It’s Thursday.
We’re back to reporting after a tiny break!
Trending right now: AI robots are taking over West Hollywood Pride and calling people slurs.
TODAY IN AI
NSFW bots, nuclear GPTs, and Google’s AI runs your errands.
1. Elon’s AI girlfriend can blush on command
Grok just launched two new companions: Ani, an anime girlfriend who flirts and strips in NSFW mode, and Bad Rudy, a foul-mouthed red panda. xAI is hiring “waifu” engineers and teasing a male bot called Valentine.
Critics say Ani can simulate childlike sexual fantasies with minimal prompting. This comes days after Grok pushed antisemitic content in an update. The app is still rated 12+.
2. Google’s AI now makes phone calls so you don’t have to
Gemini can call local businesses like groomers or auto shops to check prices or availability. Just type your request into Search and the AI does the rest using Duplex.
Also live: Gemini 2.5 Pro in AI Mode for complex queries and Deep Search for full-length reports.
3. Microsoft and Google want AI to help build nuclear reactors
New AI tools are now writing safety reports and helping speed up nuclear licensing. Microsoft is working with the US Department of Energy. Google has partnered with Westinghouse.
The goal is faster approvals and fewer bottlenecks for clean energy infrastructure.
4. AI is personalising treatment for a major cancer risk
Imperial College London trained an AI model to optimise treatment for H. pylori, a bacteria linked to gastric cancer. In a 38,000-patient study, it outperformed human-selected therapies by 6 percent. A major step for precision medicine.
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TRENDING NOW
Meta is building several massive compute clusters. Prometheus goes live in 2026, followed by Hyperion which will scale to 5GW:
A humanoid robot painted a portrait of King Charles.
WeTransfer revises terms of service after user backlash over AI training concerns.
Live AI-generated art is flooding TikTok.
OpenAI’s new agents don’t click. They code.
OpenAI is launching ChatGPT agents that can create and edit spreadsheets and presentations without opening Excel or PowerPoint. Instead of clicking through menus, the agent writes code to generate the file.
It is faster, less error-prone, and cheaper to run. Skipping the virtual machine also means less strain on compute resources. Every file made becomes new training data to help improve ChatGPT’s coding ability, giving OpenAI a boost in its race with Anthropic.
Should startups be nervous? General tools like Tome are already struggling. Niche players like Rogo, which focuses on finance, may hold their ground thanks to industry-specific data and formatting.
Still, with OpenAI moving into productivity and custom enterprise tools, even Microsoft Office is in the blast zone.
What we’re reading
Perplexity’s CEO on why the browser is AI’s killer app → The Verge
Media companies enter AI race with their own chatbots → Axios
Slack says its AI can make sense of your company’s jargon → Computerworld
