How to Turn Your Research into a TikTok-Style Clip 📱

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

In today's issue, we're taking a look at a new NotebookLM feature that turns your most complex sources into 60-second, vertical videos exploring any concept in depth. Think doomscrolling, but make it educational.

Let’s jump into it!

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

• Meta Is Building a Cloud Business to Sell Excess AI Capacity

• OpenAI 'In Early Talks to Give 5% Stake to US Government

• AI Tutorial: Turn your most complex sources into 60-second, vertical videos that deep dive into any concept

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

META

Meta Is Building a Cloud Business to Sell Excess AI Capacity

Meta is reportedly developing a cloud infrastructure business that would rent out its AI computing capacity and models, aiming to generate new revenue from the billions it has invested in AI data centers.

Details:

• Meta is exploring a new initiative that would sell excess AI compute capacity, putting it in competition with cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

• The company is also considering selling access to various AI models, including its recently launched closed-weight models, hosted on its AI infrastructure.

• The project, internally known as Meta Compute, is said to be led by senior executives overseeing Meta's infrastructure and AI efforts.

• Meta has committed more than $180 billion to AI infrastructure, including massive data center projects in Louisiana and Ohio, as it continues expanding its computing capacity.

The move follows similar efforts by firms like SpaceX, which recently struck deals to rent out access to its Memphis data centers to Anthropic and Google, as companies increasingly look for ways to monetize large AI infrastructure investments.

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OPENAI

OpenAI 'In Early Talks to Give 5% Stake to US Government

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving 5% of the company's equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund.

Details:

• Altman proposed the idea as a way to "secure good relations with the administration and … address political blowback."

• Under the proposal, other US AI companies would donate similar stakes, though it is unclear whether they would agree to such a deal.

• Discussions are reportedly still in the early stages, and any formal action would likely require congressional approval, which would significantly complicate the matter.

The report comes as the Trump administration has taken a more active role in AI policy, including measures affecting AI companies, semiconductor firms, and exports of advanced AI technologies.

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AI Tutorial

Turn your most complex sources into 60-second, vertical videos that deep dive into any concept

1. Go to NotebookLM and sign in.

2. Open an existing notebook, or create a new one and upload your sources.

3. Click on "Video Overview" and select "Short."

4. Choose the topic you'd like NotebookLM to focus on (or enter your own), then click "Generate" and wait a few minutes.

NotebookLM will generate a 60-second vertical AI clip based on your sources.

Note: This new feature is currently available in English only.

AI Tools to check out

📽 FlovaAI: Create cinematic and social media videos with AI. Text, audio, storyboard, and editing—all together.

📝 Contenov: Generate comprehensive SEO blog briefs faster and smarter using AI.

🌐 Durable: Build a website in 30 seconds with AI.

👉 Blog2Video: Turn blog posts into videos in minutes.

🐵 IdeaApe: AI market research for effective brand strategy.

AI Findings/Resources

📹 An AI video made with Seedance 2.0 is going viral for its uncanny realism

😂 Vibe coders everyday struggle in 15 seconds

💡 AI adoption is overloading your middle managers

🤔 Ask an AI expert: What exactly is the full stack?

🌐 List of western companies moving AI workloads to Chinese models

The latest in AI and Tech

Musk calls reporting on SpaceX prototype AI device ‘utterly false’

Elon Musk has refuted a WSJ report that claimed SpaceX showed investors a prototype handheld AI device ahead of its IPO. The report described a smartphone-like device powered by xAI technology, running on Qualcomm chips and a custom operating system.

Microsoft launches the “Microsoft Frontier Company”

The new business is focused on delivering successful enterprise AI deployments with Microsoft's existing AI technologies. The initiative is backed by a $2.5 billion investment and a team of 6,000 engineering and industry experts.

Netflix uses AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in upcoming Wonka reality show

Netflix has confirmed that Wonka’s The Golden Ticket, a reality competition inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, will premiere on September 23. The teaser trailer features an AI-generated version of Gene Wilder's voice, created with ElevenLabs technology and used with the consent of Wilder's family.

Anthropic reportedly explores custom AI chip project

Anthropic is reportedly in early discussions with Samsung Electronics about developing a custom AI chip. There is no detailed design yet, as the company is still determining what the chip would do and how powerful it needs to be

AgentMail raises $6 million to build an email platform for AI agents

San Francisco startup AgentMail has raised $6 million in seed funding to build an email service designed specifically for AI agents. The platform provides APIs that let agents create and manage email inboxes, send and receive messages, organize conversations, and interact with existing online services using email as an identity layer.

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