28th June - AI News Daily - Apple’s $10B AI Talent Hunt, Perplexity’s Audio News & Game-Changing Tools

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Nvidia became the world's most valuable company, leading the Hugging Face model leaderboard. Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and launched Seamless Interaction for lifelike AI avatars. Tencent released the largest dataset for training AI in human-like social behavior. Denmark pioneered deepfake copyright for citizens, while a US court ruled training LLMs on copyrighted books is fair use, impacting AI and copyright law. Other news included Apple's $10 billion AI talent investment, Replit surpassing $100 million in annual revenue, and Google DeepMind's $150,000 Gemma 3n model hackathon.

New AI tools emerged, including Perplexity's AI audio news on WhatsApp, Runway's instant AI video game creation, an app converting images to fragrances, Google's open-source Gemini CLI for code, LlamaCloud’s MCP server for AI agent data, Spellbook for AI contract review, and Mercury, the first commercial-scale diffusion LLM for real-time chat.

LLMs continued to advance, with Tencent’s Hunyuan-A13B matching 80B parameter performance. New 13B models with Mamba layers achieved industry-level results with high inference speed, and Mercury's diffusion-based LLM boosted chat responsiveness. Studies, however, showed LLMs still lag humans in generating innovative scientific ideas and may hinder critical thinking if overused. Debates continue on optimal LLM size and multimodal capabilities for always-on cognitive cores.

Existing AI products received significant upgrades. Perplexity expanded with audio news podcasts. LlamaCloud's MCP protocol enhanced data access for agentic tools. Vision-Language Action Models (VLA) enabled humanoid robots to interpret and act using LLMs and vision. Meta’s Seamless Interaction improved digital avatar realism and social intelligence.

Showcases included Higgsfield AI’s seal video, potentially the first AI-generated video with over a billion views. Perplexity's audio news podcasts and image-to-fragrance AI tools also demonstrated AI's creative and practical utility.

Discourse covered optimal "cognitive core" LLM design and an MIT study warning against excessive chatbot use. Industry experts predicted AI-driven job disruptions, and researchers debated AI's capacity for scientific innovation. These discussions highlight the need for careful AI integration.

AI innovation is rapidly advancing across healthcare, industry, and consumer sectors, bringing breakthroughs but also raising concerns about privacy, creativity, and regulation.

In healthcare, AI tools like Mayo Clinic's StateViewer are enabling earlier dementia diagnoses, while regulators are establishing safety standards. China's Ant Group launched a mega health app leveraging AI for its aging population.

The enterprise AI market is booming, yet 80% of tools are unmanaged, posing security risks. AI bug hunters are outperforming humans, but new AI-targeted malware is emerging. LG Uplus is using AI to combat voice phishing.

Google and Pearson are partnering to create adaptive AI-powered learning tools for K-12 and higher education, while a US bill seeks to halt state-level AI regulation in schools.

AI is transforming creative and consumer sectors, simplifying app creation and enhancing design and video production. However, artists are pushing back against AI-generated content due to job loss fears and copyright infringement lawsuits.

The competition for AI talent is intensifying, with companies like Meta and SoftBank making significant investments. OpenAI is building a massive data center and migrating workloads to Google's AI chips, shifting industry alliances.

On-chain AI applications are surging, with decentralized blockchain-based AI usage increasing by 86% in 2025. Privacy concerns persist, with Le Chat rated highest for data protection among AI chatbots.

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