AI-Weekly for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Issue 155

The Week’s News in Artificial Intelligence

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1.) Top 5 Most Clicked News Articles From Last Week

A.) GPT-4.5 Is A Bust | TheNeuronDaily.com | February 28, 2025

OpenAI’s release of GPT-4.5, its largest and most knowledgeable model, has received mixed reactions. While praised for its improved emotional intelligence and conversational abilities, critics highlight its prohibitive pricing—$75 per million input tokens and $150 per million output tokens—and marginal improvements over previous models, raising concerns about the scalability and economic viability of such advanced AI systems.

B.) Google’s Gemini Now Lets You Ask Questions Using Videos And What’s On Your Screen | TechCrunch.com | March 3, 2025

Google is adding new features to its AI assistant, Gemini, that let users ask it questions using video and content on the screen in real time.

C.) AI, Personalization And The Future Of Shopping | Blog.google | March 3, 2025

Google is integrating advanced AI technologies into its advertising and shopping platforms to create personalized, interactive experiences that resonate with individual user interests. By leveraging generative AI, Google aims to help businesses produce relevant and engaging content, enhancing connections with consumers across platforms like Search and YouTube. This approach seeks to transform how people discover and engage with brands, making interactions more tailored and meaningful.

D.) Could This Be The End Of Chain Of Thought? — Chain Of Draft Breakdown! | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | February 28, 2024

This video explores Chain of Draft, a new prompting technique developed by Zoom researchers that challenges the efficiency of Chain of Thought. By condensing reasoning steps into concise drafts, this method significantly reduces cost and latency while maintaining — or even surpassing — the accuracy of traditional step-by-step problem-solving models.

E.) “Hey, Alexa+…” | TheNeuronDaily.com | February 27, 2025

Amazon unveiled Alexa+, an AI assistant re-architected with large language models via Amazon Bedrock. Alexa+ integrates deeply with users’ schedules, smart home devices, preferences, and entertainment, enabling tasks like summarizing Ring camera footage, managing Fire TV content, and providing personalized recommendations. It also offers work assistance by analyzing documents and emails to create calendar entries and reminders. Alexa+ is free for Prime members or available at $19.99/month, rolling out in the US over the next few weeks.

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5.) Microsoft’s Breaking From OpenAI… | TheNeuronDaily.com | March 10, 2025

Microsoft is developing its own AI models, known as MAI, to reduce reliance on OpenAI’s technology. These models have been tested within Microsoft’s Copilot and have shown performance comparable to OpenAI’s offerings. The company plans to offer MAI models directly to developers later this year, marking a strategic shift towards internal AI development. Additionally, Microsoft has evaluated models from other AI labs, including xAI’s Grok, Anthropic’s Claude, Meta’s Llama, and DeepSeek’s open-source models, indicating a broader diversification in its AI strategy.

6.) Unveiling the Future of AI Integration: A Deep Dive into Azure OpenAI for .NET Developers | Adit Sheth, Software Engineer, Microsoft Reactor | AI-Weekly.ai | March 10, 2025

In an exciting live session viewed by over 1600+ developers, the possibilities of Azure OpenAI were brought to light, with a special focus on GPT-4o Mini — a powerful AI model that is changing the way .NET developers integrate intelligent capabilities into their applications. The session, aimed at helping developers harness the power of AI, provided valuable insights into how GPT-4o Mini can be used to create smarter applications, from chatbots to content creation tools and even enterprise automation.

7.) Sony Experiments With AI-Powered PlayStation Characters | TheVerge.com | March 10, 2025

Sony is developing an AI-powered prototype featuring Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West. This technology enables dynamic voice interactions with players during gameplay, utilizing OpenAI’s Whisper for speech-to-text, GPT-4 and Llama 3 for conversational responses, and Sony’s Emotional Voice Synthesis and Mockingbird for voice and facial animations. While currently a prototype, it reflects Sony’s exploration into integrating AI within gaming.

8.) Gmail Gains An ‘Add To Calendar’ Button, Powered By Gemini | TechCrunch.com | March 10, 2025

A nifty new Gmail capability powered by Google’s Gemini AI has arrived for Google Workspace customers. Starting Monday, users can add events to a Google Calendar directly from an email.

9.) Are AI-Generated Video Games Really on the Horizon? | TheGuardian.com | March 10, 2025

Microsoft has introduced Muse, an AI tool designed to streamline game development by generating gameplay videos, allowing designers to experiment more efficiently. Trained on extensive gameplay data from Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge, Muse can produce mock gameplay clips that can be adjusted using prompts. However, it currently cannot create entirely new games or playable simulations. Similarly, Google’s GameNGen project developed a playable version of Doom in 2024, operating without a traditional game engine. While innovative, the AI occasionally introduced inaccuracies over extended play sessions. These developments highlight the potential of AI in game design, though fully AI-generated games remain a future prospect.

10.) Hunyuan Launches Turbos: New Hybrid AI Model Outperforms Gpt-4 At Lower Cost | Twitter.com | March 10, 2025

Introducing Hunyuan-TurboS — the first ultra-large Hybrid-Transformer-Mamba MoE model.

March 9, 2025 📅️

11.) Almost Timely News: Transformative Strategy With Generative AI | Chris Penn | YouTube.com | March 9, 2025

Unlock the secret to transformative business strategies with generative AI. Discover how to move beyond efficiency gains and leverage AI for radical innovation using the Rumsfeld Matrix. Learn how to navigate “Unknown Unknowns” and revolutionize your approach to market share and growth.

12.) Manus Probably Isn’t China’s Second ‘Deepseek Moment’ | TechCrunch.com | March 9, 2025

Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert. The head of product at Hugging Face called Manus “the most impressive AI tool I’ve ever tried.” AI policy researcher Dean Ball described Manus as the “most sophisticated computer using AI.” The official Discord server for Manus grew to over 138,000 members in just a few days, and invite codes for Manus are reportedly selling for thousands of dollars on Chinese reseller app Xianyu.

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13.) Judge Allows Authors’ AI Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta To Move Forward | TechCrunch.com | March 8, 2025

A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit. In Kadrey vs. Meta, authors — including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Ta-Nehisi Coates — have alleged that Meta has violated their intellectual property rights by using their books to train its Llama AI models and that the company removed the copyright information from their books to hide the alleged infringement.

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14.) Our Honest Take On GPT-4.5 | TheNeuronDaily.com | March 7, 2025

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5, now accessible to Plus subscribers, demonstrates improved conversational abilities, making interactions more engaging. However, for analytical tasks, existing models like GPT-4o or Claude 3.7 might still be preferable. Notably, GPT-4.5 has ranked highly in blind tests across multiple categories, including coding and math, suggesting broader competencies than initially expected.

15.) QWQ: Tiny Thinking Model That Tops Deepseek R1 (Open Source) | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | March 7, 2025

QwQ, an ultra-lightweight open-source AI model, outperforms DeepSeek R1 despite its smaller size, demonstrating remarkable efficiency in natural language processing. This innovation highlights advancements in compact model design, making powerful AI more accessible and cost-effective.

16.) OpenAI Charging $20K/Mo For Genius-Level AI?! | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | March 7, 2025

This week’s AI news highlights OpenAI’s reported $20,000 per month pricing for its cutting-edge AI model, sparking discussions on accessibility and the future of AI services.

17.) China Releases WORLD’S FIRST AUTONOMOUS AI Agent… Open Source | Manus | Wes Roth | YouTube.com | March 7, 2025

The latest AI News. Learn about LLMs, Gen AI and get ready for the rollout of AGI. Wes Roth covers the latest happenings in the world of OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, NVIDIA and Open Source AI.

18.) Elevenlabs Partners With Google Cloud To Bring AI Audio To Enterprise | Elevenlabs.io | March 7, 2025

ElevenLabs’ advanced voice AI models are now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling businesses to enhance customer engagement, automate workflows, and scale AI-driven content creation with Google Cloud’s powerful AI and infrastructure services.

19.) Google Adds A Gemini Panel To Calendar To Help You Manage Your Schedule | TechCrunch.com | March 7, 2025

Google is testing a new AI-powered Gemini side panel within Google Calendar that lets users quickly and conversationally check their schedule, create an event, and look up event details. The feature is available as part of the tech giant’s early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.

20.) How The Military Wants AI To Help Control America’s Nuclear Arsenal | TWZ.com | March 7, 2025

Science fiction has warned us about melding AI and nuclear command and control, but Pentagon leadership sees it as a critical tool for future deterrence.

21.) Us Lawmakers Have Already Introduced Hundreds Of AI Bills In 2025 | TechCrunch.com | March 7, 2025

Just over two months into 2025, the number of pending AI bills in the U.S. has grown to 781, according to an online tracking tool. The tool, maintained by consulting firm MultiState, shows that the number of pending U.S. bills pertaining to AI now exceeds the total number of AI bills proposed in all of 2024 (743). In 2023, state and federal lawmakers proposed fewer than 200 AI-related bills.

22.) Meta’s Next Llama Models May Have Upgraded Voice Features | TechCrunch.com | March 7, 2025

Meta’s next major “open” AI model may have a voice focus, per a report in Financial Times. According to the piece, Meta is planning to introduce improved voice features with Llama 4, the next flagship in its Llama model family, which is expected to arrive in “weeks.” Reportedly, Meta has been particularly focused on allowing users to interrupt the model mid-speech, similar to OpenAI’s Voice Mode for ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini Live experience.

23.) Xai Launches Grok-2 Chat Feature On X, Enables Direct AI Interactions Through Replies | Twitter.com | March 7, 2025

Yes, it’s true. You can now ask Grok anything by replying to a post with “grok” on X, as part of xAI’s recent rollout of Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini, enhancing AI-driven features on the platform.

March 6, 2025 📅️

24.) A First-Ever Study On Prompts… | TheNeuronDaily.com | March 6, 2025

Wharton researchers, led by AI expert Ethan Mollick, conducted an extensive study revealing that AI model responses vary significantly based on prompt phrasing and context. They discovered that formatting instructions enhance performance, while politeness in prompts can both help and hinder accuracy. The study also highlighted consistency issues, with models providing different answers to the same question upon repeated trials. These findings suggest that a one-size-fits-all approach to prompt engineering is ineffective, emphasizing the need for human oversight in AI interactions.

25.) LLM Generates The Entire Output At Once (World’s First Diffusion LLM) | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | March 6, 2025

A groundbreaking diffusion-based large language model (LLM) is capable of generating entire outputs in a single pass, setting a new benchmark in AI efficiency and speed. This development challenges traditional autoregressive models, offering a potential leap forward in text generation technology.

26.) Get To Production Faster With The Upgraded Anthropic Console | Anthropic.com | March 6, 2025

We’ve redesigned the Anthropic Console to serve as one place to build, test, and iterate on your AI deployment with Claude and your teammates.

27.) AI On DuckDuckGo: Private, Useful And Optional | SpreadPrivacy.com | March 6, 2025

At DuckDuckGo, we believe the best way to protect your personal information from hackers, scammers, and privacy-invasive companies is to stop it from being collected at all. We started with a search engine that doesn’t collect your search history; our flagship experience is now a browser with a suite of built-in protections that includes our search engine, ad and cookie blocking, and many more protections.

28.) New Bionic Hand Comes Closest Yet To Mimicking Human Touch | StudyFinds.org | March 6, 2025

A new prosthetic hand combines a rigid internal skeleton with soft, flexible joints, mimicking the structure of a real human hand for both strength and delicate touch. A multilayered sensor system in the fingertips enables the prosthetic to distinguish textures and objects with 98.38% accuracy, significantly outperforming traditional prosthetics. While designed for sensory feedback, the system has not yet been tested on amputees, but researchers aim to refine the technology to restore a more natural sense of touch.

29.) Scale AI Is Being Investigated By The Us Department Of Labor | TechCrunch.com | March 6, 2025

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is investigating the data-labeling startup Scale AI for compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, TechCrunch has learned.

30.) Google Co-Founder Larry Page Reportedly Has A New AI Startup | TechCrunch.com | March 6, 2025

Google co-founder Larry Page is building a new company called Dynatomics that’s focused on applying AI to product manufacturing, according to The Information.

31.) From Diagnosis To Treatment: Advancing Amie For Longitudinal Disease Management | Research.google | March 6, 2025

We advance AMIE’s capabilities beyond diagnosis towards treating and managing disease over time. In our randomized study, AMIE matched or exceeded clinicians’ management reasoning over multi-visit consultations with professional patient actors, including precisely planning investigations, treatments and prescriptions, and appropriately using trusted clinical guidelines.

32.) Mistral AI Launches Advanced Document Understanding API | Mistral.ai | March 6, 2025

Throughout history, advancements in information abstraction and retrieval have driven human progress. From hieroglyphs to papyri, the printing press to digitization, each leap has made human knowledge more accessible and actionable, fueling further innovation.

33.) Hedra Launches Character-3 Omnimodal AI Model And Studio Platform For Video Generation | Twitter.com | March 6, 2025

Hedra Studio and Character-3 is here. A new generation of AI-native video creation. At its core is Character-3, the first omnimodal model in production, built to jointly reason across image, text, and audio for more intelligent video generation. This goes beyond multimodal — it’s the next evolution of AI-driven content creation.

34.) Andreessen Horowitz Releases Latest Top 100 AI Apps Ranking, Reports Major Market Shifts | Twitter.com | March 6, 2025

Announcing the latest
@a16z Top 100 AI apps! For the fourth time, we ranked consumer AI websites and mobile apps by usage (monthly unique visits and MAUs). There was a lot of movement over the last six months. Here are the trends we’re keeping an eye on.

35.) Krea AI Rolls Adds New Video Features From Pika Labs | Twitter.com | March 6, 2025

Introducing new Pika features. Now you can change video regions, add AI elements, interpolate frames, mix images, and more. Try it now.

36.) Convergence Launches Template Hub To Shift Human Tasks To AI Agents | Twitter.com | March 6, 2025

Today we’re introducing Template Hub, the first step in offloading global work done by humans to agents.

37.) Hunyuan Releases Open-Source Code For Video Generation AI Model | Twitter.com | March 6, 2025

HunyuanVideo I2V is here. I2V training code is here. Always open source & open access.

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38.) Is Mercury The New AI To Watch? | TheNeuronDaily.com | March 5, 2025

Inception Labs has introduced Mercury, an AI text model utilizing diffusion techniques similar to those in image generators like Midjourney and DALL-E. Unlike traditional language models that generate text word-by-word, Mercury produces over 1,000 words per second by generating text all at once. Early adopters in customer support, code generation, and enterprise automation report improved user experiences and reduced costs. Future developments aim to enhance agent speed, reasoning capabilities, and enable deployment on devices such as phones and laptops.

39.) Windsurf Editor Releases Wave 4 Update | Codeium.com | March 5, 2025

For a brief period, we wondered whether there was so much in Wave 4 that we should push some of these capabilities to later waves. But that would be silly. Our users deserve the best we have to offer, as soon as we have it available.

40.) Prime Video Tests AI Dubbing For Select Movies And Tv Series | TechCrunch.com | March 5, 2025

Prime Video is now experimenting with AI-assisted dubbing for select licensed movies and TV shows, as announced by the Amazon-owned streaming service on Wednesday.

41.) Qwen Launches Qwq-32b: New Reasoning Model Rivals Industry Leaders | Twitter.com | March 5, 2025

Today, we release QwQ-32B, our new reasoning model with only 32 billion parameters that rivals cutting-edge reasoning model, e.g., DeepSeek-R1.

42.) Perplexity Adds Voice Mode Feature To Macos App | Twitter.com | March 5, 2025

Our new voice mode is now on the Perplexity macOS app. Download or update the app from the Mac App Store.

43.) Apple Adds AI-Powered App Review Summaries With Ios 18.4 | TechCrunch.com | March 5, 2025

As part of the iOS 18.4 software update, currently in public beta, Apple is introducing AI-powered summaries of App Store reviews. The new feature will leverage Apple Intelligence, the company’s built-in AI technology, to offer an overall summary based on the reviews others have left on the App Store.

44.) Latest Turing Award Winners Again Warn Of AI Dangers | TheVerge.com | March 5, 2025

Two trailblazing scientists who today received this year’s Turing Award for creating fundamental artificial intelligence training techniques are using the spotlight to shine concern on the dangers of rushing AI models out for public consumption.

45.) Uber And Waymo Team Up On Driverless Rides In Tesla Territory | MorningBrew.com | March 5, 2025

Uber and Waymo have launched driverless rides in Austin, Texas, as the two former rivals come together in the city that’s home to Tesla’s HQ.

46.) Minecraft Jenny Mod — Everything You Need To Know | TechBullion.com | March 5, 2025

Minecraft is known for its limitless creativity, and the Minecraft Jenny Mod adds an entirely new dimension to the game. This controversial yet popular mod introduces a virtual companion with unique abilities, offering an interactive experience beyond standard gameplay.

47.) Apple Reveals M3 Ultra, Taking Apple Silicon To A New Extreme | Apple.com | March 5, 2025

Apple today announced M3 Ultra, the highest-performing chip it has ever created, offering the most powerful CPU and GPU in a Mac, double the Neural Engine cores, and the most unified memory ever in a personal computer. M3 Ultra also features Thunderbolt 5 with more than 2x the bandwidth per port for faster connectivity and robust expansion. M3 Ultra is built using Apple’s innovative UltraFusion packaging architecture, which links two M3 Max dies over 10,000 high-speed connections that offer low latency and high bandwidth. This allows the system to treat the combined dies as a single, unified chip for massive performance while maintaining Apple’s industry-leading power efficiency. UltraFusion brings together a total of 184 billion transistors to take the industry-leading capabilities of the new Mac Studio to new heights.

48.) Apple Introduces The New Macbook Air With The M4 Chip And A Sky Blue Color | Apple.com | March 5, 2025

Apple today announced the new MacBook Air, featuring the blazing-fast performance of the M4 chip, up to 18 hours of battery life,1 a new 12MP Center Stage camera, and a lower starting price. It also offers support for up to two external displays in addition to the built-in display, 16GB of starting unified memory, and the incredible capabilities of macOS Sequoia with Apple Intelligence — all packed into its strikingly thin and light design that’s built to last. The new MacBook Air now comes in an all-new color — sky blue, a metallic light blue that joins midnight, starlight, and silver — giving MacBook Air its most beautiful array of colors ever. It also now starts at just $999 — $100 less than before — and $899 for education, making it an incredible value for students, business professionals, or anyone looking for a phenomenal combination of world-class performance, portability, design, and durability. With two sizes to choose from, the new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air are available to pre-order today, with availability beginning Wednesday, March 12.

49.) Apple Unveils New Mac Studio, The Most Powerful Mac Ever | Apple.com | March 5, 2025

Apple today announced the new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever made, featuring M4 Max and the new M3 Ultra chip. The ultimate pro desktop delivers groundbreaking pro performance, extensive connectivity now with Thunderbolt 5, and new capabilities in its compact and quiet design that can live right on a desk. Mac Studio can tackle the most intense workloads with its powerful CPU, Apple’s advanced graphics architecture, higher unified memory capacity, ultrafast SSD storage, and a faster and more efficient Neural Engine. It provides a big boost in performance compared to the previous generation, and a massive leap for users coming from older Macs.

50.) Google Shopping Unveils New AI Tools For Virtual Try-On And Image Search | Blog.google | March 5, 2025

Check out Google Shopping’s new AI tools that can help you make your fashion and beauty visions a reality.

51.) LTX Studio Releases Ltxv 0.9.5 With Enhanced AI Video Features And Commercial Licensing | Twitter.com | March 5, 2025

LTXV 0.9.5 is here! Our latest AI video model brings: Commercial licensing. Keyframe conditioning. Higher resolution & improved quality. Longer sequences, fewer artifacts. Native ComfyUI support. Bringing open-source AI video creation to the next level.

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52.) This Voice AI Is Freaky | TheNeuronDaily.com | March 4, 2025

Sesame, founded by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, has unveiled a new AI voice technology that delivers human-like conversational experiences. The Conversational Speech Model (CSM) powers voice assistants Maya and Miles, which understand emotional context, natural timing, and tone adjustments, making interactions feel genuinely real. In blind tests, human evaluators often couldn’t distinguish between Sesame’s AI and actual human recordings. Sesame plans to open-source key components of their research, aiming to support over 20 languages and integrate with pre-trained language models.

53.) Xai’S Grok Rolls Out Free Voice Chat Feature For All Ios Users | Ebby Amir | Twitter.com | March 4, 2025

Voice Mode is available to all iOS users for free on the Grok app now, no subscription required.

54.) Claude 3.7 Sonnet Voice With Elevenlabs Conversational AI | Elevenlabs.io | March 4, 2025

Anthropic has unveiled its latest flagship language model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet and it is generating hype for its hybrid reasoning capabilities — delivering rapid, instinctive responses when needed, yet also able to dive deep with step-by-step analysis for more complex queries.

55.) Google Messages Is Using AI To Detect Scam Texts | TheVerge.com | March 4, 2025

There are new features for Android and Pixel phones, including live location sharing in the Find My app.

56.) First AI-Enabled AIrbus A320 Simulator Launched | Pressat.co.uk | March 4, 2025

Southpoint, Crawley, England — We are thrilled to announce the launch of the first AI-enabled Airbus A320 simulator at our state-of-the-art training facility near Gatwick Airport. This revolutionary simulator, available to both professional and non-professional pilots, sets a new standard in aviation training by integrating cutting-edge AI technology.

57.) Deutsche Telekom And Elevenlabs Partner To Add AI Podcasting To Magenta App | Elevenlabs.io | March 4, 2025

We are partnering with Deutsche Telekom to integrate human-like AI voices into Magenta AI, giving users a new way to engage with content. ElevenLabs’ Gen FM technology will be embedded directly into Magenta AI, enabling users to convert news articles into immersive, high-quality podcasts in seconds. Users will also be able to generate custom podcast content based on pre-set prompts, such as “The Most Streamed Songs and Shows of 2025.”

58.) Apple Introduces Ipad AIr With Powerful M3 Chip And New Magic Keyboard | Apple.com | March 4, 2025

Apple today introduced the faster, more powerful iPad Air with the M3 chip and built for Apple Intelligence. iPad Air with M3 brings Apple’s advanced graphics architecture to iPad Air for the first time — taking its incredible combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level.

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59.) Google Reveals 3 New AI Initiatives To Protect And Restore Nature | Blog.google | March 3, 2025

We’re introducing a new accelerator for startups focused on nature and climate, as well as a new grant and new open source AI model aimed at protecting wildlife.

60.) People Are Using Super Mario To Benchmark AI Now | TechCrunch.com | March 3, 2025

Thought Pokémon was a tough benchmark for AI? One group of researchers argues that Super Mario Bros. is even tougher. Hao AI Lab, a research org at the University of California San Diego, on Friday threw AI into live Super Mario Bros. games. Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 performed the best, followed by Claude 3.5. Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro and OpenAI’s GPT-4o struggled.

61.) Meta Research: Photorealistic Avatars From Just 4 Selfies | UploadVR.com | March 3, 2025

Meta researchers built a “large reconstruction model (LRM)” that can generate an animatable photorealistic avatar head in minutes from just four selfies.

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