Meta Built the Future of Eyewear

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

Meta’s display-equipped Ray-Bans spark smart eyewear buzz; AI outshines humans at global coding contest; DeepSeek reports training R1 model for $294K.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Tutorial: Turn WhatsApp into AI Sidekick

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Transform ChatGPT Into Direct Answer Machine

• AI Video Tutorial

• Course of the Day: AI Fluency for Educators by Anthropic

Hottest AI News

Meta

Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Might Be the Smart Eyewear Breakthrough We've Been Waiting For

Meta’s $799 Ray-Ban Display glasses mark a leap in smart eyewear. Unlike past gimmicky attempts, they blend into daily life with real utility—closer than ever to Google Glass’s promise, reshaping how we interact with digital information.

Details:

• The Hardware Actually Works. At 69 grams, these glasses resemble chunky Ray-Bans but feature a 600x600 display at 5,000 nits with just 2% light leakage. Transition lenses adapt to light, hinges fit most faces, and battery life hits 6 hours (30 with case). A 12MP camera records 1080p video with 3x zoom, storing 1,000 photos on 32GB

• The Neural Band Changes Everything. Meta's Neural Band reads muscle signals for discreet control. Finger pinches navigate menus, summon the display, and manage functions without using hands. It powers photo previews, WhatsApp calls, phone messaging, and handwriting replies by tracing letters with predictive text

• Real-World Applications Are Compelling. Live captions auto-focus on whoever you look at, aiding the hearing-impaired. Directions display without phone-staring, while Live AI delivers context like exhibit info or cooking steps. Real-time translation, text reading, and calls cut daily friction while preserving awareness

Solid execution, but privacy and surveillance risks persist after Meta CEO's "cognitive disadvantage" remark. Glasses debut Sept. 30 in US; international rollout early 2026.

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AI in Programming

AI Dominates World's Top Programming Contest with Perfect Scores

OpenAI and Google’s AI reasoning models just hit a historic milestone: gold-medal performance at the world’s top programming contest, ICPC. This leap proves their advanced problem-solving already rivals the best human coders.

Details:

• OpenAI’s GPT-5 plus an experimental reasoning model achieved a perfect score at the September 4th contest, solving all 12 problems against 139 teams from 3,000 universities. By human standards, this would have secured first place, with Gemini 2.5 Deep Think in second after solving 10 using parallel AI agents

• Both systems cracked Problem C—a reservoir optimization puzzle no human team solved—requiring advanced reasoning on liquid flow through ducts. Google’s agents collaborated in parallel, while OpenAI’s model independently solved it after GPT-5 cleared the other 11

• This follows recent gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad, showing AI can tackle complex problems, design multi-step solutions, and execute them flawlessly across science and engineering

This breakthrough applies beyond competitive programming to software development and scientific research, since the skills—problem analysis, logical planning, and precise implementation—are essential across engineering and science.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Deftform (Life-time Deal): AI form builder that creates professional, drag-and-drop forms, supports workflow automation, and allows unlimited responses [60+ five-star reviews]

• HunyuanImage 2.1: 2K text-to-image model with multi-subject control, long prompts, readable CN/EN text, and high-quality photoreal/comics/vinyl styles [F-R-E-E]

• Orchids: AI Full Stack Engineer — #1 ranked on UI Bench and Design Arena, builds complete applications including frontend, backend, databases, payments, and auth [F-R-E-E]

• Ruminate: Reads PDFs and explains complicated documents in real time as an AI reading helper [F-R-E-E]

• Zoom’s AI Companion 3.0: AI assistant for any meeting platform — takes notes, recommends which meetings to skip, generates reports, creates custom team agents, and provides photorealistic avatars with real-time translation

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AI Tutorial

How to Turn WhatsApp into Your Smart AI Sidekick

Turn WhatsApp into your on-demand assistant. Add one contact, send one message, and begin receiving clear explanations, quick summaries, tailored recommendations, and creative help in minutes.

1. Open WhatsApp

   Locate the WhatsApp app and open it. If you don’t have it installed, download it from the App Store (iPhone) or the Google Play Store (Android).

2. Add Contact Number

   Save this number to your phone contacts: +1 (833) 436-3285

   • On iPhone: Open Contacts → Add New Contact → Enter the number → Save.

   • On Android: Open Contacts → Add Contact → Enter the number → Save.

3. Refresh WhatsApp Contacts

   Go back to WhatsApp. If the contact does not appear, close and reopen WhatsApp to refresh your contact list.

4. Start Chat

   Tap the New Chat button in WhatsApp and search for the contact you just saved. Select it to open a fresh chat window.

5. Send First Message

   Type your first message in the chat box. A simple “Hello” works, or you can dive right into a question or request.

6. Explore What You Can Do

   From here, you can send different types of requests, such as:

   • Asking questions

   • Requesting summaries

   • Getting personalized recommendations

   • Doing quick research

   • Creating or editing images with prompts

7. Continue the Conversation

   Keep interacting naturally. Just type your instructions as you would with a friend, and you’ll get responses directly in WhatsApp.

Note: Specify the desired format or length (bullet points, 3 options, ~150 words) so the reply is ready to use.

Top AI & Tech News

• DeepSeek says it spent $294,000 to train its R1 model, far less than figures reported for some U.S. rivals

• Google is expanding Gemini in Chrome for U.S. desktop users (Mac and Windows), adding agentic browsing features and an AI Mode in the address bar

• Figure and Brooksfield are building 660+ million m² AI training campus to teach humanoid robots to move, perceive, and act in human environments

• Elon Musk posted on X that Grok 5 “has a chance of reaching AGI” and will begin training in a few weeks

AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

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Prompt of the Day

This Simple Prompt Transforms ChatGPT Into a Direct Answer Machine

This prompt changes how the AI communicates by removing unnecessary fluff, emojis, motivational language, and conversational padding. Applied through ChatGPT’s customization feature, it produces direct, concise, and precise responses that treat users as competent and informed, without hand-holding or emotional softening.

Top AI Video Tutorial

How to Create AI Ads for Your Brand (Nano Banana Workflow)

Complimentary AI Course of the Day

AI Fluency for Educators by Anthropic

This course equips faculty, instructional designers, and educational leaders to use the 4D Framework in their practice. Participants will learn to apply the framework to course and lesson design, using AI as a thinking partner to improve coherence, develop authentic assessments, and produce effective learning materials — while modeling responsible AI collaboration for students.