Alibaba Accused Of Copying Claude

Gemini Flash Adds Computer Use

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Altiam Kabir
June 25, 2026

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AI PlanetX

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

Alibaba accused of using Claude to build AI rivals; Gemini gains computer-use skills; Meta doubles down on AI moderation.

Inside This Edition: 💎

  • Hottest AI News

  • Top AI & SaaS Tools

  • AI Tutorial: Build Web Crawler with Manus

  • Top AI & Tech News

  • AI Art Spotlight

  • Prompt of the Day: Prompt Chain for Memory

  • Featured AI Video

  • Course of the Day: AI for Beginners by Microsoft

Hottest AI News

Anthropic

Alibaba Faces Claims Of Using Claude To Build Rival AI Models At Scale

The AI war just moved from model launches to model extraction. Anthropic says Alibaba-linked operators used Claude at huge scale, while Alibaba is pricing Qwen to win global developers.

Details:

  • Anthropic claims the campaign ran from Apr 22 to Jun 5, using almost 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8M+ Claude exchanges to train weaker models on Claude’s outputs

  • The June 10 Senate letter to Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren says Alibaba/Qwen-linked operators aimed to push China toward Mythos Preview; Alibaba gave no response

  • Meanwhile, Alibaba cut Qwen on Qoder by 80%/60% for global users during US workday, amid prior DeepSeek/Moonshot/MiniMax claims, a Pentagon listing and US model limits

Bottom line: AI is a race over capability, cost, IP, rules and geopolitics — not just whose chatbot gives better answers.

Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now, According to Experts

Investors face a dilemma. When the S&P 500 finished its worst quarter since 2022 last month, diversifiers like bonds and bitcoin fell too.

Even with the turnaround in mid-April, analysts at Goldman Sachs and Vanguard have projected low-single-digit annualized returns from 2024-2034.

Bloomberg asked where experts would personally invest $100,000 for their March monthly edition.

One answer that surfaced for a second time? Art.

It's what billionaires like Bezos and the Rockefellers have privately used to diversify for decades.

Why?

  1. Appreciation. The ArtPrice100 Index outpaced the S&P 500 overall from 2000 to 2025

  2. Low-correlation. The postwar contemporary segment has moved independently of traditional investments like stocks since ‘95.*

  3. Resilience. A scarce, physical, and global asset class with decades of demonstrated demand.

Thanks to the world's premier art investing platform, now anyone can invest in works featuring legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso, without needing millions.

Shares in new offerings can sell quickly but...

*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.

DeepMind

Google Brings Computer Use To Gemini 3.5 Flash For Real AI Agent Tasks

Google just turned Gemini 3.5 Flash into a computer use AI agent. It can see screens, reason through tasks, and take action across browser, mobile, and desktop pushing Gemini beyond chat into real AI workflow automation.

Details:

  • Computer use is built into Gemini 3.5 Flash, instead of staying as a separate Gemini 2.5 model. Developers can combine it with Search, Maps, function calling and other tools

  • Developers and enterprises can use it through the Gemini API and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to build agents for software testing, knowledge work and multi-step app automation

  • Google added safety layers for live environments, including adversarial training, user confirmation for sensitive actions, indirect prompt-injection stops, sandboxing and permission controls

This is the next step beyond chatbots. AI is moving from answering questions to safely operating software, workflows and real digital tasks.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

  • AdPeekr (Life-time Deal): Competitor ad monitoring tool that tracks ads on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Google 24/7 and sends email alerts when campaigns launch

  • Elvin: Proactive AI that coordinates work across your tools—finding tasks, organizing context, and preparing drafts or next steps for approval [F-R-E-E]

  • ai-coustics: Cleans up background noise and improves voice quality in real time for any voice AI product, so speech-to-text and voice assistants work better in noisy environments [F-R-E-E to Try]

  • LocalClicky: Offline Mac voice assistant that opens apps, moves files, edits videos, and clicks on-screen items — entirely on your Mac [F-R-E-E]

  • Relay: One-tap AI phone receptionist that lets you paste your website and start answering calls, booking appointments, and handling reschedules [F-R-E-E to Try]

AI Alone Can’t Run Revenue

Finance doesn’t run on “mostly right.” It runs on math.

In The Architecture Behind AI-Native Revenue Automation, Tabs’s CTO breaks down why LLMs alone aren’t enough—and what it actually takes to build audit-ready, AI-driven contract-to-cash systems for modern B2B teams.

AI Tutorial

How to Build a 24/7 Web Crawler with Manus

With Manus Cloud Computer, you can automate website monitoring in minutes. This guide shows you how to build a crawler that tracks updates, saves matches, and runs on a schedule.

  1. Create Cloud Computer

    Launch the Manus desktop app, go to Settings > My Computer, and tap Create under Cloud Computer to set up an always-on server.

  2. Start task

    Create a fresh Manus task and select your Cloud Computer in the composer.

  3. Inspect site

    Ask Manus to review the site first so it can find the most reliable way to monitor it.

    • Check the page structure and formatting

    • Identify the best method for tracking updates

    • Confirm the exact info you want collected

  4. Use crawler prompt

    Try this prompt:

    “Set up a web crawler on my Cloud Computer for [URL]. Find the best way to monitor it, check for [specific updates] twice a day, save matches to a CSV, schedule it with cron, log every run, and keep results matching [filter rule].”

  5. Build and schedule it

    Have Manus create the script, connect it to cron, and make sure logging is working.

    • Run checks twice a day

    • Save matching results

    • Log every run

    • Export everything to CSV

  6. Test it once

    Run the script once to confirm it is collecting the right data.

  7. Leave it running

    Once it looks good, turn it on 24/7. After that, you can check the collected data anytime from your phone or laptop.

Tip: Monitor stable page elements whenever possible, as they are less likely to break when a site is redesigned.

Top AI & Tech News

  • Meta has replaced about 50% of human moderation requests with AI and plans to exceed 90% for some content types by year-end, but employees say the rollout is too risky

  • Gemini researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel have left Google for Anthropic, highlighting ongoing competition for top AI talent

  • Former Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI employees launched Mirendil, a lab building self-improving AI for science research

  • Fable 5 may be coming back: Claude Code v2.1.190 strings suggest it could be included in subscriptions with weekly usage limits, but nothing is confirmed

AI Art Spotlight

Create Your Own Product Photo Using the Prompt Below:

Cinematic 3D action-packed advertisement for [INSERT PRODUCT/BRAND HERE], captured in an intense mid-motion moment with dramatic studio lighting, dynamic particle effects, and high-impact slow-motion energy. Ultra-hyperrealistic rendering, razor-sharp details, glossy commercial finish, atmospheric depth, and powerful contrast. Viral-ready composition with the brand logo seamlessly integrated into the scene and a sleek, modern slogan positioned cleanly beneath. High-end blockbuster commercial aesthetic

Model: Nano Banana 2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

Prompt of the Day

Prompt Chain That Turns Learning Into Long Term Memory

This 5-step prompt chain turns vague “teach me X” requests into real learning by moving through calibration, targeted teaching, active testing, gap-fixing, and final compression into a short review sheet.

Featured AI Video

7 Tiny Apps Making at Least $40,000/Month (Vibe Coding)

AI Course of the Day

Artificial Intelligence for Beginners by Microsoft

A 12-week, 24-lesson curriculum that teaches AI fundamentals through hands-on learning, covering symbolic AI, neural networks, computer vision, NLP, generative AI, reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, and AI ethics, with Jupyter notebooks, quizzes, and practical labs throughout.