Top stories in AI today: – Meta poaches four OpenAI researchers
– Google Gemma 3n brings powerful AI to devices
– Convert lecture videos into study materials
– Anthropic studies Claude’s emotional support
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Meta Recruits OpenAI Researchers Amid AI Competition
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Zuckerberg Intensifies AI Race Pursuit of Godlike Technology
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In Pursuit of Godlike Technology, Mark Zuckerberg Amps Up the #AI Race
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Apple Perplexity Deal: AI Memory Wars and Browser OS Future
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In 5 hours I'm sharing with over 40,000 @LoreBrief readers my thoughts on the AI Memory Wars, and why I think Apple's rumored Perplexity acquisition isn't about search. It's about browsers with AI + memory becoming the new OS. Mentioned in the issue: @PerplexityComet
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Groq AI Technology Investment Insights
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Oh wow this is good to know. And yeah Groq is insanely good (am an investor but was a fan before that!)
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San Francisco AI Bubble: Divergent Views on Safety Priorities
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the SF bubble is real, as I was trying to convince you 😉
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OpenRouter AI Secures $40M Funding for Multi-Model LLM Platform
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OpenRouter AI announced $40M seed + series A funding from led 16z & Menlo Ventures
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
The company has built a unified interface for LLMs, offering 450+ models with easy switching and no lock-in
1M+ developers use their APIpic.twitter.com/51uR8o7J2OOpenRouter AI announced $40M seed + series A funding from led 16z & Menlo Ventures The company has built a unified interface for LLMs, offering 450+ models with easy switching and no lock-in 1M+ developers use their API
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Short-term Market Irrationality and Lack of Understanding
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Because people don't understand the implications. The market over the short-term is always dumb
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Lucas OpenAI hire raises concerns about values alignment
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Ah that's actually pretty great news. Ngl I was kinda bummed that Lucas went to OAI — it's a cool company and all, but didn't seem compatible with his values and approaches as I understood them. (Also the other recent Meta big name hires have been a bit underwhelming IMO.)
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AI Hype Bubble: Billions for Speculative Superintelligence Promises
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You thought the dot com bubble where people raised millions on PPT slides was ridiculous? Welcome to unbridled AI Hype where Sutskever gets $2B to promise not to release "superintelligence" & Murati gets $2 BILLION to….? Sure. Its not a bubble.
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Video Generation AI Models: Hailuo 2 and Seedance 1 Challenge Veo 3
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The video generation market is heating up: recent models like Hailuo 2 and Seedance 1 offer big quality gains at ~3-4x cheaper than Veo 3. Veo 3's unique native audio capability might set a new standard if others follow. Elo Data from @ArtificialAnlys Pricing from @FAL and