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👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
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July 05, 2025
👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
AIHOY and happy weekend, dear AInauts!
Maybe you didn't catch all the exciting news, tools and hacks about AI last week, or maybe you've just joined us. No need to worry!
We have summarized our highlights of the past week for you:
Finally, there is the most important quick news for you - so you can keep an eye on all relevant developments with just one click! Ready? Let's go!
Have you seen the ultimate guide to using AI professionally with the most important tools and tricks? ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are the top players - especially if you have a premium version!
They understand images, analyze files and offer web access. Deep research and voice mode with camera are the game-changing features. And instead of simple prompts, you should provide context, be precise and demand formatted output.
Experimentation is key: use strong models for complex tasks, test deep research for in-depth analysis and try voice/vision for practical applications.
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei predicts a dramatic development: 10-20% unemployment could result from AI in the next five years. Entry-level positions are particularly at risk.
In response, Anthropic is launching the "Economics Futures Program" to research the economic consequences of AI. The message is clear: everything rule-based will be automated. Not tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow - and if you want to survive, you have to see AI as a player, not just a tool.
The digital sphere is flooded with a flood of low-quality AI-generated content ("AI slop"). Algorithms are spreading this mass-produced content, which is only geared towards clicks.
Meta is investing heavily in its new "Superintelligence Labs" team and paying individual AI researchers up to 100 million dollars in signing bonuses - more than top soocer pros earn! The team is intended to help Meta achieve a leading position in the AI sector, with a focus on AGI development. Meta is leveraging its strengths: Billions of users, huge data centers and reams of data - and pursuing a new strategy...
The unsung heroes of the AI revolution are data labeling companies. Meta recently bought 49% of Scale AI for 14 billion dollars!
These firms are indispensable for modern AI development, with thousands of freelancers categorizing and evaluating data for AI training and RLHF. Surge AI is particularly interesting - started without external capital, it will reach billions in sales by 2024. The industry is lucrative with potential six-figure salaries!
AI automation engineer is the hottest job in tech! This role connects people and AI by developing practical automation for everyday problems. No years of technical training required - what's important is curiosity and a clever combination of tools.
This is perfect for no-code fans, start-up generalists and AI enthusiasts. Tools like Zapier, n8n and Airtable optimize workflows and simplify processes. And we show you your chance to enter this world (even for non-techies)!
📰 AI news quickie: HAI highlights from the industry
AI never sleeps! Here is the most important news of the last few days.
War of the AI giants: Meta, OpenAI & Co. in a talent frenzy
Meta and OpenAI are in a fierce battle for top AI talent. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively recruiting staff, including with offers of up to 300 million US dollars, and is compiling a secret "The List" of the most sought-after gurus.
To bring together the best minds, all AI teams have been united under the umbrella of the new Superintelligence Labs (MSL), which also includes former Google DeepMind researchers and former Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross.
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, takes over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence following the departure of Daniel Gross to Meta.
OpenAI responds to the poaching attempts, while the company gives its employees a week's break after intensive 80-hour weeks.
CEO Sam Altman counters Zuckerberg's offensive with the statement: "Missionaries will beat mercenaries". He also announces that he will adjust remuneration to retain talent. Meta, on the other hand, already claims to be winning the battle for the best minds.
Facebook plans to train its AI with private photos of users that have not even been uploaded to the platform, which raises significant privacy concerns. At the same time, Meta is testing proactive AI chatbots that send messages on their own to increase user interaction.
Apple Research has rediscovered a forgotten AI technique for image generation and is considering equipping Siri with technology from Anthropic or OpenAI.
Microsoft is struggling to sell its AI assistant Copilot as many companies and employees are switching to OpenAI's competitor ChatGPT. Despite massive investments in AI, the company plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs worldwide, which also affects Xbox studios.
Google has to accept a setback: With the price increase for its Gemini 2.5 Flash model, the era of constantly falling LLM prices is coming to an end. Products such as DeepSeek are challenging ChatGPT and co. with dumping prices and high performance. China is rapidly catching up in global competition!
AI in the workplace: job killer or productivity booster?
According to a report by Innovation Endeavors, one in eight people worldwide already use generative AI every month!
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, strongly warns that AI could destroy up to 50% of all entry-level office jobs and increase unemployment to 10-20% in the next five years.
This forecast is supported by other CEOs such as Ford boss Jim Farley.
To investigate the economic consequences, Anthropic has launched the Economic Futures Program, which aims to promote policy solutions through grants and data analysis.
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky also warns of upcoming upheavals for employees due to AI and advises to specifically strengthen human skills such as communication and collaboration in order to remain relevant.
The demand for freelancers with AI skills is exploding. According to Axios, they earn up to 25% more, while AI is displacing traditional jobs.
AI tools such as ChatGPT are revolutionizing teaching by helping teachers plan lessons and create materials, saving valuable time.
US politician Bernie Sanders proposes shortening the working week to four days if AI increases productivity as expected.
Goldman Sachs rolls out its in-house AI assistant to all employees.
In virtual conferences, AI note-takers are increasingly replacing human participants, changing the social dynamics of meetings.
Regulation & law: Politics and justice in the AI dilemma
Denmark is taking the initiative against deepfakes and is planning a law that will allow citizens to protect their appearance and voice under copyright law. This step is intended to strengthen control over one's own digital identity.
A federal judge in the US has ruled in favor of Anthropic that training AI models with copyrighted books is legal - a shock for many creatives.
At the same time, the New York Times has won access to deleted ChatGPT logs in court, further fueling the debate about user privacy.
Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung warns against excessive regulation in Europe, which is hampering the progress of AI, and calls for a simplification of regulations.
Disney sues Midjourney to protect the rights to characters such as Darth Vader from uncontrolled AI use.
Scale AI shared sensitive customer information from Meta and xAI unprotected in public Google Docs, raising serious questions about data security...
TikTok is flooded with racist and anti-Semitic AI videos created with Google's new Veo 3 model.
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" appears to have been written with the help of an AI. An excessive number of dashes were used ...
Fresh capital: These AI start-ups are swimming in money
The AI-driven medical documentation tool Abridge has raised 300 million US dollars in a new funding round and doubled its company valuation to an impressive 5.3 billion US dollars in just four months.
Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches the Laude Institute with 100 million US dollars to promote AI research with a positive impact on humanity.
Berlin-based startup Synthflow AI raises 20 million dollars in a Series A round and already serves over 1,000 customers with its voice AI.
Our favorite tool Wispr Flow secures 30 million dollars from Menlo Ventures for its AI-driven dictation app!
Cluely (see our report here) doubled its annual revenue (ARR) to 7 million dollars in one week.
AI in healthcare: Between diagnostic miracle and false alarm
Microsoft has developed an AI diagnostic tool that is supposed to be 4x more accurate than human doctors with the help of an "orchestrator" made up of several AI agents.
However, an Oxford study shows its limitations: Patients who used AI for self-diagnosis performed significantly worse than a control group. Chatbots such as GPT-4o only achieved a hit rate of 34.5%, while humans made 76% of diagnoses correctly. ... but with even better models, this will soon change!
In another case, ChatGPT is said to have saved a woman's life by advising her to go to hospital urgently.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is supposed to approve new drugs "very, very quickly", which raises safety concerns.
Scientists suspect that many studies are written with the help of chatbots, which calls scientific integrity into question.
New AI tools and creative applications
Tips for power users: Optimize your ChatGPT requests by giving them missions instead of questions, or use transcriptions more efficiently by increasing the audio speed.
Everyday tools: KICHAN personalizes your web experience, Promptless automates technical documentation, OpenDia automates browser actions and the OpenMemory Chrome Extension improves note-taking.
The surprisingly versatile MCP system proves to be a universal interface! Canva is the first major design platform to integrate ChatGPT directly into its workflows. The MCP Server will (soon!) enable seamless connectivity.
Google rolls out its Veo 3 video generation model globally in over 159 countries for paying Gemini subscribers.
Hollywood filmmakers are experimenting with AI. While the quality of AI videos often leaves much to be desired, stars such as Robert Downey Jr. are relying on digital puppets for new storytelling formats on Broadway.
AI Bloo, a virtual YouTuber (VTuber), has gained 2.5 million subscribers and has already earned millions from gameplay videos.
At the Chelsea Flower Show 2025, designers use AI tools to adapt agriculture to climate change.
And that’s a wrap!
Your AInauts,
Fabian & Reto
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