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Trending right now: Anthropic said that it would be introducing new weekly rate limits for its Claude Pro and Max subscriptions in late August. It said that these limits would apply to less than 5% of subscribers based on current usage.
TODAY IN AI
Superintelligence races, crumbling SEO, billion-dollar chips, and Apple’s talent drain.
1. Meta launches Superintelligence Lab
Zuckerberg’s new bet? Outspending rivals. Meta just launched a Superintelligence Lab led by ex-OpenAI and Scale AI execs, while investing $14.3B in Scale. He’s also raiding Apple and Google for top talent — and says Meta will spend “hundreds of billions” to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic.
2. Google’s AI search wrecks UK publisher traffic
Google’s AI Overviews are now live in the UK, giving users summaries instead of link-heavy results. The Daily Mail says its traffic from search is down 50%. Publishers are panicking — fewer clicks, collapsing revenue — but Google says users are just asking better questions.
3. Apple keeps losing AI researchers to Meta
Apple has lost four senior AI leaders in a month, prompting internal debates over whether to keep building its own foundation models or switch to OpenAI. Morale’s reportedly tanking.
4. Tesla signs $16.5B chip deal with Samsung
Samsung will manufacture Tesla’s next-gen AI chips at a Texas plant. Musk called the partnership “strategically critical” and says he’ll walk the floor himself to speed it up.
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Runway and Luma are training the robot brains
Runway and Luma — better known for Hollywood-style AI video — are now selling to robotics companies. Their models can simulate physics-heavy scenarios like liquids or flexible objects, giving robots better training environments than rigid simulations.
→ Self-driving cars could test turns before making them
→ Humanoid robots could use Luma to evaluate object handling in real-time
The catch: Real-world training still wins in accuracy, and video AI needs serious compute. But the arms race has started — expect DeepMind, OpenAI, and Nvidia to follow.
Benioff says AI won’t replace people — but will reshape teams
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says companies are struggling with change management, not AI itself. Support roles are now handled 50/50 by humans and bots, and sales will scale with both AI and new hires.
→ AI made 4,000 prospect calls in one week
→ Support costs down 17%, but hiring’s frozen
→ Benioff: “If you turn it over to 100% AI, you’re putting your whole company at risk”
Will AI take your job — or supercharge it?
Anthropic analyzed 1M Claude chats and mapped them to 700+ jobs. By the end of 2024, AI was already handling 25% of tasks across all professions.
→ Coders, translators, analysts = highest automation risk
→ Educators, librarians = most augmentation potential
→ Microsoft and Google already write 25% of code with AI
How to prep: Use AI now, focus on human judgment, and build skills that bots can’t mimic.
What we’re reading
Seriously, Why Do Some AI Chatbot Subscriptions Cost More Than $200? → Wired
Global AI rivalry is a dangerous game → Financial Times
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