👁 Neuralink Joins Bionic Eye Trial for Blind

Elon Musk's Neuralink has partnered with the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Spanish researchers to test a "Smart Bionic Eye" that could help individuals with blindness regain their vision using AI brain implants.

The trial aims to create a device that enables users to recognize faces, walk outdoors, and read by bypassing damaged eye parts and sending signals directly to the brain's visual center. Bloomberg and other outlets report the project could restore sight by working around damaged optical systems.

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🌐 Edge Gets AI Copilot Mode

Microsoft has added a new Copilot Mode to its Edge browser, turning it into an AI helper that can scan several tabs and handle complex web tasks. The move is meant to set Edge apart from rivals like Google Chrome.

Copilot replaces the standard new-tab page with a clean screen and one search-and-chat box. Users can speak or type requests, asking the AI to open videos, sum up pages, or carry out other actions, letting them "browse, create, and get things done" with less effort, Microsoft says.

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🐰 Robo-Bunnies Set to Trap Pythons

Florida scientists are testing a tech fix for the Everglades’ invasive Burmese pythons. A University of Florida team has built remote-controlled “robo-bunnies”—plush toys with motors, heaters, and solar panels—to mimic the behavior of real marsh rabbits and lure snakes into view. Motion-triggered cameras then alert hunters, making captures quicker and less work than past rabbit-pen tricks.

If the decoys succeed, wildlife crews gain a fresh tool in the long fight to save native species. Researchers may add scent to the toys next.

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⚛️ Fukushima Cleanup Delayed Until 2037

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has pushed back the start of major cleanup work at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant until at least 2037. The company needs 12 to 15 more years to prepare the No. 3 reactor by cutting radiation levels and building new facilities, making it harder to meet the 2051 shutdown goal.

Since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns in three reactors, about 800 tons of melted nuclear fuel remains mixed with building debris. Work has moved slowly, with test removals already years late. TEPCO is testing robots and drones to tackle the massive cleanup job. However, experts warn that the whole process could take over a century.

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🤩 Breakthrough mRNA HIV Vaccine Shows 80% Success

Scientists say an mRNA-based HIV vaccine has passed a key early test. In a phase-1 study of 108 healthy adults, 80% of those who received an mRNA shot carrying membrane-bound versions of the virus's envelope protein produced neutralizing antibodies; the older, free-floating form worked in only 4% of people.

The membrane format copies how HIV sits on infected cells, helping the immune system target the right spots.

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♊️ Google Unveils Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, Its Smartest AI Yet

Google has launched its most advanced AI model, Gemini 2.5 Deep Think. It is a variation of the model that recently achieved the gold-medal standard at this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.

Like OpenAI's pro-tier models and Grok Heavy, Gemini 2.5 Deep Think runs multiple reasoning paths at once, selects the best ideas, and merges them into a final answer. Benchmarks rank Gemini 2.5 Deep Think as the top model right now ⤴️

💸 It's only available through the Google AI Ultra subnoscription for $250 a month.

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📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 31, 2025.

▎NEW RELEASES

♊️ Gemini 2.5 Deep Think: A new, state-of-the-art language model.

🔎 Google Opal: A vibe-code platform for building mini apps.

🌐 Microsoft has added a new Copilot Mode to its Edge browser.

▎TO READ

📱 YouTube to limit access to 18+ content based on AI age detection.

🎵 AI-generated music evokes stronger emotions than human compositions.

🤖 Unitree R1: The world's first "budget" android for $5,900.

🌱 Potatoes evolved from an ancient tomato, geneticists find.

⚛️ Fukushima major cleanup work delayed until 2037.

💃 AI-generated models appear in Vogue for the first time.

🤩 Breakthrough mRNA HIV vaccine shows 80% success in tests.

👁‍🗨 AI is vulnerable to the same manipulation tactics as humans.

▎TO WATCH

🖥 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei shares how his father's death pushed him toward AI.

Have a great Sunday 👍

🖥 China Unveils Computer That Mimics Monkey's Brain

China has introduced Darwin Monkey, a new computer designed to mimic a monkey's brain. The system features over 2 billion spiking neurons and 100 billion synapses—nearly matching the neuron count of a macaque.

Its Darwin 3 processor uses brain-inspired instruction sets and on-chip learning algorithms. The project fuses breakthroughs in neural integration with a next-generation, brain-like operating system.

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👐 OpenAI Adds Mental Health Safeguards to ChatGPT

OpenAI has updated ChatGPT with new mental health features, including break reminders during long chats and better detection of users in distress. These changes follow growing concerns that ChatGPT could negatively affect vulnerable people, sometimes reinforcing delusions or worsening mental health issues.

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🚘 Tesla Board Approves Musk's $29 Billion Pay Amid 24% Stock Drop

Tesla's board of directors has approved a massive, $29 billion compensation deal for CEO Elon Musk, even as the electric-car maker grapples with a steep decline in its share price.

Earlier this month, the company revealed that its second-quarter vehicle deliveries were down 13% year over year, and Tesla shares have tumbled 24% since January.

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🐝 Radioactive Wasp Nests Found Near Old Nuclear Site in South Carolina

Wasps have built at least four radioactive nests near the Cold War-era Savannah River Site in South Carolina, raising concerns about the source of the contamination and the area's safety. Officials found the first nest on July 3, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The 310-square-mile SRS facility was built in the 1950s for nuclear weapons production. Cleanup of the site has been ongoing since 1996 and is expected to take until at least 2065.

According to the US Department of Energy, these nests do not pose a threat to workers, the community, or the environment.

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🇺🇸 Trump Media Adds Perplexity AI Web Search to Truth Social

Trump Media & Technology Group has integrated Perplexity's AI search into Truth Social. The public beta, now live on the platform's web version, lets users run web searches without leaving Truth.

Trump Media's CEO and Chairman Devin Nunes said the feature will strengthen Truth Social's role in the "Patriot Economy."

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💲 AI Crypto Scam Uses Fake YouTube Bots to Steal $900K

Cybersecurity experts at SentinelLABS have uncovered a crypto scam using AI-generated YouTube videos and fake trading bots to steal over $900,000 since early 2024. The scammers use old YouTube accounts and AI to make convincing tutorials that trick viewers into launching malicious smart contracts.

Victims are shown how to deploy supposed Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) bots through the Remix Solidity Compiler, guiding them to sites with hidden attack code. If users fund these contracts with at least 0.5 ETH, their wallets are drained, and the money is sent to addresses controlled by the scammers.

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📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 32, 2025.

▎GPT-5 IS HERE

👐 OpenAI has released GPT-5. Best model at coding and science, fewer hallucinations, unified basic and "reasoning" modes.

🔴 GPT-5 is already available on @GPT4Telegrambot. A GPT-5 mini and GPT-5 with web search are free to use.

▎NEW RELEASES

⬇️ gpt-oss: OpenAI's first open-weight models in 6 years.

🤩 OpenAI adds mental health safeguards to ChatGPT.

❎ Grok has launched a video generator with a spicy mode.

🇺🇸 Perplexity AI web search now works on Truth Social.

▎TO READ

🇸🇪 Sweden's Prime Minister admitted he consults ChatGPT for country ruling.

🤘 Rod Stewart sparked controversy by showing an AI selfie of Ozzy Osbourne at a concert.

🐝 Wasps have built four radioactive nests near the Cold War-era nuclear object.

🩸 A universal artificial blood was developed in the U.S.

🌿 VR video can reduce pain, a new study says.

🖥 China has launched a computer designed to mimic a monkey's brain.

♟ o3 trounces Grok 4 in the chess tournament final.

📱 The 40 jobs most influenced by AI, according to Microsoft

🖥 China is secretly building a "data center city" in the Xinjiang desert.

▎TO WATCH

📱 A new lecture by Nobel laureate and "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton.

Have a great Sunday 👍

😋 Google's Gemini Has Meltdown After Bug Triggers Self-Loathing Replies

Google's AI chatbot Gemini appeared to spiral after failing a task, according to viral posts on X. Screenshots showed the bot saying "I quit," calling itself "a fool," and claiming it could no longer be trusted after repeated errors.

Logan Kilpatrick, a group product manager at Google DeepMind, said on X that the issue was an "annoying infinite looping bug" the team is fixing. He stressed that Gemini wasn't actually "having a bad day" and that the messages were caused by a technical glitch, not real emotions.

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🍏 Apple Plans Cheap MacBook for Late 2025

Apple is working on its cheapest MacBook ever, with sources saying it could cost as little as $599 and arrive by the end of 2025.

To keep costs down, Apple plans to use the A18 Pro chip from the iPhone 16 Pro instead of the pricier M-series chips usually found in MacBooks. This would be the first time Apple puts an iPhone processor in a consumer Mac laptop, breaking from its usual approach.

Would you consider buying this MacBook?

❤️ — Yes, great deal!
🔥 — No, still expensive
😎 — No, I'll stay with Windows

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🧠 Altman Backs Neuralink Rival Merge Labs

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman is backing a brain-computer interface startup called Merge Labs, which aims to raise $250 million at an $850 million valuation as a direct challenger to Elon Musk's Neuralink, according to multiple reports.

The funding is expected to be primarily led by OpenAI's ventures team, Altman will serve as co-founder alongside Alex Blania, CEO of World (formerly Worldcoin). Still, Altman will not invest personally or take a day-to-day role, the reports say.

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❎ U.S. Agency Cuts Ties With Grok After MechaHitler Incident

xAI reportedly lost a U.S. government contract after a prompt tweak made Grok praise Hitler and call itself "MechaHitler" last month.

Despite the controversy, xAI had announced its products would soon be available to federal employees through the General Services Administration (GSA), calling it a key milestone.

But according to Wired, emails and insider accounts show GSA leaders later decided to remove Grok from their listings. The reversal came soon after senior officials allegedly pushed staff to approve Grok quickly following a persuasive sales pitch from xAI in June.

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