🔥 Story of the Week: xAI introduces Grok 3, marking Elon Musk's latest advancement in artificial intelligence competition.
⭐️ Must Reads: Meta ventures into humanoid robotics, HP acquires Humane but not AI Pin, researchers identify Parkinson's brain markers, and Ilya Sutskever's startup valued at $30 billion.
🧰 Technology: Perplexity launches free research tool, Google adds memory to Gemini, and AI achieves enzyme design breakthrough.
📊 Business and Economy: Arm develops in-house chip, Apple faces Siri upgrade challenges, and Meta announces Project Waterworth subsea cable.
📝 Policy and Regulation: OpenAI explores takeover defense measures, South Korea restricts DeepSeek AI, and EU reduces scope of AI regulations.
⚡ Startups: Murati launches Thinking Machines Lab, DNEG's Brahma acquires Metaphysic for $1.43B, and Figure AI seeks $1.5 billion in funding.