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Microsoft brings Copilot Vision screen reading to Windows
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NEWS UPDATES
Thinking Machines Lab valued at $12 billion
Mira Murati’s new AI startup raised $2 billion before releasing any product, giving the company a paper value of $12 billion. The money will pay for a large computer cluster that should be ready by 2026. Investors want early access to whatever models the lab builds.
If you hope to use next-generation AI, start talking to these labs early. Early partners get better prices and priority when computing power is scarce. Waiting could mean higher costs or longer wait times later.
Google Discover adds AI summaries
Google will now show short AI-written blurbs above some links in the Discover feed. Readers can see the main points without clicking through to the original article. Early tests show fewer people tap the link when a summary is shown.
If your team relies on traffic from news stories (either for sales leads or advertising), plan for fewer visitors coming in this way. You may need to place your content directly in apps or pay for sponsored spots to stay visible.
Microsoft brings Copilot Vision screen reading to Windows
A coming Windows update will let you draw a box around anything on your screen—text in a video, an old software window, a PDF, and Copilot will read it, translate it, or write a summary. Microsoft says the feature keeps data inside your company’s secure cloud.
Look at jobs where people still copy words by hand from screenshots or legacy systems. This tool can save time right away, without replacing the old programs you still need.
BEST LINKS
Productivity Tools
🧑💻 Factory - Ship faster with autonomous agents, Droids, that turn tickets into pull requests.*
🔬 YouAgent – Run code-backed searches to solve tough STEM questions faster
🖼️ Shutterstock AI – Type a description and get instant, ready-to-use images
✍️ Texta – Generate plagiarism-free articles in seconds with one click
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Useful Resources
Learn five reasons Perplexity beats other chatbots for everyday use (link)
Check how six in ten managers now lean on AI for key decisions (link)
See why top researchers want more GPUs, not more reports (link)
Catch up on the latest ChatGPT updates and improvements (link)
Compare Copilot and ChatGPT feature by feature (link)
STRATEGIC AI DECISION
Google’s AI summaries mean publishers lose traffic; what’s your best hedge?
MARKET
💰 Funding
Nominal raised $20M Series A to bring AI into ERP workflows for mid-market firms.
Polimorphic secured $18.6M Series A to modernise government services with low-code AI agents
💼 Who’s Hiring in AI
🐦 AI and Coding: In Balance
This guy literally drops 20 years of wisdom on AI, coding and work-life balance
— #Aadit Sheth (#@aaditsh)
6:59 PM • Jul 12, 2025
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