🖼️ Apple Prototypes Tabletop Robot

Based on reports from MacRumors, Apple has unveiled a prototype of a lamp-like tabletop robot with lifelike movements, showcasing advanced interactive capabilities and hinting at the company's potential entry into the home robotics market by 2027.

The device incorporates a camera, projector, and speaker alongside its LED light, enabling it to serve as a multifaceted smart home assistant.

It can:
➡️ Move and act like it's alive
➡️ Follow your hand movements
➡️ Learn your habits
➡️ Show info on walls
➡️ Play and dance to music
➡️ Display weather
➡️ Act friendly and emotional

It's meant to feel more like a helpful friend than just another gadget.

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📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 6, 2025.

▎NEW RELEASES

👐 OpenAI has launched Deep Research, an advanced agent capable of conducting extensive online research autonomously.

♊️ Google's Gemini 2.0, the latest release in its AI model family, is now widely available. It features Flash and Pro models for diverse use cases.

🔴 Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, the top-ranked model on LMArena, is now free to use on @GPT4Telegrambot

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🇨🇳 Discover the best AI models from China — innovative tools you don’t want to miss!

▎TO READ

🧠 AI usage may weaken critical thinking, researchers discovered.

💻 "Source Code: My Beginnings": Bill Gates has released the first volume of his memoirs.

💬 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shared strategies to compete with DeepSeek and outlined insights on the company's future.

🤩 Neko Health, a medical AI body-scanning startup, raised $260M at a valuation of $1.8B.

🤩 A Neuralink patient learned to control a robotic arm with the power of thought.

🤖 Figure AI aims to build 100,000 advanced humanoid robots within four years.

🖼️ Apple has unveiled a lamp-like tabletop robot prototype with lifelike movements.

🎞 Flawless AI: How filmmaker Scott Mann's startup is changing Hollywood post-production.

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📱 Lex Fridman's latest podcast discusses how DeepSeek entered the AI race, the US-China rivalry, and AGI's impact on the world.

Enjoy your Sunday 👍

💫 Scientists Discover the Largest Structure in the Universe

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal cosmic structure named "Quipu," stretching an incredible 1.3 billion light-years across—more than 13,000 times the size of our Milky Way! This massive formation holds the equivalent of 200 quadrillion suns in mass. Its discovery challenges what we know about the universe, offering fresh clues about galaxy formation, dark matter, and the evolution of large-scale cosmic architecture.

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🤔 Microsoft Study: AI May Harm Critical Thinking

A study by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon found that heavy reliance on generative AI can reduce critical thinking among workers. Surveying 319 workers and analyzing 936 AI use cases, researchers observed that many accept AI outputs without proper evaluation, mistaking minor edits for critical thought.

Key insights:

➡️ High trust in AI lowers critical thinking effort.

➡️ Strong self-confidence improves critical thinking and evaluation of AI outputs.

The findings highlight the need to balance AI use with independent problem-solving skills.

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👐 OpenAI's GPT-5 Roadmap

According to recent statements from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ⤴️, the company plans to simplify its AI offerings with the upcoming release of GPT-5, aiming to provide users with a more streamlined and intuitive experience that eliminates the need for manual model selection.

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Ⓜ️ Meta Invests In Humanoid Robots

According to Bloomberg, Meta is making a significant investment in AI-powered humanoid robots, forming a new team within its Reality Labs hardware division to develop robots capable of performing household chores and physical tasks.

Elon Musk believes that by 2040, the number of humanoid robots will exceed the global human population.

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📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 7, 2025.

▎OPENAI'S ROADMAP

👐 GPT-4.5 will be released in the coming weeks, said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. And GPT-5 will launch within a few months—it will be free for everyone.

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💬 Tough Tongue AI: free chatbot for interview and negotiation training.

🔴 Video Effects by Pika AI are now available on @GPT4Telegrambot! Add objects, people, or fantastical elements to your clips.

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😋 Experiment: Can AI voice the Simpsons better than a professional actor?

🕶 Top 5 unique features of Ray-Ban Meta "smart" glasses.

Ⓜ️ Meta is making a significant investment in AI-powered humanoid robots.

🐦 X Money: Why is Musk building his payment system within X?

💲 Musk-led consortium of investors has made a $97.4B bid to take control of OpenAI.

📸 AImagine: The AI photography exhibition opens in Brussels.

👁 How do AI hallucinations help scientists develop new drugs and train robots?

🖥 All that we know about Safe Superintelligence Inc., a new startup launched by Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI.

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📺 A selection of helpful lectures on LLM and AI Agents.

Enjoy your Sunday 👍