Last Week in AI

#214 - Gemini CLI, io drama, AlphaGenome, copyright rulings

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Jul 4, 2025
Meta poaches top engineers from OpenAI, while Thinking Machines Lab secures a whopping $2 billion in funding. DeepMind unveils Alpha Genome, pushing boundaries in genomic research. Taiwan imposes strict tech export controls on giants like Huawei, as Getty drops critical copyright claims against Stability AI. The cognitive impact of AI on essay writing is explored, revealing intriguing brain activity patterns. Plus, advancements in tools like Gemini CLI and the ongoing trademark battle over 'IO' keep the tech world buzzing.
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INSIGHT

Google's Gemini CLI Boost

  • Google's Gemini CLI brings powerful AI coding assistant capabilities directly to developers' terminals.
  • It offers high free usage limits, signaling Google's aggressive push into agent-driven developer tooling.
INSIGHT

Anthropic's Artifact App Platform

  • Anthropic now lets users publish and share AI-powered apps called artifacts built within Claude.
  • This democratizes app creation and challenges platforms like Replit in making AI-integrated apps easy to build and distribute.
ANECDOTE

Sam Altman Fights IO Lawsuit

  • Sam Altman publicly shared emails to counter a lawsuit over OpenAI's 'IO' trademark.
  • The emails showed friendly discussions and investment interest from the plaintiff before the lawsuit, undermining their claims.
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