🗞️ YOUR DAILY ROLLUP

Top Stories of the Day

👎 Senate Rejects AI Regulation Ban After Backlash
A GOP-backed proposal to block state AI regulations for a decade was defeated 99–1 in the Senate after bipartisan opposition from governors. The bill would have tied AI rulemaking to federal funding. Even a scaled-down version failed. A bipartisan amendment from Sens. Blackburn and Cantwell struck the measure, preserving states’ power to act.

🦾 Amazon Hits 1M Robots, Launches AI for Warehouse Fleet
Amazon has deployed its one millionth warehouse robot, marking a major automation milestone as its robot-to-human ratio nears parity. The company also unveiled DeepFleet, a generative AI model that boosts robotic routing efficiency by 10%. Built with SageMaker and trained on warehouse data, DeepFleet powers a smarter, faster logistics network.

🧳 Kayak, Expedia Tap AI to Turn Reels into Trips
Kayak and Expedia are building AI travel agents that can turn Instagram Reels into real itineraries. Expedia’s Trip Matching tool creates trips from public posts, while Kayak’s AI blends ChatGPT and travel tools for chat-based planning. Both aim to streamline bookings and personalize trips, shifting how travelers move from inspiration to action.

💰 xAI Secures $10B in Financing for AI Expansion
xAI, the AI startup founded by Elon Musk, has closed $10 billion in funding—$5B in debt, led by Morgan Stanley, and $5B in equity. The oversubscribed deal signals strong investor confidence in xAI’s ambitions, including scaling its Grok platform and building one of the world’s largest data centers. The financing lowers capital costs and fuels its push into frontier AI.

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🎸 ENTERTAINMENT

Can the Music Industry Make AI the Next Napster?

The record labels are coming out swinging against AI music startups Suno and Udio, accusing them of illegally training their models on copyrighted songs without permission. With decades of case law, a tightly controlled licensing system, and a few dominant players, the music industry is unusually well-positioned to challenge the AI sector’s fair use claims—especially as evidence mounts that these tools flood platforms with derivative background tracks that edge out working musicians.

While AI might not dethrone superstars, it threatens to wipe out the middle class of music makers—the ones behind your hold music or lo-fi playlists. In the fight over generative AI’s future, music could be where copyright law draws its first hard line. → Read the full article here.

⚡ ENERGY

Emerald AI Aims to Turn Data Centers into Grid Allies, Not Energy Hogs

With AI data centers putting pressure on overstretched power grids, Emerald AI is proposing a novel fix: use AI to make the data centers themselves more flexible. In a Phoenix test, its Emerald Conductor software reduced GPU power consumption by 25% over three hours during peak grid stress—without compromising essential workloads. The system identifies which jobs can pause or slow down and reroutes tasks when needed, helping utilities avoid outages and integrate more renewables.

Backed by $24M in funding and supported by NVIDIA and Oracle, Emerald aims to make AI factories responsive to real-time energy needs—cutting wait times for new centers to come online and reframing data centers as grid stabilizers, not just power drains. → Read the full article here.

🛰️ NEWS

What Else is Happening

👔 Alexandr Wang Joins Meta as Chief AI Officer: The Scale AI founder brings top OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic talent with him—fueling Meta’s bold new push toward artificial general intelligence.

🧪 Chai-2 Breaks Antibody Discovery Records: New AI model designs effective antibodies with over 15% hit rate—no iteration, no high-throughput screening, all in a single 24-well plate.

📬 Grammarly Acquires Superhuman Email: Grammarly is buying AI-powered email app Superhuman to fuel its new productivity suite—CEO Rahul Vohra joins as they target enterprise AI tools.

♾️ Gemini Live Syncs with Google Apps: Google’s Gemini Live now integrates with apps like Calendar, letting users turn everyday conversations into scheduled events instantly—no manual input needed.

🎾 Wimbledon Replaces Line Judges with AI: For the first time in 147 years, Wimbledon is using AI instead of suited judges—some players and fans say it’s accurate, but lacks human drama.

💼 JOB BOARD

Now Hiring: Polygon Labs, Mistral AI, & More

📽️ VIDEO

Zuck's Super Intelligence Master Plan Revealed

Zuckerberg unveils Meta’s Super Intelligence team after poaching top AI talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google—escalating the race toward AGI. Get the full scoop in Matt’s latest video! 👇

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🤠 THE DAILY BYTE

Paging Dr. Bing: Microsoft’s AI Diagnoses 4x Better Than Humans

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