards the merging of AI, gaming, and traditional entertainment, enabling users to not only consume but create stories within simulated worlds. The lines are blurring fast between creators and audiences — and the traditional Hollywood media model may never be the same.
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APPLE
🗣️ Siri 2.0 to enable AI-powered app control
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The Rundown: Apple is reportedly set to reveal a major overhaul of its Siri voice assistant at the upcoming WWDC event, infusing AI to enable more granular control of individual apps with voice commands.
The details:
The revamped Siri will reportedly use LLMs to understand and execute more complex voice commands within on-device apps.
The AI will also analyze user habits to auto-enable new Siri commands on Apple apps, with plans to eventually expand to third-party applications.
Examples of new voice command capabilities include summarizing articles, editing and sharing photos, and sending and deleting emails.
While Siri will only handle single commands at launch planned in September, Apple hopes to enable chained, multi-step tasks as early as next year.
Why it matters: It sounds like Siri is getting a needed upgrade, but is it enough to make it truly useful? With ‘chained’ commands reportedly not coming til next year, the rumored upgrades feel a bit underwhelming — especially compared to the next-gen voice tech demoed by OpenAI and Google just in the last few weeks alone.
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🌐 Bring AI to your browsing experience
The Rundown: Zapier has a new Chrome extension that brings the power of AI to the browser, allowing users to summarize websites, translate content, learn from web pages, and automate tasks in real-time.
Step-by-step:
Log in to the Zapier Central website or create a free account.
Install the Zapier Central Chrome Extension from here.
Navigate to any website you want to use with the AI.
Click the Zapier extension icon, press “+ New Bot”, and start interacting with the AI with requests such as: “Summarize this page” or “Translate this page to Spanish”.
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OPENAI
🥊 OpenAI’s current board pushes back
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The Rundown: OpenAI board members Bret Taylor and Larry Summers just responded to recent commentary from former board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, defending CEO Sam Altman and the company’s commitment to safety.
The details:
Taylor and Summers rejected Toner and McCauley’s claims made in The Economist earlier this week.
The response cited a law firm’s external review, finding no evidence that Altman’s firing was due to safety, financial issues, or misleading statements.
Taylor and Summers also highlighted OpenAI’s efforts with policymakers, support for regulation, and voluntary safety commitments.
Toner also recently made additional explosive comments, accusing Altman of ‘outright lying’ and manipulating other board members.
Why it matters: The tension between the former board and OpenAI is getting uncomfortably public — with the two now trading claims via a major publication. Toner’s media push seems to make it clear this situation isn’t going away quietly, despite what the current board and Altman may hope.
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OpenAI is reportedly relaunching its robotics team after scrapping the division in 2020, aiming to develop models for other companies’ robots instead of creating its own hardware.
Perplexity unveiled Pages, a new tool that converts research into visual, comprehensive content like articles, reports, and guides.
You.com launched Custom Assistants, allowing users to build their own personalized AI bots using top LLMs like GPT-4o and Claude 3.
Maven AGI came out of stealth and announced a $28M raise, sharing new details on its customer support AI that autonomously resolves over 93% of issues and cuts support costs by 81%.
Perplexity is also reportedly in talks to raise $250M at a $3B valuation, with the company generating over $20M in annual subscription revenue.
Anthropic rolled out the ability for Claude to interact with tools to all users, enabling more complex tasks and building capabilities.
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