Silism Week 50 covers OpenAI’s product reset, Meta’s news licensing push, Google’s Gemini 3 Deep Think, neuromorphic AI chips, AI browsers, enterprise Claude adoption, and 20 new AI launches across productivity, media, infrastructure, and design.
Need-to-Know
- OpenAI disabled ad-like app suggestions, reaffirming that no ads are live and shifting focus back to improving ChatGPT’s core quality.
- Meta signed AI data-licensing agreements with multiple news publishers to power real-time news delivery inside its chatbot.
- Walgreens Advertising Group partnered with Rokt to strengthen AI-driven retail media and add a new post-purchase monetization channel.
- Google released Gemini 3 Deep Think exclusively for Ultra users, emphasizing its leading ARC-AGI-2 score and advanced reasoning capabilities.
- Gartner advised organizations to block AI browsers for now, warning of data exposure and agent-driven operational risks.
- Google detailed layered safety controls for Chrome’s agentic features to ensure automated actions remain constrained and auditable.
- Anthropic is bringing Claude Code to Slack, enabling full coding workflows directly within chat environments.
- Google added a shoppable AI video discovery feed to Doppl, allowing users to browse, try on, and purchase outfit recommendations in one flow.
- Unconventional AI raised $475M to develop neuromorphic chips aimed at thousand-fold efficiency improvements over current architectures.
- Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order unifying U.S. AI rules, supported by Big Tech but opposed by bipartisan state leaders.
- Slack CEO Denise Dresser is departing to become OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, leading its rapidly expanding enterprise business.
- The EU is investigating whether Google trains AI summaries on website and YouTube content without consent or compensation.
- India proposed a mandatory royalty framework allowing AI firms to train on copyrighted content while compensating creators.
- Anthropic and Accenture signed a three-year deal to scale Claude across enterprise training, development, and AI ROI measurement.
- State leaders and voters across parties are pushing back on Trump’s proposed AI moratorium, rejecting federal overrides of state AI laws.
- Google launched a ₹399 (~$5) mid-tier AI Plus plan in India, expanding model access and storage to compete with ChatGPT Go.
- Microsoft committed CAD $19B to expand Canada’s AI and cloud infrastructure, including sovereignty and talent development programs.
- Meta is reportedly betting heavily on Avocado, a proprietary-leaning frontier model targeted for release in 2026.
- Inito raised $29M to apply AI-designed antibodies, expanding beyond fertility into broader at-home health diagnostics.
- Aetherflux plans to launch its first space-based data center in 2027, pitching orbital compute as an answer to Earth’s power constraints.
- Opera introduced Neon, a $19.90/month AI browser featuring deeply integrated assistants and access to premium models.
- Runware raised a $50M Series A to deliver real-time image, video, and audio generation via a unified high-speed inference API.
- U.S. state attorneys general warned major AI firms to address harmful “delusional outputs” or risk violating consumer-protection laws.
- Spotify is testing Prompted Playlists, enabling highly personalized playlists from long-form prompts tied to full listening history.
- Figma launched AI-powered object removal and image extension, enabling advanced edits directly inside its design platform.
Weekly AI Launches
- Series Graph launched a visual TV companion app using IMDb ratings to generate episode heatmaps and track watch progress.
- GMI Cloud released a multimodal inference engine unifying text, video, and audio pipelines with 5–6× performance gains.
- Strater AI introduced a learning tool that converts videos, PDFs, and websites into interactive quizzes, flashcards, and summaries.
- MCPTotal launched a zero-config platform for deploying and managing MCP servers with support for 100+ tools.
- SciSpace unveiled BioMed Agent, an AI research assistant with 150+ tools for biomedical analysis and wet-lab workflow design.
- ACE Studio released v2.0, combining vocal, instrument, and full-song AI generation into a single music-production workflow.
- MultiDrive launched a free Windows utility for cloning, backing up, and securely wiping drives via GUI or CLI.
- RightNow introduced the first GPU-native code editor with hardware-aware AI, accurate emulation, and CUDA profiling.
- Dapple launched a platform helping creative teams manage award submissions, contests, and pitch pipelines.
- BON Credit released an AI fintech app that analyzes card usage to build personalized debt-reduction plans.
- TubeGuide launched a tool that converts YouTube tutorials into clear, step-by-step learning guides.
- Z.ai released GLM-4.6V, an open-source multimodal model with native function calling for advanced agent workflows.
- Incredible launched an AI agent platform powered by Agent MAX, claiming 90% lower costs and near-zero hallucinations.
- SnapTodo introduced a visual planner merging calendar, tasks, AI organization, and built-in booking.
- HERO launched a structured-document workspace that dynamically links files and data with database-like behavior.
- Anytype released a private collaboration hub for chat, docs, and projects with zero data tracking.
- ClickUp launched v4.0, unifying over 50 productivity tools into a single AI-powered platform.
- Skippr AI introduced Finesse, an AI design agent that audits UI, copy, and accessibility before release.
- echo launched a system that converts email traffic into live dashboards for invoices, contracts, and projects.
- Vouch released Signal, enabling recruiters to create personalized video outreach and landing pages instantly.