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In today’s edition:

• Meta’s AI Bots Could Soon Have Facebook Profiles

• Microsoft Expands 365 Copilot AI Models

• Google AI Overviews May Get a Gemini-Inspired Visual Makeover

• Meta To Release Updated Ray-Ban Smart Glasses in 2025

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Meta

Meta’s AI Bots Could Soon Have Facebook Profiles

The Gist: Meta plans to introduce AI bots with profiles on Facebook, capable of generating content and interacting with users, blending AI into the social media experience.

Key Details:

• The AI bots will have bios, profile pictures, and the ability to share AI-generated content on Facebook.

• Potential benefits include combating fake news and fostering more respectful interactions in comment threads.

• Concerns include ensuring child-friendly content, clear labeling of AI bots, and maintaining user trust to avoid alienating the platform’s community.

• Meta emphasizes this as a long-term vision, gradually integrating AI bots into user experiences.

Microsoft

Microsoft Expands 365 Copilot AI Models

The Gist: Microsoft is diversifying its AI strategy for 365 Copilot by incorporating in-house and third-party models, aiming to reduce costs and reliance on OpenAI while enhancing performance.

Key Details:

• Microsoft is training smaller, more efficient models like Phi-4 and customizing open-weight models to complement OpenAI’s GPT-4.

• Other Microsoft services, like GitHub and the consumer Copilot chatbot, are also integrating models from Anthropic and Google.

• The company aims to pass cost savings to customers and improve utility for enterprise users.

• Adoption is growing, with over 70% of Fortune 500 companies using 365 Copilot, despite initial concerns over pricing and utility.

Google

Google AI Overviews May Get a Gemini-Inspired Visual Makeover

The Gist: Google is testing a visually enhanced loading animation for AI Overviews in Search, inspired by the Gemini AI model, with fresh colors and engaging on-screen text.

Key Details:

• The updated animation features blue and green hues, aligning with the Gemini theme, replacing the older blue-line animation.

• New phrases like "Working on this" and "Putting it all together" appear during the loading screen to add variety.

• The feature is currently being tested in limited capacity alongside Google’s Gemini 2.0 model in AI Overviews.

• AI Overviews have become integral to Google Search, evolving rapidly since their introduction.

Quick Gist

Meta plans to release updated Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2025, featuring an AI assistant and display capabilities to enhance functionality and user experience (Read More).

Apptronik has partnered with Google DeepMind to accelerate the development of AI-powered humanoid robots, aiming to tackle global challenges through advanced robotics and AI expertise (Read More).

xAI launched a beta mobile app for its AI chatbot Grok on iOS, expanding features such as text rewriting, summarization, and image generation beyond X (Read More).

OpenAI transitioned to a for-profit Delaware Public Benefit Corporation structure, sparking opposition from figures like Elon Musk and Meta, aiming to secure better funding for its operations (Read More).

Anthropic unveiled the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that integrates external resources and tools with large language model applications, alongside SDKs and open-source options (Read More).

Google is reportedly using Anthropic’s Claude AI to enhance its Gemini model, raising ethical questions regarding proprietary data use and competitive practices (Read More).

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, launched DeepSeek-V3, a 671-billion-parameter model that outperforms competitors by leveraging an innovative mixture-of-experts architecture for efficient task handling (Read More).

OpenAI's GPT-5 project, code-named Orion, is reportedly over budget, delayed, and struggling to meet its goals, raising concerns about its future impact (Read More).

Google expanded Gemini Advanced's Deep Research feature to over 45 languages and 100 countries, facilitating complex topic analysis and easy-to-read report generation (Read More).

Elon Musk speculated on the cause of death of an OpenAI whistleblower, with the victim’s mother calling for an FBI investigation (Read More).

Geoffrey Hinton increased his estimate of AI’s existential threat to humanity to 20% within the next 30 years, highlighting rapid advancements and dangerous power imbalances (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!