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“This week at a glance” (~35-Second Read)

• 🧠 OpenAI’s Deep Research Goes Live

  • An AI research tool that scans, analyses, and summarises vast amounts of data in minutes. Now available for paid users, it refines searches like a human researcher—pulling insights from text, images, and even executing code.

• 💰 Apple’s $500B AI & Manufacturing Expansion

  • Apple is investing $500B over four years to scale AI, silicon production, and U.S. manufacturing. Expect new factories, 20,000 jobs, and a major push into AI-powered hardware.

• 📸 CAST Turns 2D Images into 3D Worlds

  • AI-powered 3D scene reconstruction from a single image—perfect for gaming, VR, and robotics. CAST ensures realistic object placement and physics-aware interactions.

• ⚡ AskConcierge Eliminates Workplace Busywork

  • AI that manages Slack, Notion, and email updates—instantly summarising tasks, flagging blockers, and automating admin work to save teams hours every week.

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🌟 Trend Speed Date

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🧠 OpenAI’s Deep Research Released To Paid Users (2 Min Read)

OpenAI’s Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant that automates complex research tasks. Unlike simple search tools, it runs multi-step searches, analyses text, images, and PDFs, and even writes and executes Python code to process data. Powered by OpenAI’s o3 model, it can refine its approach mid-search—just like a human researcher.

🔍 What Makes It Different?

• Smart Searching – Goes beyond pulling links; it thinks critically and refines queries for deeper insights.

• Fast Summaries – Generates detailed reports in minutes, saving hours of manual work.

• Real-Time Adjustments – Learns as it searches, pivoting its approach to find the most relevant info.

🔒 Is It Safe?

Before launching, OpenAI ran extensive safety tests to limit risks like misinformation, bias, and privacy concerns. It also trained the model to resist harmful prompts and prevent misuse.

💡 Why It Matters

AI-driven research tools like this could redefine how businesses, journalists, and researchers gather information—cutting hours of work down to minutes.

💰Apple’s $500 Billion Bet on AI, Silicon & U.S. Manufacturing (5 Min Read)

Apple is making its biggest U.S. investment ever—committing $500B over four years to boost AI, chip production, and advanced manufacturing. This expansion will create 20,000 new jobs and strengthen infrastructure across nine states, including Texas, Michigan, and California.

⚡️ Supercharging AI & Manufacturing

Apple is doubling its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to $10B and building a 250,000 sq. ft. factory in Houston to produce AI-powered servers for Apple Intelligence.

🔋 Boosting U.S. Chip Production

Apple is ramping up silicon production in Arizona’s TSMC Fab 21 facility, reducing reliance on foreign-made chips.

🔎 Investing in Workers & Innovation

Apple is launching a Manufacturing Academy in Detroit to train businesses in AI and smart manufacturing, while U.S. R&D spending has nearly doubled in five years, focusing on AI, machine learning, and hardware engineering.

🔍 Why It Matters:

Apple’s move signals a major shift toward AI-driven manufacturing and domestic chip production. As tech giants pour billions into AI, businesses should prepare for a future where automation and AI play a key role in every industry.

📸CAST: AI That Rebuilds 3D Worlds from a Single Image (4 Min Read)

Turning a single image into a high-quality 3D scene has been a tough challenge—until now. CAST (Component-Aligned 3D Scene Reconstruction) uses AI to analyse depth, spatial relationships, and object alignment, creating realistic, physics-aware 3D environments with unmatched accuracy.

🔹 AI-Powered Object Generation – Extracts depth, occlusions, and spatial data for detailed 3D scenes.

⬆️ Seamless Object Alignment – Ensures accurate positioning, avoiding floating or misaligned objects.

👨🏻‍⚕️ Physics-Aware Corrections – Uses real-world physics to prevent overlapping or unnatural placements.

👾 Ready for VR, Robotics & Gaming – Converts 2D images into interactive 3D worlds in minutes.

🔍 Why It Matters:

From game development to robotics and virtual simulations, CAST bridges the gap between 2D images and fully interactive 3D environments, making real-world scene recreation faster and more precise than ever.

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🚀The Launchpad

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🤓 AskConcierge: Stop Wasting Hours on Slack & Email

This AI Knows What Your Team Is Doing—So You Don’t Have To

Chris, a project manager, wasted hours switching between Slack, Notion, Gmail, and HubSpot just to track updates and keep his team aligned. Endless emails, manual data entry, and chasing reports slowed him down—until he found AskConcierge.

Now, instead of digging for answers, Chris just asks in plain English:

💬 “What’s my team working on?” → Instant report summarising tasks, deadlines, and blockers.

💬 “Is anyone stuck?” → Proactive alerts flagging delays before they escalate.

💬 “Update the project deadline in Notion.” → Automated updates across platforms—no more manual work.

How It Works:

✅ Connects apps like Slack, Notion, Gmail, Asana & more.

✅ Understands natural language—no complex commands.

✅ Automates tasks like reporting, updates, and scheduling.

✅ Saves hours by cutting app-switching and manual tracking.

🔍 Why It Matters:

Chris reclaimed 30-40% of his time, focusing on work that moves the needle. As AI assistants like AskConcierge become standard, expect faster workflows and less time wasted on admin tasks.

🔗 Try AskConcierge for Free: Visit AskConcierge.ai

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