🚀 Major Launches & Innovations
1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches "Agentic AI" platform
– AWS introduced Bedrock AgentCore, a platform for building scalable and secure AI agents, along with a $100M investment in a new “AI Innovation Center” for agentic systems.
2. Complex task automation via AWS Agents
– These AI agents can now perform multi-step tasks like customer onboarding, payment processing, or legal research autonomously using tools like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q.
3. Perplexity releases Comet Browser & Mobile AI Assistant
– Perplexity AI launched Comet, a Chromium-based browser built around AI agents, and released a new multimodal mobile assistant for iOS/Android.
📚 Research & Applications
4. MIT introduces SEAL – Self-Learning AI
– SEAL solves puzzles with self-training, achieving up to 72.5% accuracy in complex scenarios with no external feedback — a breakthrough in autonomous learning.
5. DeepSeek open-source chatbot takes China by storm
– DeepSeek AI surpassed ChatGPT in mobile downloads and offers a completely open-source LLM alternative from China.
6. Vastav AI fights deepfakes for law enforcement
– India-based Vastav AI provides a free platform for detecting image, video, and voice deepfakes — widely adopted by law enforcement.
🏛️ Government & Big Investment
7. AI startups raise billions
– Perplexity, Anthropic, and Thinking Machines among startups hitting massive fundraising milestones this month.
8. UK launches £1.3B supercomputing push for AI
– Britain plans to increase computing power 20x to support domestic AI development.
9. Elon Musk’s xAI secures $200M Pentagon deal
– Despite controversies with Grok chatbot, xAI won a US military contract to build strategic AI systems.
🎨 Creative & Consumer Tools
10. Netflix uses AI-generated VFX
– An upcoming Argentinian Netflix series uses generative AI in its special effects pipeline.
11. Kling AI redefines AI storytelling
– Kling launches "Loading...", an AI-created anthology series blending realism and sci-fi.
12. GHD unveils AI-powered hair assistant
– Haircare brand GHD launched CurlFinder, an AI tool that recommends products based on hair type and user photos.
🧠 Summary
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AI agents are becoming the dominant form factor in tools — capable of multi-step reasoning and action.
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Ethical oversight and deepfake detection are hot priorities, especially in law and media.
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Governments and defense sectors are heavily funding AI development for sovereign capabilities.
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AI in creative industries is expanding fast — from video and story generation to personal care tools.