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).

Unitree brings its R1 humanoid robot to international buyers on AliExpress for $4,370
China's Unitree is selling its R1 humanoid robot on AliExpress for $4,370, the lowest price yet for a consumer-grade humanoid.

Silicon Valley bankrolls opponents of Alex Bores, author of a tough AI law
A former Palantir analyst helped pass one of the strictest AI laws in the US. Now Silicon Valley's biggest players are spending millions to keep him out of Congress.

Anthropic opposes Illinois AI liability bill that OpenAI backs
The two AI giants have publicly split over an Illinois bill that would effectively shield AI developers from liability for mass deaths and financial disasters.

Startup Gitar emerges from stealth with $9M: AI agents secure code written by other AI

Adobe launches Firefly AI assistant that operates Creative Cloud on its own

Reid Hoffman on tokenmaxxing: tokens measure reach, not productivity

Allbirds sells its shoe business and relaunches as NewBird AI with $50 million in funding

Allbirds rebrands as NewBird AI, trades sneakers for GPU rentals
Allbirds, the sneaker brand once valued at $4 billion, is making a radical pivot: it's becoming NewBird AI and moving into the GPU compute rental business.

Indian startup Emergent launches Wingman, an AI agent for WhatsApp and Telegram
Emergent, an Indian vibe-coding startup, has released Wingman, an AI agent that automates tasks in WhatsApp and Telegram, taking on OpenClaw and other agent…

Peter Thiel-backed startup wants people to pay AI to challenge news stories

AI learning app Gizmo closes $22M Series A with 13 million users

Hightouch hits $100M ARR with AI agents for marketers

Google releases Gemini app for Mac, summoned with Option + Space

Canva upgrades its AI assistant: it now builds editable designs from a text prompt
Canva's AI assistant can now call the platform's tools on its own and generate fully editable designs from a user's text prompt.

Runway CEO: AI Will Let Hollywood Make 50 Films Instead of One $100M Blockbuster
Runway's CEO says AI tools will let studios produce dozens of films for the budget of a single blockbuster: more bets, better odds of a hit.









