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howdy, it’s Barsee again.

happy thursday, AI family, and welcome back to AI Valley.

here are the biggest things worth knowing today:

Google DeepMind CEO steps down
Meta enters the coding agent race with Muse Code
An OpenAI researcher leaves to build telepathy
Figure AI introduces a web browsing model
Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Let’s dive into the Valley of AI…

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THROUGH THE VALLEY

Demis Hassabis

1/ Demis Hassabis steps down as Google DeepMind CEO: Google reshuffled its AI leadership, with Demis Hassabis stepping down as CEO to become Chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet's Chief Scientist while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will oversee day-to-day AI development, and longtime Google AI leader Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years to launch Discovery Loop, a startup focused on automating scientific research.

2/ Meta enters the coding agent race: Meta launched Muse Code, a beta terminal coding agent powered by its new Muse Spark 1.2 model, taking direct aim at OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code. It can plan, write, and validate code across large repositories using persistent background agents. The model delivers major improvements in coding and agentic reasoning while keeping API pricing unchanged, as Meta continues expanding its AI lineup with lower-cost offerings.

3/ An OpenAI researcher leaves to build telepathy: Former OpenAI researcher Naomi Bashkansky announced she's joining Conduit to develop thought-to-text AI that translates non-invasive brain signals into text and AI commands. The startup aims to build neural interfaces that let users communicate with AI using their thoughts, with a long-term vision of making AI feel like a natural extension of the human mind.

4/ Figure AI introduces a web browsing model for everyday tasks: Figure AI unveiled Hark Handoff, an AI model designed to navigate the internet like a human by ordering food, booking flights, shopping, and completing other everyday online tasks. The company says independent evaluations rank it ahead of ChatGPT 5.4 and Opus 4.8 on internet use, as it works toward building a digital humanoid that can operate across the web.

TRENDING TOOLS

Muse Code > A terminal coding agent for long-horizon software engineering, powered by the new Muse Spark 1.2 model
Prime Agent > A self-improving RLM harness built for coding and long-running autonomous tasks
anydoc > Gives AI agents up to 100x faster local parsing for PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, and 10+ other file formats
Hop.Earth > It ets you drive almost anywhere in the world directly from your browser using real-time terrain generated from OpenStreetMap
Wan 3.0 > Generates native 30-second videos with reality-grade rendering
OpenWorker > Takes a goal like preparing for a sales call or triaging an incident, works across your files, Slack, email, calendar, and more, then asks for approval before taking action
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro > Debuted at #5 on the Text-to-Image Arena leaderboard with a score of 1,263
Reve > Generates and edits native 4K images, then lets you move objects, rewrite text, or swap elements without recreating the entire scene
NYC AI Atlas > An open-source 3D map of New York’s leading AI startups