| Yesterday we linked to our 2026 AI agents guide, but we forgot to... add the link. D’oh! | You can get our AI agents guide here! | Owls can't give side eye. | That’s because their eyes aren’t spherical. They’re rigid tubes fixed within the socket, engineered purely for long-distance focus. Not a single degree of side-to-side movement. | So instead, they just turn heads. Up to 270° at a time. | What’s in store: | Elon Musk went from trashing Anthropic to powering Claude. Apple wants to put a camera in your ear. Mindstream Picks: This kalimba is actually a full-on synth.
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| | | ANTHROPIC X SPACEX | | | Claude users have hit their limit... literally. Paid subscribers are frequently running out of tokens mid-conversation. | Fortunately, Anthropic has found a fix. Weirdly, it involves Elon Musk. | Let’s break it down: | Last week, Anthropic partnered with SpaceXAI, the newly merged company combining SpaceX and xAI. This deal gives Anthropic access to compute capacity at Musk’s Colossus 1 data center, an AI supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee. The first goal of this collab? Addressing Claude usage limits. | This deal may sound like business as usual, but the backstory makes it a bit more interesting. | In the not-so-distant past, Musk was a vocal critic of Anthropic, stating that the company hated Western civilisation. (This was shortly after CEO Dario Amodei declined to work with the US Department of Defense.) | Fast forward a few months and Musk is striking a deal with his former nemesis. | So how did we get here? | From insult to infrastructure: | Past: In February, Musk heavily criticized Anthropic, calling the company “misanthropic” and hypocritical. Present: On May 6th, SpaceXAI gave Anthropic access to more than 300 megawatts of new capacity. Future: The two entities expressed interest in working together to put data centers in space.
| It’s complicated | If it seems like AI players are switching alliances faster than this season’s Survivor contestants, you might be right. But each party has a method to their madness. | SpaceXAI is racing toward an IPO this fall, which is expected to be the largest in corporate history. Meanwhile, Anthropic continues to build its global network, including a multibillion-dollar Amazon agreement throughout Europe and Asia. | Not to mention, the companies’ active feuds may have helped them leave their differences behind. Musk is currently fighting OpenAI in federal court, while Anthropic remains at odds with the Trump administration. | Today's rival is tomorrow's vendor. Welcome to AI in 2026! | As the ancient proverb goes: the enemy of my enemy has a very good data center. - TL | Musk going from Anthropic hater to infrastructure partner is… | | Vote for live results and see results + opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | JOURNEAI is a chat-based AI travel planner that builds a personalized itinerary for any destination in seconds, tailoring every recommendation to your specific interests, travel style, and group needs. | Picture to Drawing AI transforms any photo into a hand-crafted looking sketch, watercolor, cartoon, or pop art piece in high resolution, with your images automatically deleted after conversion for full privacy. | The Password App is a local AI password manager that automatically detects and updates weak or outdated passwords on your device, keeping all your sensitive data offline and out of the cloud entirely. | Synexa lets you deploy AI models with a single line of code, covering image and video generation, speech, fine-tuning, and high-res text-to-image conversion, all on serverless, auto-scaling infrastructure built for speed. | Animate Image AI turns any static photo into a 4K video animation in seconds using models like Kling, Sora, and Runway, with adjustable motion settings and watermark-free exports in MP4, GIF, or WebM. |
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| | | APPLE | | | Have you ever wanted a pair of eyes in your ears? | Probably not. But Apple may just change your mind! | The tech company is finalizing its first wearable device for the AI era, with a fresh take on AirPods. By adding cameras to their earbuds, Siri can see the world around you and offer assistance on the spot. | Here’s what this looks like: | Siri can identify objects in real time. Staring at a fridge full of ingredients? She can suggest recipes for dinner. Get landmark-focused directions directly in your ear. Think “turn left at the coffee shop” not “at the 0.3 mile mark.” Receive reminders based on your environment, so you’ll never forget your keys on the kitchen counter again.
| All Eyes (and Ears) On You | Similarly to AI glasses, the new AirPods face privacy issues around recording people without their consent. While the cameras aren’t designed to take photos and videos the way an iPhone does, they still capture visual data. | Apple’s current solution is to include a small LED light that turns on when imagery is being sent to the cloud. This sounds helpful in theory, however AirPods are tiny. So how visible this light will be is still TBD. | Either way, Apple's next big thing is very small. | Turns out, ears that can see are pretty handy. - TL |
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Music: The Beatles’ iconic 3 Savile Row HQ will open to the public in 2027 as a multi-floor immersive fan experience. | Don’t Miss: Bastl has introduced a synth-powered kalimba that blends physical modeling and FM synthesis, turning traditional tines into touch-sensitive triggers for a wide range of sounds. The experimental instrument includes effects, looping, and motion-based controls, and is launching via Kickstarter. |
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| | “What's the AI equivalent of being on mute in a meeting?” | It randomly stops generating mid-sentence - 15% | Token limit reached at the crucial bit - 39% | It read everything and responded to none of it - 41% ✅ | Other - tell us! - 5% | Your Views: | “the way it just… ✨vanishes✨ mid thought?? poetic honestly” - genny | “when it completely ignores the context you uploaded” - oliv | “When it errors out in the middle of 30 minute deep research!” - Stonel | Submit your opinions in our polls to be featured! |
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| Riddle Me This Answer: He saw a mime! | #1083
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