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AI is scaling faster than ever and competition for talent and hardware is heating up.

Here are the biggest AI moments in the last 24 hours you need to know. 🚀

August 29, 2025
The AI Brief
By Shruti Mishra

🔥 Best AI Moments in the Last 24 Hours

  • Microsoft Introduces Proprietary AI Models
    Microsoft launched MAI-1-preview (text) and MAI-Voice-1 (voice), signaling a push to reduce reliance on OpenAI. Developing in-house models shows how big tech firms are seeking independence in core AI infrastructure.
  • Reliance Launches ‘Reliance Intelligence’
    Mukesh Ambani unveiled a new AI subsidiary to build gigawatt-scale, green-powered data centers in India. Partnering with Google Cloud and Meta, the initiative aims to democratize AI across education, healthcare, and businesses, cementing India’s role in the global AI race.
  • OpenAI Realtime API goes live
    OpenAI launched its Realtime API with a new gpt-realtime speech model. It detects tone, switches languages mid-conversation, handles images, and hits 82.8% audio reasoning accuracy (up from 65.6%). Developers now get MCP support for external data, two new voices, and a 20% price cut—making it production-ready.
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  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster (B1067) achieved its 30th launch and landing, setting a new reuse record, while Starlink continues its rapid rollouts with over 108 launches in 2025 so far. Meanwhile, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that the Butterfly Nebula contains gemstone-like crystals and complex carbon molecules, a breakthrough in understanding planetary material formation

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💼 Corporate Moves & Startups

  • Cognizant Deploys 1,000 AI Engineers
    Cognizant launched 1,000 context engineers via its ContextFabric platform to automate enterprise workflows that is a sign of consultancies accelerating the rollout of agentic AI.
  • Banks Double Down on AI
    Major banks like Standard Chartered, CommBank, Wells Fargo, and Santander, are deploying agentic AI for operations and customer service, reflecting a fast-moving shift toward AI-first fintech.

🤖 Research & Warnings

  • China Warns Against AI ‘Disorderly Competition’
    China’s top planner urged provinces to avoid wasteful over-investment in AI, warning against repeating the excesses of the EV industry. The call emphasizes coordinated growth, efficient capital allocation, and better use of talent.
  • Global AI Talent Wars Intensify
    Ex-OpenAI executives describe a “salary alarm” as OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, and others compete fiercely for top researchers. Record salaries, talent poaching, and bidding wars highlight the escalating global fight for AI expertise.

📊 Economics & Market Momentum

  • Ant Group Profit Plunges on AI Spending
    Ant Group’s profit fell 60%, hit by heavy AI investments and global expansion costs. Analysts see this as short-term financial pain for long-term positioning in the AI economy.
  • Alibaba Bets on AI Hardware
    Alibaba Cloud missed revenue targets but gained momentum from AI demand. The company is now investing in AI chips to challenge Nvidia, fueling an intensifying hardware arms race.
  • Nvidia Sees AI as Just Beginning
    CEO Jensen Huang forecasted a multi-trillion-dollar AI-driven industrial revolution. He warned of talent shortages and supply chain constraints but insisted the AI boom is only at its start.
  • Marvell Technology Disappoints on Outlook
    Chipmaker Marvell Technology forecasted quarterly revenue below expectations, dragging shares lower despite growth in data center revenue. Delays in AI chip releases and tough cloud competition hurt short-term performance, though Marvell remains positioned for future gains in the AI ASIC market.

🛠️ Top 3 AI Tools of the Day

  • CapCut AI – TikTok’s editing powerhouse now enhanced with AI-powered auto-editing, captioning, and effects, making video creation faster and more accessible for creators.
    • Script-to-Video – Type a script or prompt and instantly generate a polished video with stock footage, AI narration, and captions.
    • Auto-Editing & Captions – One-click tools automatically cut clips, add subtitles in multiple languages, and sync text overlays.
    • AI Voice & Effects – Convert text into natural-sounding voiceovers, apply smart filters, remove backgrounds, and enhance visuals effortlessly.
  • ScreenStudio – An AI-driven tool that turns screen recordings into polished demo videos with automatic editing, narration, and animations—ideal for product teams and educators.
  • Kimi AI – A rising Chinese AI assistant focused on research, writing, and productivity. Kimi offers accurate, cited outputs and is gaining traction as an alternative to Western AI tools.

Learn & Upskill

Hugging Face Free AI Courses
Hugging Face announced a lineup of free, certification-ready courses available on their Learn platform, spanning LLMs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI Agents, Deep RL, Computer Vision, Audio, Diffusion, ML for Games, and ML for 3D application.

Ideal for anyone looking to deepen AI skills or start building models with open-source tools.

🔥 Conclusion

From Reliance’s green-powered AI build-out to Microsoft’s model independence, China’s caution, Marvell’s weak outlook, and Hugging Face’s free courses, today's updates reflect AI’s turmoil and momentum.

Corporations are industrializing AI, regulators are defining rules, and the fight for talent continues to intensify.

AI’s future will be shaped across hardware, infrastructure, skills, and geopolitics—staked out by what we learn and invest in now.🚀

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