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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

In today's issue, we take a look at AI Overviews in Gmail, a recently launched feature that lets you ask natural language questions directly in the search bar and get concise summaries and answers, saving you time digging through emails.

Let’s jump into it!

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• OpenAI Updates Principles, Here's What Changed

• OpenAI Reportedly Exploring an AI Smartphone to Rival the iPhone

• AI Tutorial: Using AI Overviews to Search Smarter in Gmail

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

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OpenAI Updates Principles, Here's What Changed

OpenAI has released a new set of guiding principles, introducing major changes to how the company approaches AI development, competition, and long-term goals compared to its original 2018 version.

Details:

• The updated principles place less emphasis on AGI, with a broader focus on AI progress across multiple capability levels. OpenAI now highlights iterative deployment, stressing the importance of releasing and adapting to AI systems step by step rather than focusing mainly on a distant AGI milestone.

• The company also signals a shift on competition, moving away from its earlier stance of collaborating or stepping aside if another lab leads in AGI development.

• The new framework suggests OpenAI may prioritize its own position when necessary, reflecting a more competitive approach in today’s AI landscape.

• There is also a change in tone around commitments, with fewer firm promises and more general recommendations directed at governments and the broader tech ecosystem.

• The updated document emphasizes the need for large-scale AI infrastructure and more democratic decision-making around how AI is developed and deployed.

The revised principles reflect how much the AI landscape has evolved. You can read the full blog post with the new list of five "principles" here.

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OpenAI Reportedly Exploring an AI Smartphone to Rival the iPhone

OpenAI is reportedly exploring a smartphone project with major chipmakers, aiming to expand its AI ecosystem through dedicated consumer hardware.

Details:

• The project is reportedly in early development, with MediaTek and Qualcomm expected to supply chips, and Luxshare named as the exclusive manufacturing partner. Mass production is currently targeted for 2028.

• The smartphone is seen as the ideal device for AI agents, since it captures real-time user context like location, activity, and communication, key inputs for more advanced, personalized AI interactions.

• The vision centers on a new interface model, where users rely less on individual apps and instead complete tasks through continuous, context-aware AI assistance.

• OpenAI is believed to be exploring full control over hardware and software, aiming to build a tightly integrated ecosystem optimized for AI agents.

• A potential subscription-based model could bundle services and help create a developer ecosystem around these AI-driven experiences.

This move would mark a shift from earlier plans, which focused on non-phone devices like smart speakers, glasses, and other AI-first hardware developed with Jony Ive. It could also reshape supply chain dynamics, giving partners like Luxshare a larger role beyond their traditional reliance on companies like Apple.

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AI Tutorial

Using AI Overviews to Search Smarter in Gmail

1. Go to Gmail and sign in

2. In the Gmail search bar, ask natural language questions or key phrases to quickly find information within your inbox.

Example: "When is my flight to Amsterdam?" or "Show me my concert tickets."

3. Gmail will generate an AI Overview using information from relevant emails.

4. You can provide feedback on an AI Overview by selecting thumbs up or down.

Note: This feature is currently only available in the US and in English. It works on both the web and the Gmail app for Google AI Pro or Ultra plan users, while work or school accounts are limited to the web only.

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AI Findings/Resources

🚫 Anthropic reportedly banned a 110-person company overnight without warning

⭐ General Grievous pawning his lightsaber collection on Pawn Stars

🤗 A man used AI to turn his mother's old photos into a 60th birthday gift

💲 AI can cost more than human workers now

👀 A Reddit user asked ChatGPT to make an image of how it feels to be an AI

The latest in AI and Tech

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic

The tech giant is set to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, starting with $10 billion upfront and up to $30 billion more tied to performance targets.

China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition of AI startup Manus

China’s state planner has ordered Meta to abandon its planned $2 billion takeover of Manus, citing regulatory concerns around foreign investment and technology control. The move follows months of scrutiny from both Beijing and Washington.

Meta strikes deal with Amazon's cloud unit to use its CPU chips

Meta has struck a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar agreement with Amazon Web Services to use its Graviton5 CPU chips. The deal will see Meta deploy tens of millions of Graviton cores, with the flexibility to expand as Meta's AI capabilities grow.

Google to build AI campus in South Korea

Google DeepMind will partner with South Korea to build its first dedicated AI campus in Seoul, aimed at strengthening collaboration with local engineers and startups. The agreement was signed after a meeting between President Lee Jae Myung and Demis Hassabis, with plans to bring talent from the U.S. and support training programs, internships, and joint research initiatives.

xAI introduces Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0, their new flagship voice model

The company says the model excels at complex, ambiguous, multi-step workflows across customer support, sales, and enterprise applications.

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