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Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.
Grok 4.6 matches GPT-5.6; Google brings real-time sign language translation to Pixel 11, while Gamgee develops personalized mRNA cancer shots for dogs.
Inside This Edition: 💎
Hottest AI News
Top AI & SaaS Tools
AI Tutorial: Run AI on Your iPhone
Top AI & Tech News
AI Art Spotlight
Prompt of the Day: Prompt for Better Daily Work
Featured AI Video
Hottest AI News
SpaceXAI
Grok 4.6 Matches GPT 5.6 Sol and Nears Claude Fable 5 at Lower Pricing
SpaceXAI has released Grok 4.6, putting it near the top of current benchmark rankings. It scores 61 on Artificial Analysis, tying GPT-5.6 Sol Max and trailing Claude Fable 5 Max by one point, at lower API pricing.
Details:
It keeps the same base as Grok 4.5, but adds a longer supplemental training run with curated reasoning and engineering data, regenerated SFT traces, improved optimization, and agentic RL
The model targets long-running research, codebases, and multi-step projects, with improvements in coding, navigation, self-testing, verification, and building applications
Pricing starts at $2/M input and $6/M output. Grok 4.6 is available through Cursor, Grok Build, the SpaceXAI API, and partners. A larger Grok 4.7 model is also planned as next
xAI entered the model race in 2023. Grok 4.6 shows how much the gap has narrowed, adding another option for agentic, coding, and knowledge-work tasks.
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DeepMind
Google Turns Sign Language Into Text on Pixel 11 in Real Time
Google has released SL2T, bringing sign language AI closer to everyday use. Starting on Pixel 11, Deaf users can sign in ASL and have Gboard or Live Transcribe turn it into English text instead of typing.
Details:
SL2T tracks 130 points across the hands, face and body. Pose tracking happens on-device, raw video is discarded, and geometric coordinates are sent to Google’s servers for translation
It was trained on 100,000+ hours across 50+ sign languages. Google reports 70 BLEURT zero-shot on FLEURS-ASL, while also tuning it for one-handed signing, left-handed users
Deaf people helped shape SL2T through Deaf Googlers, user studies and AISLAC. It is built for everyday tasks like search, messages and conversations, not high-stakes medical, legal interpreting
SL2T starts with ASL-to-English on Pixel 11. More devices and sign languages are planned, along with sign-language generation and broader AI capabilities for signing.
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AI Tutorial
How to Build a Private AI Assistant on Your iPhone
Siri is useful, but you can also set up a private AI assistant on your iPhone. This tutorial shows how to install Locally AI, download an open-source model, and connect it to your Action Button for quick voice use.
Download Locally AI
Install Locally AI from the App Store.
Choose model
Launch the app and pick a model. You can start with Google’s open-source Gemma model, which usually works well.
Download model
Download the AI model inside Locally AI. Keep the app running until the download is complete.
Go to Action Button settings
Go to your iPhone settings.
Enter Settings
Search Action Button
Swipe to Shortcut
Choose Voice Mode
Search for Locally AI inside the Shortcut option. Then select Voice Mode.
Download speech-to-text
Press the Action Button and wait for the chime. The app will ask you to download a speech-to-text model the first time. Download it.
Test assistant
Ask a simple question to test it.
Good examples:
Explain quantum computing simply
Translate this into French
Help me solve this equation
It works best for explanations, translation, learning help, and math.
Note: Do not expect it to fully replace cloud AI tools for deep research, long writing, or complex work.
Top AI & Tech News
Paul Conyngham introduced Gamgee, a Y Combinator-backed startup focused on personalized mRNA cancer shots for dogs, designed to match mutations in an individual tumor
DeepSeek quietly released V4 Pro at $0.435/$0.87 per 1M tokens, with benchmarks just below frontier and open-model leaders
Anthropic has upgraded Claude in Chrome so the side panel runs a full Cowork session that syncs across devices and works in-browser without setup
Japanese companies are adopting AI much more slowly than firms in the US or UK, despite labor shortages and low productivity
AI Art Spotlight
Create Your Own Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:
Use the uploaded face as the exact facial reference. A premium 9:16 streetwear editorial advertising poster featuring the same young male from the reference image, captured from an extreme low-angle perspective with one hand reaching aggressively toward the camera, creating a strong foreshortening effect. Sitting on a low platform with one arm extended toward the lens, confident attitude, and direct eye contact. Wearing an oversized black hoodie, black baggy cargo pants, and black-and-white high-top sneakers with luxury streetwear styling. Clean white studio backdrop with huge oversized black typography reading "OWN YOUR PATH," occupying almost the entire background and heavily cropped by the frame. Red graffiti marker strokes, sticker labels, white doodle stars, barcode elements, paper-cut collage textures, and editorial symbols. Strong foreground hand, heroic perspective, and streetwear campaign aesthetic. High-contrast fashion photography lighting, premium studio quality, and sharp shadows. Fearless, bold, and confident mood. White, black, and red color palette. 9:16 vertical. Luxury fashion campaign poster, ultra detailed, 8K masterpiece.Model: ChatGPT Images 2.0
Prompt of the Day
All Purpose Prompt for Better Daily Work
This prompt makes ChatGPT a more consistent, context-aware assistant by defining your role, priorities, constraints, and working style upfront. It helps deliver practical answers, preserve your voice, flag weak assumptions, and track decisions throughout the conversation.