AI News: An INSANE Week… Here’s What Matters

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Here's The AI News From The Past Week! Build with Retool here: https://fandf.co/3RjilvK Discover More: 🛠️ Explore AI Tools & News: https://futuretools.io/ 📰 Weekly Newsletter: https://futuretools.io/newsletter Socials: ❌ Twiter/X: https://x.com/mreflow 🖼️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mr.eflow 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mr.eflow 🟦 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-wolfe-30841712/ 👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattrwolfe Resources From Today's Video: Claude Opus 5: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5 Opus 5 Game Demo: https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2081054356405731740 AI Gaming Progress: https://x.com/chrisgpt/status/2082265122949542149 24-Hour Game Build: https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2082101266961023452 Claude-of-Duty Prompt: https://github.com/mshumer/Claude-of-Duty/blob/main/prompt.md Nano Banana Earth: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/earth/nano-banana-google-earth-image-generation/ Meta AI Acts: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/meta-ai-muse-spark-doesnt-just-think-it-acts/ BUZZ Groupchat Platform: https://x.com/jack/status/2079605800998146171 Grok Build Mode: https://x.ai/news/grok-build-mode Gemini macOS Voice: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/speak-naturally-gemini-app-mac-os/ Free Gemini Videos: https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/2082563490431246623 Midjourney Version 8.2: https://www.midjourney.com/updates/version-8-2 Mirage Avatar X: https://x.com/trymirage/status/2082120270618530053 HeyGen Video Podcast: https://x.com/HeyGen/status/2082510248489943367 LinkedIn AI Slop Button: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/973384/linkedin-seems-like-ai-slop-button Friend Wearable Returns: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/friend-the-lonely-ai-wearable-returns-with-a-new-voice-and-a-much-bigger-price-tag/ Chinese Robot Ban: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9e2ex3ekyo Gemini Robotics ER 2: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/gemini-robotics-er-2/ Let’s work together! - Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: mattwolfe@smoothmedia.co #AINews #AITools #ArtificialIntelligence Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:04 Opus 5 Sentiment 2:30 Opus 5 Strength 4:47 Opus 5 My Tests 10:02 Retool 11:22 Google Earth Nano Banana 13:28 Meta AI Agent 14:30 BUZZ 19:30 Grok Build Mode 19:54 Gemini Natural Language 20:04 Gemini Omni FREE 20:22 Midjourney V8.2 20:41 Mirage Avatar X 21:53 HeyGen Video Podcasts 23:48 LinkedIn AI Slop Button 24:18 New Friend Wearable 25:12 Banning Humanoids 25:25 Gemini Robotics ER 2 26:19 Final Thoughts

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