OpenAI & NVIDIA Ink $100B+ AI Hardware Pact • FaceSwap App Sparks Fraud Fears • AI Designs Infectious Viral Genomes

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🌐 OpenAI & NVIDIA Ink $100B+ AI Hardware Pact
OpenAI and NVIDIA announced a deal to deploy at least 10 GW of NVIDIA systems powering OpenAI’s next-gen infrastructure, with NVIDIA investing up to $100B.
📍 Impact: ★★★★☆ — The clearest sign yet that AI’s “compute arms race” is going nuclear in scale.
Source: OpenAI

👤 FaceSwap App Sparks Fraud Fears
A viral demo showed an app that can live face-swap on FaceTime calls, enabling users to impersonate others in real time.
📍 Impact: ★★★☆☆ — Fun for memes, but a nightmare for scams and trust online.
Source: IndiaTimes

🧬 AI Designs Infectious Viral Genomes
Stanford researchers used generative models to create viral sequences, some of which infected bacteria in the lab.

📍 Impact: ★★★★☆ — A red flag for biosecurity: AI is now a biotech double-edged sword.
Source: Times of India

📖 “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” Goes Bestseller
Yudkowsky and Soares’ book on existential AI risk hit bestseller lists just a week after release.
📍 Impact: ★★★☆☆ — Shows AI risk is entering mainstream conversation, not just labs and forums.
Source: Wikipedia

🛠 TOOL OF THE WEEK
Perplexity Pages AI — Perplexity rolled out “Pages,” a tool that turns AI answers into polished, shareable webpages with citations, images, and layouts. Great for research summaries, reports, or thought leadership content.

📍 Impact: ★★★★☆ — Transforms Q&A into publish-ready knowledge products with almost no effort.
Source: Perplexity AI

🤖 AI FOR BEGINNERS
Course Pick: “AI Safety Fundamentals — Fall 2025” — A newly updated free program that introduces core concepts in AI safety, alignment, and governance. Includes beginner-friendly readings and weekly discussions.

📍 Impact: ★★★★☆ — Perfect entry point for students curious about how to make AI both powerful and safe.
Source: aisafetyfundamentals.com

😂 THIS WEEK IN MEMES