AI’s first biological miracle

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For years, AI has promised to change how we see the world—this week, it actually did. Researchers used an AI-driven retinal implant to restore partial sight in people with advanced vision loss. It’s the kind of progress that moves quietly—technical, incremental, but unmistakably transformative. We’ve reached a point where machine learning isn’t just interpreting the world for us; it’s beginning to help the body perceive it again.

The story marks a turning point in how we measure impact. The frontier of AI is shifting from generative to regenerative—systems that rebuild, repair, and return function rather than automate it away. When computation begins to heal, innovation stops being theoretical and starts becoming biological.

Let’s dive in…

IN TODAY’S EDITION:

Top Story: GM to launch an AI-driven “eyes-off, hands-off” driving system by 2028, pushing Level 3 autonomy into the mainstream.

Industry Watch: NVIDIA fuels a $1.2T U.S. factory boom as Foxconn, Toyota, and TSMC use its Omniverse platform for AI-powered digital twins.

Notable Transactions: Nvidia invests $1B in Nokia to develop 6G networks optimized for AI chips.

New Tools to Try: Atlas brings ChatGPT into your browser for real-time automation and insight.

Power Prompt: Interactive Skill Mastery Tutor turns ChatGPT into an adaptive coach for faster, structured learning.

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORY

GM to Launch AI-Powered “Eyes-Off, Hands-Off” Driving System in 2028

General Motors plans to debut its most advanced AI-driven driver-assistance system in 2028, allowing drivers to fully take their eyes and hands off the road on highways. Built on GM’s Super Cruise platform, the next-generation system will integrate AI-based perception and decision models that fuse lidar, radar, and camera data to anticipate traffic patterns and safely handle driving tasks autonomously. The Cadillac Escalade IQ EV will be the first vehicle to feature the technology, with broader rollout expected to follow at a faster pace than Super Cruise’s initial launch. (TechCrunch)

INDUSTRY WATCH

Manufacturing | NVIDIA Powers $1.2T US Factory Buildout with AI Digital Twins

NVIDIA announced that Foxconn, Toyota, TSMC, and Caterpillar are using its Omniverse platform to build AI-driven factory digital twins. Foxconn is designing its 242,287-square-foot Houston facility for NVIDIA AI systems manufacturing, while Amazon's BlueJay robot transitioned from concept to production in just over a year, utilizing simulation technology. (NVIDIA)

Real Estate | Acquisition Atlas Cuts Distressed Property Research from 20 Hours to Minutes with AI

Acquisition Atlas launched an AI platform that automatically scans county lien filings to identify distressed properties. The tool converts complex legal documents into searchable intelligence, reducing investor research time from 20-30 hours weekly to instant results. (Financial News)

Agriculture | Bonsai Robotics Launches Vision-Based Autonomous Farm Vehicles

Bonsai Robotics unveiled three autonomous agricultural vehicles—Amiga Flex, Max, and Trax—at FIRA USA 2025. All models utilize the company's vision-based Bonsai Intelligence platform for autonomous navigation and task execution in spraying, weeding, and hauling, eliminating the need for pre-mapped routes. (Interesting Engineering)

Tech | Amazon Tests AI Smart Glasses for Hands-Free Delivery Driver Navigation

Amazon unveiled prototype AI-powered smart glasses called "Amelia" for delivery drivers that provide turn-by-turn navigation, package scanning, and hazard alerts through a heads-up display. Currently testing with hundreds of drivers across North America, the glasses aim to eliminate phone use during deliveries and shave seconds off each stop. (BBC)

Healthcare | AI Model Predicts 1,000+ Diseases Up to 20 Years Before Symptoms with 76% Accuracy

Researchers developed Delphi-2M, an AI model that forecasts disease risk across 1,000+ conditions up to two decades in advance. Trained on 400,000 UK participants and validated on 1.9 million Danish records, the system achieved 76% accuracy for near-term predictions by analyzing medical history and lifestyle factors. (Nature)

Banking & Finance | Claude for Excel Targets Wall Street with Real-Time Market Data

Anthropic launched Claude for Excel in beta, embedding AI into spreadsheets with seven new connectors to financial data providers, including LSEG and Moody's. Early adopter AIG reported compressing business review timelines by over 5x while improving data accuracy from 75% to over 90%. (VentureBeat)

Retail | Amazon's Help Me Decide Tool Uses AI to Explain Product Recommendations

Amazon launched Help Me Decide, an AI tool that analyzes browsing history to recommend products with explanations of why they match shopper needs. Using large language models, the feature appears after viewing similar items and initially rolls out to millions of U.S. users on mobile. (TechCrunch)

Media | Mondelez Deploys $40M AI Tool to Cut Marketing Costs 30-50%

Oreo maker Mondelez is using a generative AI tool developed with Accenture to slash marketing production costs by 30-50%. Currently creating social media content for Chips Ahoy and Milka, the tool will expand to Amazon and Walmart product pages in November and aims to produce TV-ready ads by 2026. (Reuters)

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS

Nvidia Takes $1B Stake in Nokia for 6G Development - The chip giant will acquire 166 million Nokia shares as the telecom equipment supplier adapts its 5G and 6G network software to run on Nvidia's AI chips. (CNBC)

Uber and Nebius Commit Up to $375M to Avride Robotaxi - The investment will grow the autonomous vehicle startup's driverless fleet to 500 cars, with plans to launch Hyundai robotaxis in Dallas by year-end. (Bloomberg)

Mercor Raises $350M Series C at $10B Valuation - The AI talent marketplace, which connects domain experts with AI labs for model training, quintupled its valuation and is on track to hit $500M in annual revenue. (TechCrunch)

Dexory Secures $165M for Warehouse Intelligence Platform - The robotics company raised $100M in equity and $65M in debt to expand its AI-powered inventory tracking system used by DHL, GXO, and Maersk. (Business Wire)

Reducto Raises $75M Series B for Document Intelligence - The AI platform, which converts complex documents into machine-readable data, secured funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and has processed nearly a billion pages for customers including Harvey and Scale AI. (PR Newswire)

NEW TOOLS TO TRY

POWER PROMPT

This Week: Interactive Skill Mastery Tutor

Transform your ChatGPT into a personalized tutor that teaches any skill through structured lessons, Socratic questioning, and hands-on exercises that adapt to your pace and understanding.

HOW TO MAKE CHATGPT TEACH YOU ANY SKILL:
"Act as an expert tutor who helps me master any topic through an interactive, interview-style course. The process must be recursive and personalised.
Here's what I want you to do:
Ask me for a topic I want to learn.
Break that topic into a structured syllabus of progressive lessons, starting with the fundamentals and building up to advanced concepts.
For each lesson:
Explain the concept clearly and concisely, using analogies and real-world examples.
Ask me socratic-style questions to assess and deepen my understanding.
Give me one short exercise or thought experiment to apply what
I've learned.
Ask if I'm ready to move on or if I need clarification.
If I say yes, move to the next concept.
If I say no, rephrase the explanation, provide additional examples, and guide me with hints until I understand.
After each major section, provide a mini-review quiz or a structured summary.
Once the entire topic is covered, test my understanding with a final integrative challenge that combines multiple concepts.
Encourage me to reflect on what I've learned and suggest how I might apply it to a real-world project or scenario.

Prompt credit: Bantai

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