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June 27, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

27th June 2025

YouTube is piloting a new AI-driven search carousel for Premium users in the U.S., showing key video clips and an AI-generated overview for queries related to shopping, travel, and local info.
The feature aims to streamline discovery by surfacing the most relevant parts of videos directly in search results, alongside an expanded conversational AI tool.
Currently in testing until July 30 on iOS and Android, this may reshape how users find content—and raises questions for creators about potential impact on viewership.

WhatsApp is testing a "Summarize with Meta AI" feature on Android that replaces unread-message counts with AI-generated recaps when a chat backlog is detected.
Summaries are processed locally (Private Processing) to ensure privacy and allow users to quickly catch up without scrolling.
Still in beta, this feature aims to enhance user experience in busy group chats and high-message-volume threads.

Walmart is building a comprehensive enterprise AI platform, using generative models like GPT‑4 for internal tools, customer support, and inventory management.
The company emphasizes trust engineering—secure, transparent AI orchestration integrated with humans-in-the-loop oversight.
Their executive describes this as a “blueprint” for deploying AI safely and effectively at massive scale across retail operations.

OpenAI introduced Retell AI, a tool designed to create AI-powered voice and chat agents that can narrate stories, read content aloud, or take on persona-driven roles.
It supports easy integration with OpenAI, Whisper, and Twilio, enabling multimodal interactions (voice + text).
The platform targets interactive use cases like educational narrations, voice-persona branding, and conversational experiences.

Internal analysis shows users increasingly turn to Claude not just for tasks, but for emotional support and companionship during personal transitions like career decisions and relationship questions.
Interactions indicate sustained mood boosts, but Anthropic cautions Claude isn’t a replacement for therapy, as it tends to aim for user comfort over challenge.
While still used mostly for work-related tasks, Claude is evolving into a round-the-clock confidant without clinical credibility.

YouTube will raise its minimum age requirement for independent livestreaming to 16 starting July 22; younger creators (13–15) must stream with an adult present.
The policy update is aimed at enhancing safety and privacy for minors, with restrictions including chat disabling and potential temporary bans for non-compliance.
This aligns with YouTube’s broader efforts to better protect younger users and provide clearer guidance for youth content creation.

Wall Street Journal reports Meta successfully recruited three top AI researchers—Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai—from OpenAI’s Zurich office.
This contradicts OpenAI CEO’s claim that such aggressive $100 million signing bonuses were unsuccessful, signaling intense competition for AI talent.
The move is part of Meta’s push to build a "superintelligence" team and challenge rivals like OpenAI and Google.

CEO Marc Benioff revealed Salesforce now relies on AI to perform about 30–50% of its internal operations, including engineering, support, and coding.
The company’s Agentforce platform manages hundreds of thousands of customer interactions at 93% accuracy, shifting human focus to higher-level issues.
Benioff frames this as a “digital labor revolution,” projecting a $3–12 trillion shift toward AI-powered workforces.

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