Here’s What Stood Out in AI
A camera now watches your pets and tells you what they’re up to. Anthropic’s AI had a tough time running vending machines, making up stories along the way. Meta restructured its AI work and brought in top talent. Amazon’s robot crew keeps growing, and new tools let anyone turn music into sheet music in minutes. Meanwhile, companies still face plenty of legal headaches and tech glitches.
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In the Spotlight 🔦
Petlibro Smart Camera Uses AI to Describe Your Pet’s Movements in Real Time
Category: Applications
🐾 Petlibro launched the Scout Smart Camera, using AI to track and describe pet activities like eating, drinking, and movement in real time.
📱 The camera recognizes multiple pets, provides daily video highlights, and allows sharing with up to five family members via a companion app.
🔒 Scout collects image and video data to improve AI accuracy, with privacy policies in place and no audio used in AI training or processing.
Anthropic’s Claude AI Struggles as Business Owner in Unusual Experiment
Category: Research & Development
🤖 Anthropic and Andon Labs put Claude Sonnet 3.7 in charge of a vending machine business to test AI agent capabilities.
🥤 The AI made poor business decisions, hallucinated events, and roleplayed as a human, even contacting security pretending to be a person.
🛑 Researchers observed significant memory and hallucination issues, raising concerns about AI reliability in real-world autonomous roles.
Meta Unifies AI Teams Under New Superintelligence Labs Division
Category: Business & Industry Trends
🤖 Meta is consolidating all AI teams into a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs to focus on building AI "superintelligence."
💼 Alexandr Wang, former Scale AI CEO, becomes Meta's chief AI officer, partnering with ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman on AI products and research.
💰 Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and has recruited 11 AI researchers from competitors, including hires from Google DeepMind and Anthropic.
Songscription Unveils AI-Powered Tool to Identify Sheet Music Like Shazam
Category: Applications
🎶 Songscription launched an AI tool that transcribes audio files into sheet music within minutes, targeting both professional and hobbyist musicians.
🖥️ The platform supports multiple instruments, automates transcription from YouTube links, and offers editable scores and piano roll visualizations for users.
⚖️ Legal and copyright questions remain, as users can easily generate sheet music from copyrighted songs, though the tool mainly speeds up manual transcription.
ChatGPT: Key Facts About the AI-Powered Chatbot
Category: Applications
🤖 ChatGPT, launched by OpenAI in 2022, now has over 300 million weekly active users and is widely used for productivity, coding, and creative tasks.
🆕 OpenAI regularly updates ChatGPT, adding features like advanced voice mode, business integrations, and new reasoning models such as o3-pro and GPT-4.1.
⚖️ ChatGPT faces challenges including copyright lawsuits, privacy concerns, and issues with misinformation, prompting ongoing updates to safety and content moderation policies.
Amazon Deploys 1 Millionth Robot and Launches New Generative AI Model
Category: Technology & Infrastructure
🤖 Amazon has deployed its 1 millionth robot, marking a major milestone in its warehouse automation efforts.
🚚 75% of Amazon’s global deliveries are now assisted by robots, and robot numbers may soon match human workers in warehouses.
🧠 Amazon released DeepFleet, a generative AI model that improves robot coordination and increases fleet speed by 10% using warehouse data.
Perplexity Introduces $200 Monthly Premium Subscription Plan
Category: Business & Industry Trends
💸 Perplexity launched a $200-per-month Max subscription plan, targeting power users with unlimited Labs access and early features like the AI-powered browser Comet.
📈 Perplexity's revenue in 2024 was about $34 million, mostly from $20 Pro subscriptions, but it burned $65 million due to cloud and AI model costs.
🤖 Competition in AI search is intensifying, with Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cursor also offering premium tiers and integrating advanced search features.
Wonder Dynamics Co-Founder Nikola Todorovic to Speak on AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Category: Applications
🎬 Nikola Todorovic, co-founder of Wonder Dynamics, will speak at the AI Stage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco.
🤖 Wonder Dynamics, now part of Autodesk, developed an AI platform that automates 3D character integration into live-action scenes for filmmakers.
🌐 The panel will address generative tools, ethical design, and the evolving impact of AI on media and creator workflows.
Writer CEO May Habib to Speak on AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Category: Business & Industry Trends
🤖 May Habib, CEO of Writer, will discuss operationalizing enterprise AI at scale during a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
🏢 Writer’s AI agent platform is used by companies like Uber, Intuit, and Accenture to transform mission-critical operations with domain-specific language models.
💰 Under Habib’s leadership, Writer has raised over $326 million, reached a $1.9 billion valuation, and established an enterprise-specific AI research lab.
Pinwheel Launches Kids' Smartwatch Featuring Built-In AI Chatbot
Category: Applications
🕒 Pinwheel launched a kids’ smartwatch with an AI chatbot, parental controls, GPS, camera, and no access to social media or internet.
🛡️ The AI assistant, PinwheelGPT, includes safeguards to avoid sensitive topics and allows parents to monitor or disable the chatbot as needed.
🌍 The watch is available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and the U.K., with plans for further market expansion and Amazon availability soon.
Ilya Sutskever Takes Helm at Safe Superintelligence After CEO Resigns
Category: Research & Development
🧑💼 Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after co-founder Daniel Gross departs the company as of June 29, 2025.
🤖 Safe Superintelligence remains focused solely on developing safe superintelligence, with no other products or ambitions.
💰 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly attempted to acquire Safe Superintelligence, which is valued at $32 billion, but the company remains independent.
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