🔥 Story of the Week: Microsoft & Meta reveal AI generating up to 50% of code, signaling a major shift in software development.
⭐️ Must Reads: AI uncovers Alzheimer's cause & treatment target, Alibaba unveils Qwen 3 models, OpenAI rolls back ChatGPT update and Anthropic aims to decode AI by 2027.
🧰 Technology: OpenAI releases free lightweight Deep Research tool, Google unveils AI language learning tools and WhatsApp adds AI features via 'Private Processing'.
📊 Business and Economy: UPS explores using Figure AI humanoid robots, Waymo hints at personal ownership of self-driving taxis and Meta launches standalone AI app.
📝 Policy and Regulation: Covert AI research experiment on Reddit sparks ethics debate, Perplexity browser plans extensive data collection and Meta & OpenAI chatbots engage inappropriately with minors.
⚡ Startups and Investments: Chinese AI startup Manus secures $75M led by Benchmark, Nscale seeks $2.7B for AI infra and Palo Alto Networks acquires Protect AI for more than $500M.