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📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?
⚖️ DeepMind CEO pitches U.S. AI watchdog
💰 DeepSeek is in Talks to Raise $1.5Bn, Then IPO
🎓 Anthropic Drops Claude Pro Free for US Teachers
💡 AI Tutorial:How to design anything with Canva in Claude Design
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Apple beta testers have some big features to try this week. The tech leader’s biggest-ever Siri overhaul is now available to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta, giving everyday users the chance to try out the new AI assistant ahead of its broader launch this fall. The public beta marks the first time Apple has made its AI-powered Siri available beyond developers.
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OpenAI’s Jony Ive-designed AI hardware will be a screen-free, battery-powered speaker built around a humanlike personality, according to a Bloomberg report — with Apple's trade-secrets suit now looming over a potential 2027 release. A rechargeable battery would let users carry it between rooms, while onboard cameras and sensors will give the device a read on its surroundings.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis just published a plan for a U.S. body that would safety-test advanced AI before public release, pitching a formal rulebook to a government that spent the last month making AI policy one emergency at a time. Modeled on FINRA, the finance world's self-regulator, the group would screen new models for deception, bioweapons creation, and malicious hacking skills.
Chinese large language model developer DeepSeek is preparing for a 2027 IPO debut. But first, it’s reportedly looking to raise around $1.5 billion in new funds at about a $71 billion valuation. The news comes after the company raised $7 billion in funds just one month ago at a $50 billion valuation in its first-ever outside funding round.
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Go to Claude and sign up
Select Sonnet 4.7 as your model and enter your prompt
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⚡️Quick AI News Roundup
💼 Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield left Y Combinator to join Anthropic's compute team.
🔗 Claude Artifacts now support public sharing and multiplayer editing, plus creation via Claude Tag in Slack.
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