Rowan Cheung

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Founder of the world’s most read daily AI newsletter @therundownai. Sharing the latest developments in the world of artificial intelligence.

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Google's new Gemini 2.5 Pro update raises the bar again

1 day ago | therundown.ai | Zach Mink |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, AI enthusiasts. Just weeks after its powerful Gemini I/O update, Google is again strengthening its grip on the AI leaderboards. With a new 2.5 Pro update that shows improvements across the board on its already No.1 ranked predecessor, the tech giant’s rapid launches are setting a relentless new pace for AI model releases.
Lawsuit Sparks AI Content Battle

2 days ago | therundown.ai | Zach Mink |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, AI enthusiasts. The top AI labs are no strangers to lawsuits, but a major social media platform just entered the fray — with Reddit accusing Anthropic of illegally scraping its content for training Claude. But with Sam Altman’s significant stake in Reddit and tensions already seemingly high between the two rival AI leaders, is this lawsuit really about stolen data or something deeper?
Anysphere's 'vibe-coding' tool nabs $9.9B valuation

2 days ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. San Francisco-based AI startup Anysphere just snagged $900M, taking its valuation to nearly $10B in record time. Its AI coding tool, Cursor, is leading the “vibe coding” revolution—squaring off against Windsurf, Replit, and Emergent as investors flood the space, betting big on what could be tech’s next breakout.
AI godfather Yoshua Bengio launches new safety startup

3 days ago | therundown.ai | Zach Mink |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, AI enthusiasts. One of the ‘godfathers’ that helped birth modern AI is now trying to save the world from it — with Yoshua Bengio’s new nonprofit promising systems that are “safe-by-design.”With warnings that top models are already learning to deceive and self-preserve, the safety advocates who’ve been sounding alarms are now building their own solutions.
Apple taking AI 'gap year' with upcoming WWDC

6 days ago | therundown.ai | Zach Mink |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, AI enthusiasts. Apple’s flagship event of the year is just a week away, but the tech giant’s AI ambitions might be temporarily hitting the snooze button. With insiders revealing the upcoming WWDC will be a “gap year” event that pushes more impactful AI reveals to 2026, the gap between Apple and the AI competition has never looked wider.
Meta aims to automate entire advertising process with AI

6 days ago | therundown.ai | Zach Mink |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, AI enthusiasts. Marketing is already undergoing some drastic changes in the AI era, but Mark Zuckerberg’s latest push aims to take the entire advertising process out of human hands. With just a product photo and a budget, Meta’s rumored 2026 system would handle everything from visuals, copy, user targeting, and deployment — potentially upending social media marketing as we know it.
Exclusive: Microsoft's hybrid AI vision

6 days ago | therundown.ai | Rowan Cheung

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Microsoft has been all over the news lately with its bold vision to completely rebuild Windows PCs around AI. But while everyone's been debating whether AI should live in the cloud or on your device, the tech giant quietly chose both through a unique hybrid AI approach.
Longevity drug extends lifespan by 30%

6 days ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. German scientists just scored a longevity breakthrough: by combining the cancer drugs rapamycin and trametinib, they extended mouse lifespans by an impressive 30%. Biohacker Bryan Johnson — who previously dropped rapamycin due to harsh side effects — might want to revisit it. This drug combo isn’t just tweaking genes; it could be reshaping the boundaries of aging science.
SpaceX (still) eyes 2026 Mars mission

1 week ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Just days after SpaceX’s Starship notched its third straight test-flight flop, Elon Musk doubled down on his bold claim: the giant rocket is heading to Mars next year. Why the rush for 2026? That’s when a rare planetary alignment opens up the shortest route to the Red Planet. But with Starship racking up fiery headlines, the question remains: is this cosmic hype or actually plausible?
New York Times, Amazon ink journalism giant's first AI deal

1 week ago | therundown.ai | Zach Mink |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, AI enthusiasts. One of journalism’s last major AI holdouts just fell — with the New York Times officially signing its first-ever AI licensing deal with Amazon. Despite ongoing lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft, a change in user habits (and financial streams for editorial outlets) may be forcing a decisive new chapter in the industry’s uneasy AI embrace.