🌎 Google’s AI worlds can now talk back
Good morning, AI enthusiasts, and welcome to our 5,193 new readers. Last year, Genie 3 let you wander an AI-generated world for a few minutes. Genie 4 lets you talk to the ‘people’ living in the simulation.
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📈 The AI bubble meets Anthropic’s real numbers
Good morning, AI enthusiasts, and welcome to our 5,851 new readers. The AI race in 2026 has been about more than just the best models… It’s also been about which top U.S. lab reaches Wall Street first. While OpenAI has backed off in that arena, Anthropic just opened the books…
🌙 China's Kimi continues to challenge the frontier
Good morning, AI enthusiasts, and welcome to our 10,866 new readers. The frontier leaders keep warning that China’s open models are closing in. For the past year, Moonshot’s Kimi has been the fastest one on the frontier’s tail.
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