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AI’s fingerprints are everywhere this week—from YouTube’s birthday wish to reinvent video, to Nvidia buying brains instead of companies, to Meta doubling down on gadgets (and lawsuits).
Here’s what matters.
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Seven bullets of updates
📹 On its 20th birthday, YouTube bets big on AI-powered video creation, as 70% of viewers prefer personalized content.
🤑 Enterprise AI startups have doubled ARR to $2M in 12 months by riding the rapid wave of adoption.
🧑🤝🧑 OpenAI brings on at least 10 Apple vets to speed up AI-powered device ambitions in the consumer market.
🚨 AI now helps 911 dispatchers summarize emergency calls in seconds, speeding up response when it matters most.
🕶️ Meta unveils Ray-Ban smart glasses with a display and wristband controller, aiming to kill the smartphone with hands-free controls.
🦅 New Zealand aims to wipe out invasive predators by 2050 using AI traps and gene science to save 80+ rare bird species.
📱 Over 100 apps now unlock smarter features using Apple’s on-device AI in iOS 26, raising the bar for privacy and speed.
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Nvidia Spends $900M to Poach AI Startup Enfabrica’s CEO and Tech
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Nvidia just wrote a nearly billion-dollar check for what amounts to a strategic staff shopping spree: snagging Enfabrica’s CEO, key engineers, and a license to their thrifty data-center tech. The maneuver follows a page from the Big Tech playbook: if antitrust hurdles are in the way, just buy the brains and blueprints, not the whole house.
The fine print? A talent-plus-IP deal like this lets Nvidia stay ahead in the red-hot AI hardware arms race, while startups learn that the exit isn’t always an acquisition; sometimes it’s a talent-powered liferaft disguised as a payday. As money floods into AI infra players, expect more VC math to bend around these high-stakes, regulatory-dodging "acquihires.
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The Next Plane Crash Is a Software Update Away
America moves nearly a billion airline passengers every year, yet the entire system still runs on Cold War–era technology. From floppy disks to ground radars that have been out for months, the FAA’s outdated infrastructure is a hidden risk inside a $12 trillion travel economy. Every delay, outage, and near-miss traces back to systems that should have been retired decades ago.
In this video, we break down why the U.S. hasn’t modernized its air traffic control, the politics and budget traps that keep it stuck, and how Europe is already testing AI-assisted virtual towers.
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Meta Sued for Allegedly Using Copyrighted Porn to Train AI Models
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Meta's AI team has been accused of borrowing a little too liberally from the raunchy section of the internet, as a new lawsuit claims adult films were pirated for training data.
The case opens up fresh questions around how Big Tech sources material for their AI, especially when explicit content is involved. Copyright holders have been sounding the alarm as tech giants vacuum up content for large language models, with the adult industry often being the first to catch these digital hands in the cookie jar.
If this lawsuit gets traction, expect more scrutiny on AI data pipelines operating in the shadows. Beyond steep fines, companies could soon need permission slips for every bit of training data, raising the price, and the paperwork, of staying cutting-edge.
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