Top stories in AI today: – Stanford’s AI-powered virtual scientists
– Meta targets Murati's startup with massive offers
– Build apps with leading open-source AI
– ChatGPT’s Study Mode for deeper learning – 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Stanford’s AI Scientists, Meta’s Recruitment, and New AI Tools
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Moonvalley Launches Sketch-to-Video in Marey Model
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Moonvalley announced sketch-to-video, an emergent capability in its Marey video model
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 30 juillet 2025
Using only text and a rough hand sketch as input, it creates a ready-to-use, realistic clippic.twitter.com/8vvfoiA8EWMoonvalley announced sketch-to-video, an emergent capability in its Marey video model Using only text and a rough hand sketch as input, it creates a ready-to-use, realistic clip
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WRITER Launches Super Action Agent for Enterprise Automation
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WRITER dropped a new 'Super' Action Agent for its enterprise customers
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 30 juillet 2025
It independently executes complex, multi-step knowledge tasks from start to finish, while connecting to over 600 tools
Will also get MCP support in the coming dayspic.twitter.com/UuZwg9rrLhWRITER dropped a new 'Super' Action Agent for its enterprise customers It independently executes complex, multi-step knowledge tasks from start to finish, while connecting to over 600 tools Will also get MCP support in the coming days
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Cursor 1.3 Rolls Out with Native Terminal Sharing
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Cursor 1.3 is now rolling out. Key features include:
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 30 juillet 2025
—Native terminal sharing with Agent
—Ability to see context usage in chat
—Faster Agent edits, with Search and replace latency reduced by 25% and Apply edits by 11%pic.twitter.com/6kTAqgXqs2Cursor 1.3 is now rolling out. Key features include: —Native terminal sharing with Agent
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Ideogram Releases Character Model for Consistent AI Image Generation
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Ideogram just released Character, a new AI model for character consistency
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 30 juillet 2025
Using just one reference image, it creates consistent character images in any style, expression, scene, and lighting
Available to all Ideogram web and iOS users, for freepic.twitter.com/ZcaopSggovIdeogram just released Character, a new AI model for character consistency Using just one reference image, it creates consistent character images in any style, expression, scene, and lighting Available to all Ideogram web and iOS users, for free
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Google NotebookLM Adds Video Overviews with AI Narration
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Google's NotebookLM introduced a revamped UI with Video Overviews
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 30 juillet 2025
It allows users to convert source materials into video slides, complete with narration.
The update also includes the ability to create multiple outputs from the same sourcespic.twitter.com/NVjOTEWoDEGoogle's NotebookLM introduced a revamped UI with Overviews It allows users to convert source materials into video slides, complete with narration. The update also includes the ability to create multiple outputs from the same sources
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Meta Offers $200M-$1B to Poach Thinking Machines Lab Staff
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Meta reportedly tried hiring from ex-Open CTO Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab for its new superintelligence unit The co approached over a dozen TML staffers with $200-500M offers, and one going over $1B None of the offers have been accepted yet
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Meta Attempts $1B Acquisition from Mira Murati’s AI Startup
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AI NEWS: Meta just tried poaching from Mira Murati's new startup, with offers going up to $1B. Plus, more news from OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Ideogram, Cursor, Writer, and Moonvalley. Here's everything you need to know:
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Tesla’s $16.5B AI chip deal and tech breakthroughs
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Top stories in tech today: – Tesla signs $16.5B AI chip deal
– Scientists create shelf-stable artificial blood
– Tea dating app breach gets bigger
– Alibaba unveils its own smart glasses
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China’s AI Surge: Open-Source Tools and Video Generation Advances
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– Microsoft’s ‘Copilot Mode’ for browsing
– Replace any character voice in your videos
– Wan2.2 pushes video generation forward – 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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