AIPOOOL Weekly AI Digest – 3rd August 2025

Happy Sunday! This is AIPOOOL. The email that tells you what’s going on in Artificial Intelligence space in simple blocks. Get ready to have your mind blown by the sheer power of AI!

In Today’s Email :

• 🔥 AI News Flash: Google AI unveils its Deep Researcher, OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT, NVIDIA challenger Groq nears a $6B valuation, Guess ads spark controversy with AI models, Tim Cook says Apple must win in AI, and India gets its first private AI university!

• ⛏️ Trending Tools: Scottie for Byte News, DeskribAI for AI-Powered Documents & many more …

• 🚀 Just Dropped from The AIBROS Show:  Neural Builders - From Intern to Industry Shaper!

• 🔰 Quick Grab: OpenAI Launches Stargate Norway to Bolster European AI Infrastructure

• 🎆 Creators Corner: Top Picks from Hugging Face: Trending AI Applications You Can't Miss!

• 🥼 From Lab to Layman: Google's Gemini 2.5 Deep Think Solves Olympiad-Level Math Problems

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AI Happenings You Don’t Want To Miss

✨ Google AI Introduces Test-Time Diffusion Deep Researcher (TTD-DR)
Google AI has developed a new framework, TTD-DR, that mimics the human research process of drafting, searching, and revising to generate high-quality, long-form research reports. This novel approach uses a diffusion process to iteratively refine a preliminary draft with external information, significantly outperforming existing deep research agents.

✨ OpenAI Launches Study Mode in ChatGPT
OpenAI has introduced "study mode" in ChatGPT, a new feature designed to help users learn by guiding them through problems step-by-step rather than just providing answers. Developed with educators, this mode encourages active participation and critical thinking, making it a useful tool for homework and test preparation.

✨ NVIDIA Challenger Groq Nears New Fundraising at $6B Valuation
AI chip startup Groq is reportedly close to raising nearly $600 million in a new funding round that would value the company at approximately $6 billion.This significant increase in valuation reflects growing investor confidence in Groq's specialized AI inference chips as a viable alternative to NVIDIA's dominant GPUs.

✨ Controversy Surrounds AI-Generated Models in New Guess Ads
A new Guess ad campaign featured in Vogue has sparked controversy for its use of AI-generated models, leading to backlash from readers and creatives. While the brand and the AI agency behind the images defend it as a new creative tool, the incident has intensified the debate around the future of modeling and the use of AI in fashion.

✨ Tim Cook Says Apple Must Win in AI
In a recent internal meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook emphasized the company's commitment to becoming a leader in artificial intelligence, stating it's a revolution "as big or bigger" than the internet. He revealed that Apple is significantly increasing its investment in AI, reallocating employees, and is open to acquisitions to accelerate its AI roadmap.

✨ India's First Private AI University Launched in UP
India's first private AI-augmented multidisciplinary university has been inaugurated in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, a venture by Chandigarh University. The university aims to integrate modern education with cutting-edge AI technology, aligning with national initiatives like Startup India to foster innovation and technical skills.

 🚀Just Dropped: Neural Builders - From Intern to Industry Shaper!

In this episode of The AIBROS Show, Krishna Kumar Tiwari takes us through his wild ride—from publishing his first AI paper at 21 to co-founding Whilter AI. Tune in for hot takes on LLM infrastructure, AI devtools, and what it really means to build in public.
If you’re building GenAI, you’ll want to hear this.

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📜 OpenAI Launches Stargate Norway to Bolster European AI Infrastructure

OpenAI has announced the launch of Stargate Norway, its first AI data center initiative in Europe, as part of the "OpenAI for Countries" program. This ambitious project aims to significantly boost Europe's AI computing capacity to drive innovation and economic growth across the continent. The new facility, a joint venture with British AI cloud provider Nscale and Norwegian industrial company Aker, will be located in Narvik, a region chosen for its abundant renewable hydropower, cool climate, and low-cost energy.

The data center is slated to deliver an initial 230MW of capacity, with plans to house 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by the end of 2026. This sustainable facility will run entirely on renewable energy and employ advanced direct-to-chip liquid cooling, with excess heat being repurposed for local low-carbon enterprises.

Stargate Norway represents one of the most significant AI infrastructure investments in Europe to date. While prioritizing access for Norway's domestic AI startups and researchers, surplus capacity will be available to users across the UK and Northern Europe, helping to accelerate the development of a sovereign European AI ecosystem.

🤖 Top Picks from Hugging Face: Trending AI Applications You Can't Miss!

✨ Higgs Audio V2: Advanced Audio Generation
A space by smola demonstrating a powerful audio generation model capable of creating various sounds and music from textual descriptions.

✨ Qwen3-Coder-WebDev: AI-Powered Web Development Agent
This space from the Qwen team showcases an AI agent specialized in web development, capable of generating and modifying HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code based on user instructions.

✨ OmniSVG-3B: Text-to-SVG Generation
An AI model from OmniSVG that specializes in generating Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) directly from text prompts, enabling the creation of resolution-independent icons and illustrations.

✨ Drag-and-Drop LLMs: Interactive AI Storytelling
A creative space by Jerrylz that allows users to build stories and scenarios by dragging and dropping different large language models (LLMs) into a narrative sequence.

👨‍💻 Google's Gemini 2.5 Deep Think Solves Olympiad-Level Math Problems

Google has unveiled Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, a significant advancement in AI reasoning that has demonstrated the ability to solve complex problems at the level of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). This new model, an experimental version of Gemini 2.5, achieved a gold-medal-equivalent score by correctly solving five out of six problems from a recent IMO competition, a feat that showcases its human-like creative problem-solving and deep mathematical reasoning capabilities.

At its core, Deep Think introduces a new, more intuitive reasoning engine that operates differently from traditional language models. Instead of generating answers token-by-token, it explores a "tree of thoughts," considering multiple reasoning paths simultaneously before selecting the most promising one. This approach, combined with its ability to "show its work" by explaining its problem-solving steps, represents a major leap in AI transparency and reliability. While still in development, Deep Think's success signals a new era for AI in tackling advanced scientific and mathematical challenges.

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