AI Pulse 🚨
A bite-sized curation of this week's most important AI news.
💼 ChatGPT released major enterprise features. OpenAI launched a major enterprise update featuring new tools for recording meetings, researching content, and connecting to cloud services. The move shows OpenAI’s ambitions extend beyond competing with Zoom and Notion - they’re aiming to become the central hub for enterprise knowledge work, from document management to meeting documentation and research.
🛠️ OpenAI’s Agent SDK gets major updates. OpenAI released the Agents SDK in TypeScript with features like handoffs, guardrails, and tracing. The update includes a new RealtimeAgent feature for voice agents, Traces support for the Realtime API, and improvements to their speech-to-speech model.
📊 Mary Meeker releases massive AI trends report. VC legend Mary Meeker dropped a 370-page sledgehammer of a report. You can read the full report here or check out the summary thread if you’re short on time.
🔄 Claude gets massive context boost. Anthropic has rolled out a 10x increase in content handling for Claude Projects. The update introduces a new retrieval mode that automatically activates when users exceed the previous file threshold, allowing for expanded functional context. This feature is being deployed to all paid Claude plans.
🎤 ElevenLabs launches v3 Text-to-Speech. ElevenLabs has released their most expressive Text-to-Speech model yet, supporting over 80 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Korean. The v3 model can generate highly natural speech with emotional inflections and contextual understanding.
🚀 Mistral launches enterprise code assistant. Mistral AI unveiled Mistral Code, a “vibe coding” assistant for developers that works with JetBrains IDEs and VSCode. Unlike typical SaaS tools, it can run in the cloud or on-premises. The system features four models for code completion, search, agentic coding, and chat assistance.
🌟 Cursor 1.0 released. After a year in development, Cursor’s landmark 1.0 release brings BugBot for automated code review, Background Agent access for all users, and Jupyter notebook support. The update includes memories to help the AI remember facts from conversations, faster responses through parallel tool calls, and one-click MCP setup.
🔒 WIRED warns of AI-powered “vibe hacking” threat. Security researchers warn that AI could enable hackers to launch multiple zero-day attacks simultaneously. According to WIRED’s report, AI-powered malware could self-modify as it spreads, while specialized LLMs could deploy malicious code instantly.”
🌟 OpenAI plans ChatGPT super assistant. Internal documents reveal OpenAI’s vision to transform ChatGPT into an AI that deeply understands users and helps with everything from meeting notes to restaurant recommendations, with rollout planned throughout 2025.
🎬 Captions unveils Mirage Studio for AI video creation. The company launched a new platform that generates lifelike video content with AI actors. Mirage Studio can create high-quality videos from just audio or text input, featuring incredibly realistic performances with natural expressions and gestures. AI video is getting scary real — you can see some examples here..
🌐 Claude gets major Integrations update. Anthropic has launched Claude Integrations, allowing the AI to connect with popular services like Atlassian, Zapier, and Intercom. The update includes enhanced Research capabilities that can search across connected apps and the web for up to 45 minutes, delivering comprehensive reports with citations. Web search is now available globally for all paid Claude plans.
🎬 Chinese ManusAI launches video generation. ManusAI has launched a new AI video generation tool that transforms text prompts into complete stories. The system automatically plans scenes, creates storyboards, and generates the final video content. Check it out here.
📝 Anthropic launches Claude-written blog. Anthropic unveiled Claude Explains, a blog where Claude generates technical content with human oversight. Subject matter experts and editors doublecheck the AI’s drafts, demonstrating human-AI collaboration while continuing to hire for marketing and editorial roles.
👨💻 Sundar Pichai embraces vibe coding. Google’s CEO has been testing AI coding tools Cursor and Replit to build a webpage. At Bloomberg Tech, he shared “It feels so delightful to be a coder in this moment.” While noting software engineers remain essential, he described how AI transforms coding into a human-machine creative partnerships.
🎓 Andrew Ng criticizes “vibe coding” term. The Stanford professor and former Google Brain scientist argues that AI-assisted coding is “a deeply intellectual exercise” rather than just “going with the vibes.” Speaking at LangChain Interrupt, Ng emphasized that coding with AI remains exhausting and requires precise technical understanding. He also stressed that everyone should learn to code, calling recent advice to avoid learning programming “some of the worst career advice ever given.”
🧠 Perplexity rolls out Memory to all users. The AI search company has expanded its Memory feature to both Free and Pro users. This feature helps maintain context across search sessions, making conversations more coherent and reducing the need to repeat information.
🔍 Perplexity brings SEC data to all users. In a significant move to democratize financial information, Perplexity announced that all users now have access to SEC data across Search, Research, and Labs. The new SEC/EDGAR integration aims to make technical financial documents more accessible and instantly understandable for investors.
🌐 Elad Gil bets on AI-powered roll-ups. Legendary early-stage investor Elad Gil is now focused on transforming traditional service businesses through AI. His approach involves acquiring people-intensive businesses like law firms, using AI to improve their margins (from ~10% to 40%), and then leveraging the improved cash flow to acquire more companies.
📈 PwC’s AI Jobs Barometer shows surprising wage growth. The latest AI Jobs Barometer reveals that wages are rising twice as fast in AI-exposed industries compared to others. Workers with AI skills now command a 56% wage premium (up from 25% last year), and industries more exposed to AI show 3× higher growth in revenue per employee.
🎥 Microsoft launches free AI video creator.Bing Video Creator, powered by OpenAI’s Sora, lets users create 5-second videos from text prompts. Available now on the Bing Mobile App (coming soon to desktop), users get 10 fast-generation videos for free, with additional generations available through Microsoft Rewards points. The tool supports 9:16 format videos (16:9 coming soon) and includes content credentials to identify AI-generated content.
🎯 Meta plans full AI ad automation. The social media giant aims to enable brands to completely create and target ads using AI by the end of 2026. This move signifies a major shift in digital advertising, potentially revolutionizing how businesses interact with Meta’s ad platform.
💸 Anthropic’s revenue soars to $3B. The AI company’s annualized revenue has tripled from $1B to $3B in just five months, driven by strong business demand, particularly in code generation. This growth rate makes it potentially the fastest-growing SaaS company ever tracked.
🤖 Karpathy compares ChatGPT models. Former OpenAI Chief Scientist Andrej Karpathy published a simple visual breakdown comparing the capabilities of different ChatGPT models.
