The most important news pieces from the AI world are here for you, whether you’re an AI enthusiast or just wish to keep an eye on what’s going on.
Focus Topic: OpenAI’s new identity – from profit to purpose?
One of the most significant shifts in the AI world this week comes from OpenAI, which has now officially completed its transition into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). At the heart of this change is the newly formed OpenAI Foundation, which holds equity in the for-profit arm currently valued at approximately $130 billion, making it one of the most well-funded philanthropic organizations in history.
The Foundation will direct an initial $25 billion toward two critical areas: accelerating health breakthroughs like better diagnostics and treatments, and developing technical solutions for AI resilience – a cybersecurity-like layer aimed at protecting systems as AI scales globally. This builds on earlier initiatives like the $50M People-First AI Fund.
A major shift also occurred in OpenAI’s key partnership: Microsoft’s ownership has dropped from 32.5% to around 27%, though they retain exclusive technology and model rights through 2032, even after AGI arrives. The companies now have more flexibility to work with third parties, and Microsoft can independently pursue AGI if it chooses.
This restructuring signals a growing emphasis on long-term public value, not just commercial dominance. Whether OpenAI can truly deliver on that mission remains to be seen, but it’s now officially structured to try.
LLMs & AI Models
- OpenAI completed its transition to a Public Benefit Corporation, creating a $130B Foundation and lowering Microsoft’s stake to 27%
- Anthropic launched Claude for Excel, a tool tailored for financial workflows with platform integrations and modeling skills
- OpenAI upgraded GPT-5 to better handle mental health crises, achieving 91% protocol alignment vs GPT-4o’s 77%
- Meta alumni are reshaping OpenAI’s internal culture, raising concerns about Sora 2 direction and ad-targeting strategies
- Mistral AI launched Studio, a new platform to scale AI prototypes into production with monitoring and safety features
New Tools
- Canva launched a Creative OS with AI design tools, 3D generators, and integrated marketing workflows
- Perplexity introduced Patents, a free AI-based tool for natural language patent search across databases
- Figma acquired Weavy and launched Figma Weave, expanding into AI-driven visual and animation creation
- Cursor released Composer, its first code model, with 4x faster generation and multitasking support on a new 2.0 platform
- Google upgraded NotebookLM with better memory, response quality, and customizable personas
- TikTok launched Smart Split and AI Outline, tools for turning long videos into shorts and auto-generating summaries
- Adobe unveiled Firefly Image Model 5, AI video tools, and Google Cloud integration at the MAX conference
- xAI launched Grokipedia, an AI-written encyclopedia with over 800,000 editable articles
- Google introduced Pomelli, an AI marketing tool that auto-generates content from company websites
- Flowith unveiled FlowithOS, outperforming top AI systems in web-based agent tasks
- Odyssey launched Odyssey-2, a real-time AI video model with physics simulation and text control
- Meta added AI tools to Instagram Stories for restyling, editing, and object removal directly on the platform
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Other Quick Picks
- Anthropic found Claude shows limited self-awareness, detecting fake concepts in 20% of cases
- Extropic unveiled a chip using thermodynamic sampling, claiming 10,000x lower energy use than GPUs
- Universal Music Group and Udio will co-develop a licensed AI music platform in 2026 after settling a lawsuit
- Character AI will block users under 18 from open chats starting Nov 25, citing legal pressure and safety risks
- Google leads in generative media tools, with 74% image and 69% video market share, ahead of OpenAI and Midjourney
- Anthropic and Thinking Machines found that AI models develop distinct “personalities” over time
🇪🇪 AI News from Estonia
- Otepää Oskari Lihatööstus launched AI-generated ham and roulade, showing how AI is entering food product development
- Helmes survey: 67% of Estonian leaders expect AI adoption vs only 31% in Latvia, showing Estonia’s stronger executive push
- Ats Albre (Nortal) says Estonia could use AI to perform work of 3 million people with a population of just 600,000
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