Hey AI Enthusiasts!

Welcome back to another week of rapid breakthroughs, big ideas, and bold moves in the world of artificial intelligence. From surprising new research to major leadership changes, the pace isn’t slowing down, so let’s jump right in!

Let’s dive in!

In today’s insights:

🧠 Meta brings together the brightest minds for its biggest AI project yet
🎬 Google rolls out Veo 3 video generation to users worldwide
👨‍🔬 Ilya Sutskever steps up as CEO at Safe Superintelligence

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Meta
 🔥 Meta Brings Top Minds Together for Its Biggest AI Project Ever

The AI Field: Meta is bringing together its top AI talent into a new team called Meta Superintelligence Labs. The goal? Move even faster toward building advanced, human-like AI.

Details:

• Mark Zuckerberg created the lab after a lukewarm reception to Llama 4, aiming to regain momentum in the AI race. 

• Alexandr Wang, ex-Scale AI CEO, becomes Meta’s chief AI officer; former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman will co-lead product and applied research. 

• The team also snags Safe Superintelligence co-founder Daniel Gross and at least 11 researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, and Google, enticed by million-dollar offers. 

• Earlier this month, Meta poured $14.3 billion into Scale AI and reportedly tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence outright. 

• Big Tech is projected to spend $320 billion on AI in 2025; skeptics warn Meta’s AGI push could mirror its costly Reality Labs gamble. 

Why This Matters: By rallying elite talent under one roof, Meta is doubling down on an AGI future and the lucrative products that could come with it, from next-gen smart glasses to AI-powered ad tools. Success could catapult Meta back to the front of the AI pack. Failure would add another multibillion-dollar moonshot to its balance sheet.

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Google
🚨 Google’s new Veo 3 AI video generation just went global

The AI Field: Google just unleashed Veo 3, its most advanced AI video model and is now available worldwide.

Details:

• Veo 3 lets users generate up to 3 short videos per day (max 8 seconds each) from text prompts, no editing skills needed.

• For the first time, Veo videos can include synchronized audio: sound effects, ambient noise, and even dialogue.

• Supports crisp 4K resolution and more realistic movement than earlier models.

• Available now to Gemini AI Pro users in over 70+ countries, with expanded features for those on the “Ultra” tier.

• Google promises image-to-video generation and more creative controls coming soon.

• Veo 3’s realism is so advanced that experts are raising new concerns about deepfakes and the potential for AI-powered misinformation.

Why This Matters: Veo 3 isn’t just another AI upgrade, it’s a leap toward instantly generating studio-quality, multimedia content. This opens huge creative possibilities for everyone, but also puts new pressure on platforms and society to manage how ultra-realistic AI videos are used and shared.

👉 Read more here

Meta
🗞️ Ilya Sutskever to lead Safe Superintelligence as CEO steps down

The AI Field: Ilya Sutskever takes the helm at Safe Superintelligence as the startup pivots to full-speed AI safety.

Details:

• Sutskever, co-founder of SSI and former OpenAI chief scientist, replaces Daniel Gross as CEO as of June 29, 2025. Gross is leaving to lead Meta’s AI products division. 

• SSI, founded in June 2024 alongside Gross and Daniel Levy, recently closed out its internal leadership reshuffle: Levy now serves as president. 

• The company raised $1 billion last year and is valued at around $32 billion, reflecting investor confidence in its mission. 

• Meta made a play to recruit Gross—and reportedly tried to acquire SSI—but Sutskever firmly rebuffed the offers, insisting on independence. 

• SSI remains a lean operation (~20 employees across Palo Alto and Tel Aviv), singularly focused on developing safe, superintelligent AI systems. 

• The “AI talent war” continues: Meta recently announced Meta Superintelligence Labs, scooping up key leaders like Gross, Nat Friedman, and Alexandr Wang. 

Why this matters: Sutskever’s transition from technical lead to CEO spotlights SSI’s commitment to safety-focused AI development. As major players like Meta aggressively hire talent and chase scale, SSI’s bold stand raises the stakes in what’s now a strategic battle—not just technological—over the future of superintelligence.

👉 Read more here

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Amazon unveils “DeepFleet” to steer its 1 million-strong robot army: The new foundation model optimizes traffic inside fulfillment centers, cutting robot congestion by ~10% and speeding up deliveries. 

OpenAI revenue run-rate rockets to $10 billion: less than seven months after passing $5.5 billion, showing explosive demand for ChatGPT and enterprise API deals.  

U.S. Senate scraps a proposed 10-year ban on state-level AI rules: An amendment to President Trump’s megabill removes the moratorium, clearing the way for states to pass their own AI regulations. 

Golden Nuggets

🧠 Meta brings together the brightest minds for its biggest AI project yet
🎬 Google rolls out Veo 3 video generation to users worldwide
👨‍🔬 Ilya Sutskever steps up as CEO at Safe Superintelligence

Until next time!
Olle | Founder of The AI Field