Welcome back, AI Enthusiasts!
In today’s AI summary rundown:
CLOiD can efficiently perform various tasks such as fetching milk, placing a croissant in the oven, and folding laundry. This showcases its ability to handle everyday household chores with ease, reflecting LG's aim for a seamless home environment.
Featuring two fully articulated arms with seven degrees of freedom and a torso capable of tilting and bending, CLOiD exhibits remarkable human-like dexterity. This design allows it to perform complex tasks that require precision and adaptability.
The robot's head is equipped with a display, speaker, camera, sensors, and generative voice AI. These features enable CLOiD to interact with users through speech and facial expressions, fostering a more engaging and intuitive user experience.
CLOiD acts as a smart home hub by integrating with LG’s ThinQ and ThinQ ON platforms. This connectivity allows it to coordinate with other smart devices, streamlining household operations and enhancing home automation.
CLOiD represents LG’s ambition for a multifunctional “mechanical butler” that assists with chores, cooking, and smart-home management. While it demonstrates impressive capabilities, questions around affordability and real-world applicability remain.
Read time is 4 min..
AI Insights
Plaud Introduces NotePin S with Physical Button and Unveils New Desktop Meeting App at CES
Tactile Recording Upgrade
The NotePin S features a physical button, replacing the original’s haptic touch controls, for clearer, more reliable operation. A long press starts recording, while a tap adds highlight markers.
Included Accessories
Unlike the original NotePin, the NotePin S now includes a lanyard, wristband, clip, and magnetic pin in the box, giving users multiple hands‑free wearing options.
Seamless Smart Features
It retains the same Fitbit‑like design, color options (black, purple, silver), battery life, and Apple Find My support, while still enabling audio recording, transcription, and summary generation.
Plaud Desktop - Smart Meeting Capture
Plaud Desktop is a new Mac and PC app that automatically detects and records meetings in Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams. It captures both system audio and microphone input, syncs recordings with Plaud's hardware, and does so without relying on intrusive meeting bots.
Pricing and Availability
Available today, the NotePin S is priced at $179 - $20 more than its predecessor, which is being phased out. Plaud Desktop is available immediately and free for owners of any Plaud Note or NotePin device.
AI Training: AI Tutorial of the Day
Identify What AI Companies Are Optimizing For Right Now
One thing I’ve been using thareja.ai for recently is cutting through AI launch noise to understand what actually matters beneath the announcements.
Instead of reacting to every new model, feature, or demo, this exercise focuses on identifying the priorities AI companies are signaling through their recent launches.
This is where switching between models becomes genuinely useful.
Start a New Chat
Open thareja.ai and start a fresh conversation.
I like to keep one chat per analysis so the reasoning stays focused.
Switch Your AI Model
Click the ( + ) icon next to Automatic and choose your model.
For this tutorial, I started with Claude.
Why Claude?
Claude tends to be strong at:
Pattern recognition
Strategic inference
Explaining why something matters, not just what happened
Try This Prompt & Observe the Difference
Prompt used:
From recent AI product launches and updates, infer what AI companies are currently optimizing for.
Focus on priorities being signaled through design choices, pricing, access, and positioning.
Avoid speculation. Stick to observable patterns.
Model Used
Claude
AI Response (Excerpt)
Across recent launches, AI companies appear less focused on raw capability and more on distribution, control, and integration.
Rather than racing for the largest model, emphasis is shifting toward making models easier to deploy, easier to switch between, and safer to operate at scale.
This suggests a maturing market where advantage is moving from technical breakthroughs to ecosystem leverage, workflow fit, and customer retention.
Why This Experiment Works
When I ran the same prompt on GPT-4o, the response became more structured and executive-oriented, clearly separating signals like pricing models, platform bundling, and enterprise positioning.
Claude leaned more toward strategic interpretation, while GPT-4o emphasized decision-ready framing.
Being able to switch models instantly on thareja.ai makes this kind of analysis faster, clearer, and far more useful than reading launches in isolation.
Happy Prompting!
Exclusive Member Deal - 20% OFF
Superpower AI Bundle Access 50+ Major LLMs
One Subscription. $20/mo $16/mo with code SUPERPOWER20
AI-Generated Image of the Day
Prompt: Create a cinematic, ultra-realistic illustration representing how modern teams actually work with AI. A clean desk setup with a laptop open to a multi-model AI interface, subtle model-switch indicators visible, notes and diagrams nearby, and a focused human presence making decisions. No robots, no glowing brains, no sci-fi visuals. The mood should feel calm, intentional, and professional. AI is a quiet collaborator, not the center of attention.
Modern startup aesthetic, soft natural lighting, realistic materials, editorial composition, ultra-HD detail.
Tip: the more specific the better
Thareja.ai encourages experimentation by making it simple to switch models and compare outcomes. Every model has its own creative edge, and Nano Banana is particularly strong when you want visuals that feel bold and alive.
Meme of the Day
Question of the Day
What role does AI play in modern cybersecurity systems?
That’s it for today’s news in the world of AI!
If you have anything interesting to share, please reach out to us by sending us a DM on Twitter: @dthareja or email me at [email protected]. How was today's newsletter?
Feedback helps us improve!
Thanks for reading. Until next time!
p.s. if you want to sign up for this newsletter or share it with a friend or colleague, you can find us here.