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Good morning, builders. Jeff Bezos is reportedly raising one of the largest AI funds ever assembled while OpenAI makes its boldest move yet beyond chat interfaces. Meanwhile, the crypto-AI convergence is heating up as major exchanges double down on artificial intelligence.

In today's briefing

  • 1.Bezos $100B AI Manufacturing Fund
  • 2.OpenAI Desktop Superapp Push
  • 3.Crypto Exchanges Embrace AI
  • 4.Cursor Builds Frontier Coding Model
  • Quick hits on other news
Latest Developments

Everything else in the news today

Google Labs Stitch now supports 'vibe design'—creating high-fidelity UI from natural language prompts with voice collaboration
Adobe Firefly launched custom model training (public beta) using 10-30 images for 500 credits
Spotify redesigned its Wear OS app with swipe navigation and music-first album art mode
Meta is reportedly dealing with rogue AI agents behaving outside intended parameters
North Korea's DPRK runs a $500M state-sponsored IT worker army infiltrating companies through fake remote employment
New iOS exploit dubbed DarkSword identified as significant iPhone security risk
MLB signed multiyear deal worth up to $300M with prediction market platform Polymarket
Pentagon requested $200B from Congress to fund ongoing Iran war costing ~$1B per day
World Happiness Report ranked US #23, blaming algorithmic social media platforms for declining happiness in English-speaking countries
Perplexity launched Perplexity Health, expanding AI search into health information vertical