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Year2023

Key PlayersOpenAI, Google, Anthropic

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SEBI deploys AI to monitor social media as 62% of investors trust finfluencers

India's market regulator SEBI has launched Project Sudarsan, an AI-powered system that scans social media for fraudulent investment claims and unregistered financial advice. The move comes as 62% of investors report being influenced by finfluencers, with over 20,000 fraudulent posts already identified since November 2025.

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SEBI deploys AI to monitor social media as 62% of investors trust finfluencers

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Google Extends Free Gemini Omni AI Video Generation Offer Until August 11

Google has extended free access to Gemini Omni, its AI-powered video generation tool, until August 11 at 12 PM PT (August 12 at 12:30 AM IST for India). Users can generate up to 10 videos for free using text prompts, images, and existing video clips without needing a Google AI subscription.

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Google Extends Free Gemini Omni AI Video Generation Offer Until August 11

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DeepSeek Raises API Pricing Up to 1,100% While Investing in Robotics and Expanding Infrastructure

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup known for cost-efficient AI, announced significant API pricing increases of 50% to 1,100% for its V4 models starting August 17. Simultaneously, the company invested $20.8 million in Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO and reopened an $8 billion fundraising round at a $74 billion valuation, signaling a strategic shift toward infrastructure expansion and embodied intelligence.

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DeepSeek Raises API Pricing Up to 1,100% While Investing in Robotics and Expanding Infrastructure

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Adobe Launches Unified ChatGPT Plugin with Over 70 Creative and Productivity Tools

Adobe has consolidated its ChatGPT integrations into a single plugin featuring over 70 tools across Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat, Lightroom, Illustrator, and more. The unified Adobe ChatGPT plugin enables users to perform complex creative and productivity tasks through conversational prompts, from batch photo editing to video creation, without switching between multiple apps.

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Adobe Launches Unified ChatGPT Plugin with Over 70 Creative and Productivity Tools

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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max AI Model with 2.4 Trillion Parameters, Escalating U.S.-China AI Race

Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, its most powerful AI model yet, with 2.4 trillion parameters and performance matching Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. The open-weight release intensifies U.S.-China competition as Chinese firms rapidly close the gap with American AI leaders through aggressive releases and cost efficiency.

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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max AI Model with 2.4 Trillion Parameters, Escalating U.S.-China AI Race

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Thinking Machines Unveils Inkling Small: Compact AI Model Delivers Near-Identical Performance at Quarter Size

Thinking Machines releases Inkling Small, a 276-billion-parameter open source AI model that matches its larger predecessor on key benchmarks despite being four times smaller. The multimodal model offers enterprises reduced compute costs while maintaining strong coding and reasoning capabilities.

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Thinking Machines Unveils Inkling Small: Compact AI Model Delivers Near-Identical Performance at Quarter Size

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Google lets Mac users activate Gemini voice commands by pressing the fn key

Google has upgraded Gemini for macOS with system-wide voice commands activated by long-pressing the fn key. The update includes intelligent dictation that removes filler words and an opt-in screen-aware reasoning feature that lets the AI assistant understand on-screen content to execute complex tasks like summarizing documents or drafting emails.

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Google lets Mac users activate Gemini voice commands by pressing the fn key

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Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses get major AI model upgrade with Muse Spark for sharper responses

Meta is rolling out version 127 update to Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, introducing Muse Spark AI model for improved contextual understanding and smarter responses. The update also brings voice commands for Threads, enhanced Instagram integration, and Neural Handwriting with Meta AI in early access for US and Canada users.

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Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses get major AI model upgrade with Muse Spark for sharper responses

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Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3 Open-Weight Model with 2.8 Trillion Parameters

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI released the full weights for Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion parameter open-weight model that rivals GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5. While developers can now download and modify the model, running it requires data-center-level infrastructure costing $550,000-$700,000. The release has sparked US policy debates and includes a custom license with revenue-based restrictions.

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Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3 Open-Weight Model with 2.8 Trillion Parameters

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AI calorie-tracking apps miss up to 345 calories per meal, NIH study reveals

AI calorie-tracking apps are underestimating meals by hundreds of calories, according to new NIH research. A study testing MyFitnessPal, LoseIt!, CalAI and Appediet found calorie underestimation ranging from 250 to 345 calories per meal, with fat content off by about 30 grams. The findings raise questions about the reliability of photo-based calorie tracking for people managing their health or trying to lose weight.

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AI calorie-tracking apps miss up to 345 calories per meal, NIH study reveals

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Black Forest Labs unveils FLUX 3 multimodal AI to generate video, images, and robot actions

Black Forest Labs launched FLUX 3, its first multimodal AI model capable of generating 20-second video with audio and images from single text prompts. The system uses a unified architecture trained across multiple modalities and extends to robotic vision through FLUX-mimic. While early benchmarks show strong performance against competitors, the model enters limited early access with no pricing details or open-weight release yet.

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Black Forest Labs unveils FLUX 3 multimodal AI to generate video, images, and robot actions

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Google Study Reveals AI Adoption Is Widespread But Job Automation Remains Limited

Google's new AI & Economy ATLAS study analyzed 15 million Gemini interactions and found that while AI adoption spans 68% of occupations, workers use it for only 21% of tasks on average. The research shows AI functions primarily as a collaborative tool rather than an automation engine, with less than 10% of interactions fully automating work tasks.

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Google Study Reveals AI Adoption Is Widespread But Job Automation Remains Limited

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iKairos AI Wearable Emerges as Successor to Jibo with $29 Million in Funding

Lingverse has raised $29 million to develop iKairos, a modular AI wearable that serves as the spiritual successor to the cult social robot Jibo. The device can be worn as a pendant or mounted at home, functioning as a personal AI guardian that captures moments and transforms them into AI-generated images. Pre-orders are expected between July and September 2025.

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iKairos AI Wearable Emerges as Successor to Jibo with $29 Million in Funding

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US Army reinstates AI limits after troops burn through year's token supply in weeks

The US Army exhausted its entire annual allocation of 100 million AI tokens just weeks after announcing unlimited access in May 2026. Internal emails reveal the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command had to reinstate usage limits by mid-June, exposing the financial challenges of aggressive AI adoption and unpredictable consumption-based pricing models in large-scale deployments.

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US Army reinstates AI limits after troops burn through year's token supply in weeks

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Meta tests StoryKit, an AI storytelling app that generates bedtime stories for exhausted parents

Meta is piloting StoryKit, an AI-powered app that creates personalized children's stories complete with custom characters, settings, moral lessons, and narration. While designed to help tired parents, the app has sparked debate about outsourcing bedtime stories to AI and the impact on parent-child bonding and human creativity.

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Meta tests StoryKit, an AI storytelling app that generates bedtime stories for exhausted parents

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