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Google just turned the homepage into an AI front end. AI Mode is now the default U.S. search experience, while Veo 3 brings cinematic video generation to 159 countries. Plus: Perplexity chases power users with a $200 plan, an AI-generated band dupes Spotify, and researchers claim their LLM can mimic the human brain.
📌 In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:
AI Mode exits Labs, now baked into U.S. Google Search
Perplexity Max targets heavy users at $200 a month
AI “band” Velvet Sundown admits viral Spotify hoax
Research team says LLM can simulate human cognition
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🎥 Google Rolls Out Veo 3 Globally, AI Mode Across U.S.
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Google just gave its two flagship AI products a major push. Veo 3, the Google’s viral video generation model, is now available in 159 countries for Gemini Pro users while AI Mode, a Gemini-powered search experience, is officially live across the U.S. after months in Google Labs.
Here’s what’s rolling out:
AI Mode exits Labs, now default in U.S. search with a new tab for text, voice, and image queries powered by Gemini 2.5
Answers complex questions with citations, using a “query fan-out” approach that runs parallel searches and merges results
Veo 3 rolls out globally to Gemini Pro subscribers, with 3 daily video generations and support for 1080p cinematic quality
Google homepage now promotes AI Mode, replacing “I’m Feeling Lucky” and signaling a core shift in search
Google’s rollout shows it's serious about embedding AI at every touchpoint, from how we search, to how we create. As Veo 3 hits creative workflows and AI Mode shifts search habits, Google is making a full-stack push to defend its crown in both generative content and information retrieval.
đź’ˇPerplexity Launches $200 Max Tier for Power Users
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Perplexity has introduced a new $200-per-month plan called Perplexity Max, aimed at heavy users who want full access to its AI tools and early product releases. The plan includes unlimited use of Labs, early access to upcoming tools like the Comet browser, and priority access to top-tier models.
What’s included in Perplexity Max:
Labs access becomes unlimited, letting users build dashboards, spreadsheets, presentations, and web apps without usage caps
Early access to new tools like Comet, an AI-first browser, plus premium data sources from partner brands
Model priority included, with guaranteed front-of-line access to top-tier models such as o3-pro and Claude Opus
Enterprise Max tier on the way, following the individual launch with a business-grade version coming soon
Perplexity is trying to turn high-intensity usage into high-margin revenue. Perplexity made $34M in revenue last year but burned $65M, mostly on infrastructure and model licensing. If Max delivers real productivity gains, it could help Perplexity justify the $14B valuation.
🎠Viral “Band” Velvet Sundown Admits It’s an AI Hoax
Image Credit: Velvet Sundown On Spotify
Velvet Sundown, a mysterious band that suddenly amassed over 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, has admitted to using Suno, a generative AI music platform, and now calls itself an “art hoax.” A spokesperson has now told Rolling Stone the project was “trolling” and it worked.
What’s happening:
Admitted AI use: The band’s rep confirmed some tracks were made with Suno, despite public denials
Cloned voice: Suno’s Persona tool was used to simulate a consistent lead singer across tracks
Suspicious playlists: Most Spotify playlists featuring the band came from just four accounts
Fake photos: Band images had obvious AI artifacts and no traceable origin
Platform silence: Spotify has no policy against AI music and declined to comment
“It’s marketing. It’s trolling,” the spokesperson admitted to Rolling Stone, framing the hoax as performance art. “Fake things sometimes have more impact than real ones.” One A&R exec summed it up: “It’s going viral because it’s AI, not because the music’s great.”
🧠Researchers Claim AI Can Simulate Human Cognition, Critics Call It Roleplay
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Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have unveiled Centaur, an AI model they say can simulate human decision-making with striking precision. Trained on a vast psychology dataset and fine-tuned using Meta’s Llama 3.1, Centaur is being pitched as a “virtual laboratory” for testing behavioral theories and cognitive models.
What Centaur does:
Built on Psych-101, a dataset from 160 psychology studies, including over 60,000 participants and 10M choices
Fine-tuned from Llama 3.1 70B using QLoRA to mimic human behavior while retaining LLM capabilities
Outperformed 14 cognitive models across 159 out of 160 tasks, from memory to decision-making and problem-solving
Showed neural correlations, with internal representations aligning with activity in brain regions like the prefrontal cortex
Generalized beyond training, solving modified tasks like a three-slot machine variant and even basic logic puzzles
Centaur is being positioned as a tool to run experiments “in silico” before testing with real participants, potentially aiding behavioral research and clinical insights. But its critics are drawing a hard line: predicting what people do is not the same as understanding why they do it.
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