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Andy Konwinski Launches Laude Institute With $100 Million
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Databricks & Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski launched the Laude Institute with $100M
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
The non-profit will convene, resource, and amplify computer scientists to help them fast-track breakthroughs for real-world impactpic.twitter.com/PZSZDaLCOhDatabricks & Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski launched the Laude Institute with $100M The non-profit will convene, resource, and amplify computer scientists to help them fast-track breakthroughs for real-world impact
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XBOW AI Tool Surpasses All Humans on HackerOne Leaderboard
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AI security company XBOW revealed that its autonomous AI tool just became the first to surpass all humans on the HackerOne platform
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
It topped the leaderboard by finding and reporting the most vulnerabilities in software from large companiespic.twitter.com/UAvH23jPwnAI security company XBOW revealed that its autonomous AI tool just became the first to surpass all humans on the HackerOne platform It topped the leaderboard by finding and reporting the most vulnerabilities in software from large companies
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Vibemotion Launches AI Platform for Motion Graphics Creation
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Vibemotion just launched an AI for motion graphics
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
Currently accessible via a waitlist, the platform allows users to create motion-driven videos using just an idea-driven prompt and a few assetspic.twitter.com/Ga0SBqqlwVVibemotion just launched an AI for motion graphics Currently accessible via a waitlist, the platform allows users to create motion-driven videos using just an idea-driven prompt and a few assets
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ElevenLabs Launches Mobile Apps with Advanced Speech Generation
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ElevenLabs continues to cook — this time dropping mobile apps for Android and iOS users
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
The app generates lifelike speech in up to 70 languages, using Eleven v3, and allows exports to services like Instagram
Also syncs creations from the webpic.twitter.com/17gOsMI8HTElevenLabs continues to cook — this time dropping mobile apps for Android and iOS users The app generates lifelike speech in up to 70 languages, using Eleven v3, and allows exports to services like Instagram Also syncs creations from the web
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Google Launches AI Mode for Search Users in India
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Google is also making "AI Mode" available to Search users in India
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
Available as a Labs experiment for English language only, the feature will allow users to have direct answers to their questions, with citationspic.twitter.com/dQwzUGTgK5Google is also making "AI Mode" available to Search users in India Available as a Labs experiment for English language only, the feature will allow users to have direct answers to their questions, with citations
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Google DeepMind Releases Gemini Robotics On-Device VLA Model
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Google DeepMind dropped Gemini Robotics On-Device, a VLA model that can run locally on robots — without internet
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
It can handle a wide variety of complex, two-handed tasks out of the box and even learn new skills with demonstrationspic.twitter.com/FA3YdkMdGHGoogle DeepMind dropped Gemini Robotics On-Device, a VLA model that can run locally on robots — without internet It can handle a wide variety of complex, two-handed tasks out of the box and even learn new skills with demonstrations
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Google X Spinout iyO Sues OpenAI Over Trademark After Acquisition Rejection
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A day after Google X spinout iyO sued OpenAI for trademark theft, Sam Altman shared emails showing iyO's founder pushed for an acquisition—OpenAI declined. Altman called the lawsuit “silly, disappointing, and wrong,” saying it’s not cool to sue over rejection.
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Sam Altman Responds to ‘io’ Lawsuit and AI Industry Updates
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AI NEWS: Sam Altman just made some interesting revelations about the "io" lawsuit, calling it "silly, disappointing, and wrong" Plus, more news from Google DeepMind, Google Search, ElevenLabs, Vibemotion AI, XBOW, and Laude Institute. Here's everything you need to know:
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