AI-Weekly for Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Issue 163

✨ The Week’s News in Artificial Intelligence

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

A.) ChatGPT Is Getting Better For Shopping | TheVerge.com | April 28, 2025

Here The Verge reports that OpenAI is enhancing ChatGPT’s search capabilities with new shopping features, including product cards showing images, prices, and ratings, offering a more intuitive and structured browsing experience without ads or sponsored content.

B.) Hugging Face Launches 3D-Printed Robotic Arm Starting At $100 | Techcrunch.com | April 28, 2025

Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other basic chores.

C.) MAGA’s Sinister Obsession With IQ Is Leading Us Towards An Inhuman Future | TheGuardian.com | April 28, 2025

Here Quinn Slobodian critiques how the alliance between Trump-era politics and Silicon Valley’s tech elite is driving an obsession with IQ, pushing society toward a future where intelligence is commodified and traditional human values are eroded by artificial intelligence ambitions.

D.) OpenAI Addresses GPT-4o Personality Issues, Promises Quick Fixes | X.com | April 27, 2025

The last couple of GPT-4o updates have made the personality too sycophant-y and annoying (even though there are some very good parts of it), and we are working on fixes asap, some today and some this week. At some point will share our learnings from this, it’s been interesting.

E.) OpenAI Is Not God — The Deepseek Documentary On Liang Wenfeng, R1 And What’s Next | AI Explained | YouTube.com | April 27, 2025

This DeepSeek documentary explores how public perceptions of R1 and its creator, Liang Wenfeng, miss the mark, while offering insights into upcoming developments like DeepSeek R2.

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5.) AI For Total Beginners | TheNeuronDaily.com | May 5, 2025

The Neuron offers a concise guide for newcomers to AI, introducing tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and providing practical tips to help users begin leveraging AI for tasks such as writing, brainstorming, and summarizing, emphasizing the importance of specificity in prompts to achieve optimal results.

May 5, 2025 📅️

6.) Tether Launches Tether.ai, Enters AI Arena With Peer-To-Peer AI Agent Network | CoinDesk.com | May 5, 2025

Tether is entering the $25 billion crypto artificial intelligence sector, as announced by its CEO Paolo Ardoino. Tether AI is described as a fully open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments without a central point of failure. The AI platform will integrate Keet, a peer-to-peer chat platform, but further details about the initiative remain scarce.

7.) Nvidia Releases Open-Source Transcription AI Model Parakeet-Tdt-0.6B-V2 On Hugging Face | VentureBeat.com | May 5, 2025

Nvidia has become one of the most valuable companies in the world in recent years thanks to the stock market noticing how much demand there is for graphics processing units (GPUs), the powerful chips Nvidia makes that are used to render graphics in video games but also, increasingly, train AI large language and diffusion models.

8.) Anthropic Launches AI For Science Program To Advance Safe And Reliable AI | Anthropic.com | May 5, 2025

Today, we’re launching Anthropic’s AI for Science program — a new initiative designed to accelerate scientific research and discovery through access to our API. This program will provide free API credits to support researchers working on high-impact scientific projects, with a particular focus on biology and life sciences applications.

9.) OpenAI Transitions To Public Benefit Corporation For Greater Public Alignment | OpenAI.com | May 5, 2025

The OpenAI Board has an updated plan for evolving OpenAI’s structure. OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit, and is today overseen and controlled by that nonprofit. Going forward, it will continue to be overseen and controlled by that nonprofit. Our for-profit LLC, which has been under the nonprofit since 2019, will transition to a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) — a purpose-driven company structure that has to consider the interests of both shareholders and the mission. The nonprofit will control and also be a large shareholder of the PBC, giving the nonprofit better resources to support many benefits. Our mission remains the same, and the PBC will have the same mission.

10.) OpenAI Abandons Plan To Become A For-Profit Company | TheVerge.com | May 05, 2025

OpenAI reverses its plan to become a for-profit company, opting instead to remain under nonprofit control while restructuring its commercial arm into a Public Benefit Corporation, allowing for uncapped equity to attract investment while maintaining its mission to democratize AI tools for the benefit of humanity.

11.) Vireel Launches AI Tool To Generate Hundreds Of Viral Video Ads Instantly | X.com | May 5, 2025

Today I’m launching Vireel! The easiest way to create 100s of viral video ads. 1. Input your website url. 2. Generate 100s of reels from winning formulas. 3. Post on TikTok, Instagram and YT shorts to get users on autopilot. Vibe marketing has officially entered the chat.

12.) Pinterest’s AI Will Help You Find The ‘Right Words’ To Search For Fashion | TheVerge.com | May 05, 2025

Pinterest introduces a ‘Visual Language Model’ that analyzes fashion images to generate descriptive terms, enabling users to refine searches by style, color, and occasion, initially launching for women’s fashion content in the US, Canada, and the UK.

13.) New Tool Evaluates Progress In Reinforcement Learning | News.MIT.edu | May 5, 2025

MIT researchers introduce ‘IntersectionZoo’, a benchmark simulating urban traffic scenarios to assess the adaptability of deep reinforcement learning algorithms, aiming to improve generalization across varied real-world conditions.

May 4, 2025 📅️

14.) Almost Timely News: What’s In An AI Workshop? | Chris Penn | YouTube.com | May 4, 2025

This episode explores the structure and impact of the SMPS AEC AI bootcamp, highlighting effective learning strategies like Knowledge Blocks, hands-on AI use cases in marketing, and approaches for managing AI-related risks in a fast-evolving landscape.

15.) Better At Everything: How AI Could Make Human Beings Irrelevant | TheGuardian.com | May 4, 2025

David Duvenaud warns that as AI systems surpass human capabilities in work, creativity, and relationships, society risks a gradual surrender of purpose and agency — not through rebellion, but through obsolescence by default.

16.) Tech Leaders Launch Campaign To Make CS And AI A Graduation Requirement | SlashDot.org | May 4, 2025

Code.org, backed by tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, and AMD, has launched the ‘Unlock8’ campaign advocating for computer science and AI to become mandatory high school graduation requirements, marking a significant shift from its earlier stance of promoting these subjects as electives.

May 3, 2025 📅️

17.) GPT4o Is Way Too Nice… And It’s A Big Problem | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | May 3, 2025

Here Matt Berman explores concerns around ChatGPT’s increasingly agreeable behavior, questioning whether excessive politeness could limit honest discourse or impair critical decision-making in AI interactions.

18.) 5 AI Apps With Deep Research Features To Rival ChatGPT | DigitalTrends.com | May 3, 2025

Fionna Agomuoh highlights five AI platforms — Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, Grok 3, Anthropic Claude, and Microsoft Think Deeper — that offer advanced research capabilities, positioning them as strong alternatives to ChatGPT for in-depth information retrieval and analysis.

19.) Google Is Going To Let Kids Use Its Gemini AI | TheVerge.com | May 3, 2025

Google will soon allow children under 13 to access its Gemini AI on monitored Android devices using Family Link parental controls. Parents are being notified via email about this update, which enables kids to use the chatbot for tasks like homework assistance and story reading. Google emphasizes that children’s data will not be used to train AI models. However, the company warns that Gemini may produce errors or inappropriate content, and encourages parents to educate their children on the AI’s limitations and the importance of not sharing sensitive information.

May 2, 2025 📅️

20.) OpenAI Burning $14B+ In 2025?! | TheNeuronDaily.com | May 02, 2025

OpenAI projects a $14 billion loss in 2025, with plans to spend $28 billion and burn through $320 billion by 2030, driven by high compute costs and the launch of a $20K/month AI research assistant, raising concerns about the sustainability of its rapid growth and systemic impact on the tech ecosystem.

21.) AI News: 22 Advancements That Happened This Week! | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | May 2, 2025

Matt’s weekly roundup highlights 22 notable AI developments, including tool updates, platform enhancements, and emerging trends that are shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

22.) Sam Altman And Elon Musk Are Racing To Build An ‘Everything App’ | TheVerge.com | May 2, 2025

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are developing rival ‘everything apps’ — Altman’s World app integrates crypto wallets, social networking, and mini-apps via biometric World IDs, while Musk’s X platform is set to launch financial features in partnership with Visa, both aiming to create unified digital ecosystems.

23.) Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro AI Successfully Completes Pokémon Blue Game | X.com | May 2, 2025

What a finish! Gemini 2.5 Pro just completed Pokémon Blue! Special thanks to @TheCodeOfJoel for creating and running the livestream, and to everyone who cheered Gem on along the way.

24.) Apple Partners With Anthropic To Develop AI-Powered ‘Vibe-Coding’ Platform | Bloomberg.com | May 2, 2025

Apple Inc. is teaming up with startup Anthropic PBC on a new “vibe-coding” software platform that will use artificial intelligence to write, edit and test code on behalf of programmers. The system is a new version of Xcode, Apple’s programming software, that will integrate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple will roll out the software internally and hasn’t yet decided whether to launch it publicly, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the initiative hasn’t been announced.

25.) Google’s NotebookLM Apps For Android And iOS Now Available For Preorder | TechCrunch.com | May 2, 2025

Google’s NotebookLM Android and iOS apps are expected to launch on May 20, according to app store listings. The apps are currently available for preorder.

26.) ChatGPT Prediction Prompts Greek Woman To Divorce Husband | Tovima.com | May 2, 2025

Artificial intelligence language and writing models, like ChatGPT and Grok on social media X, have become an integral part of work and daily life in most of the world. Although admittedly their measured use can be beneficial for saving time in workplaces, an uncritical dependence, or even worse blindly trusting their responses about complex personal problems, can lead to some bizarre outcomes.

27.) Nvidia Developing New Chips For China Market Despite U.S. Export Restrictions | TheInformation.com | May 2, 2025

Nvidia has told some of its biggest Chinese customers that it is tweaking the design of its artificial intelligence chips so they can be sold to Chinese businesses without clashing with U.S. export rules, The Information reported on Friday.

28.) Reddit Integrates AI Into Main Search Bar, Challenging Google’s Dominance | Zdnet.com | May 2, 2025

Over one million people a week already use Reddit Answers, but that number is about to explode.

May 1, 2025 📅️

29.) Your Eyes = Your New Dating App Password | TheNeuronDaily.com | May 01, 2025

World introduces the Orb Mini, a portable iris-scanning device designed for its World ID system, and announces partnerships with Visa for a crypto payment card and Tinder for identity verification, aiming to integrate biometric authentication into everyday digital interactions.

30.) Zuck’s Stunning Claim About Meta’s Self-Improving AI | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | May 1, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg discusses Meta’s advancements in self-improving AI systems, revealing bold new directions in autonomous model optimization that could redefine AI scalability and adaptability.

31.) Midjourney Launches Omni-Reference For Precise AI Image Creation | X.com | May 1, 2025

Omni-Reference is now live! It’s a new way to say “put THIS in my image” for characters, objects, vehicles, and more. Check out the examples or see the full info dump below.

32.) Aurora’s Driverless Trucks Complete 1,200 Miles Of Deliveries In Texas | TheVerge.com | May 1, 2025

After a slight delay, the company’s autonomous trucks are finally hauling freight.

33.) Higgsfield AI Unveils ‘start & End Frames’ Feature For Enhanced Video Storytelling | X.com | May 1, 2025

Introducing a new feature in Higgsfield: Start & End Frames. It lets you upload a starting and ending image to define how your video is structured. Now, you can craft videos with clear direction and purposeful motion, enhancing the storytelling potential of your content.

34.) Ai2’s Olmo 2 1B Model Outperforms Google’s And Meta’s Similarly-Sized AI Models | TechCrunch.com | May 1, 2025

‘Tis the week for small AI models, it seems. Nonprofit AI research institute Ai2 on Thursday released Olmo 2 1B, a 1-billion-parameter model that Ai2 claims beats similarly-sized models from Google, Meta and Alibaba on several benchmarks. Parameters, sometimes referred to as weights, are the internal components of a model that guide its behavior.

35.) Microsoft Releases Phi-4-Reasoning-Plus, A Compact Open-Weights AI Reasoning Model | Venturebeat.com | May 1, 2025

Microsoft Research has announced the release of Phi-4-reasoning-plus, an open-weight language model built for tasks requiring deep, structured reasoning.

36.) Microsoft Prepares To Host Elon Musk’s Grok AI Model On Azure AI Foundry | TheVerge.com | May 1, 2025

Grok AI might be coming to Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry service.

37.) Anthropic Adds App Integrations And Enhanced Web Search To Claude AI | Anthropic.com | May 1, 2025

Today we’re announcing Integrations, a new way to connect your apps and tools to Claude. We’re also expanding Claude’s Research capabilities with an advanced mode that searches the web, your Google Workspace, and now your Integrations too. Claude can research for up to 45 minutes before delivering a comprehensive report, complete with citations. In addition to these updates, we’re making web search available globally for all Claude users on paid plans.

38.) Google Expands AI Mode Access Across The US, Introducing New Interaction Features | Blog.google | May 1, 2025

AI Mode is now available to all Labs users in the U.S. and we’re making it easier to access and interact with information.

39.) Ideogram Launches 3.0 Update With Enhanced Realism And New Canvas Editing Features | X.com | May 1, 2025

Today, we’re releasing a major upgrade to Ideogram 3.0: enhanced realism, more versatile styles, improved prompt following, and greater diversity.

40.) Suno Unveils V4.5: Enhanced Vocals, Genre Fusion, And Expanded AI Music Capabilities | X.com | May 1, 2025

v4.5 just dropped for Pro & Premier subscribers. A wider range of genres, richer vocals, & enhanced prompt understanding for songs that match your vision.

41.) Pika Launches New “Pikaffects” AI Hairstyle Features For Ios And Web | X.com | May 1, 2025

Welcome to the Pika hair salon. Go pink, go loooooong, or go bald with brand new Pikaffects. Try them now at Pika dot art, or on the iOS app.

42.) Krea AI Launches GPT Paint: Visually Prompt ChatGPT With Shapes And Images | X.com | May 1, 2025

Introducing GPT Paint. Now you can prompt ChatGPT visually through edit marks, basic shapes, notes, and reference images. Available now on Krea Image.

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43.) Zuck’s AI Coming For ChatGPT? | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 30, 2025

Meta introduces its first standalone AI app, integrating with Ray-Ban smartglasses and powered by Llama 4, aiming to deliver a highly personalized assistant by leveraging users’ social data and engagement history across its platforms.

44.) Nvidia Launches Tool To Turn 3d Blender Scenes Into AI-Generated Images | TheVerge.com | April 30, 2025

Nvidia’s ‘AI Blueprint for 3D-guided generative AI’ combines Blender with a text-to-image generator.

45.) Wikimedia Foundation’s New AI Strategy Prioritizes Wikipedia Volunteers | WikimediaFoundation.org | April 30, 2025

Not too long ago, we were asked when we’re going to replace Wikipedia’s human-curated knowledge with AI. The answer? We’re not.

46.) Pinterest Officially Introduces Tags For AI-Generated Content | SocialMediaToday.com | April 30, 2025

After testing them out over the past few months, Pinterest has now officially launched its new AI-generated content labels, as part of an expanded effort to address the influx of AI generated content in the app.

47.) Google Labs Launches AI-Powered Language Lessons With Bite-Sized Exercises | Zdnet.com | April 30, 2025

Available through Google Labs, the new tools use AI to provide language lessons to help you in real-life situations.

48.) Google Gemini App Now Supports Direct Uploading And Editing Of AI Creations And Personal Images | Blog.google | April 30, 2025

Earlier this year, we were the first to put the power of native AI image editing directly in people’s hands with AI Studio. Building on the positive feedback from people using this feature, we’re expanding these capabilities to the Gemini app.

49.) Anthropic Proposes Stronger Us Export Controls For Advanced AI Chips And Models | Anthropic.com | April 30, 2025

In response to the Department of Commerce’s “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion” interim final rule, Anthropic has submitted detailed analysis and recommendations for maintaining and strengthening export controls on advanced semiconductors. At the heart of our recommendations is a clear message: maintaining America’s compute advantage through export controls is essential for national security and economic prosperity as powerful new AI systems are developed in the coming years.

50.) Meta Updates Ray-Ban Privacy Policy, Stores Voice Data For AI Training | TheVerge.com | April 30, 2025

The company has removed the option to disable your voice recordings from being stored, among other changes.

51.) Meta Plans Premium Tier And Ads For Its AI App, Boosting AI Investment | TheVerge.com | April 30, 2025

Meta’s AI app already includes a social feed, and Zuckerberg said product recommendations might be next.

52.) Midjourney Updates V7 Model, Adds Lightbox Editor And Experimental Aesthetics Parameter | X.com | April 30, 2025

3 quick updates! We’ve updated the V7 model with improved image quality and coherence. There’s a new lightbox editor that’s easier to use. Last we’ve added a new experimental aesthetics parameter –exp (goes 0 to 100, 0 is default) that pumps up details and creativity. Have fun!

53.) Amazon Launches Nova Premier AI Model For Complex Tasks And Efficient Model Distillation | AWS.Amazon.com | April 30, 2025

Today we’re expanding the Amazon Nova family of foundation models announced at AWS re:Invent with the general availability of Amazon Nova Premier, our most capable model for complex tasks and teacher for model distillation.

54.) Sam Altman’s World Launches Mobile Verification Device, Expands To Us | TechCrunch.com | April 30, 2025

Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, unveiled Wednesday a mobile device designed to help people determine the difference between a human and an AI agent.

55.) Lm Arena Accused Of Helping Top AI Labs Game Chatbot Benchmark Leaderboard | TechCrunch.com | April 30, 2025

A new paper from AI lab Cohere, Stanford, MIT, and Ai2 accuses LM Arena, the organization behind the popular crowdsourced AI benchmark Chatbot Arena, of helping a select group of AI companies achieve better leaderboard scores at the expense of rivals.

56.) Runway Launches Gen-4 References, Enabling Image-Based AI Scene Creation | X.com | April 30, 2025

Today we are releasing Gen-4 References to all paid plans. Now anyone can generate consistent characters, locations and more. With References, you can use photos, generated images, 3D models or selfies to place yourself or others into any scene you can imagine.

57.) Krea AI Launches Enhanced Model And Topaz Labs Integration For 22K Upscaling | X.com | April 30, 2025

Introducing our latest enhancer and new integrations with @topazlabs. Our new model improves textures and sharpness, and now you can upscale up to 22k resolution with Topaz! Available now in Krea Enhancer.

58.) Kling AI Launches Instant Film Effect For 3D Polaroid-Style Photos | X.com | April 30, 2025

Introducing Instant Film Effect. Travel shots, group photos, pet smiles — bring your moments to life in 3D Polaroid style!

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59.) DeepSeek Returns… | TheNeuronDaily.com | April 29, 2025

DeepSeek’s upcoming R2 model, featuring a 1.2 trillion-parameter hybrid MoE architecture, promises to deliver performance comparable to GPT-4 at a fraction of the cost, potentially disrupting the AI industry with its efficiency and affordability.

60.) Qwen3 Is A Fantastic Open-Source Model | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | April 29, 2025

Here Matt Berman highlights Qwen3 as a powerful open-source AI model, emphasizing its capabilities and accessibility for developers and enthusiasts seeking high performance without proprietary constraints.

61.) How To Use AI Avatars In Your Business (Full Guide) | The Next Wave | YouTube.com | April 29, 2025

Matt Wolfe and guest Adam Biddlecombe explore how AI avatar tools can enable content creation without appearing on camera, sharing techniques, workflows, and business strategies for leveraging avatars in marketing and brand-building efforts.

62.) Lyft Launches AI Earnings Assistant To Help Drivers Maximize Income | TheVerge.com | April 29, 2025

Drivers can ask it how to ‘optimize’ their shifts based on real-time data on airport arrivals, local events, and more.

63.) Moonvalley Generative AI To Power Natasha Lyonne’s Upcoming Sci-Fi Film | TheVerge.com | April 29, 2025

The AI-focused studio behind the project says its models are wholly trained on licensed content.

64.) Yelp Introduces AI To Help Restaurants Answer Calls, Manage Reservations And Filter Spam | Engadget.com | April 29, 2025

The system will also filter spam, respond to queries and put individuals on a waitlist.

65.) Vidu Q1 Launches, Making Hollywood-Quality Vfx And Audio Accessible To All | TechBullion.com | April 29, 2025

In the ever-evolving world of content creation, generative video is and Vidu is leading the charge. With the release of ShengShu Technology’s newest AI model called Vidu Q1, the company isn’t just pushing boundaries — it’s redefining them. Vidu Q1 is making the leap to offer a comprehensive, end-to-end editing suite that combines cutting-edge visual effects with high-fidelity audio capabilities, all accessible through simple text prompts.

66.) NotebookLM Expands Audio Overviews Feature To Over 50 Languages | Blog.Google | April 29, 2025

Last year, we expanded NotebookLM to more than 200 countries and now we’re making Audio Overviews available in more than 50 languages.

67.) Meta’s Llama 4 Now Available As Managed Api On Google Vertex AI | Developers.GoogleBlog.com | April 29, 2025

Deploying and managing Llama 4 models involves multiple steps: navigating complex infrastructure setup, managing GPU availability, ensuring scalability, and handling ongoing operational overhead. What if you could address these challenges and focus directly on building your applications? It’s possible with Vertex AI.

68.) Meta Unveils Latest AI Innovations And Releases At First-Ever Llamacon | AI.meta.com | April 29, 2025

We’re celebrating the first-ever LlamaCon by sharing some exciting new tools that will make it even easier to build with Llama and create custom models to fit your use cases.

69.) Meta Launches Meta AI App For Easy, Personalized AI Assistant Access | About.FB.com | April 29, 2025

Today, we’re launching the first version of the Meta AI app: the assistant that gets to know your preferences, remembers context and is personalized to you. The app includes a Discover feed, a place to share and explore how others are using AI. It’s now the companion app for our AI glasses and is connected to Meta.ai, so you can pick up where you left off from anywhere you are.

70.) Intel Introduces Autoround For Advanced Quantization Of LLMs And VLMs | HuggingFace.co | April 29, 2025

As large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs) continue to grow in size and complexity, deploying them efficiently becomes increasingly challenging. Quantization offers a solution by reducing model size and inference latency. Intel’s AutoRound emerges as a cutting-edge quantization tool that balances accuracy, efficiency, and compatibility.

71.) Freepik Launches Open AI Image Generator F Lite Trained On Licensed Data | TechCrunch.com | April 29, 2025

Freepik, the online graphic design platform, unveiled a new “open” AI image model on Tuesday that the company says was trained exclusively on commercially licensed, “safe-for-work” images.

72.) OpenAI Rolls Back GPT-4o Update Due To Overly Agreeable Responses | OpenAI.com | April 29, 2025

We have rolled back last week’s GPT-4o update in ChatGPT so people are now using an earlier version with more balanced behavior. The update we removed was overly flattering or agreeable — often described as sycophantic.

73.) OpenAI Rolls Back GPT-4o Update, Cites Model Personality Issues | X.com | April 29, 2025

We started rolling back the latest update to GPT-4o last night. It’s now 100% rolled back for free users and we’ll update again when it’s finished for paid users, hopefully later today. We’re working on additional fixes to model personality and will share more in the coming days.

74.) Vercept Launches Vy, An AI Agent That Sees And Interacts Directly With Your Computer | X.com | April 29, 2025

Today we’re excited to introduce Vy, our AI that sees and acts on your computer. At Vercept, our mission is to reinvent how humans use computers — enabling you to accomplish orders of magnitude more than what you can do today. Vy is a first glimpse at AI that sees and uses your computer just like you do. It runs natively on your computer, with access to all your applications and accounts that you’re already signed into. It is available for download starting today!

75.) Nvidia Launches ‘Describe Anything’ Tool For Detailed Image And Video Descriptions | X.com | April 29, 2025

Nvidia released Describe Anything! A new method that can generate detailed descriptions for specific areas in images and videos using points, boxes, scribbles, or masks.

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76.) Grok Announces Early Beta Of Grok 3.5, AI Capable Of Advanced Technical Reasoning | X.com | April 28, 2025

Next week, Grok 3.5 early beta release to SuperGrok subscribers only. It is the first AI that can, for example, accurately answer technical questions about rocket engines or electrochemistry. @Grok is reasoning from first principles and coming up with answers that simply don’t exist on the Internet.

77.) Duolingo To Replace Contract Workers With AI | TheVerge.com | April 28, 2025

Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.” The email was posted on Duolingo’s LinkedIn account.

78.) UPS In Talks With Figure AI To Deploy Humanoid Robots In Logistics | Bloomberg.com | April 28, 2025

United Parcel Service Inc. is in talks with robotics startup Figure AI Inc. to use humanoid robots for some tasks in the logistics giant’s network, according to people familiar with the matter. UPS and Figure began having discussions about a partnership last year and have continued talks in recent months, said the people, who asked not be identified as the details are private.

79.) Alibaba Introduces Qwen 3, A New Family Of Advanced Hybrid AI Reasoning Models | TechCrunch.com | April 28, 2025

Chinese tech company Alibaba on Monday released Qwen3, a family of AI models that the company claims can match and, in some cases, outperform the best models available from Google and OpenAI.

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