AI Weekly Recap (Week 37)

Plus: The most important news and breakthroughs in AI this week

Author

Alvaro Cintas
September 14, 2025

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. AI just had a wild week. China dropped an image model so powerful it leaves NanoBanana in the dust. Meanwhile, Apple rolled out AirPods that translate languages in real-time, as you speak.

Plus: The most important news and breakthroughs in AI this week

Replit just launched Agent 3, a coding agent that can run up to 200 minutes autonomously, test apps in a real browser, fix bugs automatically, and even build other agents and automations.

→ Builds complete apps with minimal supervision
→ Automatically debugs by testing in real environments
→ Enables workflows like Slack bots, Telegram reminders, email summaries

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Developers tired of constant debugging and tool-juggling

  • Startups wanting faster MVP builds with fewer resources

  • Teams experimenting with AI-driven workflows and agents

  • Power users who want apps built while they focus elsewhere

Albania has appointed Diella, an AI-generated virtual minister, to oversee all public procurement. Prime Minister Edi Rama says the move aims to eliminate corruption in government tenders, a long-standing issue in the country.

→ First AI-powered government minister globally
→ Tasked with managing and awarding public tenders
→ Launched earlier this year as part of the e-Albania digital services platform
→ EU accession goals tied closely to anti-corruption progress

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Policy watchers tracking AI adoption in governance

  • Anti-corruption advocates and transparency groups

  • AI researchers studying real-world governance applications

  • Citizens curious about digital government services

ByteDance (TikTok’s parent) has unveiled Seedream 4.0, its latest AI image generation model. Early benchmarks suggest it outperforms Google’s Nano Banana, while being priced competitively.

→ Strong adoption for movie storyboarding & photorealistic renders
→ Positioned as a rival to Google’s flagship image model
→ Targeted at creative professionals and enterprises
→ Competitive pricing to drive broader adoption

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Developers and engineers coding across IDEs and GitHub

  • Teams looking to automate code reviews and validations

  • AI enthusiasts exploring agentic coding tools

  • Enterprises managing cloud-local coding workflows

Anthropic has upgraded Claude into a file-creation powerhouse, letting you generate Excel spreadsheets, Word docs, PDFs, and PowerPoint decks just by describing what you need.

→ Works from uploaded data or builds from scratch
→ Handles financial models, trackers, reports & slide decks
→ Converts across formats (e.g. PDF → PPT, notes → docs)
→ Available now for Max, Team & Enterprise plans (Pro soon)

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Analysts & consultants who need polished reports fast

  • Teams creating financial models, trackers, or dashboards

  • Professionals turning raw data into insights & charts

  • Anyone tired of repetitive formatting or manual file work

Try it now → https://claude.ai/new

The UAE has released K2 Think, a 32B-parameter open-source model built for advanced reasoning. Despite its smaller size, it performs on par with larger reasoning models from OpenAI and DeepSeek.

→ Developed by MBZUAI researchers, backed by G42
→ Runs efficiently on Cerebras chips (alt to Nvidia GPUs)
→ Uses simulated reasoning, agentic planning & RL for accuracy
→ Open sourced with technical report available

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Researchers exploring efficient reasoning architectures

  • Governments & orgs pursuing “sovereign AI” models

  • Developers seeking alternatives to massive LLMs

  • AI strategists tracking geopolitics in AI development

At its September event, Apple announced the AirPods Pro 3, featuring real-time AI translation via the new H3 chip and iOS 26. The update also brings major health and design upgrades.

→ Live voice translation across languages
→ “World’s best” active noise cancellation (2x better than last gen)
→ 8-hour battery life, up from 6 hours
→ Heart rate + temperature sensors for 50+ workouts
→ Smaller, more universal fit with foam tips
→ First IP57 water/dust resistance rating for AirPods

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Travelers and multilingual professionals

  • Fitness enthusiasts without an Apple Watch

  • AirPods users wanting longer battery & better ANC

  • Anyone curious about Apple’s push into health + AI

At Wave Summit 2025, Baidu launched ERNIE X1.1, its most advanced reasoning model yet, built to rival GPT-5 at a fraction of the cost.

→ Factual accuracy ↑ 34.8% vs ERNIE X1
→ Instruction following ↑ 12.5%
→ Agentic capabilities ↑ 9.6%
→ Surpasses DeepSeek R1-0528, on par with GPT-5 & Gemini 2.5 Pro

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • AI researchers exploring reasoning models

  • Enterprises seeking cost-efficient AI at scale

  • Developers building agentic AI applications

  • Policy watchers tracking China’s AI race

ElevenLabs has unveiled Voice Remixing, an alpha feature that lets users transform voices by changing gender, age, and accents, enabling more creative and localized voice experiences.

→ Change voice gender, age, or accent
→ Reimagine characters or digital agents without new recordings
→ Tailor voices for global or regional audiences

🧰 Who is this useful for:

  • Storytellers and content creators expanding character voices

  • Businesses designing digital assistants and localized audio experiences

  • Developers building voice-enabled apps or games

  • Media and entertainment teams looking to diversify audio assets

Try it now → https://elevenlabs.io/

That's it! See you tomorrow

- Dr. Alvaro Cintas