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🔮 Google's new AI can browse websites and apps for you

• Google Deepmind released its Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model, which is designed to let AI agents operate web browsers and mobile interfaces by directly interacting with graphical elements.

• The system functions in a continuous loop by looking at a screenshot, generating UI actions like clicking or typing, and then receiving a new screenshot to repeat the process.

• To prevent misuse, a per-step safety service reviews every proposed action, while developers can also require user confirmation or block specific high-stakes actions from being performed by the AI.

⚡️ Tesla reveals cheaper versions of Model 3 and Y

• Tesla introduced cheaper entry-level cars, the Model Y Standard Rear-Wheel Drive for $39,990 and the Model 3 Standard for $36,990, with both new trims sharing the same 321-mile range.

• To lower the price, both vehicles remove the rear passenger screen and Autosteer, replacing physical switches with touchscreen seat controls and using manual adjustments for mirrors and the steering wheel.

• Interior comfort features are scaled back, with only front seats being heated, the panoramic glass roof getting a fabric headliner, and the sound system downgraded to a 7-speaker audio setup.

💰 Nvidia invests $2 billion in Elon Musk's xAI

• Nvidia is investing roughly $2 billion in equity in Elon Musk's xAI as part of a larger financing round that includes backers like Apollo Global Management and Valor Capital.

• The arrangement uses a special-purpose vehicle to buy Nvidia chips and lease them back to xAI for five years, a setup that helps the AI firm avoid adding corporate debt.

• These funds are for the Colossus 2 data-center buildout, though Musk denies raising capital, a claim possibly justified by the unconventional structure that avoids a direct cash injection for xAI.

🦾 Neuralink user controls a robot arm with brain chip

• Nick Wray, a patient with ALS, demonstrated controlling a robot arm with his Neuralink brain chip by directing the device to pick up a cup and bring it to his mouth.

• Using the implant, Wray performed daily tasks like putting on a hat, microwaving his own food, opening the fridge, and even slowly driving his wheelchair with the robotic limb.

• Neuralink’s device works by converting brain signals into Bluetooth-based remote commands, giving the user direct control to manipulate the movements of the separate robot arm.

🚫 OpenAI bans hackers from China and North Korea

• OpenAI has banned multiple accounts linked to state-sponsored actors in China and North Korea for using its AI models to create phishing campaigns, assist with malware, and draft surveillance proposals.

• One group from China was caught designing social media monitoring systems and a “High-Risk Uyghur-Related Inflow Warning Model” to track the travel of targeted individuals with the technology.

• The company’s investigation concludes these malicious users are building the tools into existing workflows for greater speed, rather than developing novel capabilities or getting access to new offensive tactics.

🤖 SoftBank makes a $5.4 billion bet on AI robots

• Japanese group SoftBank is making a major return to the bot business by acquiring ABB’s robotics division for $5.4 billion, pending the green light from government regulators.

• Founder Masayoshi Son calls this new frontier “Physical AI,” framing it as a key part of the company's plan to develop a form of super intelligent artificial intelligence.

• Robots are one of four strategic investment areas for SoftBank, which is also pouring huge amounts of money into chips, data centers, and new energy sources to dominate the industry.