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The AI landscape didn’t slow for summer. From browsers sprouting copilots to chatbots cramming for finals, the race is tilting toward end-to-end, always-on assistants. Even the social-media giants are staking claims on personal super-intelligence—because apparently running the internet wasn’t ambitious enough.

Buckle up; here’s what mattered.

This Week in AI

• ChatGPT rolls out Study Mode—structured prompts + citations for students & self-learners.

• Microsoft bakes Copilot into Edge, turning the browser into a side-kick IDE.

• Meta maps out “personal super-intelligence,” hints at next-gen open models & agent frameworks.

🔥 What’s hot this week?🔥 

📚 ChatGPT Launches Study Mode

OpenAI adds note-synthesis, flashcards, and citation support to help users digest large volumes of information quickly.

Key Highlights:

• Adds template-driven Q&A, flashcard generator & citation engine

• Compresses reading lists—handles up to 200k tokens; auto-links sources via inline references.

• Beats Quizlet & Perplexity in early recall tests (12 % higher F1 on MIT study set).

• Available today in 170+ regions; free tier capped at 40 requests/day.

What This Means for You:
Developers can repurpose Study Mode as a rapid doc-digester: drop RFCs/Specs and generate cliff-notes + quizzes for teams. The citation layer also solves the "black-box answer" problem—handy for compliance reviews.

Watch for plugins that pipe Study Mode into tools like Slack; or try to embed it in onboarding flows to cut ramp-up time.

👩‍💻 Meta teases personal superintelligence

Meta reveals plans for an AI-native personal assistant that lives on smart glasses and learns your daily routines.

Key Highlights:

• Pitch: on-device agent that learns your routine, powered by next-gen open-source Llama-4.

• Demonstrated 128-K token local context, beating Gemini Ultra mobile demo (96 K).

• Integrations slated for Ray-Ban smart glasses & Quest headsets; including some smartwatch prototype leaks.

• Aims to undercut paid assistants—"AI as free utility"; ad-supported monetization rumored.

• Dev early-access via PyTorch Ignite fork, launching Q4

What This Means for You:
Meta’s push signals a shift toward edge-resident assistants—goodbye latency, hello privacy concerns. Builders should prep for multimodal inputs (voice, video, “gaze”) and federated fine-tuning.

If Meta keeps it open, expect a plug-and-play agent ecosystem where browser extensions meet AR/VR. Pay attention to resource profiles; your next app may need to run inside a pair of glasses.

🤖 Microsoft Edge Gets Copilot Mode

A new Copilot Mode brings GPT-4o directly into your browser with contextual tools and code-smart features.

 Key Highlights:

• Native sidebar copilot fetches, summarizes & refactors visited pages; uses OpenAI GPT-4o.

• Contextual action buttons ("write regex", "explain API") appear inline—no copy-paste needed.

• Outperforms traditional extensions; 30 % faster snippet generation vs. ChatGPT tab hack.

• Aimed at devs & researchers—works across localhost & docs; VS Code integration coming.

• Free during beta, may move to Microsoft 365 tier.

What This Means for you:
Edge is morphing into a lightweight IDE: inspect code samples, auto-convert to your stack, even spin curl commands on the fly.

For teams locked into Chrome, keep an eye on Chromium extensions that back-port Copilot hooks. Trend-alert: expect every major browser to follow suit, making passive browsing a thing of the past.

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