Today’s menu 🍽️👇️ 

Length: 5 minutes ⏰ 

• OpenAI’s open-weight model is delayed 👀 

• SpaceX invested $2 billion in xAI 🤑 

• Meta is building a large 5GW AI data center 🤯 

• Meta acquires Play AI 🗣️ 

• Build AI websites without a single line of code 🧑‍💻

• Prompt of the week 💬

• Top AI tools of the week ⚒️

FRESH AI NEWS

OpenAI delays Open-Weight Model release indefinitely ⏳

OpenAI had planned to release its open weight model model next week. However, Altman stated that the company is postponing it indefinitely for more safety testing. This marks the second major delay for the company's highly anticipated open-weight model 📢

• OpenAI had planned to release a new model in early summer. It aimed for reasoning capabilities similar to the o-series. However, it missed the June deadline and is now pausing again 🗓️

• The company stated that managing technical risks and deploying AI responsibly are its main priorities. This shows OpenAI’s ongoing commitment to safety, especially considering the potential for misuse of powerful open models 🔐

• Meanwhile, models like DeepSeek’s R1 are gaining attention for their efficiency and low cost. Meta’s Llama and Mistral are also becoming popular in the open-source community 🧪

• The company’s cautious strategy comes from the risks of misuse, such as creating deepfakes, spreading misinformation, and abusing synthetic content 🔍

Why You Should Care: The uncertain timeline suggests that OpenAI might be facing safety challenges that are tougher to solve than they originally thought. This may indicate that open-weight reasoning models carry different risks compared to their closed counterparts. This pattern of delays could set a new standard where AI labs focus on thorough safety testing instead of quick releases, changing expectations for future model launches.

SpaceX commits $2B to xAI in massive equity push 💰

SpaceX has invested $2 billion in Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, as part of a larger $5 billion equity raise. This is one of the rocket company's biggest investments to date. This decision strengthens the ties within Musk’s business empire as xAI works to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic 🚀

• The investment is reportedly part of the $5 billion equity raise, along with an additional $5 billion in debt, announced by Morgan Stanley at the end of June💼

• The AI startup recently merged with X, Musk's social media platform, which creates deeper integration across his businesses 🌐

• After this merger, xAI’s valuation jumped to $113 billion, showing growing confidence in its ability to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic in the generative AI field 📈

• Grok, xAI’s chatbot, now extends beyond X. It also supports Starlink, helping users resolve satellite internet issues 🛰️

Why You Should Care: This strategic mix of Musk's companies shows a coordinated AI strategy. It uses SpaceX’s large cash reserves to boost xAI’s growth. With xAI now part of X and involved in Starlink operations, Musk is building an AI-powered system that could change how his companies operate and compete in the global AI arms race.

Inside Meta's 5GW AI data center project 📢 

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is building a large 5GW AI data center named "Hyperion" in Louisiana. This is part of a larger investment plan worth "hundreds of billions" to create several multi-gigawatt AI clusters 🧩

• Zuckerberg originally described the Louisiana facility as a "2GW+" project, but now says it "will be able to scale up to 5GW over several years" 💼

• The data centre would occupy approximately 4.3 square miles, an area that would cover a "significant part of Manhattan" 🌐

• Meta plans to bring online ~1GW of compute in 2025 and end the year with more than 1.3 million GPUs, investing $60-65bn in capex this year 🛠️

• Beyond Hyperion, Zuckerberg also mentioned "Prometheus," indicating Meta is building several multi-GW clusters simultaneously ⚙️

Why You Should Care: With several gigawatt-scale data centers and seemingly unlimited funding, Zuckerberg is setting up Meta as a serious challenger to OpenAI's dominance.

Meta expands voice tech with Play AI 🗣️

Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that focuses on creating AI-generated, realistic voice synthesis. The entire Play AI team will join Meta next week. This acquisition is Meta’s latest effort to strengthen its talent in the rapidly changing voice AI field 🤖

• Play AI enables users to clone voices for many AI applications, from customer service bots to content creation. It provides versatile and high-quality voice synthesis tools 🎤

• The global voice AI market is expected to reach $47.5 billion by 2034. Because of this, owning advanced voice technology is now essential for tech giants 📊
  

• Meta intends to incorporate Play AI’s features into its AI Characters and audio tools. They may also integrate these features into consumer products like Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and VR/AR platforms 🕶️
  

• This move will bolster Meta’s conversational AI research and help develop natural voice interfaces across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and the wider Meta ecosystem 🌍

Why You Should Care: Meta's acquisition of Play AI shows a strong move into voice AI as the company works to add natural speech features across its platforms. The swift shift from discussions to final deal shows the rush tech giants feel to hire voice AI talent before others can grab the few specialized engineers available.

Windsurf deal update: CEO moves to Google 🔁

OpenAI has officially cancelled its $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf, which was previously known as Codeium. This decision came after internal disagreements over control of the startup’s technology 💸

• The acquisition collapsed after Microsoft raised concerns about intellectual property rights, effectively halting OpenAI's plans. This situation shows how Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI can impact major strategic choices 🧩

• Google is bringing on CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and leading researchers from Windsurf. At the same time, Windsurf will continue to operate independently 🧑‍💻

• The new hires will work on agentic coding projects to improve Google's Gemini models, aiming for the same area where GitHub Copilot and OpenAI compete ⚙️

• A new acquisition model is forming. Instead of a traditional buyout, Google set up a “hackquisition,” securing a non-exclusive license to Windsurf’s technology while taking in its talent 📜

Why You Should Care: This deal collapse reveals the hidden power struggles in AI acquisitions. Microsoft's concerns about intellectual property can block OpenAI's strategic decisions, even with their partnership.

BUILD AI APPS VISUALLY

Build AI tools visually with Claude Artifacts 🛠️

Want to create your own AI-powered app without writing any code or setting up an API? With Claude Artifacts, you can build and customize interactive tools directly inside Claude using just prompts ✅ 

Here’s how to get started 👇️ 

1. Click “Artifacts” in the left sidebar. Then, click “New Artifact” to get started.
   

   

2. Describe your tool in plain language.

   Use a prompt like: “Build a meeting summarizer with a text input for transcript and a button labelled ‘Summarize Now’. Add bullet points and action items as output.”
   

   

3. Refine your build before writing continue: Add estimated reading time, word count, multi-language support, and highlight important decisions in bold.
   

   

4. Test your tool with real input. Tweak as needed, then save it to your library for easy reuse or sharing.

5. Your meeting summarizer tool is ready to go.
   

   

Check out Claude Artifacts HERE 👈️

PROMPT OF THE WEEK

Build a prompt library for ANY role 🎯

Simply paste this prompt:

“Create a prompt library for [insert role: product managers, marketers, UX designers, founders]. Include 10 prompts specific to the role that focus on clear outcomes. Use GPT-4 or Claude.”

🔧Pro tip: Use Organize prompts by use case: ideation, analysis, writing, summarization.

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TOOLS OF THE WEEK

These AI tools are going VIRAL 🐝 

Genspark AI Docs - Allow users to generate and edit a variety of document 🧠 

Magic Animator - Animate your Figma designs in seconds with AI 🪄

Qwen-VLo - Alibaba's new multimodal understanding and generation model 🔁

Voice Design V3 - Create any voice you can imagine with a prompt 🎤