Welcome to Week 41 (!) of the Data Happier newsletter, from Dappier team!

AI News 📰

• OpenAI launches “OpenAI for Countries”, a global initiative aimed at supporting nations in developing AI infrastructure and promoting the use of artificial intelligence rooted in democratic values. – source

  • The news story comes after OpenAI announced that AI leader would remain a non-profit, bowing to outside pressures and mounting lawsuits over prior announcements that the firm would shift to a for-profit structure. - source
    

• Apple explores integrating AI-powered search engines into Safari, potentially challenging Google’s dominance in the search market. The news was revealed as part of testimony given by Apple executives during Google parent company Alphabet’s ongoing antitrust trial. – source
  

• Have dreaded AI Layoffs begun? CyberSec leader Crowdstrike reports that it will be laying off 500 employees, largely contributing the cuts and reduced hiring to AI innovations, with Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz writing that “AI flattens our hiring curve” in a letter to staff. - source

Dappier Updates 🛠️

• This week, our founding team sat down with the team at Marketecture as part of their vendor interview series. Watch the interview below while it’s still free to all viewers!

• Did you catch last week’s interviews too? Our CEO Dan Goikhman was interviewed by TVNewsCheck on the launch of DuckAI from the DuckDuckGo team.
  

  Dappier is releasing new integrations regularly! Check out our latest tutorial further below, or check in on our integration page for the latest.

• Check out mcp.dappier.com to dive right into Dappier’s MCP Server!

  • Enable fast, free real-time web search and access premium data from trusted media brands—news, financial markets, sports, entertainment, weather, and more.

• Have you kept up with the latest news with Dappier Blogs?

  • Dappier Blog

  • Follow Our CEO Dan Goikhman on Medium

  • Follow Our CTO Krish Arvapally on Medium

Want to understand how Dappier can help your brand monetize and prepare for an AI-search driven Internet? Get in touch today.

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• Amazon’s Vulcan robot, introduced at Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event in Germany, uses AI to identify and manipulate objects by touch. – source

• Microsoft prepares to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model on its Azure AI Foundry platform, signaling a strategic expansion in its AI services. – source

News That Even AI Couldn’t Hallucinate 🌎

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

• Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s new chancellor only after winning a historic second-round parliamentary vote, highlighting political shifts and coalition challenges. – source

• India has begun to conduct airstrikes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in response to the recent deadly terrorist attack in the area, escalating regional tensions. – source

• If you’re in the US, you might have noticed your local DMV and elected officials freaking out over Real ID requirements, which are set to finally take effect today after 20 years of attempted implementation. The new travel rules are only sort-of, kind-of going into effect over the course of the next two years. - source

Community Comments 🌎

This is where we’ll spotlight comments & questions from the Dappier community. Respond to this email with your thoughts or questions about AI & Dappier - we’d love to hear from you.

Last week we shared a piece outlining a vision from our founding team, outlining the AI-enabled future of software online: Invisible SaaS.

This week, we’re sharing a shoutout from the team at AgentOps.AI! If you’re using AgentStack to build robust AI agents, Dappier’s free real-time search is now fully available. Start Building with AgentStack + Dappier today

Advancing AI Awards 🏆

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

Want to spotlight your AI tool or use case? Tell us how you’re using a Dappier RAG API to enhance your AI offering! Just respond to this email & let us know.

• Our latest tutorial shows how you can use Dappier MCP with Cursor to improve your AI app building workflow with real-time data:

BTW - Every week we’re adding a new AI meme or image to serve as the thumbnail for this week’s newsletter. Here’s what 4-o came up: