Zhemal Khamidun
Head of AI at Alpina Digital, CPO of AlpinaGPT (~30-person engineering & AI team). Founder of Vibe Academy & Hamidun Consulting, author of the AI channel «Готовим ИИшницу» (@jemal_hamidun).

YouTube Shorts launches AI avatars: clone yourself for short videos
YouTube Shorts is rolling out AI avatars: creators can clone themselves, drop the digital copy into finished clips or use it to generate new videos.

Ex-Apple Vision Pro engineers build an AI gadget that stays silent until you press a button
A wearable AI device from two former Apple engineers activates only with a button press, betting on privacy where Humane and Rabbit have already failed.

Anthropic and OpenAI at the Edge: The Race for Profit Becomes a Question of Survival
Anthropic and OpenAI are heading toward the largest IPOs in history, but AI agents burn through compute faster than the companies can earn, forcing hard choices.

Microsoft is removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps

Meta's new AI asks for users' medical data and hands out harmful advice

Gen Z is souring on AI but keeps using it, Gallup survey finds

TechCrunch Brings Startup Battlefield to Tokyo: AI, Robots and Anime at SusHi Tech 2026

Stalking victim sues OpenAI, says the company ignored three warnings about the threat
A woman accuses OpenAI of letting ChatGPT feed her stalker's delusions. The company received three danger signals about the user and failed to act.

Onix launches a "Substack for bots": AI twins of health experts, sold by subscription
Startup Onix is building a platform where digital copies of real health influencers advise users around the clock, and sell them products.

Anthropic temporarily bans OpenClaw creator after Claude pricing change

How the Internet Broke Our Ability to Tell Truth from Fake

AI companion in a plush fawn wrote its own theory linking Mitski's father to the CIA

The AI Coding Race: How OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Carving Up the Developer Market

Zuckerberg is building an AI clone of himself to meet with employees
Meta is training a digital double of Zuckerberg on his voice, likeness and speech patterns so it can stand in for the CEO in meetings with staff. *Meta is…

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch Says Company Is Ready for IPO as AI Agents Drive Growth
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch told the HumanX conference the company is ready for an IPO, as demand for AI agent infrastructure sharply lifts revenue.









