🔥 Story of the Week: Google revolutionizes search with new AI Mode, marking a fundamental shift in how users access and interact with information online.
⭐️ Must Reads: Meta launches standalone AI app to compete with ChatGPT, researchers discover anxiety-like responses in ChatGPT, and RL pioneers receive prestigious Turing Award.
🧰 Technology: Cohere unveils multilingual Aya Vision model, Sesame debuts human-like AI voice companion, and diffusion based LLM Mercury challenges transformer architecture.
📊 Business and Economy: OpenAI plans Sora integration into ChatGPT, Amazon prepares to launch its own reasoning model, and Google enhances Gemini with live video and screen sharing features.
📝 Policy and Regulation: UK regulator abandons Microsoft-OpenAI antitrust investigation, TSMC commits $100B to US chip manufacturing, and research reveals dangerous behaviors in models trained on insecure code.
⚡ Startups and Investments: Anthropic secures massive $3.5B funding, Digg makes an AI backed comeback and Tolan introduces alien AI companionship.