Google is going bananas

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Monday.

Google is setting the agenda this week. Here’s a preview:

OK let’s keep going ↓

🔥 Creative pulse

This AI video sells a brand that doesn’t exist…and somehow, it feels more real than fashion itself.

Wolfgang D. Schott has been in the game for years, and now he’s starting to test AI. Expect some beautiful creations to follow.

Watch the video. Posted on LinkedIn.

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Here’s the IG post if you want to watch the clip and browse the comments.

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💡 Here’s what you should know

• OpenAI warns against unauthorized equity sales

  OpenAI equity cannot be sold, transferred, or marketed without written consent, and any unauthorized transactions including SPVs, tokens, or forward contracts are void, potentially unlawful, and will not be recognized.

• Bytedance releases Waver for image and video generation

  Waver supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and text-to-image in one framework, producing up to 10-second 1080p clips with strong motion quality and leaderboard-topping performance.

• Introducing lipsync-2-pro

  A 4K video model that delivers studio-quality lipsync in minutes while preserving natural details across any type of video.

• xAI open sources Grok 2.5 on Hugging Face

  Elon said the model weights are now public and that Grok 3 will also be released in about six months.

• xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over alleged AI monopolies

  xAI filed suit in U.S. federal court accusing Apple and OpenAI of conspiring to block competition, seeking billions in damages.

• NotebookLM expands video overviews to 80 languages

  Google Labs has rolled out multilingual video overviews and upgraded audio overviews, giving non-English users the same in-depth summaries as English.

• U.S. Bank outlines AI investment opportunities and risks

  U.S. Bank Asset Management highlights early-stage growth in AI markets, noting both long-term potential across infrastructure and software and short-term risks from high valuations.

• HUMAIN launches Arabic AI chat app

  The Saudi PIF-backed app is the first Arabic-first conversational AI, offering fluency across Arabic dialects and English with cultural alignment and real-time search.

• Higgsfield debuts AI K-Pop idol Kion

  More than a digital avatar, Kion is designed as a fully AI-driven performer, blending generative visuals and personality modeling to push the boundaries of what it means to be a pop star.

💰 The numbers

• a16z and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman launch $100M AI super PAC, Leading the Future

• Perplexity launches $42.5M revenue-sharing program for media via AI search

• WizCommerce raises $8M to expand AI-driven sales and e-commerce tools

• Enmovil raises $6M Series A for AI supply chain planning in India

🧠 Thought starters

• ScotRail scraps its AI voice after backlash

• Synthetic data to train radiology AI

😂 Meme of the day

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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