Need to Know News - September 26th, 2025
In this week's Need to Know News edition:
🤖 Meta's "TikTok for robots"... a bizarre new feed that lets you instantly "remix" any AI video you see and share it.
🤖 The new ChatGPT feature that's learning to "think ahead"... it scans your private chats and calendar while you sleep to hand you a personalized daily briefing.
🤖 Google's latest AI is a "Pinterest board that thinks"... it takes your scattered ideas and generates entirely new images and concepts for you.
And a whole lot more!
ChatGPT Stops Waiting for Your Questions
ChatGPT is learning to think ahead. A new preview feature called Pulse stops waiting for you to ask questions and instead does research for you while you sleep. It scans your chats, feedback, and even your connected calendar to figure out what you need.
Then, it serves up a daily briefing of personalized visual cards—maybe a meeting agenda or new ideas for a project. But you're still in control. You can tell Pulse what to focus on, making it a step toward an AI that truly works for you.
Moody’s to Walmart: Corporate America Betting Big on Agentic
Imagine cutting a 40-hour project down to two minutes. That's what Moody's just did with a team of specialized AI "agents" that prepare credit memos. This is the next wave of AI, and corporate giants are betting big. Amazon now gives sellers an AI partner that manages inventory and boosts ad performance by triple digits.
Walmart is building four "super agents" to reimagine its entire business. Even Google and Zoom are embedding these proactive agents into their tools.
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xAI’s New Grok Is 98% Cheaper and Just as Smart
xAI's new Grok 4 Fast delivers the same brainpower as its bigger Grok 4 model but at a 98% lower cost. So how did they do it? The new model is incredibly efficient, using 40% fewer "thinking tokens" to get to the same answer.
And this isn't a budget model in disguise. It already ranks #1 on the LMArena Search Arena, beating out much larger competitors. It even has advanced agentic skills to search the web and X for real-time data.
An AI Artist Just Signed a $3 Million Record Deal
An R&B artist named Xania Monet is climbing the Billboard charts and just sparked a $3 million bidding war for a record deal. But Xania isn't a person. She is the AI creation of Telisha Jones, a poet from Mississippi.
Jones writes the personal lyrics herself and then uses the AI music tool Suno to generate the vocals and songs. The project has already earned nearly 10 million streams, with one song hitting #1 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart.
Google's New AI Is a Pinterest Board That Thinks
Imagine a brainstorming board that not only holds your ideas but helps you create new ones. That’s the concept behind Mixboard, a new AI experiment from Google Labs. It’s an open canvas where you can use text prompts or your own pictures to get started.
Then, its AI can generate entirely new images for you. You can even edit your board using simple sentences, powered by a new model called Nano Banana. It's a powerful new way to visualize everything from home decor to your next big product idea.
The New AI Divide: Why Some Companies Are Pulling Ahead
A Google Cloud study reveals a growing gap between companies using AI. On one side are the "agentic AI early adopters," about 13% of firms. These companies aren't just dabbling; they're dedicating at least half their AI budget to specialized agents that can act on their own. And they are reaping the rewards.
A stunning 88% of them see a return on investment, far more than the 74% average. They're seeing bigger wins in everything from marketing to fraud detection.
Perplexity Launches a $200/Month AI to Run Your Inbox
The AI startup just launched an autonomous Email Assistant that promises to completely take over your inbox for $200 a month. This isn't just f sorting emails. The agent works inside Gmail and Outlook to draft personalized replies and handle all the back-and-forth of scheduling meetings on its own.
It's a direct shot at Google and Microsoft, aiming to automate the routine tasks of recruiters and assistants. While the price has angered some users, Perplexity is targeting high-value business customers who will pay for productivity.
A Tech Legend's Warning: AI Agents Are the New Internet
Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI and a key mind behind Google Maps and Salesforce, has a stark prediction. He says AI agents are the next internet-sized revolution. And he's betting his career on it. His new AI startup, Sierra, is already a $10 billion "decacorn" with hundreds of enterprise clients.
Its agents aren't just chatbots. They're actively selling mortgages and making sales calls. Taylor warns that companies once scrambled for a website, then a mobile app. Now, the race is on to adopt AI agents.
Meta's New AI Feed Is a TikTok for Robots
Meta just launched Vibes, a new feed inside its AI app that’s like a TikTok for AI-generated videos. But it’s not just for watching. The main idea is to let you remix what you see. You can take any video from the feed and instantly make it your own by adding music or changing the entire visual style.
The goal is to make AI video creation more social and experimental. Once you create something, you can share it directly to your Instagram or Facebook Stories and Reels.
Google Taps AI Partner to Automate Its Advertising
In a surprising move, Google is turning to an outside company to help supercharge its advertising with AI. The tech giant is testing a platform from Smartly to automatically generate ads for its hardware like the Pixel phone.
They want to find a more efficient way to create thousands of ad versions for different platforms. Smartly’s CEO, Laura Desmond, believes this is the future, predicting that AI will power 100% of all ads by 2028. It’s a clear sign that the race to automate creative work is heating up.
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