TODAY'S AI NEWS: T-Mobile's parent is developing an 'AI phone' with...

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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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:
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