🕶 Apple to Launch Smart Glasses Without Display in 2027

Apple plans to release its first smart glasses in 2027, with mass production set for the second quarter, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The Ray-Ban-style device will mark Apple's entry into the growing wearable tech market.

The glasses will feature voice and gesture controls, built-in cameras, audio playback, and AI-powered sensing—but will not include a display. Apple expects to ship 3 to 5 million units in the first year, aiming to replace some smartphone and earbud functions.

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🌐 Baidu Open-Sources Ernie Chatbot

Chinese tech giant Baidu has made its Ernie 4.5 family of AI models open source, a strategic move that experts describe as "throwing a Molotov cocktail into the AI world" by providing free access to technology that rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic charge premium prices for.

The Ernie 4.5 family comprises 10 models, with parameter sizes ranging from 3 billion to 424 billion, released under the Apache 2.0 license. The largest model reportedly outperforms its larger closed-source rivals, such as DeepSeek-V3.

➡️ You can chat with Ernie for free here.

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🚘 Tesla Model Y Drives Itself From Factory to Buyer

Tesla hit a new milestone when a Model Y drove itself 24 km from its Austin Gigafactory to a customer's home—no human onboard, no remote operator—navigating highways, traffic lights, and suburban streets in 30 minutes.

CEO Elon Musk dubbed it "the world's first autonomous delivery of a car."

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☄️ A11pl3Z Tracked as Third Known Interstellar Object

Astronomers are tracking A11pl3Z, a fast-moving object likely to be the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system, after 'Oumuamua in 2017 and Comet Borisov in 2019, according to multiple observatories.

Now inside Jupiter's orbit, A11pl3Z will reach perihelion on October 29, 2025, at 1.35 AU from the Sun. Its inbound path gives scientists valuable time to study it, unlike the brief window they had with 'Oumuamua.

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🧬 Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Patients

A single injection of gene therapy has restored hearing in all 10 participants of a clinical trial, marking the first success across a range of ages, from toddlers to young adults. The study, published on Tuesday in Nature Medicine, shows that genetic deafness caused by a specific mutation can be quickly reversed with a single treatment.

Led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet and five hospitals in China, the trial treated patients aged 1 to 24 with hearing loss linked to OTOF gene mutations. These mutations block the production of otoferlin, a key protein responsible for transmitting sound signals from the ear to the brain.

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📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 27, 2025.

▎TO READ

🇩🇰 Denmark will protect citizens' voices and likenesses with copyright.

🏀 Developer turned Gemini into a basketball coach.

🧠 Neuralink will let people control robots with their minds.

🚘 Tesla Model Y drove itself from the factory to the customer's home.

🧬 A single injection of gene therapy has restored hearing in deaf patients.

🧲 Magnetic microrobots can treat infections without antibiotics.

🧘‍♀️ Daphne-AT: An AI assistant for astronauts.

👁‍🗨 Can AI negatively impact mental health?

📞 Call center employees are tired of being mistaken for AI.

🌐 Baidu has open-sourced Ernie 4.5 family of AI models.

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🦾 Carnegie Mellon Debuts Noninvasive Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand

Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed the first noninvasive system that enables users to control individual robotic fingers in real-time using brain signals, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

The system utilizes EEG to detect brain activity associated with finger movement and motor imagery, then translates these signals into robotic finger actions. A deep neural network decodes the user's intent in real-time, with a new fine-tuning method improving accuracy from noninvasive input.

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👐 ChatGPT Pilots New Study Together Feature

OpenAI is quietly testing a new "Study Together" feature in ChatGPT that could transform how students prepare for exams, offering an interactive learning experience where the AI poses questions, provides feedback, and guides users step-by-step through topics, as reported by multiple tech news outlets.

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🔐 Twitter Founder Launches Bluetooth-Only Messaging App Bitchat

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has launched the beta version of Bitchat. This messaging app works entirely over Bluetooth—no internet, servers, or user accounts needed.

Bitchat is Dorsey's latest venture into decentralized technology, following his exit from the Bluesky board in May 2024 and his continued criticism of centralized social media.

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