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Meta raids Apple's AI brain trust
PLUS: Moonvalley's lawsuit-proof video generator launches, and OpenAI trains 400k teaches in classroom AI
Helena Liu
July 10, 2025
Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Meta just lured away Apple’s on-device model mastermind, an AI voice clone fooled diplomats by impersonating Senator “Marco Rubio,” and OpenAI has teamed up with the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union to bring AI skills to 400,000 educators. We’ll wrap with a Hollywood-friendly video model that promises zero copyright drama.
In today’s TLDR AI:
Meta hires Apple’s on-device efficiency wizard Ruoming Pang for its new Super-AI unit.
A deep-fake “Rubio” voice tricks multiple foreign ministers on Signal.
OpenAI and the American Federation of Teachers launch a National AI Academy for educators.
Moonvalley opens its “Marey” video model, trained only on fully licensed clips.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
TLDR: Apple’s head of AI models, Ruoming Pang, is jumping to Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs with a package said to top $30 million.
Pang led a 100-engineer group that compressed Apple Intelligence into a 3-billion-parameter on-device model powering Siri, Messages and Genmoji.
Meta wants Pang’s efficiency tricks to shrink Llama for phones and Ray-Ban smart glasses, adding to a 45-researcher poach spree that’s offered some recruits $100 million.
Apple has not commented, but insiders say the loss “hits harder than ten GPUs” for its in-house silicon roadmap.
Why it matters: Whoever masters tiny, offline models wins the next hardware wave; Apple just lost its secret sauce to a rival.
TLDR: A State-Department cable says an AI-generated Rubio voice contacted three foreign ministers and two U.S. officials via Signal, asking for private numbers and documents.
Investigators tie the June voicemails to a Russia-linked actor who ran an April spear-phishing campaign with fake @state.gov emails and cloned logos.
No classified data leaked, but the cable instructs embassies to “assume AI impersonation is routine” and double-verify every unexpected call.
Experts warn that cheap voice cloning plus encrypted apps make “diplomatic phishing” the new normal of hybrid warfare.
Why it matters: Voice clones have jumped from TikTok pranks to geopolitical ops, caller-ID trust is about to get a major overhaul.
TLDR: OpenAI is pledging $10 million and cloud credits to launch the National Academy for AI Instruction with the American Federation of Teachers.
The flagship campus opens in New York this fall, with regional hubs rolling out nationwide; hybrid workshops aim to save educators about six hours of weekly admin.
Microsoft supplies compute, Anthropic helps design the curriculum, and high-needs districts get priority seats to close equity gaps.
Organisers target 400,000 teachers over five years—roughly one in ten U.S. educators—plus a free resource hub for global classrooms.
Why it matters: Classroom adoption could lock OpenAI’s tools into the next generation while giving teachers a louder voice in how AI shapes education.
TLDR: A start-up Moonvalley released Marey, a 3-D-aware video generator trained strictly on licensed clips; $14.99 buys 100 credits, enough for a five-second HD shot.
The model supports free-camera moves, physics-aware edits and will soon add lighting controls and reusable character libraries.
Early indie filmmakers report 20–40 percent budget cuts with no copyright worries, since every frame traces back to a cleared source.
Marey competes with Runway Gen-3 and Luma Dream Machine, but waves the “lawsuit-proof” flag as its main differentiator.
Why it matters: As copyright lawsuits pile up, “licensed-only” may become the new organic label for commercial AI content.
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