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🧬 Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Patients A single injection of gene therapy has restored hearing in all 10 participants of a clinical trial, marking the first success across a range of ages, from toddlers to young adults. The study, published on Tuesday in Nature Medicine, shows that genetic deafness caused by a specific mutation can be quickly reversed with a single treatment. Led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet and five hospitals in China, the trial treated patients aged 1 to 24 with hearing loss linked to OTOF gene mutations. These mutations block the production of otoferlin, a key protein responsible for transmitting sound signals from the ear to the brain. Read More

☄️ A11pl3Z Tracked as Third Known Interstellar Object Astronomers are tracking A11pl3Z, a fast-moving object likely to be the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system, after 'Oumuamua in 2017 and Comet Borisov in 2019, according to multiple observatories. Now inside Jupiter's orbit, A11pl3Z will reach perihelion on October 29, 2025, at 1.35 AU from the Sun. Its inbound path gives scientists valuable time to study it, unlike the brief window they had with 'Oumuamua. Read More

🚘 Tesla Model Y Drives Itself From Factory to Buyer Tesla hit a new milestone when a Model Y drove itself 24 km from its Austin Gigafactory to a customer's home—no human onboard, no remote operator—navigating highways, traffic lights, and suburban streets in 30 minutes. CEO Elon Musk dubbed it "the world's first autonomous delivery of a car." Read More

🌐 Baidu Open-Sources Ernie Chatbot Chinese tech giant Baidu has made its Ernie 4.5 family of AI models open source, a strategic move that experts describe as "throwing a Molotov cocktail into the AI world" by providing free access to technology that rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic charge premium prices for. The Ernie 4.5 family comprises 10 models, with parameter sizes ranging from 3 billion to 424 billion, released under the Apache 2.0 license. The largest model reportedly outperforms its larger closed-source rivals, such as DeepSeek-V3. ➡️ You can chat with Ernie for free here. Read More

🕶 Apple to Launch Smart Glasses Without Display in 2027 Apple plans to release its first smart glasses in 2027, with mass production set for the second quarter, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The Ray-Ban-style device will mark Apple's entry into the growing wearable tech market. The glasses will feature voice and gesture controls, built-in cameras, audio playback, and AI-powered sensing—but will not include a display. Apple expects to ship 3 to 5 million units in the first year, aiming to replace some smartphone and earbud functions. Read More

📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 26, 2025. ▎BOT'S UPDATE 🎙 Hailuo 02: A new AI video generator is now on @GPT4Telegrambot. Google Veo 3 level quality, realistic physics and movements, minimal censorship. ▎NEW RELEASES 🟨 Tila: A workspace that lets you use multiple AIs on an infinite canvas. 🔎 Gemini CLI: Google's new AI agent for coding. ▎SAVE THIS — IT'S HELPFUL 🌿 iNaturalist: An app for nature exploring during summer holidays. ▎ПОЧИТАТЬ 🐱 Neuropsychologists found that two-thirds of cats sleep on their left side. 🚘 Tesla launched a closed robotaxi test in the U.S. ⚽️ An AI model predicts football match results. 🦾 MIT scientists created an AI prosthetic arm that "thinks" on its own. 🦟 China reveals mosquito-sized spy drone. 🛡️ AI catches shoplifters in 5,000 stores around the U.S., Canada and Europe. 🐳 Germany tells Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from stores. 🦭 SEAL: The AI that generates its own training data. 🖼 AI helps restore paintings in hours instead of months. Have a great Sunday 👍

🐳 Germany Tells Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek from Stores Germany's data protection chief ordered Apple and Google on Friday to remove the Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their stores, citing illegal data transfers to China and inadequate privacy protections. The move adds to Europe's growing backlash against the popular chatbot, which has shaken up the AI market since its launch in January. Commissioner Meike Kamp said DeepSeek sends user data to China without proper safeguards. Apple and Google must now review the order and decide whether to block the app in Germany. Read More

🦟 China Reveals Mosquito-Sized Spy Drone China's National University of Defense Technology has unveiled a mosquito-sized drone designed for covert military surveillance, marking a significant advancement in miniaturized warfare technology. The drone, measuring just 1.3 centimeters in length, was showcased on state TV this month and signals a new leap in reconnaissance tools. Read More

🔎 Google Launches Open-Source Coding Agent Google has released Gemini CLI, a command-line AI coding agent. The tool allows developers to make natural language requests for coding tasks, including explaining code sections, writing new features, debugging issues, and running commands. ➡️ Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro with a 1M token context window. ➡️ Supports MCP, web search, and VS Code integration. ➡️ Fully open-source. Gemini CLI is free to use, with a limit of 60 requests per minute or 1,000 per day. Read More

☄️ Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Has 4.3% Chance of Hitting Moon in 2032 According to NASA's latest data, an asteroid once thought to threaten Earth now has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon on December 22, 2032. The updated estimate from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is more than double the 1.8% lunar impact risk calculated in February. Astronomers have spent months refining the orbit of asteroid 2024 YR4, which measures about 53 to 67 meters wide—roughly the height of a 10-story building. While Earth is no longer in danger, the rising risk to the Moon is drawing attention from scientists worldwide. Read More

🎙 Hailuo 02: New AI Video Generator Now on @GPT4Telegrambot Hi everyone! We've just added Hailuo 02, a new AI video generator from the Chinese company MiniMax, to our bot. 🔝 Hailuo 02 has even outperformed Google Veo 3, according to user ratings on Video Arena What Makes It So Good? ➡️ Handles complex physics: dancing, acrobatics, fast movements. ➡️ Excels at prompt adherence, reproduces unusual angles and camera movements. ➡️ Less censorship: lets you create bold content—within reason. ➡️ Creates videos up to 10 seconds long, quality up to 1080p. You can try it right in Telegram!

How to Use? 1️⃣ Go to @GPT4Telegrambot 2️⃣ Purchase the VIDEO bundle in the /premium section. 3️⃣ Click the Video Generation button and select Hailuo 02. 4️⃣ Enter your prompt. You can add an image you want to "bring to life." Your video will be ready in a few minutes!

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📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 25, 2025. ▎NEW RELEASES ✴️ Midjourney released a V1 video generator with flexible settings and impressive aesthetics. ▎SAVE THIS — IT'S HELPFUL 📘 CS50x: A free online computer science course from Harvard. ▎TO READ 📹 Dream Recorder: An AI gadget for turning dreams into videos. 🧠 China has launched its first brain-computer interface clinical trial. 💬 Why AI doesn't really understand our language? 🔮 Researchers have assessed the risks of AI completely destroying humanity. 💰 Meta offered $100 million to poach top AI talent from OpenAI. 💥 SpaceX Starship explodes in a fireball during a ground test. 🌌 Scientists have created an AI model to study black holes. 🌧 Rainmaker startup creates rain in the right place at the right time. ▎TO WATCH 🎞 ANCESTRA: The first film by Darren Aronofsky's studio, created with Google Veo. ▎FEEDBACK What kind of posts would you like to see more? ⚡️ — new AI models and service reviews 🤓 — lectures, courses, manuals 🔥 — scientific breakthroughs and cases 👀 — I'll write in the comments!

💰 Wix Buys 6-Month-Old AI Startup Base44 for $80M According to TechCrunch, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo has sold his six-month-old AI-powered "vibe-coding" startup Base44 to Wix for $80 million in cash—highlighting how AI is accelerating small-team innovation in the no-code space. At just 31, Shlomo was already a seasoned founder when he launched Base44. In 2017, at age 24, he co-founded Explorium, a predictive analytics startup that raised around $125 million and grew to over 100 employees. Read More

🖤 SpaceX Starship Explodes in Fireball During Ground Test Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship exploded during a ground test at the Starbase launch site. The blast was caught on a live stream. Residents of Cameron County, Texas—where the site is located—reported that the explosion shook windows and rattled dishes in their homes. SpaceX says it's investigating the cause of a "major anomaly." All personnel are safe. Read More

💰 Altman Says Meta's $100M Offers Fail to Lure OpenAI Staff OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that Meta has been offering massive compensation packages worth over $100 million to OpenAI employees as part of Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive hiring campaign for Meta's new superintelligence team, but claimed these efforts have been largely unsuccessful with none of OpenAI's "best people" accepting the offers. Mark Zuckerberg is personally leading Meta's new push into superintelligent AI, launching a "superintelligence lab" to develop AGI and surpass human-level AI. He calls it Meta's defining project of the next decade, with $14 billion in backing. Read More

🧠 China Launches First Brain Implant Trial China has launched its first brain-computer interface clinical trial, becoming the second country after the U.S. to test this technology on humans. A paralyzed patient successfully played chess and racing games using only his thoughts after receiving the implant in March 2025, showing remarkable progress within three weeks. The Chinese BCI developer CEBSIT directly competes with Neuralink. The CEBSIT chip is significantly smaller and thinner than Musk's company device. Both countries race to commercialize their technologies, with China targeting 2028 market entry. Read More

🧊 Antarctic Detector Spots Radio Signals That Shouldn't Exist A balloon-borne particle detector over Antarctica has detected puzzling radio signals that seem to come from deep within the ice—something current physics can't explain. According to a study in Physical Review Letters, the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) picked up these signals at angles up to 30 degrees below the surface. The unexpected results challenge fundamental physics, prompting researchers to explore whether unknown particles or interactions could be responsible. Read More

📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from Week 24, 2025. ▎MAIN NEWS 👐 OpenAI released o3-pro. The new AI model outperforms o3 and o1-pro in every domain. Also, we've decreased the price of basic o3 in our @GPT4Telegrambot. ▎NEW RELEASES 📱 New iOS 26 will feature real-time conversation translation and a Google Lens analog. 🇫🇷 French startup Mistral released its first reasoning model, Magistral. Ⓜ️ Meta's AI app update is a privacy nightmare. ▎TO READ 🧬 The Embryo offers to choose the IQ and appearance of future children through DNA analysis. 🪩 Retinal nanoprosthesis restores sight and enables night vision. 🇨🇳 China shuts down AI photo recognition during exams. 🏙 Abu Dhabi will become a fully AI-managed city. 🗺 AIs have played "Diplomacy": o3 is the winner, Claude Opus 4 is the most peaceful. 🔥 Turkmenistan's Gates of Hell crater is running out of gas. 💵 Blake Anderson: How to build a $15M AI business at 23. ♟ Retro Atari 2600 from 1977 beats ChatGPT in chess. 🎲 Nearly one in four children already uses AI. Have a great Sunday 👍

Ⓜ️ Meta's AI App Privacy Nightmare Meta's standalone AI app has become a privacy nightmare, with users unintentionally publishing private conversations with the chatbot — including sensitive personal information — for the public to see. At the same time, concerns are growing over the lack of end-to-end encryption for AI interactions across platforms like WhatsApp, where conversations can be used for AI training under regionally inconsistent privacy protections. At the heart of this privacy debacle is Meta AI's confusing interface design, which misleads users into publicly sharing what they believe are private exchanges. Many assume the "Share" button saves chats privately, when in fact, it posts them to the public "Discover" feed — making those conversations visible to anyone using the app. Read More

🇫🇷 French Startup Mistral Releases Its First Reasoning Model The new Magistral model comes in two versions: Small, which has 24B parameters with open weights, and Medium, a larger model available for deployment to enterprise clients. ➡️ Magistral Medium performs comparably to the January release of DeepSeek-R1 in benchmarks. ➡️ The AI thinks "in all languages and alphabets of the world." ➡️ The model works really fast—Mistral claims a 10x advantage over competitors. ➡️ Magistral Medium is available for free in Le Chat. Read More