(Ok, that last remark was maybe unfair. Grok 4 Heavy feels mildly slower to me than o3-pro but o3-pro is slow too, even on easy questions. You don’t use these giant reasoning models for speed.)
GENERATIVE AI
-
DoD Awards $200M Contracts to Four AI Companies
By
–
in case you’re curious about all the govt/AI news today, the DoD awarded the same contract (each w $200m ceiling) to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI
-
Interesting observation regarding the new Kimi model
By
–
Interesting point about the new Kimi model:
-
Grok 4 Launches: 2x Better Than Claude Opus 4
By
–
🚀 Grok 4 just dropped
— Louis-François Bouchard 🎥🤖 (@Whats_AI) 15 juillet 2025
• 2× better than Claude Opus 4 on ARC-AGI-2
• Multi-agent Heavy tier: $300 / mo
• Elon: “smarter than any grad student”
Hype or game-changer?👇#Grok4 #xAI #AInews #AGI pic.twitter.com/u00uuFHvwwGrok 4 just dropped • 2× better than Claude Opus 4 on ARC-AGI-2
• Multi-agent Heavy tier: $300 / mo
• Elon: “smarter than any grad student” Hype or game-changer? #Grok4 #xAI #AInews #AGI -
Vidu.com: Fast Video Generation with Reference Images for Kids
By
–
http://
vidu.com supports reference-to-video and produces really fast video generations, which is the main feature you need if you're using it with your kids (much more so than realism or consistency). You can provide 4-5 reference images. Try it with a person, with -
Reference-to-Video: Insert Character Images Into Videos
By
–
You can even insert them into the videos using reference-to-video (you provide a set of images to use as character references). If you’ve got a little storyteller at home, I can’t recommend this enough
-
Video generation transforms children’s stories into animated reality
By
–
My favorite use case for video generation so far: use it to turn your kid's stories into animated clips
— François Chollet (@fchollet) 15 juillet 2025
Kids find it completely natural that computers can make videos, and they love to see what they describe come to life — it’s like seeing your imagination validated, made real pic.twitter.com/NIJD1duChAMy favorite use case for video generation so far: use it to turn your kid's stories into animated clips Kids find it completely natural that computers can make videos, and they love to see what they describe come to life — it’s like seeing your imagination validated, made real
-
Six-Way Parlay: AI Startup Acquisitions Predictions
By
–
six way parlay. i want Mistral founders to Apple, Mistral team to Meta. Character remainco to Perplexity. Quora to Perplexity. Ideogram to Figma. Gamma to Notion. read it back
-
Massive Revenue Opportunities Being Missed in AI
By
–
Ah man to think how much they could be raking in right now….