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1/ Forget Chrome—Comet Is the Brainy New Browser in Town

Perplexity just dropped Comet, an AI-powered browser that turns web surfing into a smooth, brainy experience. It’s got a sidebar assistant that helps with everything—from booking meetings to managing emails—while you “vibe browse” using natural language or voice. It plays nice with your current extensions, works on both Mac and Windows, and feels like having a second brain online. Comet aims to ditch tab overload and make research feel like a conversation. For now, it’s rolling out to $200/month Max users, with others on the waitlist. It’s basically curiosity, supercharged.

2/ Forget Gemini and o3—Grok 4 Just Set a New AI Bar

xAI just dropped Grok 4 and the beast-mode Grok 4 Heavy—AI models that apparently outperform PhDs and beat top dogs like Gemini 2.5 Pro and OpenAI’s o3 on major benchmarks. Grok 4 comes with voice, vision, and a 128K context window, while Heavy brings multiple agents to tackle complex stuff. They’re priced at $30 and $300/month, respectively, with a supercharged API version offering 256K tokens. This follows a messy Grok 3 controversy, so expect extra eyeballs on it. Still, it’s a bold move from Musk’s camp and a serious flex of their Colossus supercomputer.

3/ Meta’s Building an AI Army—and Apple’s the Main Donor

Meta just swiped one of Apple’s top AI brains, Ruoming Pang, with a jaw-dropping offer reportedly in the tens of millions—plus others from Apple’s foundation models team are lining up to follow. Pang ran the show behind Apple Intelligence and next-gen Siri, but internal drama and a reliance on OpenAI tech seem to have pushed talent out the door. Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, meanwhile, is scooping up elite hires from all over Silicon Valley like it’s transfer season. The brain drain is real, and Apple’s AI game is looking shakier by the day.

4/ Moonvalley’s Marey Is Here to Make AI Filmmaking Actually Work

Moonvalley, started by ex-DeepMind folks, just dropped Marey—an AI video model made just for filmmakers and trained only on licensed footage (no copyright chaos here). Unlike the usual AI roulette, Marey gives directors full control over camera angles, lighting, and character moves, and plugs right into VFX workflows. Clips cost around $1-2 to render, with pricing starting at $14.99/month. Backed by over $100M and paired with its own AI animation studio, Marey feels like a serious bet on ethical, pro-grade AI in Hollywood.

5/ OpenAI Just Shot Its Shot at Google Chrome

OpenAI says it’d totally be down to buy Google Chrome—if the courts ever force Google to sell it. The comment came during a major antitrust trial where the DOJ is trying to break up Google’s dominance in online search. Google’s not having it, insisting Chrome isn’t up for grabs and calling the lawsuit bogus. OpenAI previously tried partnering with Google (no luck), and now it’s riding with Microsoft and Bing. Meanwhile, Google’s flexing Gemini, and OpenAI might even be cooking up its own social network. The AI wars just keep getting juicier.

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