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Today:

• Why This Founder Ditched Easy Money to Build with AI

• Google Launches Agent That Controls Webpages Visually and Safely

• xAI Drops Grok Imagine v0.9

• Anthropic Expands to India, Eyes Claude Partnership with Ambani

• Superconducting Circuits Win 2025 Nobel in Physics

he just vibe coded a million dollar startup

Czech entrepreneur David Andre shifted from gaming videos to AI in April 2023, sacrificing income to build Vectal, an app with built-in AI that he first coded using AI help. He argues the next five to seven years will be “humans plus agents”: people design the work, while software bots handle repetitive steps. He expects faster progress in fields with clear right-or-wrong answers, like code and math, and slower gains elsewhere until a breakthrough arrives. 

He advises building taste and judgment, keep humans over key decisions, and use AI for fast prototypes while experts secure the core systems. His path, turning down easy money from courses to pursue a long-term product, anchors his message: specialize, learn daily, and accept some discomfort now to avoid bigger disruption later.

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Google Launches Agent That Controls Webpages Visually and Safely

Gemini 2.5’s Computer Use model lets AI agents control web pages like a human—seeing screenshots, clicking buttons, and typing text to automate tasks. Developers can use it to fill forms, research products, or test apps, but must supervise it due to safety concerns.

KEY POINTS

• Visual Automation: The model uses screenshots to understand the computer screen and suggests actions like clicking or typing to complete tasks.

• Agent Loop Design: Developers build a loop where the AI sees, acts, and adjusts based on feedback until the task is done or blocked.

• Safety Controls: Risky actions require user confirmation, and developers are urged to implement guardrails to prevent misuse or errors.

Why it matters

Gemini’s Computer Use tool brings AI closer to real digital assistants that can control software visually—just like a person. This leap makes it easier to automate everyday tasks without needing structured APIs. But it also raises new safety concerns, requiring careful human oversight.

xAI Drops Grok Imagine v0.9

Grok Imagine v0.9 by xAI is Elon Musk’s newest AI tool that turns text, images, or voice into 15-second videos in under 15 seconds. Designed for speed and fun, it rivals OpenAI’s Sora 2 with bold features like a NSFW “Spicy Mode” and real-time search—though it sacrifices polish and length.

KEY POINTS

• Faster Than Rivals: Grok Imagine generates video clips in ~14 seconds—quicker than OpenAI's Sora 2 and Google's Veo 3.

• Fun-First Features: Offers “Spicy Mode” for blurred NSFW content, multimodal inputs (text, image, voice), and various animation styles.

• Bigger Ambitions Ahead: A larger “heavy duty” model is coming, trained on 110,000 GB200 GPUs via xAI’s Colossus supercomputer.

Why it matters

Grok Imagine v0.9 shows that AI video creation is entering a new phase—fast, interactive, and user-driven. While still rough around the edges, it pushes the boundaries of speed and style, offering creators instant, shareable content and signaling where the future of generative media is headed.

Anthropic Expands to India, Eyes Claude Partnership with Ambani

Anthropic is opening a new office in Bengaluru and exploring a major partnership with billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries to expand Claude AI’s reach in India. CEO Dario Amodei is in India this week meeting top officials and tech leaders as part of the company’s South Asia expansion.

KEY POINTS

• India Expansion: Anthropic will open a Bengaluru office focused on developers and startups, marking its biggest global push after the U.S.

• Reliance Partnership: Talks with Reliance aim to integrate Claude AI into India’s telecom and enterprise ecosystems through Jio and Reliance Intelligence.

• Rising Adoption: Claude app installs in India grew 48% year-over-year; consumer spending jumped 572% in September 2025 alone.

Why it matters

India is the second-biggest online market globally, and Anthropic’s strategic move signals the next phase of AI growth in the region. By targeting local startups and aligning with tech giant Reliance, Anthropic is positioning Claude to become a major AI player in the Indian market—competing directly with OpenAI and Perplexity.

🧠RESEARCH

Large Reasoning Models Learn Better Alignment from Flawed Thinking

Large reasoning models can easily be misled by flawed logic. A new method called RECAP teaches them to ignore bad thinking and stay safe, without extra training costs. These models become better at reflecting, resisting hacks, and still reason clearly—even when pushed to make unsafe decisions.

Paper2Video: Automatic Video Generation from Scientific Papers

PaperTalker is an AI system that turns research papers into academic presentation videos automatically. It creates slides, subtitles, speech, and a talking presenter using a multi-agent setup. Compared to manual efforts or older tools, it’s faster, more accurate, and informative—helping researchers share findings without spending hours on video production.

StealthAttack: Robust 3D Gaussian Splatting Poisoning via Density-Guided Illusions

Researchers developed a stealthy attack on 3D scene models by inserting fake objects into low-density areas, making them visible from select angles without disrupting the whole scene. This “StealthAttack” fools 3D rendering systems like Gaussian Splatting while remaining hard to detect, raising concerns about the security of emerging 3D technologies.

🛠️TOP TOOLS

Each listing includes a hands-on tutorial so you can get started right away, whether you’re a beginner or a pro.

TTSMP3 – AI Text‑to‑Speech / Voice Generator - browser‑based text‑to‑speech (TTS) tool that converts text into downloadable MP3 audio.

Hailo AI – AI Hardware Accelerator / Edge AI SDK - builds low‑power, high‑throughput AI processors and modules for edge inference

RolePlai – AI Roleplay & Companions - cross‑platform AI roleplay app where you chat one‑on‑one or in groups with custom characters, celebrities, historical figures, or bots you design yourself.

📲SOCIAL MEDIA

🗞️MORE NEWS

• John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis won the 2025 Physics Nobel for superconducting circuits—materials carrying current without resistance—showing tunnelling and energy in fixed packets, proving quantum oddities can govern larger systems.

• Google expands Google AI Plus to 36 more countries, now 77 total. The plan adds tools for writing, images, and video, app access, Gemini in Gmail/Docs, 200-GB storage, and a 50% six-month discount.

• Elon Musk’s AI company xAI named Anthony Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker, as chief financial officer. He’ll oversee xAI and X finances, merged in April, replacing Mahmoud Banki, after executive departures.

• Deloitte will partially refund payment for an Australian government report with errors partly produced by AI. AI-generated errors included incorrect footnotes, references, and non-existent reports.

• Anthropic will roll out Claude to 470,000 Deloitte staff across 150 countries—its biggest enterprise deal. Deloitte will build role-specific versions, train 15,000 people, and integrate Slack. Focus: regulated sectors. Goal: faster AI-assisted work.

• Google expands Opal to 15 countries globally today. The app lets people build mini web apps by describing them in plain language. Updates add step-by-step error checks, faster setup, and parallel runs.

• IBM and Anthropic will add Claude to IBM software, starting with a new coding app. In tests, 6,000 IBM staff saw ~45% productivity gains. The effort emphasizes security, governance, cost controls, and open standards for safe workplace AI agents.