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Happy Friday, AI family, and welcome to another AI Valley edition.

Today’s climb through the Valley reveals:

• Google launches Gemini 3 Deep Think

• EngineAI unveils combat-ready humanoid robot fighter

• Anthropic Interviewer: an AI that interviews humans about AI

• Meta said to plan 30% metaverse cuts, shifting focus to AI wearables

• EU launches AI plan to catch US and China

• Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Let’s dive into the Valley of AI…

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THROUGH THE VALLEY

1/ Google launches Gemini 3 Deep Think

Google has introduced a new “Deep Think” mode for Gemini Ultra subscribers, built on the Gemini 3 model. Instead of replying quickly, the system takes extra time to explore multiple solution paths in parallel before giving an answer. Google says it’s meant for tougher work like math-heavy reasoning, scientific problems, and complex coding, not simple writing tasks. The feature builds on the earlier Gemini 2.5 Deep Think model, which performed well on Olympiad-style math and major programming benchmarks. It’s available to Ultra users in the Gemini app and arrives as Google faces pressure from DeepSeek’s math models and rumors of a new OpenAI reasoning model.

2/ EngineAI unveils combat-ready humanoid robot fighter

China’s EngineAI has introduced the T800, a full-size humanoid robot built for high-intensity movement and marketed as “combat ready.” It stands 5.6 feet tall, weighs 75 kilograms, and uses 29 joints, high-torque motors, active cooling, and an NVIDIA AGX Orin module to perform fast turns and flying kicks. The reveal video offers a telling visual comparison: the T800 is shown meeting EngineAI's previous model, the PM01 (best known for its viral backflips), which appears diminutive beside the new flagship. The video drew accusations of CGI because of the robot’s speed, so the company released behind-the-scenes footage to show that the movements were real. Even with the strong hardware, experts say EngineAI has shared little about software or developer tools, and the T800 still lacks a clear real-world purpose.

3/ Anthropic Interviewer: an AI that interviews humans about AI

Anthropic has built a new tool called Anthropic Interviewer that uses Claude to run large numbers of automated interviews and study how people actually use AI at work. In its first test, the system interviewed 1,250 professionals across three groups: general workers, creatives, and scientists. Most people said AI saves them time, but many also feel stigma, anxiety, or trust issues. Creatives use AI to boost output while worrying about lost jobs and identity. Scientists want AI as a research partner but do not yet trust it with core experiments or hypotheses.

4/ Meta said to plan 30% metaverse cuts, shifting focus to AI wearables

Meta is preparing major cuts to its metaverse budget, with internal discussions pointing to reductions of up to 30 percent next year. The metaverse group, which includes Horizon Worlds and the Quest VR team, could face layoffs as early as January if those cuts are approved. Meta says the shift is intentional, with resources moving toward AI glasses and other wearables inside Reality Labs. The metaverse effort has lost more than 70 billion dollars since 2021 and has faced pressure from investors and analysts who see it as a costly distraction. Zuckerberg is now focusing more on AI models, Meta AI, Llama, and hardware tied to those tools.

5/ EU launches AI plan to catch US and China

The EU will begin accepting bids in early 2026 for companies to build five new AI gigafactories, backed by a 20 billion euro commitment. Each site is expected to host about 100,000 chips, far more than today’s European facilities, though the chips themselves will mostly come from NVIDIA and other non-EU manufacturers. Europe trails the US and China in model development and data center capacity, so the EU and the European Investment Bank plan to use public financing to attract private investment and support local AI startups and research. The effort is a push to stay competitive in a race dominated by American and Chinese models.

TRENDING TOOLS

• Loveart > This AI agent lets you edit Nano Banana Pro images with high precision

• Searchable > Capture millions of clicks from customers discovering new products and brands through AI chatbots

• Bloom > An AI-powered branding kit that creates assets with your IP

• Seedream 4.5 > ByteDance’s upgraded AI image and editing model

• Exa > It handles simple and complex queries from the same search box

THINK PIECES / BRAIN BOOST

• Thoughts on AI progress (Dec 2025)

• Everyone in Seattle hates AI

• State of AI

• Jensen Huang reveals which jobs AI will replace and not replace in depth

• How is AI changing work inside Anthropic? 

• New research from OpenAI trains a version of GPT-5 to confess when it has made a mistake

• OpenAI loses fight to keep ChatGPT logs secret and is ordered to hand over 20M ChatGPT logs

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