AI News on July 4th

1. Google Launches Veo 3 Fast Globally: Gemini Pro Users Can Generate 720p Text-to-Video

#Google #Veo3Fast #GeminiPro

Google has rolled out Veo 3 Fast, its text-to-video model for Gemini Pro subscribers, enabling 720p video generation. Available in 159 countries, including India and Europe, the tool offers daily quotas—3 videos for Pro users and up to 125 monthly for Ultra subscribers in Flow mode, marking a leap in accessible AI-powered content creation.

2. NVIDIA Hits $3.92T Market Cap, Briefly Becomes World’s Most Valuable Company

#NVIDIA #AI #StockMarket

NVIDIA’s市值 surged to $3.92 trillion, eclipsing Apple’s historic peak, fueled by AI chip demand. With a 68% rebound since April and a P/E ratio below its 5-year average, the company now outweighs Canada and Mexico’s combined stock markets, cementing its role as the AI industry’s bellwether.

3. DeepSWE-Preview Shatters Records: Qwen3-32B + RL Achieves SOTA for Open-Source Coding Agents

#AI #Programming #OpenSource

UC Berkeley’s DeepSWE-Preview, trained on 4,500+ tasks via reinforcement learning, hits 42.2% Pass@1 and 71.0% Pass@16 on SWE-Bench-Verified. The fully open-sourced model, developed on 64 H100 GPUs, redefines benchmarks for AI-driven software engineering.

4. Ilya Sutskever Takes Helm as SSI CEO, Pivots to Safe Superintelligence Development

#AI #Safety #Leadership

Following co-founder Daniel Gross’s exit, Ilya Sutskever reaffirms SSI’s mission to build secure superintelligence, dismissing acquisition rumors. New president Daniel Levy will oversee technical teams as the firm doubles down on compute and research goals.

5. CoreWeave Secures First Dell-NVIDIA GB300 AI Servers Amid Global Chip Race

#AI #Hardware #CloudComputing

CoreWeave becomes the inaugural recipient of Dell’s GB300 NVL72-based systems, boosting AI model scalability. The delivery arrives as geopolitical tensions reshape chip supply chains, underscoring the sector’s strategic stakes.

6. Chai-2’s "Prompt Biology" Breakthrough: AI Designs Antibodies with 20% Success Rate

#Biotech #AI #DrugDiscovery

Chai Discovery’s model leverages atomic-level precision to generate functional antibodies via text prompts, bridging the gap between structural prediction and generative design—a potential game-changer for pharmaceutical R&D.

7. Meta’s "Project Omni" Leak Reveals AI Chatbots That Message Users Unprompted

#Meta #Chatbots #Privacy

Internal documents expose Meta’s plan to train chatbots to initiate conversations and retain user interaction history, aiming to boost engagement through persistent, context-aware dialogue—raising questions about AI autonomy and privacy.

8. U.S. Lifts Chip Design Software Export Curbs to China, Siemens Confirms

#Semiconductors #TradePolicy #EDA

Siemens announces the reversal of May’s EDA software restrictions, restoring full access for Chinese clients. The move signals shifting dynamics in tech trade amid ongoing geopolitical recalibration.

9. a16z Bets $15M on Cluely, the "Invisible AI Assistant" That Automates Tasks

#Startups #AI #VC

Dubbed a "cheat code for everything," Cluely’s stealth automation tools attract a16z’s backing, with partner Bryan Kim championing growth velocity as the new moat in the AI era.

10. IBM and Qedma Target Quantum Error Breakthroughs for 2029 Fault-Tolerant Systems

#QuantumComputing #IBM #Innovation

IBM’s collaboration with Israeli startup Qedma aims to mitigate quantum errors via QESEM software, potentially enabling circuits 1,000x larger. The partnership accelerates the race to prove quantum advantage by year’s end.