WednesdAI // Week 37

From cars that drive themselves to robot butlers in the home, the future is here.

Let’s get into it!
 
Welcome to WednesdAI – Pixel Dreams’ weekly update with top stories from the rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence.

This Week’s News

Apple Event

 
At Apple’s iPhone 16 event, the company rolled out its latest updates with a mix of modest improvements and some long-anticipated changes. The iPhone 16 and 16 Pro now feature upgraded cameras, including a dedicated camera button for quicker access. The Pro models also bring in 4K video recording at 120 frames per second, and all devices across the lineup now use USB-C, finally ditching the Lightning port.
 
The Apple Watch Series 10 also made an appearance, boasting a thinner design and a new sleep apnea detection feature—pending FDA approval. AirPods 4 were updated too, with a more comfortable fit and improved sound quality, alongside new AI-powered audio features.
 

In short, the event highlighted Apple’s shift toward AI integration across its products, but aside from USB-C, the changes were more evolutionary than revolutionary​

 
Full coverage at 9-to-5 Mac.
 
 

The World’s First International AI Treaty

 
The U.S., EU, and UK have signed the first legally binding international treaty on AI, focusing on human rights and accountability. This treaty holds signatories responsible for any harm or discrimination caused by AI systems, mandating that AI outputs respect privacy and equality. It also offers legal recourse for victims of AI rights violations. However, enforcement remains weak, relying on monitoring rather than penalties. This move marks a significant step in AI regulation, yet its true impact will depend on future enforcement measures.

Read more at Cointelgraph.
 
 

OpenAI: Over 1 Million Paying Customers

OpenAI’s business version of ChatGPT has hit 1 million paid users just nine months after launching. Companies are snapping up the $20-per-month service to enhance productivity, while OpenAI is already rolling out updates to attract even more subscribers. Despite the rapid growth, OpenAI faces stiff competition as tech giants scramble to offer their own AI tools to enterprise clients. The race to dominate AI in the workplace is heating up, with OpenAI currently leading the charge.

 
 
You can read more about it here.
 
 

You Could Have a Robot Butler Next Year

 
Weave Robotics is introducing “Isaac,” a personal home robot capable of tidying up, folding laundry, feeding pets, and even fetching drinks. Controlled via voice commands or a mobile app, Isaac is designed to assist in household chores autonomously, with remote operation options for complex tasks. Priced at $59,000, the robot will be delivered to its first 30 U.S. customers in fall 2025. The company aims to make Isaac smarter over time through software updates.
 

 
 
Visit Weave Robots for full details and ordering information.
 
 

AI Crypto Trading with Itself

 
Coinbase just facilitated its first crypto transaction between AI agents, marking a leap in autonomous tech. CEO Brian Armstrong revealed that an AI used crypto tokens to buy more tokens from another AI, showing the growing role of AI in finance. Armstrong sees this as key for AI agents to handle real-world tasks like booking services and making payments, areas currently limited by their lack of access to traditional banking. Crypto wallets offer a way around this, with instant, borderless transactions.

Full story at Cointelegraph.

Truly Loopy AI Lip Sync

 
A new AI model called Loopy can generate realistic videos of people just by using audio, without needing extra data to control their movements. Normally, systems add motion templates to keep things steady, but that can make the results look unnatural. Loopy, however, learns natural motion patterns straight from sound, producing smoother and more lifelike results. Tests show it’s better than other models at making realistic videos across different situations.
 

 
 
Read the full whitepaper at Hugging Face.

Videos of the Week

Exciting new releases from friends and new favorites!

The images accompanying the news items in this article were generated in Midjourney using the following prompts:

Vibrant Surrealism with Technological Elements. Apple company’s giant logo floating in a dreamy sky, surrounded by vibrant AI-generated clouds and rainbow data streams. A surreal, colorful landscape with the giant Apple logo levitating over a valley filled with digital holograms of iPhones, MacBooks, and futuristic products. The headquarters is the central focus, with digital data flows spiraling outward like vines, connecting to floating, colorful Apple products and AI icons that orbit around the scene. Bright sunlight mixed with holographic light reflections casting rainbow glows over the Apple campus, creating a bright and optimistic mood. This setting emphasizes Apple’s innovation and the fusion of technology and nature, using a whimsical, out-of-this-world approach with soft, swirling colors and dynamic compositions

Pastel retrofuturistic film-look similar like Wes Anderson’s film. The AI treaty taking physical form as a massive geometric prism, with world leaders discussing inside it. View from the inside of the prism to see the table of world leaders. The prism is in the center, towering over the landscape, with geometric patterns radiating outward, showing the ripple effects of AI laws on the world. Bright beams of white and rainbow light shine through the prism, illuminating different sections of the treaty and casting vibrant reflections across the abstract world. This surrealist representation highlights the complexity and transparency of AI regulation, using geometry to symbolize the balance between privacy, equality, and accountability

Surrealism with Whimsical Fantasy. A river of glowing OpenAI subscriptions flowing through a corporate building where employees interact with AI tools. A surreal corporate environment where a glowing river, made up of OpenAI subscriptions, winds its way through open-plan offices, cubicles, and boardrooms, with employees fishing out AI tools from the glowing water. The river dominates the scene, flowing through the middle of the office space, with employees sitting by the bank, pulling out bright, glowing AI tools as they interact with floating holograms. A warm, golden light comes from the river itself, casting a magical glow throughout the office and creating an enchanting, fantasy-like atmosphere. The glowing river symbolizes the abundance and flow of AI productivity, mixing magical realism with corporate life to show the seamless integration of AI tools in a whimsical setting

Luxury with Vibrant Accents. Isaac the robot butler serving drinks in a luxurious penthouse overlooking the city. A stunning penthouse apartment with large windows overlooking a glamorous city, where Isaac serves drinks to guests at an elegant rooftop party. Isaac is gracefully navigating between guests, offering drinks on a silver tray while the sleek, sophisticated environment exudes luxury and comfort, with the warm city lights reflecting off its polished metal body. Warm city lights filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a cool, luxury glow on the penthouse and Isaac, creating an air of opulence. The luxury setting underscores Isaac’s role as a status symbol, blending luxury technology with modern social life

Whimsical, Surrealist with a Touch of Humor. AI agents trading crypto in a surreal world of floating crypto tokens. A surreal floating island suspended in space, where two cartoonish AI agents are trading crypto tokens that swirl around them in the air like playful bubbles. The AI agents are exaggerated, with quirky robotic faces, joyfully exchanging oversized crypto tokens that appear almost like balloons, while whimsical clouds and floating islands complete the scene. Bright and cheerful with glowing pastel hues, giving the entire setting a light, magical feeling, making the transaction feel like a game in a fantasy world. The scene playfully depicts AI crypto trading as a whimsical, effortless interaction in a dreamlike world, showing a fun twist on the concept of digital finance

Surreal, Dreamlike Animation with Vibrant Colors. A person’s face in a whimsical AI lip-sync, with audio waves transforming into living creatures. An abstract, colorful dreamscape where floating soundwaves turn into playful birds and fish as they pass over the person’s face, guiding their lips into perfectly synchronized motions. The person is front and center, smiling naturally as surreal audio-animals circle their head, influencing their mouth movements like puppeteers controlling speech, with clouds of color in the background. Bright and playful, with shimmering pastel hues casting soft reflections on the surreal landscape and creating a magical, floating sensation. The interaction between audio and motion is visually represented by the creatures’ movements, illustrating Loopy’s capability to generate natural expressions from just sound alone in a fantasy world