This 8 second AI video is shocking

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

Is Veo 3 coming soon? Probably.

We’ve all been waiting for AI platforms to release text-to-video with both video and audio in a single output. If any company can achieve this with high-fidelity clips, it's Google DeepMind.

Watch the video clip, I posted it on LinkedIn.

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

• Microsoft Build 2025 recap

  What’s next, according to Microsoft: We envision a world in which agents operate across individual, organizational, team and end-to-end business contexts. This emerging vision of the internet is an open agentic web, where AI agents make decisions and perform tasks on behalf of users or organizations.

• Google launches NotebookLM mobile app

  NotebookLM's new mobile app lets you listen to offline Audio Overviews, interact with hosts, and share any content directly (available now on iOS and Android).

• NVIDIA’s 22 AI announcements in the last 24 hrs

  Everything from AI PCs and smart hospitals to quantum computing and new CPUs. NVLink Fusion is being discussed a lot — it’s a new silicon that lets industries build semi-custom AI infrastructure.

• Grok 3 on Azure AI Foundry

  Starting today, xAI’s flagship Grok 3 models are available for a free preview in Azure Foundry for the next 2 weeks. Grok models are also available to try on GitHub models.

• UBS deploys AI analyst clones

  UBS has started using artificial intelligence to turn its analysts into avatars, sending videos of the simulated bankers to clients in a move the lender said would free up staff to focus on more productive tasks.

• SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over use of AI

  Hollywood’s actors’ union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Llama Productions on Monday, alleging the company replaced actors’ work by using artificial intelligence to generate Darth Vader’s voice in Fortnite without notice.

• DePaul University hosts Chicago’s first AI-centric conference

  The School of Cinematic Arts welcomed a group of experts to address the current use and teaching of the technology.

The numbers:

• AMD will sell the server-manufacturing business of ZT Systems to Sanmina for $3B, making Sanmina its partner for U.S.-based AI hardware production.

• Akido, an AI-driven care delivery company, raised $60M in a Series B led by Oak HC/FT.

• SpotitEarly, a startup using AI and dogs to detect cancer, raised $20.3M from Hanaco VC, Menomedin VC, and others.

• CrediLinq, a Singaporean AI-powered finance platform, secured an $8.5M Series A led by OM/VC and MS&AD Ventures.

• Hyperbots, an Agentic AI platform, raised a $6.5M Series A led by Arkam Ventures and Athera Venture Partners.

• Egune AI, a Mongolian foundation model AI company, secured $3.5M led by Golomt Bank.

Thought starters:

• Closing the Digital Divide in AI

• Meet 4 developers leading the way with AI agents

• Google and University of Michigan are bringing AI job-ready skills to all U-M students

• Peers demand more protection from AI for creatives

Meme of the day:

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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