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META brings Midjourney to 3.9 billion users

PLUS: Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses next month

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Barsee
25 Aug

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Happy Monday, AI family, and welcome back to AI Valley.

Today’s climb through the Valley reveals:

  • Meta brings Midjourney's capabilities to 3.9 billion users

  • Apple in talks to use Google's Gemini AI to power Siri

  • Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses next month

  • The US government is officially taking a 10% stake in Intel

  • Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Let’s dive into the Valley of AI…

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THROUGH THE VALLEY

Meta is teaming up with Midjourney to bring its advanced AI image and video generation tech into future Meta products. Announced by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, the partnership gives Meta’s research teams direct access to one of the top independent AI art startups. The move could help Meta compete with rivals like OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo. While Meta already offers tools like Imagine and Movie Gen, this deal signals a bigger push toward sharper, more creative visuals. Midjourney’s CEO confirmed the company stays independent and subscription-based.

Apple is exploring a major overhaul of Siri and is reportedly in early talks with Google to use its Gemini AI. Bloomberg says Google already trained a custom Gemini model on Apple’s private servers for testing. Inside Apple, two Siri versions are being developed: “Linwood,” powered by Apple’s own models, and “Glenwood,” which uses external tech. Apple has also spoken with OpenAI and Anthropic, but hasn’t made a final call yet. If it partners externally, Siri’s long-delayed revival could reach iPhone users sooner than the expected 2026 upgrade.

Meta is set to make its boldest move in smart glasses at its Connect conference on September 17–18. The company will reveal Hypernova, its first consumer-ready glasses with a built-in color display, priced around $800. The display, embedded in one lens, will show basic alerts like messages and work with a new gesture-control wristband developed by CTRL Labs. Meta will also introduce the third generation of its voice-only Ray-Ban glasses. While the display is simple, this launch marks Meta’s clearest step yet into mainstream consumer AR hardware.

The U.S. government has quietly become Intel’s biggest shareholder after converting nearly $11 billion in earlier grants into a 10% equity stake, largely through the CHIPS and Science Act and Secure Enclave program. The move gives Washington no board power or governance rights, but it strengthens U.S. control over critical chipmaking. Intel’s stock jumped on the news, giving the company more room to rebuild its struggling foundry business. Still, critics argue such deep government involvement could shift industry norms and expose corporate decisions to greater political influence and risk.

Google says each Gemini AI prompt now consumes just 0.24 watt-hours of energy, equal to 0.03 grams of CO₂ or about five drops of water. Independent studies that factor in server idling and cooling still show its footprint is far lower than earlier estimates. This leap comes from custom TPUs, better algorithms, and highly efficient data centers, cutting energy use per prompt by 33× in a year while improving answer quality. To set a benchmark for transparency and greener AI, Google has openly shared its full methodology.

TRENDING TOOLS

  • Blue - A voice assistant that lets you control any app on your phone and work completely hands-free

  • Gemini Live - A smarter, more natural, and visual AI assistant

  • Paradigm - An AI-native spreadsheet where each cell has its own agent

  • Eigent - A coordinated team of AI agents tackling complex tasks in parallel

  • ReadyBase - Type a prompt and instantly generate a polished PDF

THINK PIECES / BRAIN BOOST

THE VALLEY GEMS

What’s trending on social today:

1/ Genie 3 shows how simulations could shape the future of understanding the universe.

2/ BeyondMimic is a new framework that teaches humanoid robots lifelike, full-body control using large motion-capture datasets. This gives robots lifelike motion and fluidity.

3/ Elon’s universal high-income prediction for the future. Likely or unlikely?

THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

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