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Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.
Meta says Watermelon rivals GPT-5.5; Anthropic plans custom AI chips with Samsung; smaller AI outperforms frontier models for investing.
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Hottest AI News
Top AI & SaaS Tools
AI Tutorial: Enable Codex Mobile Control
Top AI & Tech News
AI Art Spotlight
Resource of the Day: 10 GitHub Repos to Become Smarter
Featured AI Video
Hottest AI News
Meta
Meta Says Watermelon Has Caught Up With GPT 5.5 Benchmarks
Meta may have a serious AI contender. Its still-training model, codenamed Watermelon, reportedly matched GPT-5.5 on closely watched benchmarks. Big news, but not a public win until numbers are released.
Details:
Alexandr Wang reportedly told Meta employees that Watermelon has caught up with GPT-5.5. The catch: the exact benchmarks were not named, so this is still an internal claim
Watermelon is still being trained, and it reportedly uses an order of magnitude more compute than Muse Spark, Meta’s April model that was internally codenamed Avocado
Meta has not shared a launch timeline, and both Meta and OpenAI gave no extra confirmation. So the real test will be public release plus independent benchmarks
If this holds up, Meta could make the AI race much tighter. Watermelon looks promising, but until public benchmarks arrive, it remains an internal claim.
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Anthropic
Anthropic May Team Up With Samsung On Custom AI Chips
Anthropic may be widening its AI hardware play. Reports say the Claude maker held early talks with Samsung on a custom chip, but its current stack still centers on Google TPUs, AWS Trainium, and Nvidia GPUs.
Details:
The Samsung idea is still early. Reports say Anthropic has not finalized the chip’s role, server design, or power target, so this is exploration, not a launch plan
The goal is optionality. A custom chip could help Anthropic reduce shortages, improve cost efficiency, and tune hardware more closely for Claude workloads
This does not replace its main stack. Anthropic says AWS Trainium, Google TPUs, and Nvidia GPUs remain key, with Amazon still its primary cloud and training partner
The bigger story: AI labs are moving from model races to compute control. Chips, clouds, and capacity may decide who scales next.
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AI Tutorial
How to Activate Codex Mobile Control on Windows
The latest versions of Codex include mobile control functionality on Windows, but it isn't enabled by default. Here's how to activate the feature and connect your phone without installing any additional software.
Enter Codex Settings
Launch the Codex app on Windows and go to Settings.
Open config file
Under Configuration, tap on Open config.toml.
Turn on remote control
Add the following lines to the file, then save it:
[features]remote_control = trueFind config file in Windows
Open the file location in Windows. It is usually here:
C:\Users\[your username]\.codexMake file read-only
Right-click config.toml and open Properties.
Lock file changes
In the Properties window:
Check the Read-only box
Press Apply
Restart Codex
Close Codex completely, then open it again.
Your phone should be able to connect to Codex on Windows.
Note: If your phone cannot detect Codex after enabling the setting, make sure both devices are connected to the same network.
Top AI & Tech News
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab and Bridgewater found a small custom AI beat top frontier models at news-filtering investment tasks for far less
Palantir CEO Alex Karp told CNBC frontier AI labs are “stealing weights and alpha,” while enterprises pay for tokens that “create no value”
NVIDIA introduced a revenue-sharing and credit-support model for AI cloud partners, helping them finance massive AI factories while giving NVIDIA upside tied to future usage
AI bug-hunting models have triggered a record surge in reported critical vulnerabilities, with June 2026 CVEs jumping to about 1,500
AI Art Spotlight
Create Your Own Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:
A stunning high-fashion advertisement photo of a young man — use the uploaded image as a reference for his face and likeness — with short tousled dark brown hair, holding an OPPO Find X9 Ultra smartphone in Moonlight Silver pressed against his cheek and jaw, with the phone's back facing the camera and prominently showcasing the large circular Hasselblad quad-camera system with the signature "H" logo. He is wearing a deep teal oversized hoodie, with his gaze directed slightly upward and off-camera, conveying a moody, introspective expression. The lighting is dramatic and cinematic with deep shadows on one side of the face and a sharp directional light illuminating his features, set against a dark charcoal background. The OPPO logo is clearly visible on the phone's Moonlight Silver glass back, rendered in ultra-sharp detail, 4K commercial photography quality, editorial fashion campaign style, professional color grading, and a luxury tech advertisement aesthetic, in portrait orientation at a 3:4 ratio.Model: Nano Banana 2
Resource of the Day
10 GitHub Repos That Turn Genius Into Software
A curated list of 10 GitHub repos showing how top engineers and teams think, build, and solve problems — and make that thinking runnable on your own laptop. From Andrej Karpathy’s AI workflows to Microsoft research platforms, from production‑ready agent systems to open coding playbooks, these projects expose process, not just results.