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In today’s edition:

• Google Paid Samsung to Feature Gemini in One UI

• ElevenLabs Launches Agent to Agent Transfer for AI Calls

• Huawei Launches New AI Chip to Rival Nvidia

• Elon Musk is Seeking to Raise Over $25 Billion for xAI

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Google

Google Paid Samsung to Feature Gemini in One UI

The Gist: Google reportedly paid Samsung a hefty monthly sum to make Gemini the default AI assistant in its One UI, reinforcing Google’s dominance in the AI market.

Key Details:

• Samsung preinstalled Gemini on devices, pushing its AI over alternatives.

• Google paid Samsung regularly for each device with Gemini.

• Ads within Gemini contributed to revenue-sharing between the companies.

• The agreement lasted at least two years and may have affected Samsung's AI plans.

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs Launches Agent to Agent Transfer for AI Calls

The Gist: Agent transfer allows AI systems to smoothly hand off users between agents based on their needs, improving multi-tasking in complex conversations.

Key Details:

• The feature enables one agent to transfer users to another for specialized support.

• Users are routed to the right agent depending on the conversation’s context.

• It’s configured through the transfer_to_agent system tool.

• This tool works best with gpt-4o and gpt-4o-mini models.

Huawei

Huawei Launches New AI Chip to Rival Nvidia

The Gist: Huawei’s 910C AI chip, shipping next month, doubles the power of its predecessor and challenges Nvidia’s dominance in China’s AI chip market.

Key Details:

• The 910C combines two 910B chips for improved performance.

• It matches Nvidia’s H100 in power, with increased memory capacity.

• The chip provides a key domestic alternative amid U.S. export bans.

• It is expected to dominate the Chinese AI hardware market.

Quick Gist

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that the company's electricity costs for powering ChatGPT have surged to "tens of millions of dollars" due to user politeness, with polite interactions requiring significantly more energy (Read More).

The Washington Post has partnered with OpenAI to enhance ChatGPT by providing summaries and links to its news stories, aiming to promote reliable information access amidst growing concerns over AI content usage (Read More).

OpenAI's ChatGPT search feature has seen a significant rise in usage in Europe, with an increase to 41.3 million average monthly active recipients as of March 2025, raising potential compliance challenges under the EU's Digital Services Act (Read More).

Elon Musk is seeking to raise over $25 billion for xAI to finance the development of its Colossus 2 supercomputer, which aims to expand its capabilities by utilizing one million GPUs (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!