OpenAI drops a browser to rival Google Chrome

🌐 OpenAI Built a Browser Because Why Not

• OpenAI just launched "ChatGPT Atlas" - a browser that lets you chat with websites. It's Chrome, but every tab has an existential crisis.

• OpenAI wants your browsing data so badly they built an entire browser. Google's ad empire just felt a disturbance in the force. (source)

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🔥 Meta Fires 600 People from Its "Superintelligence" Lab

• Meta just laid off 600 employees from its Superintelligence Labs, including the legendary FAIR team. Turns out superintelligence doesn't require super-sized teams.

• Even with billions flowing into AI, Zuck's still trimming the fat. Building AGI apparently requires fewer humans, not more. (source)

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💸 Fal.ai Hits $4B Valuation for Being the AWS of AI

• Fal.ai raised $250M and jumped from $1.5B to $4B valuation in 3 months. They're the infrastructure layer for every AI app you've never heard of.

• Forget building the next ChatGPT - the real money is in selling GPUs to the people building ChatGPT. (source)

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🕶️ Oculus Founders Want AI in Your Face (Literally)

• The Oculus crew raised $250M for Sesame, smart glasses with a conversational AI that "observes the world alongside you." Nothing creepy about that.

• We're speedrunning toward a future where your glasses judge your life choices in real-time. (source)

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🎬 Netflix: "AI Won't Replace Actors" (Just Everyone Else)

• Netflix says AI will make production "more efficient" - code for making Adam Sandler look younger in Happy Gilmore 2.

• Hollywood's embracing AI for everything except replacing actors. VFX artists, however, should probably update their LinkedIn. (source)

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🤖 Your IT Guy Just Got Automated by Two AI Agents

• Serval raised $47M for a two-agent system: one builds tools, the other uses them. It's like hiring twins where one has admin access.

• They solved the "rogue AI" problem by making two AIs babysit each other. What could go wrong? (source)

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🧬 AI Can Now Judge Your Embryos

• Nucleus Genomics released "Origin" - AI that screens embryos for future disease risk. They're open-sourcing it because eugenics should be democratic, apparently.

• We've gone from "designer babies" being sci-fi to having an API for it. Black Mirror writers in shambles. (source)

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📰 Study: AI Gets News Wrong Half the Time

• European researchers found AI assistants mess up news facts 50% of the time. One AI thought the Pope was still alive months after he died.

• Turns out training on Reddit doesn't make you a reliable news source. Shocking. (source)

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🏛️ Anthropic CEO vs Trump Officials: Fight!

• Anthropic's CEO had to "set the record straight" after Trump officials accused him of fear-mongering to crush startups with regulations.

• The AI safety debate just went full political WWE. Next up: cage match at the next Senate hearing. (source)

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🇮🇳 India: "Label Your AI Slop or Else"

• India wants AI content labeled with warnings covering 10% of images. Your memes are about to get uglier.

• A billion Indians are about to see "THIS IS AI" plastered on everything. Global tech companies sweating. (source)

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🛑 Hinton and Bannon Unite to Stop Skynet

• AI pioneers and right-wing media figures joined forces to demand a superintelligence ban. The apocalypse makes strange bedfellows.

• When the guy who invented deep learning and Steve Bannon agree on something, maybe we should listen. (source)

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📱 Google Fi Gets AI Because Everything Needs AI Now

• Google Fi added AI noise filters and bill summaries. Your phone plan is now sentient, but still can't explain roaming charges.

• Peak 2025 - even your phone carrier has an AI strategy. Next: AI-powered SIM cards. (source)

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Until tomorrow (assuming the AIs let us),
Team Galaxy.ai

P.S. Meta firing 600 people from "Superintelligence Labs" while everyone else is hiring is the most Meta thing ever. Task failed successfully.