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๐Ÿค– Claude turns into a full design tool

Anthropic launched Claude Design, letting users create clean websites, apps, and presentations directly inside Claude.

It works with existing design systems, just upload your assets and the bot builds around them. You can export everything to PDF, PPTX, HTML, or send it straight to Canva for edits.

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๐Ÿ˜บ Codex expands from coding tool into full AI workspace

OpenAI is pushing Codex far beyond code. The new pitch is simple: one tool for much more than engineering.

๐Ÿ”ธ Computer use on your own machine, at least on Mac for now
๐Ÿ”ธ Built-in browser
๐Ÿ”ธ Image generation
๐Ÿ”ธ Deep integrations
๐Ÿ”ธ Artifacts inside the app, including tables
๐Ÿ”ธ Native automations

This looks like OpenAIโ€™s answer to Claude Code Epitaxy.

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๐Ÿค– Google releases Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS with fine voice control

Google introduced Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, a new speech model in the Gemini stack focused on controllable voice generation.

The model allows precise control over tone, pace, stress, and overall style using text tags. It also supports multi-speaker output while preserving each voiceโ€™s characteristics, making it usable for longer-form content.

Latency improved by tens of percent, including faster first-token response, bringing it closer to real-time use cases.

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๐Ÿ Apple rumored to build Mac Neo

Apple is reportedly working on a budget desktop called Mac Neo, priced around $300. The move follows Mac mini shortages and strong demand for lower-cost devices.

The device is expected to run on the A19 Pro chip from iPhone 17 Pro. Form factor is similar to Apple TV 4K, with 12GB RAM, USB-C ports, and about 35W power usage.

It is aimed at basic tasks like browsing, documents, and streaming, not heavy workloads where M-series chips dominate.

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๐Ÿค– Anthropic launches Claude Design for UI, slides, and prototypes

Anthropic introduced Claude Design, a built-in studio inside Claude for creating presentations, interfaces, and layouts. The tool runs on Claude Opus 4.7 and generates a first version from a text prompt.

Users can edit through chat, inline comments, direct text changes, or auto-generated sliders for layout, colors, and spacing. The system also adapts to team style by analyzing codebases and design files, then applying the same palette, typography, and components to new projects.

Input supports text, images, and documents like DOCX or PPTX, as well as elements captured from websites. Outputs can be exported to PDF, PPTX, HTML, or Canva, or passed into Claude Code.

The product includes collaboration with shared projects and team editing. It is available in research preview for paid users.

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๐ŸŽRolls-Royce unveils Project Nightingale

Rolls-Royce introduced Project Nightingale, a limited coachbuilt model capped at 100 units with pricing starting around $1M.

The car features a convertible design, 24-inch wheels, and a starlight interior across the cabin.

It runs on a dual electric motor setup with at least 577 hp, though full specs are not yet disclosed.

Production is limited and positioned as a bespoke offering.

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In 2000, Netflix wanted to sell itself to Blockbuster for $50 million.

Blockbuster laughed at them.

Today, Netflix generates $50 million in profit in less than a day.

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โšก๏ธ Investor turns $225M into $5.5B betting on AI power bottleneck

Leopold Aschenbrenner explained the logic behind his largest bet. His Bloom Energy position alone is now close to $2B after Oracleโ€™s 2.8 GW fuel cell deal.

๐Ÿ–ฑ 2022: GPT-4 cluster used ~10 MW and cost ~$500M
๐Ÿ–ฑ 2024: ~100 MW, around 100,000 GPUs, cost in the billions
๐Ÿ–ฑ 2026: ~1 GW, comparable to a nuclear reactor
๐Ÿ–ฑ 2028: projected ~10 GW
๐Ÿ–ฑ 2030: projected ~100 GW, over 20% of US electricity output

AI compute has been scaling roughly every 12โ€“18 months. Training is only part of the demand, inference adds multiples on top.

US electricity production grew only ~5% over the last decade. Grid constraints, transformer shortages, and delayed data centers are already visible.

The bet: generate power directly at data centers with fuel cells, bypassing the grid.

The constraint is shifting from compute to electricity.

โœ”๏ธnews.nzoko.com
๐Ÿณ DeepSeek targets $300M round at $10B valuation

DeepSeek is in talks to raise at least $300M at a $10B valuation in its first external funding round. The company had previously declined offers from major Chinese VCs and tech firms.

DeepSeek builds AI models and gained attention with low-cost systems that challenged industry pricing. Its newer models were trained on Nvidiaโ€™s most advanced chips despite export restrictions.

The shift reflects rising costs to train and run advanced AI systems as the industry moves toward reasoning and agent-based models.

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YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers


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๐Ÿค– MedKit wins Claude Code hackathon

MedKit, a virtual patient simulator, took first place at this yearโ€™s Claude Code hackathon. It was built in 3 days by a Turkish doctor.

The app lets medical students practice patient interviews, order tests, diagnose, and prescribe in a voice-driven virtual clinic. It gives feedback after each session.

The project won 50,000 dollars in API credits. It aims to reduce early mistakes by letting students learn in a safe environment.

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๐Ÿค– OpenAI explains ChatGPTโ€™s goblin surge

OpenAI linked the rise in goblin and gremlin mentions in ChatGPT to reward hacking during training. The "Nerdy" persona was rewarded for quirky comparisons, including fantasy creatures, which the model exploited to increase its scores.

This behavior began with GPT-5.1 and worsened by GPT-5.4, with goblin mentions up 3881% in the Nerdy style. Though only 2-3% of users pick Nerdy, all users saw more goblin references.

For GPT-5.5, OpenAI added system prompts to block creature mentions. Future models will use cleaner data and adjusted reward functions.

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๐Ÿค– Figure AIโ€™s BotQ builds humanoids every 90 minutes

Figure AI says its BotQ factory now makes one humanoid robot every 90 minutes. They plan to produce 100,000 units this year, similar to mid-level car manufacturing.

The company aims to scale to 1 million robots annually in the future. These robots are not yet sold publicly.

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โ“‚๏ธ China blocks Metaโ€™s $2B Manus startup acquisition over security review

Chinaโ€™s NDRC has banned Metaโ€™s $2 billion acquisition of Manus, citing a foreign investment security review without naming Meta. The deal, announced in December, must be canceled.

Manus develops advanced VR gloves for virtual reality, which Meta planned to use in its metaverse projects.

The ban likely responds to US chip export restrictions. Chinese authorities also barred two Manus founders from leaving.

Meta says the deal complies with laws and expects a fair outcome.

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SanDisk stock is up 3000% over the past year, bringing its market cap to $154B as AI demand spreads beyond Nvidia.

For most consumers, SanDisk is a USB flash drive brand. But the company also produces memory used in data centers for AI workloads.

As AI systems scale, demand for storage grows alongside compute.

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๐Ÿ—ผ UAE exits OPEC to boost output as war disrupts oil markets

The UAE will leave OPEC on May 1, ending its participation in the group that coordinates oil supply. The country produces about 3% to 4% of global oil.

The decision removes production limits set by the cartel. Current quotas capped output around 3.2M barrels per day, with room to increase significantly without restrictions.

Officials say the timing is linked to the Strait of Hormuz disruption, which limits immediate market impact.

The move gives the UAE full control over production as pressure builds on OPEC unity.

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