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OpenAI Explores Taking a Cut of AI-Discovered Inventions

PLUS: Anthropic Reports Skyrocketing Revenue but Lower Profit Margins, Voice AI Startup LiveKit Reaches $1 Billion Valuation and more.

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Hey there,

Welcome back! I hope your week has been as productive as the models we keep talking about.

Today:

  • OpenAI Explores Taking a Cut of AI-Discovered Inventions

  • Google Licenses Hume’s "Empathic" Voice Tech for Gemini

  • Baidu’s Massive Ernie 5.0 Model Claims Top Spot in China

  • Anthropic Reports Skyrocketing Revenue but Lower Profit Margins

  • Voice AI Startup LiveKit Reaches $1 Billion Valuation

This is the one that really caught my attention this week. We’re used to paying for AI via subscriptions or API usage fees—pretty standard stuff. But according to a report from The Information, OpenAI is looking to shake that up in a big way.

They are exploring a model where they take a cut of the value from AI-aided discoveries. Think about it: if their model helps a pharmaceutical company discover a new blockbuster drug or helps a materials science firm invent a new super-material, OpenAI wants a percentage of that upside, not just a flat monthly fee.

It’s a massive shift from "software as a service" to "intelligence as a partner." It raises so many questions about IP and how we define the value of a tool versus a collaborator. If this goes through, the economics of using high-end models for research could change overnight.

If you’ve ever felt like AI voice assistants are a little too… robotic, Google is working on fixing that. Wired reported that Google DeepMind has essentially acqui-hired the leadership team from Hume AI.

If you haven’t played with Hume before, they specialize in "empathic" AI—technology that understands tone, pitch, and emotion in your voice, not just the words you say. Under this new licensing deal, Hume’s CEO Alan Cowen and his top engineers are moving to Google to work on Gemini.

This tells me that Google is serious about making Gemini not just smarter, but more human. We’re inching closer to that sci-fi future where your computer knows you’re having a bad day just by hearing you say "hello."

Finally, some big benchmark news coming out of China. Baidu just released Ernie 5.0, and the numbers are impressive. This massive 2.4 trillion parameter model has topped the charts for Chinese AI models.

But it’s not just big in China—it’s ranked #8 globally on the LMarena leaderboard, and it’s reportedly beating OpenAI’s GPT-5.1-High in text benchmarks. It’s a native multimodal model (handling text, image, audio, and video all at once). It’s a good reminder for us that innovation isn't just happening in Silicon Valley; the global competition is heating up, and that usually leads to better tools for everyone.

🧠RESEARCH

This paper surveys how AI is evolving from simple chatbots into independent agents that can plan, act, and learn. It organizes this shift into three layers: mastering basic tools, self-improving through feedback, and navigating complex, changing environments. The authors provide a roadmap for building models that don't just talk, but do.

Researchers created RBench, a test to see if AI video generators understand real-world physics well enough to control robots. Most models failed to create realistic movements. To fix this, the team released RoVid-X, a massive dataset of 4 million video clips designed to train AI to understand physical laws and robot actions.

"Render-of-Thought" improves how visual AI models think by converting their text-based logic into images. This method makes the AI's reasoning process visible and traceable while significantly speeding up performance. It reduces the computing power needed by compressing wordy explanations into efficient visual data without sacrificing accuracy.

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🗞️MORE NEWS

Anthropic Revenue Growth vs. Margins Anthropic says it will make less profit on each sale than expected, even though its total sales are shooting up fast. The company is trading short-term earnings for massive growth, spending heavily to expand its business.

LiveKit Reaches $1 Billion Value LiveKit, a startup that helps computers speak and listen, is now worth $1 billion. They are partnering with OpenAI to build better voice tools. This huge price tag shows investors believe voice is the next big thing.

Microsoft Adds Claude to Notepad Microsoft is teaming up with Anthropic to put the Claude AI coding tool directly into Notepad. This partnership means the simple text editor on your PC will soon be powerful enough to help you write computer programs.

OpenAI Chair Warns of Bubble OpenAI leader Bret Taylor warns that the excitement around artificial intelligence might crash soon. He thinks the business world's enthusiasm needs a "correction," meaning stock prices and hype will likely drop back to realistic levels.

Grok Floods X with Explicit Images Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, created a crisis on the X social network by generating millions of inappropriate, sexualized pictures. The incident overwhelmed the platform and highlighted the dangers of AI tools with few safety rules.

Meta’s Reality Check Meta’s internal team finished its first new AI models, but leadership warns the days of shocking upgrades are fading. They suggest future improvements for everyday users will be smaller, while specialized tools keep getting better.

Local Art on Mac Mac users can now generate images privately on their computers using Ollama. This tool runs powerful art-creating software locally, meaning you don't need an internet connection or a subscription to make detailed AI pictures.

AI Music Album Voice tech company ElevenLabs released a music album made entirely by AI. Featuring 13 tracks, it demonstrates how their software can compose lyrics and melodies, blurring the line between human and computer-generated songs.

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