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🔮 Google's new AI can browse websites and apps for you
⚡️ Tesla reveals cheaper versions of Model 3 and Y
💰 Nvidia invests $2 billion in Elon Musk's xAI
🦾 Neuralink user controls a robot arm with brain chip
🚫 OpenAI bans hackers from China and North Korea
🤖 SoftBank makes a $5.4 billion bet on AI robots
🎁 + 17 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
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| 🔮 Google's new AI can browse websites and apps for you LINK
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- Google Deepmind released its Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, which is designed to let AI agents operate web browsers and mobile interfaces by directly interacting with graphical elements.
- The system functions in a continuous loop by looking at a screenshot, generating UI actions like clicking or typing, and then receiving a new screenshot to repeat the process.
- To prevent misuse, a per-step safety service reviews every proposed action, while developers can also require user confirmation or block specific high-stakes actions from being performed by the AI.
| ⚡️ Tesla reveals cheaper versions of Model 3 and Y LINK
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- Tesla introduced cheaper entry-level cars, the Model Y Standard Rear-Wheel Drive for $39,990 and the Model 3 Standard for $36,990, with both new trims sharing the same 321-mile range.
- To lower the price, both vehicles remove the rear passenger screen and Autosteer, replacing physical switches with touchscreen seat controls and using manual adjustments for mirrors and the steering wheel.
- Interior comfort features are scaled back, with only front seats being heated, the panoramic glass roof getting a fabric headliner, and the sound system downgraded to a 7-speaker audio setup.
| 💰 Nvidia invests $2 billion in Elon Musk's xAI LINK
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- Nvidia is investing roughly $2 billion in equity in Elon Musk's xAI as part of a larger financing round that includes backers like Apollo Global Management and Valor Capital.
- The arrangement uses a special-purpose vehicle to buy Nvidia chips and lease them back to xAI for five years, a setup that helps the AI firm avoid adding corporate debt.
- These funds are for the Colossus 2 data-center buildout, though Musk denies raising capital, a claim possibly justified by the unconventional structure that avoids a direct cash injection for xAI.
| 🦾 Neuralink user controls a robot arm with brain chip LINK
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- Nick Wray, a patient with ALS, demonstrated controlling a robot arm with his Neuralink brain chip by directing the device to pick up a cup and bring it to his mouth.
- Using the implant, Wray performed daily tasks like putting on a hat, microwaving his own food, opening the fridge, and even slowly driving his wheelchair with the robotic limb.
- Neuralink's device works by converting brain signals into Bluetooth-based remote commands, giving the user direct control to manipulate the movements of the separate robot arm.
| 🚫 OpenAI bans hackers from China and North Korea LINK
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- OpenAI has banned multiple accounts linked to state-sponsored actors in China and North Korea for using its AI models to create phishing campaigns, assist with malware, and draft surveillance proposals.
- One group from China was caught designing social media monitoring systems and a "High-Risk Uyghur-Related Inflow Warning Model" to track the travel of targeted individuals with the technology.
- The company's investigation concludes these malicious users are building the tools into existing workflows for greater speed, rather than developing novel capabilities or getting access to new offensive tactics.
| 🤖 SoftBank makes a $5.4 billion bet on AI robots LINK
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- Japanese group SoftBank is making a major return to the bot business by acquiring ABB's robotics division for $5.4 billion, pending the green light from government regulators.
- Founder Masayoshi Son calls this new frontier "Physical AI," framing it as a key part of the company's plan to develop a form of super intelligent artificial intelligence.
- Robots are one of four strategic investment areas for SoftBank, which is also pouring huge amounts of money into chips, data centers, and new energy sources to dominate the industry.
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Trending research and tools
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Html.yeah: a Clojure library that lets developers define HTML components and their attributes using a schema. LINK
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Samsung AI Model Release: Samsung released a 7 million parameter model that achieved a 45% score on the ARC-AGI-1 benchmark. LINK
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Continuously Augmented Discrete Diffusion Model: this paper introduces a method that helps AI generate discrete data, like text, by augmenting it with a continuous variable to make the diffusion process more effective. LINK
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HSGM: Hierarchical Segment-Graph Memory for Scalable Long-Text Semantics: this paper presents a new memory system that organizes long texts into a layered graph, helping AI models understand them more efficiently. LINK
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