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🚨👀 This Week in AI: Major Developments You Need to Know!

Hello, AI enthusiasts! It’s been another jam-packed week in the world of artificial intelligence, and I’ve got the scoop for you. Let’s dive in:

1. **Perplexity’s New Comet AI Browser**
Perplexity has rolled out Comet, a brand-new Chromium-based browser exclusive for its Max subscribers. Comet is not just any browser—it’s integrated with AI search, task summaries, tab management, and even features an AI assistant in a handy sidebar. Game-changer? You bet!

2. **xAI Unveils Grok 4 with SuperGrok Subscription**
The race for AI supremacy continues as xAI launches Grok 4, taking the lead in independent benchmarks and outperforming giants like OpenAI o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro. If that wasn’t enough, their new SuperGrok Heavy tier is out, priced at $300/month.

3. **Google Enhances Veo 3 with Image-to-Video Feature**
Veo 3 just got a lot more exciting! Now, creating audio and video from a single image is possible, allowing seamless generation of short clips with consistent characters.

4. **YouTube Cracks Down on Low-Effort AI Content**
Quality over quantity! YouTube is now focusing on promoting quality and creativity, deciding to stop monetizing low-effort, AI-generated videos.

5. **Meta’s Big Play with a $200M Hire**
Meta isn’t holding back. They’ve welcomed Ruoming Pang from Apple with a whopping $200M compensation package, all part of fueling their new Superintelligence division.

6. **Moonvalley’s Ethical AI Model “Marey”**
Filmmakers, meet Marey! Moonvalley’s new ethical AI video model supports camera control, character motion, and more, all built with ethically sourced training data.

7. **Isomorphic Labs Prepares AI-designed Drugs for Trials**
In a massive leap for healthcare, Isomorphic Labs—spun off from Google DeepMind—is nearing the first human trials for AI-designed drugs, backed by $600 million and collaborations with pharma leaders.

8. **Microsoft Introduces BioEmu‑1 for Protein Prediction**
Speeding up protein research, Microsoft’s BioEmu‑1 models thousands of protein structures per hour using deep learning, offering a major leap from traditional methods.

9. **Black Forest Labs’ Kontext Composer**
Kontext now features Composer and presets for image edits without prompts, covering everything from backgrounds to movie styles, making creativity easier than ever!

10. **Mistral’s Devstral 2507 Code Models**
Meet Devstral Small 1.1 and Medium—leaders in open-source code reasoning with impressive scores of 53.6% and 61.6% on SWE‑Bench Verified.

11. **Context Secures $11M for AI-native Office Suite**
Context is on a roll, raising $11M at a $70M valuation to automate docs, slides, and sheets using your data. Say goodbye to mundane office tasks!

12. **Google’s Windsurf Tech Acquisition**
After a collapsed OpenAI deal, Google secures Windsurf’s tech with a $2.4B license, bringing on board significant R&D talent to amp up DeepMind.

That’s your week in AI from me, Adnan Menderes Obuz Menderes Obuz. Stay tuned for more updates, and feel free to drop your thoughts below on which development excites you the most! 🌟🤖 #AI #Innovation #TechNews

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