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AI is getting personal, political, and physical. Google shipped a terminal-native agent built for coders, Anthropic scored a legal win that won’t stop the next lawsuit, Bernie Sanders wants AI to buy you a three-day weekend, and Reid Hoffman is funding an AI-powered helmet to quiet your anxiety.
📌 In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:
Gemini CLI gives devs a local AI agent with zero barriers
Anthropic wins fair use ruling, but pirated book case still looms
Bernie Sanders demands a 4-day week if AI boosts productivity
Reid Hoffman backs $12M AI ultrasound helmet for anxiety
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💻 Gemini CLI Brings Google’s AI Agent Straight to Your Terminal
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Google just launched Gemini CLI, a free, open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal and speaks plain English. It's not a demo, not a gated beta, it's real, local, and surprisingly powerful. And it might be the most developer-friendly AI release yet.
Details:
Fully open-source under Apache 2.0. Anyone can inspect, fork, or contribute
1,000 free requests per day and 60 per minute, with zero credit card required
Connects to Gemini 2.5 Pro, offering a 1M-token context window by default
Built-in extensions support task automation, research, and command execution
Deep integration with Gemini Code Assist, enabling agent-mode coding in VS Code
For decades, the CLI was where devs went to take full control. Now, it’s also where they go to collaborate with a machine that understands nuance, error states, and intent. The AI doesn’t hover above your screen pretending to help. It sits next to you, inside the same text box where real work happens.
⚖️ Anthropic Wins Fair Use Ruling. But Pirated Book Trial Looms
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In a landmark decision, a federal judge ruled that Anthropic did not violate copyright laws by using legally obtained books to train its AI models, marking the first time a US court has sided with an AI company on fair use claims.
Key Details:
Judge Alsup declared Anthropic’s training practices “spectacularly transformative,” likening it to how writers learn by reading others’ work
Authors’ core claim that Claude can reproduce copyrighted texts, was rejected for lack of compelling evidence
Millions spent: Anthropic said it paid heavily to buy and digitize physical books for model training
Illegal copies: The company also allegedly built a “central library” using books downloaded from pirate sites, which the court confirmed was unlawful
Upcoming trial: A December hearing will determine damages, potentially reaching $150,000 per pirated book
This decision gives AI companies their first real foothold in arguing that training on copyrighted works is protected under fair use. But with so many lawsuits still pending and the pirated content issue unresolved, the case also reveals how murky and unfinished this legal frontier still is.
🧭 Bernie Sanders: If AI Boosts Productivity, Give Us a 4-Day Week
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Senator Bernie Sanders just took a swing at Silicon Valley’s AI productivity hype. On Joe Rogan’s podcast, he made the case that if AI tools are making work faster and easier, that time shouldn’t fatten margins and it should be handed back to workers. His proposal: a 32-hour workweek, no pay cuts, more life.
Here’s what he said:
“If your productivity is increasing because we give you AI, I’m not throwing you out, I’m cutting your hours.”
Sanders already introduced a bill to make this law, with overtime protections kicking in after four days.
Let’s use tech to give people more time with family, education, whatever the hell you wanna do.”
Rogan pressed Sanders on what happens when work disappears. His reply? “The answer is not to fall in love with your AI creature out there.”
While Big Tech sees AI as a way to cut costs and scale operations, Sanders is calling their bluff. AI has made it easier to finish tasks faster, but the workweek remains unchanged for most. Sanders is raising the question: if the tools are getting smarter, why shouldn’t our schedules?
🔗 LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman Funds AI Helmet Startup for Mental Health
Source: The Village Doctor
Can you massage anxiety away with sound? Sanmai Technologies thinks so. Reid Hoffman just dropped $12M to help them prove it. The startup’s new AI-powered helmet targets depression, anxiety, and chronic pain using focused ultrasound pulses, guided by a virtual coach.
How it works:
Ultrasound meets AI: The device directs sound waves to specific brain regions, with real-time feedback from an AI assistant.
No surgery required: Unlike Neuralink and other brain-tech rivals, Sanmai’s wearable is fully non-invasive.
Under $500 goal: Sanmai wants to make brain therapy as accessible as a Fitbit, not a luxury implant.
Clinical plans underway: Trials for anxiety are already live in Sunnyvale, with FDA talks in motion to expand.
Neurotech is heating up but not everyone wants wires in their skull. Mental health tech is booming, but most solutions stay stuck in apps or invasive implants. Sanmai is going for the sweet spot; affordable, at-home brain modulation with AI smarts.
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