Welcome to Week 65 of the Data Happier newsletter, from Dappier team. Building with Dappier? Submit your AI Tool or project to get showcased!

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AI News 📰

• CNBC reported that xAI had closed a $15 billion funding round. Complicating things? xAI founder Elon Musk denied the funding report, calling it false. - source

• Google is launching agentic “Buy for me” shopping and AI calling features powered by Gemini, letting users’ AI agents shop on their behalf across pre-approved partners like Wayfair and Shopify. – source

  • Dappier has been enabling AI commerce and monetization. Get in touch for more details.

• Nvidia supplier Foxconn reported a 17% jump in quarterly profit and said AI server demand is so strong that industry-wide shipments could double next year, while teasing an upcoming partnership announcement with OpenAI – source
  

• The EU is weighing whether to pause or soften parts of its landmark AI Act under pressure from the U.S. and Big Tech, potentially easing obligations for some large foundation models – source

Dappier Updates 🛠️

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• Dappier is proud to serve as a launch partner for Teads beta launch of its conversational AI ads SDK, a solution helping app/site developers monetize chat-based interactions without disrupting UX. Read more on Teads’ blog.

  Teads Launches New SDK to Monetize Conversational AI Environments

  Teads announced the beta launch of its conversational AI ads SDK, a solution helping app and site developers monetize chat-based interactions without disrupting UX.

  www.teads.com/blog/teads-launches-new-sdk-to-monetize-conversational-ai-environments/9169

• Did you catch Dappier’s interview with AdAge? We brought along publisher partner 6AM City to showcase AI ad formats.

  How publishers like USA Today are testing ads in their AI chatbot experiments

  These experiments come as brands are still waiting for more ad opportunities inside the major large language models.

  adage.com/technology/ai/aa-publishers-usa-today-chatbots

  
  

  Here’s a snippet of our convo with Ad Age, showcasing available ad formats running on a Dappier AI copilot

  
  

• Check our integration page for the latest. If you’re building with Dappier, join our discord or check out mcp.dappier.com to dive right into Dappier’s MCP Server!

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Robots in the Wild 🤖

• Anthropic will invest $50 billion to build a network of AI data centers across the United States, starting with sites in Texas and New York, marking its largest infrastructure expansion to date – source

• Spotify introduced AI-powered Audiobook Recaps on iOS, generating “previously on” summaries so listeners can jump back into long titles without relistening. – source

• Samsung rolled out its Vision AI Companion across 2025 smart TVs, turning Bixby into a generative AI assistant that can answer questions about what’s on screen, suggest content, and act as a conversational hub in the living room – source

  • Surely Bixby is the future.

News That Even AI Couldn’t Hallucinate 🌎

Not everything in the news can be about AI. Here’s some stuff you should know about:

• Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have signed agreements with AI audio firm ElevenLabs to license synthetic versions of their voices, enabling voice-cloned content and a new “Iconic Voices Marketplace.” – source

• A cow in Germany escaped slaughter and wondered for weeks before joining a flock of sheep as its new “family.” – source

  • How… moo-ving 🐮

Advancing AI Awards 🏆

This is where we’ll highlight AI in the real world today!

Last week we highlighted the launch of nano-banana. This week we’re highlighting some potential game-changing rumors around Apple’s AI efforts:

• Samsung isn’t the only one in on AI for Google is bringing Gemini to the Google TV Streamer, replacing Google Assistant and bringing more conversational controls, recommendations, and on-TV explanations. - source

Community Comments 🌎

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• Last week we shared a quote from our interview with AdAge, from 6AM City cofounder & COO Ryan Heafy. This week we’re sharing another snippet from that article.

  

  Snippet from Dappier Interview in AdAge