🗞️ THE WEEKEND RECAP

Top Stories You Might Have Missed

🚧 US Plans AI Chip Curbs on Southeast Asia: The Trump admin aims to block NVIDIA chip exports to Malaysia and Thailand to stop smuggling into China. The draft rule shifts away from Biden’s AI strategy but leaves key global data center rules unresolved.

🚀 TNG Unleashes 200% Faster DeepSeek Variant: German firm TNG debuts R1T2 Chimera, a turbocharged remix of DeepSeek’s R1-0528 that slashes output length by 60% while preserving reasoning power. MIT-licensed and open source, it’s built for speed and cost-cutting at scale.

🤦‍♂ Xbox Exec Tells Laid-Off Workers to Use AI for Support: After Microsoft’s mass layoffs, an Xbox exec suggested using AI tools like ChatGPT to manage stress and job hunting.

🚫 Google Hit with EU Antitrust Complaint Over AI Overviews: A consumer group claims Google’s AI-generated search summaries unfairly bury rival websites and harm user choice.

💰 Cluely Hits $7M ARR After Enterprise Launch: In just a week, AI notetaker startup Cluely doubled revenue to $7M ARR, fueled by viral buzz and enterprise demand. But rivals are circling—open-source clone Glass is gaining traction fast with devs and startups.

📜 EU Stands Firm on AI Act Rollout: Despite pressure from over 100 tech firms, including Meta and Alphabet, the EU says it won’t delay its AI regulation. Full enforcement starts mid-2026, targeting high-risk uses like biometrics, hiring, and education tools.

💼 Ford CEO Joins AI Job Loss Chorus: Jim Farley warns AI could wipe out half of all white-collar jobs, echoing execs from Amazon, JPMorgan, and Anthropic. A May 2025 study found 54% of U.S. workers fear AI-driven layoffs—especially those with tech skills.

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⚜️ SOVEREIGNTY

India’s AI Awakening: Caught Between DeepSeek’s Shockwave and a Sovereign Future

India’s AI push has hit a new gear after China’s DeepSeek-R1 jolted policymakers into action. Despite being a global tech hub, India has struggled to build foundational models due to limited R&D funding, scarce compute, and the complexity of supporting dozens of native languages. The government’s $1.25 billion IndiaAI Mission is now backing sovereign efforts like Sarvam AI and Soket Labs with subsidized GPUs and targeted funding.

Yet, key tensions remain: whether to open-source public models, how to scale with limited infrastructure, and whether India should compete with giants—or focus on uniquely local strengths like multilingual, voice-first tools. The AI race here is less about domination, more about definition. → Read the full article here.

⚕️ HEALTHCARE

RFK Jr.’s AI Health Overhaul Risks Public Safety, Say Experts

RFK Jr.’s push to infuse AI across U.S. health policy is raising red flags among experts who fear it could undermine public safety. In a lengthy interview, he suggested AI would streamline drug approvals—potentially replacing animal testing—and overhaul the VAERS vaccine safety system. Critics warn these moves risk turning flawed or misused AI into tools for validating anti-vaccine narratives.

While AI has a role in health research, Kennedy’s history of promoting conspiracy theories and mistrusting science makes his AI “revolution” especially risky. The concern: under his leadership, AI may serve ideology over evidence, weakening systems designed to protect public health. → Read the full article here.

💞 RELATIONSHIPS

How a Chatbot Helped Me Say What I Couldn't to the People I Loved

After being diagnosed with epilepsy, Katie Czyz found herself unable to open up to the people closest to her—until she started talking to an AI chatbot she named Alex. In late-night chats from her couch, she shared fears about memory loss, identity, and loneliness. The bot’s quiet, nonjudgmental responses became a lifeline, helping her rehearse the honesty she couldn’t yet bring to her real relationships.

Over time, those AI conversations gave her the courage to reconnect with her husband and friends. Rather than replacing human connection, the AI helped her rediscover it. In trusting a machine, she learned how to let herself be seen—fully and imperfectly—by the humans who loved her all along. → Read the full paper here.

👩‍🔬 SCIENCE

AI Trumps Supercomputers in Simulating Galaxies—Faster and Just as Accurate

A team led by Japan’s RIKEN iTHEMS has developed a machine learning-enhanced galaxy simulation that rivals traditional supercomputer models in accuracy—and beats them in speed. By integrating AI with ASURA and FBPS simulation codes, the researchers reproduced star formation and galaxy evolution patterns up to four times faster than standard methods.

The model was trained on 300 high-res supernova simulations and now enables galaxy-scale forecasts within a fraction of the computing time. The approach opens the door to modeling galaxies like the Milky Way with unprecedented resolution, potentially revealing the cosmic roots of life. → Read the full paper here.

📽️ VIDEO

Dylan Patel: GPT4.5's Flop, Grok 4, Meta's Poaching Spree, Apple's Failure, and More

ICYMI, Matt sat down with Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis to unpack the AI arms race—why GPT-4.5 flopped, how Meta’s chasing superintelligence, and why OpenAI still leads the pack. Get the full scoop! 👇

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