TODAY'S AI NEWS: T-Mobile's parent is developing an 'AI phone' with Perplexity
Plus, more news from Anthropic, Microsoft, xAI, Google, and TSMC.
Here's everything you need to know:
T-Mobile's parent, Deutsche Telekom, announced an AI phone with Perplexity
Set to launch later this year under $1K, the AI device will tap Perplexity Assistant to eliminate usual app-based navigation
It will also have AI tools from Google, ElevenLabs, and PicsArt
Anthropic closed a $3.5B Series E funding round, tripling its valuation to $61.5B
Led by Lightspeed, the round will help Anthropic expand computing resources, strengthen AI safety research, and accelerate international expansion
Microsoft debuted a new AI assistant for healthcare
Dragon Copilot combines voice dictation with ambient listening to automate clinical documentation and other tasks
Can save approx. 5 min per patient encounter, leading to reduced burnout and fatigue
xAI's latest version of Grok-3 topped the LM Arena leaderboard
With over 3K votes and a score of 1412, it dethroned OpenAI's new GPT 4.5-Preview as the #1 model
No other model except these two has crossed the 1400 mark yet
Google's Project Astra live video and screen-sharing capabilities will begin rolling out on Android this month.
However, the feature will be strictly limited to Gemini Advanced subscribers with the Google One AI Premium plan
The world's biggest chip manufacturer, TSMC, will invest $100B in the U.S. for five new factories
Three of these will be aimed at manufacturing while the other two will be packaging facilities
The move takes TSMC's total U.S. investment to $165B!
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