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Hello again, human brain, and welcome back to your daily munch of AI news.

Here’s what’s on the menu today:

• Ethics < Profits at Google👺

  Google updated its AI Principles.

• Google slashes prices to survive🤖

  It released new AI models.

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MAIN COURSE

Google laughs maniacally👺

On Wednesday, Google quietly dropped its ban on using AI for weapons and surveillance. Its AI Principles now say that AI should now protect “national security.”

What changed?

Google removed its promise not to build AI that could cause overall harm. Now, it wants to lead in national security AI.

Why now?

Google claims democracies must lead AI development. Google’s stock dropped 8% on weak earnings the same day.

What's the irony?

The company that started with “Don't be evil” is now okay with weaponized AI.

Why does it matter?

It’s a major shift for the world's biggest AI company. It looks like falling behind DeepSeek and weak cloud growth has Google rethinking its values.

What's next?

It’s planning to spend $75B on AI infrastructure as ethics take a backseat to its competition.

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SIDE SALAD

Your AI got 93% cheaper🤖

On Tuesday, Google launched three new Gemini models. 1 model is a budget version that slashes costs to compete with DeepSeek.

What's new?

• Gemini 2.0 Flash: Now available to everyone

• Pro Experimental: Most powerful yet, handles 1.5M words

• Flash-Lite: Budget model at 0.75¢ per million tokens

Why so cheap?

DeepSeek pressure is forcing prices down. Flash-Lite costs 93% less than the standard model.

What can they do?

Process huge amounts of text, code better, and work with Google Search and tools.

Who's it for?

Developers and businesses needing affordable AI at scale.

Why now?

Google is racing to stay competitive as Chinese AI gets better and cheaper.

What's next?

More AI price wars as companies fight for market share.

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Startup News 💰

Figure AI parted ways with OpenAI to build its own AI for humanoid robot. They claim the need for deeper hardware–software integration inspired this.

Meta unveiled MetaJAM. It fine-tunes a video generator on just 3 million samples yet outperforms proprietary models like Sora and Kling in producing high-quality motion.

Research 👨‍🔬 

PixelWorld — a new evaluation suite where everything (text, tables, images, and code) is converted into pixel inputs for large models.

MatAnyone — a memory-based video matting framework that takes a target human mask on the first frame and refines it into temporally stable alpha mattes.

MEMES FOR DESSERT

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