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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday AI Break!
A brand-new week brings model drama (OpenAI’s delay), Musk mayhem (Grok’s apology 🤖), and some spicy funding headlines.
Grab your espresso, this one’s a three-minute read ☕.
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🌎 AI News around the world
🚨 OpenAI pushes back its long-promised open-weight model again (continue reading)
🤖 Grok says sorry for “horrific behavior.” xAI blames a rogue system prompt that ran for 16 hrs (continue reading)
💰 Google poaches Windsurf’s CEO after OpenAI deal collapses, bolstering DeepMind’s agentic-coding push (continue reading)
🛍️ ChatGPT Shopping quietly adds Shopify data, turning every product into a prompt away (continue reading)
🎥 Higgsfield AI Integrates Google Veo 3 for Enhanced End-to-End AI Studio Features (continue reading)
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💰 Investments in AI
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See you all on Wednesday 😉
That’s a wrap for today’s AI Break 🙌 Thanks for hanging out and don’t forget to hit subscribe, drop your thoughts below, and share this update with your fellow AI enthusiasts.
Luis & Rui
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