AI News: Big Drops & Bold Moves (Ep. 469)

Want to keep the conversation going?Join our Slack community at thedailyaishowcommunity.comThe team covered a packed week of announcements, with big moves from Google I/O, Microsoft Build, and fresh developments in robotics, science, and global AI infrastructure. Highlights included new video generation tools, satellite-powered AI compute, real-time speech translation, open-source coding tools, and the implications of AI-generated avatars for finance and enterprise.Key Points DiscussedUBS now uses deepfake avatars of its analysts to deliver personalized market insights to clients, raising concerns around memory, authenticity, and trust.Google I/O dropped a flood of updates including Notebook LM with video generation, Veo 3 for audio-synced video, and Flow for storyboarding.Google also released Gemini Ultra at $250/month and launched Jules, a free asynchronous coding agent that uses Gemini 2.5 Pro.Android XR glasses were announced, along with a partnership with Warby Parker and new AI features in Google Meet like real-time speech translation.China's new “Three Body” AI satellite network launched 12 orbital nodes with plans for 2,800 satellites enabling real-time space-based computation.Duke’s Wild Fusion framework enables robots to process vision, touch, and vibration as a unified sense, pushing robotics toward more human-like perception.Pohang University developed haptic feedback systems for industrial robotics, improving precision and safety in remote-controlled environments.Microsoft Build announcements included multi-agent orchestration, open-sourcing GitHub Copilot, and launching Discovery, an AI-driven research agent used by Nvidia and Estee Lauder.Microsoft added access to Grok 3 in its developer tools, expanding beyond OpenAI, possibly signaling tension or strategic diversification.MIT retracted support for a widely cited AI productivity paper due to data concerns, raising new questions about how retracted studies spread through LLMs and research cycles.Timestamps & Topics00:00:00 🧑‍💼 UBS deepfakes its own analysts00:06:28 🧠 Memory and identity risks with AI avatars00:08:47 📊 Model use trends on Poe platform00:14:21 🎥 Google I/O: Notebook LM, Veo 3, Flow00:19:37 🎞️ Imogen 4 and generative media tools00:25:27 🧑‍💻 Jules: Google’s async coding agent00:27:31 🗣️ Real-time speech translation in Google Meet00:33:52 🚀 China’s “Three Body” satellite AI network00:36:41 🤖 Wild Fusion: multi-sense robotics from Duke00:41:32 ✋ Haptic feedback for robots from POSTECH00:43:39 🖥️ Microsoft Build: Copilot UI and Discovery00:50:46 💻 GitHub Copilot open sourced00:51:08 📊 Grok 3 added to Microsoft tools00:54:55 🧪 MIT retracts AI productivity study01:00:32 🧠 Handling retractions in AI memory systems01:02:02 🤖 Agents for citation checking and research integrity#AInews #GoogleIO #MicrosoftBuild #AIAvatars #VideoAI #NotebookLM #UBS #JulesAI #GeminiUltra #ChinaAI #WildFusion #Robotics #AgentEconomy #MITRetraction #GitHubCopilot #Grok3 #DailyAIShowThe Daily AI Show Co-Hosts: Andy Halliday, Beth Lyons, Brian Maucere, Eran Malloch, Jyunmi Hatcher, and Karl Yeh

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