This Week in AI: China's Artificial Sun, AI Screen Agents, & Creating 3D Worlds...

Anthropic CEO: AI Could Double Your Lifespan Soon

Dario Amodei claims AI could help humans live 150 years within a decade. While the statement sparks curiosity, many experts are skeptical about how close we are to such breakthroughs.

China’s Artificial Sun Hits 18 Minutes

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor sustained a fusion reaction for 18 minutes, tripling last year’s record. This milestone underscores China’s drive for clean energy.

Doubao Crushes GPT Benchmarks Cheaply

ByteDance's Doubao 1.5 Pro is faster, cheaper, and outperforms big names like GPT-4o and Claude3.5Sonnet. Doubao’s innovative design reduces costs while improving performance.

Stargate Project Funds Future of AI

Stargate Project plans to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure. By combining advanced computing with AI, doctors may train the immune system to stop cancer before it starts.

AI That Handles Everyday Online Tasks

OpenAI introduces Operator, an AI agent with full browser access. From filling out forms to ordering food, this tool can handle everyday online tasks. It can interact with websites just like you, typing, clicking, and scrolling.

SmolAgents Adds Vision for Browsing

SmolAgents now support visual language models (VLM) for smarter browsing which makes tricky tasks, like analyzing commits on GitHub, a breeze. Your agents can analyze what they see, not just what they read.

ByteDance Brings Smarter GUI Automation

Say goodbye to complicated workflows and manual setups. UI-TARS simplifies automation by working directly with GUIs using advanced vision and language capabilities.

AI Can Guess Success From Photos

A new study shows AI can predict personality traits linked to career success by analyzing just a photo. Using thousands of graduate images, researchers connected traits to job outcomes and education.

Perplexity Assistant: Your Digital Task Manager

Perplexity launches a comprehensive AI assistant that seamlessly handles multiple daily tasks and searches. The app combines intelligent reasoning with practical actions efficiently.

Go-with-the-Flow: Netflix's Animation Revolution

Netflix launches Go-with-the-Flow, an AI tool that creates animations from simple object outlines. The system offers precise keyframe control and motion transfer capabilities.