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📱 Microsoft Debuts First In-House AI Text-to-Image Model Microsoft unveiled MAI-Image-1, its first internally-developed text-to-image AI model, marking a significant step in the company's strategy to reduce dependence on its OpenAI partnership. The model has already secured the ninth position on LMArena's competitive text-to-image leaderboard, demonstrating Microsoft's growing capabilities in independent AI development.​ Read More

🤖 Figure AI Unveils Humanoid Robot For Homes Figure AI has officially launched its Figure 03 humanoid robot this October, marking a pivotal moment in the company's quest to bring general-purpose robots into everyday homes. Standing 5 feet 6 inches tall, the Figure 03 represents a complete redesign from its predecessor, engineered specifically for mass production and domestic use, though it won't be ready for actual home deployment until 2026.​ Read More

💻 41 of the top 100 Private companies in the US Are AI-First In 2022, only 16 of the 100 largest private companies in America were directly related to AI, but now 41 out of 100 are developing AI products, according to the State of AI Report 2025. The annual revenue of the 16 leading AI companies is estimated at $18.5 billion. OpenAI and Anthropic account for over $15 billion. For 44% of respondents, AI has already replaced conventional internet search, especially for complex queries and coding. More than half of users pay over $21 per month for AI services, and 15% pay over $100. ⏳ What's next? The report's authors predict that in 2026, an AI agent will make a major scientific discovery on its own, going all the way from hypothesis to publication. And a film made with the help of AI will win major audience praise and spark backlash. Deepfake-driven cyber attack may trigger the first UN emergency debate on AI security. In addition, researchers believe that a Chinese AI model will surpass American ones in key benchmarks. Do you think China will overtake the US in the AI race? ❤️ — Yes, it's a matter of time 🔥 — No, it won't happen 🎃 — Maybe, but not for long! #news #forecasts @hiaimediaen

💬 Discord Confirms 70,000 User IDs Exposed in Breach Discord has confirmed that around 70,000 users had their government ID photos exposed in a data breach targeting a third-party customer support vendor, as hackers try to extort the platform with threats to release more documents. The messaging platform, which has over 200 million users worldwide, said the breach happened on September 20, 2025, but stressed that Discord's own systems were not directly compromised.​ The breach exposed identity verification documents that users submitted to prove their age, along with names, email addresses, IP addresses, and the last four digits of credit card numbers for those who contacted Discord's support teams. Discord spokesperson Nu Wexler told The Verge that all affected users have been notified and the company is working with law enforcement, data protection authorities, and security experts. Read More

🇰🇵 North Korean Hackers Steal Record $2B in Crypto North Korean hackers have stolen over $2 billion in cryptocurrency assets in 2025, marking the largest annual total on record with three months still remaining in the year, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The unprecedented theft, nearly triple last year's total, represents approximately 13% of North Korea's estimated gross domestic product and brings the regime's cumulative crypto theft to over $6 billion since 2017. Read More

⚽️ Ronaldo Used AI to Write Award Speech Cristiano Ronaldo prepared his speech for the Globe Prestige Award for his contribution to Portuguese football development with the help of Perplexity AI.

"This afternoon at the table, I was thinking about what to say in this speech for this prestigious award. I got a bit nervous, wondering, 'Is this a career-end award?' And I said 'It can't be.' I did some research on Perplexity, if you don't know what that is, look it up later. And I got a little help," he said.

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⚛️ Physics Nobel 2025 Honors Macroscopic Quantum Effects The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit." Their 1984-1985 experiments with superconducting Josephson-junction circuits demonstrated tunneling and quantized energy on a macroscopic scale, laying the groundwork for superconducting qubits and quantum circuits. Read More

👐 OpenAI Launches Apps SDK for ChatGPT OpenAI transformed ChatGPT from a simple chatbot into an interactive platform on Monday by launching an Apps SDK that enables users to access third-party apps, such as Spotify, Canva, and Zillow, directly within conversations. The announcement at DevDay 2025 in San Francisco provides ChatGPT's 800 million weekly users with access to a new app ecosystem, enabling natural language commands to work across multiple services without leaving the chat. Users can now type commands like "Spotify, make a playlist for my party this Friday" or "Show me homes on Zillow under $700,000" to access apps that appear within ChatGPT conversations. Read More

🔴 Sora 2 Is Now On @GPT4Telegrambot Hello everyone! We've added the best AI video generator, Sora 2 by OpenAI, to @GPT4Telegrambot. Try it yourself! The model can create almost anything—from realistic video blogs and ads to anime, Hollywood-style trailers, and gameplay. The only limits are your imagination.

How to Try? 1️⃣ Go to @GPT4Telegrambot 2️⃣ Tap Video Generation → Sora Video 3️⃣ Add a prompt, choose the duration, quality, and format of the video. You can also add a starting frame. ➡️ At launch, it is available in the VIDEO bundle (connect it in the premium section)

Will you use it? 👍 — Yes, awesome! ❤️ — When will it be free? 🙈 — I'm against video generation

🪐 Study Questions Dark Matter's Existence New research is challenging fundamental ideas about the universe, suggesting that dark matter and dark energy—thought to comprise 95% of the cosmos—may not exist or function differently than scientists previously believed. University of Ottawa physicist Rajendra Gupta published a study this week, arguing that what scientists have linked to invisible dark matter and mysterious dark energy could be natural forces weakening as the universe ages. His CCC+TL model, published in the journal Galaxies, claims these cosmic mysteries are "illusions, emergent from the evolving constants defining the strength of the forces." Read More

💰 OpenAI Is Now Worth $500 Billion OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has become the world's most valuable private corporation, beating Elon Musk's SpaceX by $100 billion. A consortium of investors, including Thrive Capital, SoftBank, and Abu Dhabi state-backed MGX, purchased $6,6 billion worth of shares from current and former OpenAI employees. As a result, the company's valuation increased by 1.5x to $500 billion, from $300 billion in March after the last round. According to rumors, only employees who had held their shares for at least 2 years may sell. The transaction was smaller than the approved $10 billion limit, indicating that many OpenAI employees remain optimistic about the company's future and are hesitant to sell their shares. The initiative also helps OpenAI retain talent by providing staff with liquidity without jumping ship, even when competitors make generous offers.

🔍 Perplexity Comet AI Browser Now Free Worldwide Perplexity has released its Comet AI browser for free to everyone, with no subscription or waitlist needed. Basic features, including the AI assistant that works on every page, are now free for all users. Advanced AI models, the email assistant, and early access to new features are available only for Max subscribers at $200 per month. 🔜 Download available here. Read More

📱 Microsoft Unveils New Office Icons Microsoft has officially unveiled its new Office icons. The icons feature a modern look that is more colorful and playful, with subtle changes that align with Microsoft's recent Fluent design work. All 10 main Office icons are getting updated, with a design inspired by the Copilot icon. This is the first major update to the Office icons since 2018, showcasing a more connected design approach and the influence of Copilot on Microsoft 365. How do you like the new style? ❤️ — Awesome! 🤔 — Could be better... Read More

📛 Smart Ring Battery Swells, Traps User's Finger A Samsung Galaxy Ring owner ended up in the emergency room after the device swelled on his finger and wouldn't come off. YouTuber Daniel Rotar was 48 hours into his travels when his smart ring's battery began to swell, becoming too tight to remove. The pressure caused his finger to swell as well. Rotar was at the airport waiting to board when the problem occurred. He and the airline staff attempted to remove it with soap and water, but this only caused the battery to swell further. He was denied boarding and sent to the hospital, where staff applied ice to his hand and used medical lubricant to remove the ring. Read More

⚠️ Leak Confirms Apple's Vision Pro and MacBook Pro with M5 The Federal Communications Commission accidentally revealed details about Apple's upcoming product updates, confirming new Vision Pro, MacBook Pro, and iPad Pro models with the company's next-generation M5 chip. The FCC documents mention an Apple-designed "Head Mounted Device" with model number A3416, confirmed to be an updated Vision Pro headset. The headset is expected to retain its $3,499 price while offering improved performance without significant design changes. The leak happened on September 30, 2025, despite Apple's requests to keep the information confidential, marking another regulatory mistake that exposed the tech company's unannounced hardware. Read More

👐 OpenAI Launches Sora 2 AI Video Generator It creates ultra-realistic videos with sound and natural physics. The company is also launching a separate Sora app for iOS, a TikTok competitor with an entirely AI-generated feed. The new Cameo feature lets you place yourself directly in the generation. Moreover, only you control all videos with your image, and can demand their deletion, even those created by other users. Read More

🖥 Anthropic Releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 The startup says its new model is the best AI for coding and agentic tasks. In benchmarks Sonnet 4.5 beats not only Claude Opus 4.1, but GPT-5/GPT-5-Codex and Gemini 2.5 Pro. ➡️ You can already use Claude Sonnet 4.5 in our bot.

How to Use? 1️⃣ Go to @GPT4Telegrambot 2️⃣ Purchase Claude 4.5 Bundle in the /premium section 3️⃣ Enter the /model command and select Sonnet 4

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📱 Microsoft Brings AI Mode to Excel Microsoft has introduced an AI agent for Excel that can handle spreadsheets, make reports, create charts, and analyze data. On the SpreadsheetBench test, it scored 57.2%, the highest among AI systems to date. For comparison, humans score 71.3%. The AI agents also work in Word and PowerPoint, creating docs and presentations. Right now, this feature is only available in the web versions of Office programs for Microsoft 365 subscribers. Read More

🐳 DeepSeek Releases V3.2 Model DeepSeek has launched its new V3.2 model, based on V3.1-Terminus with an upgraded attention mechanism. The model now works more efficiently with long text, requiring less computing power and being more cost-effective. ➡️ It's now available for free on the DeepSeek website and mobile apps. Read More

👋💽 Hi everyone! The most interesting AI and Tech news from Week 39, 2025, you might've missed: ♊️🐳 Google updated its Gemini Flash language model lineup and released V3.1 Terminus upgrade for its LLM.

🔴 All new releases are already available for free on @GPT4Telegrambot

🦟 The U.S. is developing insect-sized Spy drones. 🌑 NASA may nuke the asteroid threatening the Moon. 🤓 The new Avatar 3: Fire and Ash trailer released. ✴️ Locally AI: The app for running LLMs on Apple devices. 🥴 Chimpanzees' fruit diet reveals evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.