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👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
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August 03, 2025
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👀 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!
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A viral Reddit prompt turns ChatGPT into your customized learning coach. The prompt works like an experienced tutor: it assesses your prior knowledge, creates personalized curricula and dynamically adapts explanations. Whether visual, auditory or practical - ChatGPT delivers content in your preferred learning style. Try it out!
Thanks to OpenAI's "Study Together" feature, learning is much more fun! ChatGPT transforms from an answering machine into a Socratic coach who encourages you to think by asking specific questions. Contrary to the criticism that AI would "dumb us down", the new feature focuses on sustainable learning.
Features include interactive quizzes, structured exam preparation, collaborative study groups and personalized learning paths. Google Gemini and Claude are developing similar features, and we think the launch will be just in time for back-to-school.
The AI revolution has reached the classroom: from ChatGPT pens for €65 to hidden cameras in buttons, cheating is going high-tech. While 45% of students use AI tools and employ clever workarounds like prompt cascades and AI humanizers, schools are struggling with unreliable detection tools.
In response, educational institutions are returning to handwritten exams. But bans are not the solution. Instead, we need new educational concepts with transparent AI use and process-based assessments. The future does not lie in bans, but in the smart integration of AI in the classroom!
JSON prompting is a structured prompting technique that is supposed to deliver better results with ChatGPT & Co. The method is particularly suitable for data extraction, structured analyses and tool integrations - but less so for creative texts etc. The main advantage lies in the precise control and the ability to process AI outputs directly in automations such as Zapier, Make or n8n.
China continues to dominate the open source AI scene with the latest GLM-4.5 from Z.ai, which almost comes close to OpenAI o3 and Grok 4 in the benchmarks. After Qwen, Kimi, DeepSeek and MiniMax, it is clear that the free models are now so powerful that they can replace expensive alternatives!
This is significant for three reasons: open source reduces dependencies on closed systems, increases competitive pressure on large players such as OpenAI and enables cost-effective work.
Ideogram presents a new character model that creates consistent AI avatars from a single reference image! No more complex LoRA training or face-swapping required! The free platform makes it possible to depict people in different styles - from realistic to comic.
It's super easy to use: create an account, upload a photo, select a template or prompt yourself. The tool delivers impressive results with realistic images, while comic styles still have room for improvement. Ideal for quick avatar creation, LoRA remains the better choice for top quality.
📰 AI news quickie: highlights from the industry
AI never sleeps! Here is the most important news from the last few days.
Tech giants in a race
Meta is investing billions in the development of its Superintelligence Labs in order to rise up the AI rankings. The aim is to create a personalized superintelligence that promotes personal empowerment.
To this end, the company is also aggressively recruiting talent: a former OpenAI engineer becomes the new chief scientist and offers of up to 1 billion dollars are made to poach employees from competitors.
OpenAI drives research towards AGI under the leadership of Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki and opens Stargate Norway, its first sustainable AI data center in Europe.
Microsoft negotiates a new contract with OpenAI to secure access to its technologies even after AGI has been achieved.
Tesla signs a 16.5 billion dollar deal with Samsung to produce the next generation of its AI chips.
Google intends to sign the EU AI Code of Practice to promote the development of safe AI tools in Europe - despite concerns about potential competitive disadvantages.
AI revolutionizes search & browser
Microsoft Edge has introduced the new Copilot mode, which is set to revolutionize your browsing experience. The AI works proactively with you, allows you to make calls across all open tabs and can even make restaurant bookings.
Reports suggest that ChatGPT uses Google's search index to generate its search results. To be visible in ChatGPT search, quality content and a positive brand image are key - seven strategic steps lead to success.
Perplexity for Mac now supports MCP - an exciting addition to the AI-powered search app. Find out more here.
Manus has released the Wide Research function to carry out diverse, large-scale research with agents at lightning speed.
Education & research rethought
OpenAI is increasingly positioning ChatGPT as an educational tool and establishing it as a support for teachers. The new "Study Mode" uses the Socratic teaching method to encourage learners to think for themselves and thus strengthen the role of AI in schools.
Google is upgrading the AI mode in search with practical features for schools. You can now complete your homework by uploading images or PDFs, using tools like Canvas for planning, and Search Live for video help.
Google supports geospatial research with Earth AI. DeepMind's new AlphaEarth Foundations Model integrates huge amounts of data to create precise digital maps and tackle global challenges such as weather or flood forecasting.
The Stanford study has developed a virtual scientist who discovers new vaccine alternatives for COVID-19 within days in an AI-driven laboratory.
AI can detect Parkinson's disease with 85.7% accuracy by listening to a person's voice.
The new generation of creative tools
Luma AI's new Modify with Instructions feature revolutionizes video editing and allows you to change objects or the weather via text input.
Midjourney is also expanding its video functions: You can now create loopable videos and set start and end frames.
Adobe Photoshop shines with new AI features: With Generative Upscale, you can increase the resolution of your photos in just one click.
Krea has released the open-source image model FLUX.1 Krea to counteract the unpopular "AI look".
For 3D artists, the Hunyuan3D World Model 1.0 is available as open source to create interactive worlds from text.
Microsoft is testing the conversion of images into 3D models in Copilot.
Higgsfield AI has released MiniMax Hailuo with unlimited free generation and is launching a 20,000 dollar competition for click-to-video creations.
Amazon invests in Fable, the "Netflix of AI", which enables the creation of user-controllable TV shows with the Showrunner tool.
TikTok introduces new parental controls, fact-checking tools and AI moderation to make the platform safer.
YouTube is also strengthening its protection of minors and will use AI to estimate the age of users from August 13.
Smart gadgets and assistants
In the race for the best smart glasses, Meta's test has shown that the new Oakley smart glasses with 8 hours of battery life and robust design are the clear winner over the Meta Ray-Bans.
Zuckerberg even believes that people without AI glasses will have cognitive disadvantages in the future.
The ChatGPT agent delivered a cloud storage comparison in the test, which NotebookLM then converted into an audio format - effortlessly bypassing "I'm not a robot" tests.
Robin AI aims to solve the technical problems of ChatGPT for lawyers, in particular the invention of false facts or quotes.
Unitree has unveiled the R1, a powerful humanoid robot that can dance and kick kung fu - for just 5,900 dollars…
And that’s a wrap! Talk soon,
Fabian & Reto
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