A $535K GPT-4 rival, Midjourneyâs first video model, new Claude and Gemini updates, ChatGPTâs Record Mode, and Karpathyâs must-watch talk on the future of software.
OpenAI is phasing out its dataâlabeling work with Scale AI (although it was already winding down pre-Meta deal) following Metaâs $14 billion investment and takeover of Scaleâs founder. This move, echoed by Google, stems from concerns over neutrality and seeking more specialized data providers.
Shanghai-based MiniMax has released M1, a reasoning-focused AI model claiming top-tier performance and an enormous 1 million-token context window at a rental training cost of just ~$535,000, roughly 200Ă less than estimated for OpenAIâs GPTâ4.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (2024) vetoed SB 1047, then in June 2025 released a 52âpage expertâled report urging oversight of frontier AI through transparency, thirdâparty risk assessments, whistleblower protections, and nationalâsecurity safeguards while preserving innovation.
Meta and Oakley unveil the Oakley Meta HSTN performance AI glasses featuring built-in Ultra HD camera, openâear speakers, Meta AI assistant, eightâhour battery life, and IPX4 water resistance. It will debut July 11 with $499 MSRP and target athletes and active users.
Apple is in early internal talks to acquire Perplexity AIâvalued at ~$14 billion, marking what could be its biggest-ever acquisition. The move aims to bolster AIâsearch and Siri capabilities, reduce reliance on Google, and integrate Perplexity into Safari, though no formal offer has been made yet.
OpenAI execs have weighed accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior, potentially seeking federal review or public campaign, as disputes over equity stake, computing independence, cloud partnerships, and OpenAIâs pending publicâbenefit conversion intensify.
A series of guides and code that helps developers build with Claude by offering code snippets to easily copy into projects.
Anthropic has added support for remote MCP servers in Claude Code, allowing developers to connect via URL without local setup, with vendors managing scaling, OAuth security, and integrations for seamless in-flow context.
Jan is a ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline on your device. The goal of the project is to make it easy for anyone to run LLMs with full control and privacy.
Midjourney has launched âV1,â its first imageâtoâvideo model, letting users animate still images via automatic or manual prompts, with motion depth options, extensions in 4âsec increments, and web + Discord access.
Google has officially released Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash as stable models. They also introduced Gemini 2.5 FlashâLite in preview, the fastest and most costâefficient 2.5 model to date.
Cursor has launched an âUltraâ tier at $200/month providing 20Ă more AI-model usage than its $20 Pro plan, made possible by partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI, while also enhancing Pro's limits to an unlimited-with-rate-limits model.
The MCP June 18th, 2025 update strengthens security and interoperability by dropping JSONâRPC batching, mandating OAuth and resource indicators, shifting several recommendations to requirements, and adding structured tool outputs, elicitation support, protocol version headers, and resource link handling.
Record mode is rolling out in ChatGPT to Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users and is available on the MacOS desktop app.
A great talk by Andrej Karpathy on June 17, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco. It goes into detail about how we're entering the Software 3.0 era where natural language is the new programming language.
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