AI-Weekly for Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – Issue 159

The Week’s News in Artificial Intelligence

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

A.) AI Just Might Cure Cancer… | TheNeuronDaily.com | March 31, 2025

The Neuron discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in healthcare, particularly in cancer detection and treatment. Highlighting AI’s proficiency in pattern recognition, the article showcases examples such as Apple’s planned AI health assistant, Health+, and specialized tools like Abridge and Navina, which aim to alleviate physician burnout by enhancing clinical documentation and decision-making. Additionally, the piece underscores AI’s role in identifying abnormalities in medical imaging, exemplified by Gemini’s analysis of CT scans, and its success in surpassing traditional methods in colorectal cancer tissue analysis and lung cancer outcome predictions. The article emphasizes AI’s capacity to process vast medical literature, potentially outperforming human professionals in certain tasks, and suggests that AI could revolutionize cancer treatment by coordinating real-time therapies, thereby improving patient outcomes and advancing the fight against cancer.

B.) An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For | Wired.com | March 31, 2025 | Original Reporting: vpnMentor

Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered an unsecured database from South Korea-based AI image-generation company GenNomis, containing over 95,000 records, including explicit AI-generated images and harmful content like AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The database was publicly accessible, highlighting the ease with which AI tools can be misused to create nonconsensual and harmful content. The leaked data also included altered celebrity images made to look like children and other explicit images involving adults. Despite GenNomis’ guidelines against explicit and illegal activities, the exposure revealed inadequate moderation and protection measures. Following the discovery, GenNomis quickly secured the database but did not address the findings publicly. This incident underscores the pressing need for stricter regulations and controls on AI technologies to prevent misuse for creating abusive content.

C.) Runway Launches Gen-4 AI Models, Enhancing Fidelity And Control In Media Generation | X.com | March 31, 2025

Today we’re introducing Gen-4, our new series of state-of-the-art AI models for media generation and world consistency. Gen-4 is a significant step forward for fidelity, dynamic motion and controllability in generative media. Gen-4 Image-to-Video is rolling out today to all paid plans and Enterprise customers.

D.) Vibe Coding Tutorial — Setup And Advanced Tips And Tricks | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | March 30, 2025

Matt Berman walks viewers through setting up Vibe Coding and shares advanced techniques for maximizing its capabilities, offering practical insights into enhancing workflow efficiency and leveraging AI-driven automation in code projects.

E.) ChatGPT-4o Images Are Unreal… | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | March 28, 2025

Matt Berman explores the stunning visual output capabilities of ChatGPT-4o, highlighting its ability to create lifelike images with incredible speed and artistic accuracy that blur the lines between AI-generated and human-made content.

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April 7, 2025 📅️

5.) We’re Actually 🤯 By Gemini 2.5… | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 7, 2025

In this article, Grant Harvey explores the capabilities of Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, highlighting features such as system instructions for consistent outputs, real-time fact-checking through Google Search grounding, and a substantial 1 million token context window. He emphasizes the model’s proficiency in handling complex instructions, transcribing audio and images, and engaging with YouTube videos, positioning Gemini 2.5 Pro as a significant advancement in AI technology.

6.) Major Llama Drama | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | April 7, 2025

Ahmad Al-Dahle, Meta’s VP of generative AI, refuted allegations that the company trained its latest Llama 4 models using test sets to manipulate benchmark results, asserting that the claims are ‘simply not true.’

7.) Shopify CEO Says No New Hires Without Proof AI Can’t Do The Job | TheVerge.com | April 7, 2025

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has mandated that teams must demonstrate why tasks cannot be accomplished using AI before requesting more headcount or resources, emphasizing that effective AI usage is now a core expectation embedded in performance reviews.

8.) Major Publishers Urge US Government To Stop AI Theft In New Campaign | TheVerge.com | April 7, 2025

Publishers across the US are participating in an ad campaign asking to ‘make Big Tech pay for the content it takes.’

9.) Google’s AI Mode Now Supports Image-Based Searching And Recognition | TheVerge.com | April 7, 2025

Google is adding multimodal capabilities to its search-centric AI Mode chatbot that enable it to “see” and answer questions about images, as it expands access to AI Mode to “millions more” users.

10.) Microsoft Copilot Vision Transforms Phone Cameras Into Interactive Visual Search Tools | Digitaltrends.com | April 7, 2025

Late last year, Microsoft introduced a new AI feature called Copilot Vision for the web, and now it’s being made available on mobile devices. This feature integrates with your phone’s camera to create interactive experiences in the real world, allowing it to analyze real-time video and photos stored on your device.

11.) Meta Exec Denies Artificially Inflating Llama 4 Benchmark Scores | Techcrunch.com | April 7, 2025

A Meta exec on Monday denied a rumor that the company tuned its new AI models to present well on specific benchmarks while concealing the models’ weaknesses.

12.) Waymo May Use Interior Camera Data To Train Generative AI Models, Sell Ads | TechCrunch.com | April 7, 2025

Waymo is exploring the use of robotaxi interior camera footage, potentially linked to rider identities, to train generative AI models and personalize ads, raising privacy concerns amid efforts to expand revenue streams.

13.) Meta Faces Criticism As Llama 4 Underperforms, AI Whistleblower And VP Resign | Substack.com | April 7, 2025

A Chinese whistleblower from Meta’s AI team on Llama 4: After repeated training, the performance of the internal model still fails to reach open-source SOTA levels, and is even far behind them. Company leadership suggested mixing various benchmark test sets into the post-training process, aiming to produce a result that “looks okay” across multiple metrics. If the set deadline at the end of April isn’t met, they may stop further investment.

14.) Runway Launches Gen-4 Turbo, Generating AI Videos In Just 30 Seconds | X.com | April 7, 2025

Today we’re introducing Gen-4 Turbo. The fastest way to generate with our most powerful video model yet. With Gen-4 Turbo it now takes just 30 seconds to generate a 10 second video, making it ideal for rapid iteration and creative exploration. Now rolling out across all plans.

15.) Canva Enables Creativity With AI | OpenAI.com | April 7, 2025

Here Cameron Adams of Canva outlines the company’s evolving AI strategy, highlighting how generative tools are enabling end-to-end workflows, accelerating creativity, and empowering users to collaborate with AI across design, video, and web projects.

April 6, 2025 📅️

16.) What The Next 3 Years Of AI Progress Looks Like | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 6, 2025

Grant Harvey discusses the “AI 2027” report, which forecasts the emergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2027 and superintelligence by 2028. The report outlines a scenario where AI rapidly accelerates its own research, leading to exponential growth in capabilities. Key milestones include the development of superhuman coder AI in March 2027 and a superhuman AI researcher by September 2027. The report presents two potential futures: one where prioritizing speed leads to misaligned AI and potential human extinction, and another where a focus on safety results in an aligned superintelligence and an age of abundance.

17.) Almost Timely News: Generative AI Strategy, Part 4 — Deductive And Inductive Reasoning | Chris Penn | YouTube.com | April 6, 2025

This edition explores how deductive and inductive reasoning can shape AI strategy, emphasizing the strengths of generative AI in uncovering hidden patterns and driving both process optimization and innovative solutions in marketing.

18.) OpenAI Explores Acquiring Jony Ive And Sam Altman’s AI Device Startup | TheInformation.com | April 6, 2025

OpenAI has discussed buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI device startup.

April 5, 2025 📅️

19.) Llama 4 Is Here! Meta Just Cooked | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | April 5, 2025

Matt Berman dives into the release of Meta’s LLaMA 4, detailing its groundbreaking features and impressive performance that position it as a serious contender in the evolving AI landscape.

20.) Meta Releases Two Llama 4 AI Models | Llama.com | April 5, 2025

Meta claims its new models are superior to those from OpenAI and Google across ‘a broad range’ of benchmarks.

21.) Microsoft Creates AI-Generated Version Of Quake Using Muse AI Model | TheVerge.com | April 5, 2025

Microsoft’s Muse AI model is now available as an AI-generated Quake II tech demo.

22.) Meta Unveils Llama 4 Scout And Maverick, First Multimodal AI Models With Moe Architecture | AI.meta.com | April 5, 2025

We’re sharing the first models in the Llama 4 herd, which will enable people to build more personalized multimodal experiences.

23.) Kawasaki Unveils AI-Powered Robotic Horse Corleo With Hydrogen Engine | X.com | April 5, 2025

Japanese company Kawasaki has unveiled CORLEO, an innovative robotic horse powered by a hydrogen engine and equipped with artificial intelligence. It constantly analyses the position of both the robot and the rider, ensuring that the rider is securely held in the saddle.

April 4, 2025 📅️

24.) AI Expert Predictions Vs Normie Feels | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 4, 2025

Grant Harvey highlights a significant perception gap between AI experts and the general public regarding artificial intelligence’s future impact. While 56% of experts foresee a positive effect on the U.S. over the next two decades, only 17% of the public shares this optimism. Additionally, 64% of Americans believe AI will lead to job losses, contrasting with 39% of experts. Both groups agree on potential job reductions for cashiers, journalists, and software engineers but differ on roles like truck drivers, teachers, and doctors. The article also addresses concerns about representation in AI design and the consensus on the need for government regulation.

25.) The Fastest “Computer Control” Agent I’ve Ever Seen | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | April 4, 2025

Matt Berman showcases an advanced AI agent capable of controlling computers with unprecedented speed and precision, highlighting its potential to revolutionize productivity and automation tasks.

26.) OpenAI & Gemini Make Their Best Models Free! | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | April 4, 2025

Matt Wolfe breaks down the week’s major AI news, including OpenAI and Gemini’s decision to make their most powerful models freely accessible, marking a significant shift in AI availability and competition.

27.) BlackMagic Design Releases Davinci Resolve 20 Beta With 100+ New Features And AI Tools | BetaNews.com | April 4, 2025

Blackmagic Design has launched the public beta for DaVinci Resolve 20, and folks… it’s a big one. This massive update to the video editing software adds more than 100 new features, and it’s available right now for folks using Windows, macOS, and Linux. And yes, there is even a Windows ARM version too.

28.) Microsoft Celebrates 50th Anniversary, CEO Satya Nadella Reflects On Milestone | Blogs.Microsoft.com | April 4, 2025

It’s so wonderful to be here with all of you celebrating 50 years of Microsoft. And it’s especially exciting to be doing it at a time like this. For me, though, it starts with Bill [Gates] and Steve [Ballmer], who are both here with us today. I want to say a very big thank you to the two of you, and to Paul [Allen], and what you’ve meant to me personally and your vision that you had building this extraordinary company of ours that I’ve had the privilege to be part of. Thank you for your vision, your leadership, your passion, and for building the Microsoft that we know today. A company that has truly changed the world.

29.) Github Launches Copilot Agent Mode With MCP Support And New Pro+ Plan For VS Code Users | Github.blog | April 4, 2025

In celebration of MSFT’s 50th anniversary, we’re rolling out Agent Mode with MCP support to all VS Code users. We are also announcing the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan w/ premium requests, the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, next edit suggestions for code completions & the Copilot code review agent.

30.) Open Deep Search Debuts To Rival Perplexity And ChatGPT With Open-Source Transparency | Venturebeat.com | April 4, 2025

Researchers at Sentient Foundation have released Open Deep Search (ODS), an open-source framework that can match the quality of proprietary AI search solutions such as Perplexity and ChatGPT Search. ODS equips large language models (LLMs) with advanced reasoning agents that can use web search and other tools to answer questions.

31.) Microsoft Introduces AI Companion, Marking Company’s Next Era Of Innovation | Blogs.Microsoft.com | April 4, 2025

As I look back on the incredible impact that Microsoft has had over its now 50 years of relentless innovation, I’m inspired by the simplicity and power of Bill Gates’ bold ambition all those years ago: to put a PC on every desk and in every home. At Microsoft AI we’re driven by that same spirit. Today, we’re creating Copilot, an AI companion for everyone.

32.) OpenAI Announces GPT-5 Delay, Confirms Upcoming Release of o3 And o4-Mini Models | X.com | April 4, 2025

Change of plans: we are going to release o3 and o4-mini after all, probably in a couple of weeks, and then do GPT-5 in a few months. There are a bunch of reasons for this, but the most exciting one is that we are going to be able to make GPT-5 much better than we originally thought. We also found it harder than we thought it was going to be to smoothly integrate everything. And we want to make sure we have enough capacity to support what we expect to be unprecedented demand.

April 3, 2025 📅️

33.) How To Pick The Best AI Model For What You ACTUALLY Need… | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 3, 2025

Grant Harvey discusses strategies for selecting the most suitable AI model based on specific tasks and requirements. He emphasizes matching the model’s functionality to the task, considering context window size for processing large documents, using relevant benchmarks, calculating return on investment, and regularly experimenting with different models. Tools like OpenRouter, Live Bench, and Artificial Analysis are recommen for evaluating and comparing AI models effectively.

34.) 2027 Intelligence Explosion: Month-By-Month Model — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo | Dwarkesh Patel | YouTube.com | April 3, 2025

Scott Alexander and Daniel Kokotajlo walk through a detailed month-by-month forecast leading up to a projected 2027 intelligence explosion, examining scenarios like AI misalignment, geopolitical reactions, and automated AI research. The discussion reflects deep concern and strategic planning around rapid AI advancement, with Daniel drawing from his resignation from OpenAI to speak candidly on safety risks and future outlooks.

35.) One Step Closer To The Intelligence Explosion… | Mat Berman | YouTube.com | April 3, 2025

Matt Berman analyzes the accelerating pace of AI development and its implications for reaching the long-theorized intelligence explosion, where artificial intelligence begins rapidly improving itself beyond human comprehension.

36.) Midjourney Launches Alpha-Test Phase Of Advanced V7 Image Model | X.com | April 3, 2025

We’re now beginning the alpha-test phase of our new V7 image Model. It’s our smartest, most beautiful, most coherent model yet. Give it a shot and expect updates every week or two for the next two months.

37.) Anthropic Study Finds AI Reasoning Models’ Explanations Often Unfaithful | Anthropic.com | April 3, 2025

Since late last year, “reasoning models” have been everywhere. These are AI models — such as Claude 3.7 Sonnet — that show their working: as well as their eventual answer, you can read the (often fascinating and convoluted) way that they got there, in what’s called their “Chain-of-Thought”.

38.) Runway Raises $308M For Its Generative AI Video Tools | TechCrunch.com | April 3, 2025

Runway, a startup developing a range of generative AI models for media production, including video-generating models, has raised $308 million in a Series D funding round.

39.) Spotify Launches Gen AI Ads And Programmatic Ad Buying Capabilities | TechCrunch.com | April 3, 2025

Spotify announced Gen AI ads, among other changes to its advertising business, at an event in New York City on Thursday. Notably, the company introduced a new programmatic offering, the Spotify Ad Exchange (SAX), which allows advertisers to reach Spotify’s logged-in users via real-time auctions.

40.) Google’s Notebooklm Introduces Discover Sources To Add Web Content Directly To Notebooks | Blog.google | April 3, 2025

Starting today, you can find and easily add new, relevant information to your notebook.

41.) Microsoft Marks 50Th Anniversary With Event Showcasing Copilot AI Assistants | Qz.com | April 3, 2025

Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an event centered around its Copilot AI assistants.

42.) OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Plus Free For Us And Canada College Students Through May | X.com | April 3, 2025

ChatGPT Plus is free for college students in the US and canada through May 2025.

43.) Cognition Releases Devin 2.0, An Agent-Native Ide, Available Starting At $20 | X.com | April 3, 2025

Introducing Devin 2.0: a new agent-native IDE experience. Generally available today starting at $20.

44.) Tencent Hunyuan Upgrades T1 Model For Enhanced Code And Text Generation, Improved Comprehension | X.com | April 3, 2025

Tencent Hunyuan’s deep reasoning model T1 just got a major upgrade! Here’s what’s new: Enhanced project-level code generation skills. Improved text generation and writing quality. Better multi-turn text comprehension, instruction-following, and word-level understanding. Optimized handling of mixed traditional/simplified Chinese and Chinese-English output.

45.) Amazon Tests AI Agent ‘Buy For Me’ To Shop And Purchase From Third-Party Sites | TechCrunch.com | April 3, 2025

Amazon is starting to test a new AI shopping agent, a feature it calls “Buy for Me,” with a subset of users, the company announced in a blog post Thursday.

46.) Krea AI Introduces Video Re-Style Tool To Transform Videos While Preserving Original Movement | X.com | April 3, 2025

Introducing Video Re-style. Tthis new tool lets you change the style of any video while keeping the original movement consistent. Learn how.

April 2, 2025 📅️

47.) We Took An MIT AI Course! | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 2, 2025

The Neuron team participated in MIT xPRO’s six-week “Driving Innovation with Generative AI” course, designed to teach professionals how to design AI solutions without coding. The course covered topics such as neural networks, image generation, large language models, and human-AI collaboration. Participants engaged in practical assignments under the guidance of 12 MIT professors, culminating in projects like a custom GPT called Decider, aimed at assisting with decision-making. The course emphasizes that building AI solutions is accessible to professionals beyond engineering backgrounds, including product managers and UX designers.

48.) Gemini 2.5 Pro Is A Coding Genius | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | April 2, 2025

Matt Berman explores the remarkable coding abilities of Gemini 2.5 Pro, showcasing its speed, accuracy, and versatility in complex programming tasks and real-world applications.

49.) 50+ Insane Ways To Use The New ChatGPT | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | April 2, 2025

Matt Wolfe highlights over 50 innovative and surprising use cases for ChatGPT 4o’s ImageGen capabilities, demonstrating the tool’s versatility across creative, technical, and practical domains.

50.) OpenAI Launches New Commission To Guide Ambitious Nonprofit Vision | OpenAI.com | April 2, 2025

Already a nonprofit, and already using AI to help people solve hard problems, OpenAI aims to build the best-equipped nonprofit the world has ever seen — combining potentially historic financial resources with something even more powerful: technology that can scale human ingenuity itself.

51.) Anthropic’s Claude On Google Cloud Vertex AI Gains Fedramp High And IL-2 Authorization | Anthropic.com | April 2, 2025

Today, we’re announcing that Claude models are now authorized for FedRAMP High and IL-2 workloads through Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform. With these authorizations, federal civilian agencies and defense organizations can use Claude while meeting their strict regulatory compliance requirements, helping balance innovation and security.

52.) Anthropic Launches Claude For Education To Support AI Learning In Classrooms | Anthropic.com | April 2, 2025

Today we’re launching Claude for Education, a specialized version of Claude tailored for higher education institutions. This initiative equips universities to develop and implement AI-enabled approaches across teaching, learning, and administration — ensuring educators and students play a key role in actively shaping AI’s role in society.

53.) Meta Strikes Multimillion-Dollar Sponsorship Deal With Ufc | CNBC.com | April 2, 2025

Mixed martial arts league UFC has reached a multimillion-dollar, multiple-year sponsorship deal with technology company Meta, UFC told CNBC. The deal is wide ranging and will integrate UFC with Meta across its products and platforms. UFC CEO Dana White is on the board of Meta.

54.) Adobe Launches Free Generative AI Video Extender For Premiere Pro | TheVerge.com | April 2, 2025

Adobe is updating Premiere Pro with AI-powered features that aim to provide creatives with faster and better video editing results. Version 25.2 of Premiere Pro is launching today, bringing tools for locating, translating, and extending video footage out of beta and into general availability for every user.

55.) Microsoft Marks 50th Anniversary With Copilot Event And AI Innovations | News.Microsoft.com | April 2, 2025

Today we’re announcing a set of new updates that represent a new chapter in our vision to deliver a true AI companion — helping make AI more useful by making it more personal.

56.) Perplexity.AI Optimizes GPU Parallelism For Efficient Mixture-Of-Experts Communication | Perplexity.ai | April 2, 2025

We present a high-performance, portable, open-source library for Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) communication that achieves 10x faster performance compared to standard All-to-All communication primitives. Our implementation features several key technical innovations that deliver superior MoE communication efficiency.

57.) Wikimedia Bandwidth Jumps 50% As AI Crawlers Drive Surge In Multimedia Downloads | TechCrunch.com | April 2, 2025

The Wikimedia Foundation, the umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects, said on Wednesday that bandwidth consumption for multimedia downloads from Wikimedia Commons has surged by 50% since January 2024.

58.) OpenAI’s O3 Model May Be More Expensive To Run Than Initially Estimated | TechCrunch.com | April 2, 2025

When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark designed to test highly capable AI, to showcase o3’s capabilities. Months later, the results have been revised, and they now look slightly less impressive than they did initially.

59.) Windsurf Launches Wave 6 Update With App Deploys, Jupyter Tab, And Enhanced Mcp Support | X.com | April 2, 2025

Wave 6 is here! Included in this update: App Deploys. Conversation Table of Contents. Commit Message Generation. Windsurf Tab in Jupyter. Notebook. Additional context for Windsurf Tab. Improved MCP Support. Two New App Icons.

60.) Lindy AI Launches Agent Swarms, Achieves #1 Ranking With 5,000+ Integrations | X.com | April 2, 2025

Excited to announce Lindy’s biggest update yet: Agent swarms let Lindy AI agents duplicate themselves and do 100s of things at once. Integration supremacy: we are now the #1 agent in the world with the most integrations, with 5,000+ integrations and 4,000+ web scrapers.

61.) DeepMind Prioritizes Safety And Collaboration On Path To AGI | DeepMind.Google | April 2, 2025

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), AI that’s at least as capable as humans at most cognitive tasks, could be here within the coming years. Integrated with agentic capabilities, AGI could supercharge AI to understand, reason, plan, and execute actions autonomously. Such technological advancement will provide society with invaluable tools to address critical global challenges, including drug discovery, economic growth and climate change.

62.) Amazon Kindle Adds ‘Recaps’ Feature For Quick Ebook Series Refreshers | AboutAmazon.com | April 2, 2025

Conveniently refresh your memory on thousands of best-selling eBook series with the new Recaps feature.

63.) Midjourney Ends Relax-Athon, Prepares Servers For V7 Model Launch | X.com | April 2, 2025

We’re ending the RELAX-ATHON as we prepare our server clusters for a V7 model launch. We hope everyone has had a fun time with unlimited relax mode over the past few months, and we hope you’ll begin having even more fun *soon*.

64.) Breakthrough Brain-To-Voice Tech Brings Natural Speech Within Reach For Paralyzed Patients | TechSpot.com | April 2, 2025

Researchers from UC Berkeley and UCSF have developed a brain-computer interface that enables real-time speech synthesis for people with severe paralysis, restoring near-natural communication using AI to decode neural signals into audible speech. Tested on a stroke survivor who had been silent for 18 years, the system delivers rapid, accurate voice output and shows promise for future broader use across brain-sensing technologies.

65.) This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence | Wired.com | April 2, 2025

Scale AI has launched Scale Evaluation, a platform that automatically tests advanced AI models across numerous benchmarks and tasks to identify weaknesses and suggest additional training data. The tool assists developers by offering insights into performance issues and targeting data improvements, aiming to standardize testing methodologies for AI models. Several AI companies are already using it to enhance their models’ reasoning capabilities, and it has been adopted by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

April 1, 2025 📅️

66.) OpenAI Actually Just Raised $40B… | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 1, 2025

OpenAI has closed a $40 billion funding round, valuing the company at $300 billion. The deal includes $30 billion from SoftBank, with $7.5 billion invested upfront and an additional $22.5 billion by the end of 2025. Other investors, including Microsoft, contributed $10 billion. A portion of the funds will support OpenAI’s Stargate data center project. The funding is contingent upon OpenAI’s transition from a non-profit to a for-profit entity by December 31, 2025.

67.) Build A Website Using Vibe Coding In 45 Min (GPT-4 & V0) | The Next Wave | YouTube.com | April 1, 2025

Matt Wolfe and Nathan Lands join Riley Brown to explore how AI-driven tools like Cursor and Windsurf are transforming coding. They also highlight the impact of Model Context Protocols and wrap up with a live vibe coding demo showcasing AI’s creative potential in web development.

68.) Meta To Launch $1,000+ Smart Glasses Featuring Hand Gestures And App Display Screen | Bloomberg.com | April 1, 2025

Meta Platforms Inc., ramping up work on a deluxe version of its popular smart glasses, plans to include hand-gesture controls and a screen for displaying photos and apps. The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen as early as the end of this year — a product it sees as a key step toward providing an alternative to Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other mobile devices, according to people familiar with the matter.

69.) Google Unveils Gemini Robotics Models Enabling Robots To Learn Complex Tasks | Blog.google | April 1, 2025

Powered by Gemini Robotics models, robots can learn complex actions like preparing salads, playing games like Tic-Tac-Toe and even folding an origami fox.

70.) OpenAI Launches OpenAI Academy To Equip Users With AI Knowledge And Skills | Academy.openai.com | April 1, 2025

New initiative will fuel innovation by investing in developers and organizations leveraging AI, starting in low- and middle-income countries.

71.) Meta’s AI Research Chief Joelle Pineau To Depart Amid Investment Push | Bloomberg.com | April 1, 2025

Meta Platforms Inc.’s head of artificial intelligence research plans to leave the company, creating a high-level vacancy just as Meta seeks to invest and compete aggressively in AI. Joelle Pineau, the vice president leading Meta’s Fundamental AI Research group, known as FAIR, announced her departure on Tuesday. Pineau has been at the company for eight years, has led the FAIR team since early 2023 and reports to Chief Product Officer Chris Cox.

72.) OpenAI Faces Product Delays Due To Capacity Issues, Ceo Sam Altman Warns | TechCrunch.com | April 1, 2025

In a series of posts on X on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the popularity of the company’s new image-generation tool in ChatGPT will cause unspecified product delays. “We are getting things under control, but you should expect new releases from OpenAI to be delayed, stuff to break, and for service to sometimes be slow as we deal with capacity challenges,” Altman wrote. “Working as fast [as] we can to really get stuff humming.”

73.) Qualcomm Acquires Generative AI Division From Vietnam-Based Vinai | TechCrunch.com | April 1, 2025

Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday. The move marks Qualcomm’s continued expansion into the AI tooling sector. VinAI, which was founded by former DeepMind research scientist Hung Bui, develops a range of generative AI technologies, including computer vision algorithms and language models.

74.) Tinder Launches AI-Powered Game To Test And Improve Users’ Flirting Skills | TechCrunch.com | April 1, 2025

You know the online dating scene is bad when dating giants like Tinder are now introducing AI personas for users to flirt with. On Tuesday, the company announced a new game powered by OpenAI, allowing users to interact with an AI bot to practice flirting, reenact meet-cute scenarios, and receive scores with suggestions for improving their dating skills.

75.) The Verge Rounds Up Best And Worst April Fools’ Day 2025 Pranks | TheVerge.com | April 1, 2025

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you’re a company with any kind of social media presence in 2025, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools’ Day.

76.) Krea AI Launches Gemini Image Editing With Natural Language In Krea Chat | X.com | April 1, 2025

Introducing Gemini Image Editing. Now you can edit images with natural language in Krea Chat.

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77.) China-Based AI Platform Manus Launches Paid Subscriptions And Mobile App | TechCrunch.com | March 31, 2025

Manus AI, the viral AI agent platform out of China, on Monday morning launched two subscription plans starting at $39 per month. Manus, which is still in beta, is an AI-powered agentic tool that can be used to complete tasks ranging from creating a web page for a wedding invitation to crafting a scoring sheet for a baseball game. In our tests, however, we found that the platform falls short of some of its loftier marketing promises.

78.) Microsoft Expands AI Features To Intel And Amd Copilot Plus Pcs | TheVerge.com | March 31, 2025

Microsoft is making its AI features widely available on Copilot Plus PCs equipped with Intel and AMD chips. One of the most notable of these features will be Live Captions, which translates audio to English subtitles from dozens of different languages in real time.

79.) Google Rolls Out Experimental Gemini 2.5 AI Model To Free Users With Limited Access | ArsTechnica.com | March 31, 2025

Google released its latest and greatest Gemini AI model last week, but it was only made available to paying subscribers. Google has moved with uncharacteristic speed to release Gemini 2.5 Pro (Experimental) for free users, too. The next time you check in with Gemini, you can access most of the new AI’s features without a Gemini Advanced subscription.

80.) Amazon Introduces Nova Act, AI Agent Enabling Browser Control And Agentic App Development | TechCrunch.com | March 31, 2025

Amazon on Monday unveiled Nova Act, a general-purpose AI agent that can take control of a web browser and independently perform some simple actions. Alongside the new agentic AI model, Amazon is releasing the Nova Act SDK, a toolkit that allows developers to build agent prototypes with Nova Act.

81.) Amazon Launches Alexa Plus In Early Access, Limited To Newer Echo Show And Missing Some Features | TheVerge.com | March 31, 2025

Amazon has officially launched its AI-powered Alexa Plus — but it’s only available to a “small number” of customers to start, Amazon spokesperson Kristy Schmidt confirmed to The Verge. As shown on its early access page, Alexa Plus also doesn’t come with all the features Amazon showcased during its recent devices event, like the ability to brainstorm gift ideas, order groceries with your voice, or access Alexa Plus in your browser.

82.) OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Image Generation To All Free Users | X.com | March 31, 2025

ChatGPT image gen now rolled out to all free users!

83.) OpenAI Raises $40B Funding Round Led By Softbank, Valued At $300B | TheVerge.com | March 31, 2025

The startup that produced ChatGPT is now valued at $300 billion. OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It’s the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, according to CNBC.

84.) Apple Intelligence Expands Features To More Languages And Regions | Apple.com | March 31, 2025

Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that delivers helpful and relevant intelligence while taking an extraordinary step forward for privacy in AI, is expanding to even more people around the world. Starting today, with the availability of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4, Apple Intelligence features are now available in many new languages, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (simplified) — as well as localized English for Singapore and India — and are accessible in nearly all regions around the world.

85.) Apple Vision Pro Gains Apple Intelligence Features With VisionOS 2.4 Update | Apple.com | March 31, 2025

Alongside the first set of powerful Apple Intelligence features, users can discover new content with Spatial Gallery and the Apple Vision Pro app for iPhone, and share the magic of spatial computing with enhancements to Guest User.

86.) Google Slides Integrates Imagen 3 And New AI-Powered Visual Tools | Blog.google | March 31, 2025

Today we announced new features for Google Slides, making it easier to create visually stunning presentations. Here’s what’s new.

87.) Luma AI Introduces Concepts For Precise Control Of Generative Models | LumaLabs.ai | March 31, 2025

At Luma we have long believed that creative control over generative models is the key to unlocking their massive potential. That’s why we have been doing research on a new advanced method of teaching generative models new ideas and controls — we call them Concepts. Concepts are learnable from just one or a few examples, and can be composed to enable powerful new creative workflows. We will share more about this new approach in the near future. Today, we are releasing our first set of Concepts for Ray2 — Camera Motion Concepts — allowing reliable and composable control over camera motion in video generation.

88.) StudyFinds: New Tech Turns Brain Waves Into Speech For Those Unable To Talk | StudyFinds.org | March 31, 2025

For the millions of people worldwide who have lost their ability to speak due to stroke, ALS, or other neurological injuries, a revolutionary technology is breaking down barriers to communication. Researchers have developed a potentially groundbreaking system that translates brain activity directly into speech in real-time, allowing those with severe paralysis to communicate naturally once again.

89.) OpenAI Announces Upcoming Release Of First Open Language Model Since GPT-2 | OpenAI.com | March 31, 2025

We’re planning to release our first open language model since GPT-2 in the coming months. We’re excited to collaborate with developers, researchers, and the broader community to gather inputs and make this model as useful as possible. If you want to provide feedback to the OpenAI team, please fill out the form below.

90.) Krea AI Launches New 3D Tool, Website Redesign And Discounts | X.com | March 31, 2025

Introducing a brand new 3D tool and a complete redesign of Krea. We’re also offering 20% discounts for yearly plans and 5 free video trainings for all paid users.

91.) OpenAI’s ChatGPT Gains 1 Million Users In One Hour, Surpasses Viral Launch Record | X.com | March 31, 2025

The ChatGPT launch 26 months ago was one of the craziest viral moments i’d ever seen, and we added one million users in five days. We added one million users in the last hour.

92.) Higgsfield AI Unveils Cinematic AI Video Features From Single Images | X.com | March 31, 2025

Now, AI video doesn’t have to feel lifeless. This is Higgsfield AI: cinematic shots with bullet time, super dollies and robo arms — all from a single image. It’s AI video with swagger. Built for creators who move culture, not just pixels.

93.) Minimax Audio Launches Powerful Speech-02 Model For Instant, Ultra-Realistic TTS | X.com | March 31, 2025

MiniMax Audio just leveled up with the new Speech-02 model. Turn any file or URL into lifelike audio instantly. Create audiobooks and podcasts effortlessly with up to 200k-characters in a single input. Enjoy ultra-realistic TTS in 30+ languages with native flair, unlimited voice cloning, and sub-second streaming.

94.) Runway Launches Gen-4 AI Models, Enhancing Fidelity And Control In Media Generation | X.com | March 31, 2025

Today we’re introducing Gen-4, our new series of state-of-the-art AI models for media generation and world consistency. Gen-4 is a significant step forward for fidelity, dynamic motion and controllability in generative media. Gen-4 Image-to-Video is rolling out today to all paid plans and Enterprise customers.

95.) Apple Prepares Major Health Push With Revamped App And AI Doctor Service | Bloomberg.com | March 30, 2025

Apple is preparing its biggest health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service. Also: The company is testing an M5 iPad Pro for release as early as this year, its 2025 developers conference gets scheduled for June, and a new global head of retail stores is appointed.

96.) OpenAI Board Drama Behind Sam Altman’s Firing Detailed In New Book Excerpt | TechCrunch.com | March 29, 2025

An excerpt from the upcoming book “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future” offers new details about why OpenAI’s board briefly fired CEO Sam Altman back in 2023. Written by Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey, the book claims the nonprofit’s board members became increasingly concerned after learning about issues such as an OpenAI Startup Fund that was actually owned by Altman.

97.) Ernie 4.5 Sweeps GPT-4.5 In AI Chess Showdown With Decisive Victory | X.com | March 29, 2025

AI chess matches are always a thrilling test of logic, strategy, and precision. We’ve seen ChatGPT take on DeepSeek — now, it’s ERNIE 4.5’s turn to challenge GPT-4.5. The result? A complete sweep by ERNIE 4.5, winning all three games convincingly. Superior logic & instruction-following. Sharper decision-making under pressure. Stronger performance at a fraction of the cost. From the very first move, ERNIE 4.5 dominated. The commentary even described the match as “an adult playing a child” — the skill gap was that massive. And to top it off, ERNIE delivered a flawless 10-move checkmate to seal the final game. AI is evolving fast, and ERNIE 4.5 just made a statement. Watch the full breakdown.

98.) Bloomberg: AI Boom Creates 29 New Billionaires Worth $71 Billion | Bloomberg.com | March 28, 2025

The sums of money that the artificial intelligence boom has created in the span of a few years border on unthinkable. OpenAI, which debuted ChatGPT in late 2022, is poised to become one of the world’s most valuable startups with a $300 billion valuation. Anthropic, created in 2021 by a team of former OpenAI employees, is worth more than $60 billion. Safe Superintelligence launched in October and has already notched a $32 billion valuation. This vast wave of enthusiasm has also minted a new generation of billionaires.

99.) Emmett Shear Launches New AI Startup Softmax Focused On Alignment | CoreMemory.com | March 28, 2025

A new AI alignment player has entered the arena. Emmett Shear, Adam Goldstein and David Bloomin have set up shop in San Francisco with a 10-person start-up called Softmax. The company is part research lab and part aspiring money maker and aimed at figuring out how to fuse the goals of humans and AIs in a novel way through what the founders describe as “organic alignment.” It’s a heady, philosophical approach to alignment that seeks to take cues from nature and the fundamental traits of intelligent creatures and systems, and we’ll do our best to capture it here.

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