DAILY AI BRIEF π β Sept 25
OPENAI π₯:
- Upcoming ChatGPT Pro Max is $500/mo ($600 with VAT). Copy so far only adds Fastest Work and Codex; limits may still rise.
- Likely Cerebras-backed for the Ultra Fast path. DevDay is Sept 29.
GOOGLE π₯:
- Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is GA in Gemini Enterprise. Lip-sync video agents, 97 languages, async tool calls mid-conversation.
- Project Suncatcher flies a TPU prototype on SpaceX Transporter-18 with Planet, testing whether Google chips hold up in orbit.
ANTHROPIC π₯:
- Resumed charging for safeguard blocks that fire before Claude replies: biology, distillation attacks, and frontier LLM work.
- 99.7% of Claude Code,
Claude.ai, and Cowork accounts did not hit the new billable blocks. Classifiers tuned under 0.1% false positives.
PERPLEXITY π₯:
- Fast Search is live in the Search API on Photon, a new Rust retrieval stack. 95% of results land in 230 ms or less.
- 68% lower cost per agent task vs the default preset. Photon p99 dropped from ~800 ms to ~65 ms.
- Portable Computer is in the Windows app for Consumer and Enterprise Pro and Max. Local harness; cloud model only with permission.
SPACEXAI π₯:
- Elon: Colossus 1 is 150k H100, 50k H200, and 30k GB200. Colossus 2 is 110k GB200 and 440k GB300.
- Another 220k GB300 next week, 220k in November, and maybe 220k more by late December.
MICROSOFT π₯:
- Foundry adds model-agnostic voice agents on the same enterprise systems, tools, and controls stack.
META π₯:
- Muse Code usage limits reset for Connect. Model API and Muse Code hit Oracle Marketplace.
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DAILY AI BRIEF π β Sept 24
META π₯:
- Meta VR Glasses: first VR in glasses, not a headset. AI-native OS, Muse avatar, eye + hand + voice control.
- Muse now has voice and realtime video, and is coming to glasses for hands-free use all day.
- Muse Charm, a keychain pin for talking to Muse, ships in December.
- Meta Glasses get FDA-cleared hearing-aid mode. Private processing means Meta cannot see some on-device AI.
OPENAI π₯:
- ChatGPT Voice now runs plugins (email, calendar, Slack) and GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna.
- Voice is live in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile. Global rollout in the latest app.
GOOGLE π₯:
- Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS are live in AI Studio and the Gemini API.
- Custom voices across 100+ languages, or pick from 2,000+ stock voices. Flash hits Gemini Notebook; Flash-Lite hits Google Vids.
- Gemini app is rolling out new MCP connections: Linear, Airtable, Webflow, Monday, PandaDoc, and Wispr Flow.
- Koray says Gemini 4 is in early post-training and hopes for an early drop well before year-end.
ANTHROPIC π₯:
- Claude Marketplace is live: Slack and Notion connectors, agents from Cursor and CrowdStrike, partners like Accenture.
- Cloud sessions leave research preview. One-time credits: $100 Pro, $250 Max. Claim by Oct 7.
- Projects in Claude Code can now run threads locally.
CURSOR π₯:
- Rollouts watch deploys on Teams and Enterprise. Security Reviewer now averages 3.8 min.
- Token costs down 7% with no drop in agent quality.
ALIBABA π₯:
- Qwen Intelligence ships three mobile agents. Mobile-Use hits 90% end-to-end success on real-device benches.
- Qwen-Audio-3.1 is out. TTS ~70% off, Realtime ~85% off, ASR up to 95% off.
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