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👋 Good Morning. Google just launched a standalone AI notetaker, Microsoft dropped a wild R&D agent platform, and a new U.S. law officially criminalizes deepfakes used for revenge. Welcome to the part of the timeline where AI is both your assistant and your alibi.

TL;DR: This week in tech is like Note-taking GPT meets courtroom drama—helpful, powerful, and very ready to be subpoenaed.

What’s Merging Today:
• 📓 Google debuts NotebookLM as an Android app
• 🧠 Microsoft reveals agent-based R&D platform
• ⚖️ New U.S. law targets deepfake abuse
• 🧑‍💻 Windows gets an AI dev toolkit makeover
• 🔋 Elon flexes Tesla’s battery milestone

MERGE MINDBLOWERS

• 🔋 You can power a tiny lightbulb with your tears.
  Human tears contain electrolytes, meaning they can generate tiny amounts of electricity when passed through certain materials. Crying = literal energy output.

• 📚 A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair—and stronger than steel.
  If scaled up, spider silk could stop a jet in flight. Scientists are trying to mass-produce it with genetically modified goats. Yes, goats.

• 💬 There’s a language in Mexico that’s entirely whistled.
  Called Silbo Gomero, it’s used on the island of La Gomera to communicate across mountains and valleys. It’s an actual, fully functional whistling language.

• 🧬 Your body has more non-human DNA than human DNA.
  You’re made of about 43% human cells—the rest are bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Basically: you’re a walking ecosystem with opinions.

• 🌐 The first website is still live.
  Launched in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee, the first web page is still online at info.cern.ch. It’s plain text, no CSS—just pure internet history.

TODAY IN AI

Google launches NotebookLM as Android App

Google quietly shipped its personalized AI notebook, NotebookLM, as a dedicated Android app. Formerly known as Project Tailwind, it allows users to upload their own docs, links, and notes — and then ask AI questions about them.

📄 You can now essentially carry a private, doc-aware LLM in your pocket. Think: study helper, research assistant, second brain.

Bonus: The app is now live on the Play Store.

Why it matters: We're moving beyond "ask ChatGPT" to "ask your files." Personalized AI is the next frontier—and it just went mobile.

TODAY IN TECH

Microsoft unveils ‘Discovery’

Microsoft introduced “Discovery,” a platform that uses agentic AI models to automate research and development tasks. The idea? Deploy AI agents that can read papers, design experiments, test hypotheses, and generate breakthroughs—without constant human prompting.

🔬 Built on Azure’s open-source stack, Discovery aims to turn static research workflows into living systems that adapt and improve in real-time.

Also: Microsoft refreshed its AI dev tools for Windows, giving Copilot deeper hooks into local workflows and adding more open-source support for custom AI builds.

Why it matters: Microsoft isn’t just playing with models—they’re rethinking how humans + machines innovate together.

TODAY IN BUSINESS

U.S. passes law criminalizing Deepfake porn & revenge AI

President Trump just signed new legislation criminalizing the use of AI-generated deepfakes for non-consensual pornography and revenge content. The law makes it a federal crime to create or distribute synthetic explicit media without consent.

🧑‍⚖️ This move follows mounting public pressure after several high-profile celebrity deepfake cases—and increasing abuse of AI in online harassment.

Why it matters: This is one of the first real legal firewalls in the U.S. against generative AI abuse. Expect more global governments to follow suit.

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WHAT ELSE IS MERGING

• 🧠 Capgemini Report Highlights Public Sector's Focus on Agentic AI
A Capgemini Research Institute report reveals that 90% of public sector organizations plan to explore, pilot, or implement agentic AI technologies within the next 2-3 years, despite challenges in data readiness.

• 🔋 Vaire's Reversible Computing Chip Promises 50% Energy Savings
UK startup Vaire reports that initial tests of its reversible computing chip, an alternative to traditional GPUs, show up to 50% energy savings, potentially transforming AI computing efficiency.

• 🌐 Google I/O 2025 Kicks Off with AI and XR Focus
Google's annual developer conference, I/O 2025, begins today, with expectations of major announcements in AI advancements, including updates to its Gemini model and developments in extended reality (XR) technologies.

• 🧠 Manus AI Agent Gains Attention for Autonomous Task Management
Singapore-based startup Monica's AI agent, Manus, is making waves for its ability to autonomously handle complex online tasks without direct human guidance, showcasing advancements in agentic AI.

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