🇺🇸 AI giants join forces on Genesis Mission

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. The U.S. government just assembled the AI equivalent of the Avengers — and the nation’s science moonshot is taking shape in a big way.

With 24 tech giants from OpenAI to xAI joining forces with 40K government researchers, the Genesis Mission may be the most ambitious scientific collaboration since the atomic age.

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In today’s AI rundown:

U.S. DOE signs on 24 tech giants for Genesis Mission
OpenAI opens ChatGPT app marketplace to developers
Make Claude Code smarter with the Context7 MCP
Figure CEO Brett Adcock launches new AI lab
4 new AI tools, community workflows, and more

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GENESIS MISSION

🏛️ U.S. DOE signs on 24 tech giants for Genesis Mission

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The Rundown: The U.S. Dept. of Energy just announced partnerships with 24 organizations to power the Trump administration’s Genesis Mission effort to accelerate scientific research with AI — including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Nvidia.

The details:

The initiative unites 17 national labs with 40K researchers, targeting breakthroughs in nuclear energy, quantum computing, and manufacturing.
Google DeepMind will grant lab scientists early access to tools, including its AI co-scientist agent, AlphaEvolve coding system, and AlphaGenome DNA model.
AWS pledged up to $50B in government AI infrastructure, with OAI already deploying models on Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Venado supercomputer.
Additional signatories include xAI, Microsoft, Palantir, AMD, Oracle, Cerebras, and CoreWeave.

Why it matters: This feels like an Avengers collaboration for U.S. AI, with everyone from frontier labs, chipmakers, cloud providers, and other industry titans teaming up to tackle AI advances that have been compared to the Manhattan Project. What comes out of it is anyone’s guess, but this group of collaborators is a very strong first step.

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OPENAI

📱 OpenAI opens ChatGPT app marketplace to developers

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The Rundown: OpenAI just unveiled an expansion of its dedicated app directory inside ChatGPT, opening submissions for third-party developers while giving users a browsable hub to discover and connect integrated services.

The details:

The new directory organizes offerings across Featured, Lifestyle, and Productivity categories, accessible via the tools menu or apps page.
Developers can build using OAI’s beta SDK, with resources like sample code, interface libraries, and step-by-step submission guides now available.
Current apps include Photoshop, Canva, DoorDash, Spotify, and Zillow, with users able to use the external tools directly in ChatGPT conversations.
Revenue options are currently limited to external website links, though OpenAI says it’s exploring digital goods and broader monetization paths.

Why it matters: OpenAI continues to position ChatGPT as an ‘everything’ interface over a standalone assistant, and opening itself to third-party apps can continue to broaden that experience for consumers. But as we previously saw with the GPT Store struggles, just because an app is built doesn’t necessarily mean the users will come.

AI TRAINING

🤓 Make Claude Code smarter with the Context7 MCP

The Rundown: Learn how to give Claude Code the context it needs to make far fewer mistakes and successfully pull the latest coding documentation instantly by connecting it to the Context7 MCP.

Step-by-step:

Create a new project folder in Cursor, open a new terminal, type “Claude” to start Claude Code, then open a second terminal for your Context7 install script
Create a free Context7 account, click the “Claude Code” tab, copy the “Remote” installation script, create an API key, and paste it where it says YOUR_API_KEY
Paste the installation script into your regular terminal (not Claude Code), then create a Claude.md file with rules: “Always use context7 when I need code generation, setup, configuration steps, or library/API documentation” — specify doc sources like
Test Context7 by sending a planning prompt: “Build a simple html site that creates random teams of 6 pokemon with lock/reshuffle features using pokapi docs” — approve tool use and select “Yes, and never ask again for Context7”

Pro tip: Hit ctrl+o in a Claude Code terminal to see its full thoughts. It’s good practice to understand how it thinks.

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FIGURE AI

🚀 Figure CEO Brett Adcock launches new AI lab

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The Rundown: Robotics startup Figure AI CEO and founder Brett Adcock is reportedly starting a new AI lab called Hark, backed entirely by $100M in personal funding, according to The Information.

The details:

The venture will pursue “human-centric AI” capable of proactive reasoning, continuous self-improvement, and designed to “care deeply about humans.”
Hark’s first GPU cluster reportedly came online this week, though the company hasn’t disclosed the scale or specs of the infrastructure.
Adcock will still run Figure, which has secured nearly $2B in funding at a $39B valuation, alongside the new AI lab.

Why it matters: Despite vicious competition between the top labs, there is no shortage of competitors still spinning up — showing there is still plenty of belief that frontier AI has unexplored directions the major players may be missing. With Figure’s robotics success, Hark could also follow the integrated path being paved by Tesla/xAI.

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Angular just released: v21, modernizes Angular apps with signal-powered forms, Vitest as the default test runner, new headless components, and MCP-powered AI workflows.*

OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.2-Codex, an updated coding-focused model with strengthened cybersecurity abilities.

Mistral launched OCR 3, a document-reading model that converts notes, scanned forms, and tables into clean text — claiming the top spot across OCR benchmarks.

Vibe coding platform Lovable announced a new $330M Series B funding round that values the company at $6.6B.

Hollywood actors and filmmakers started the Creators Coalition on AI, a new advocacy group backed by over 500 artists pushing for industry standards around consent, compensation, and deepfake protections.

Elon Musk reportedly told employees in an all-hands meeting that xAI may reach AGI as early as 2026, saying it can beat out rivals if they can “survive the next 2-3 years.”

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COMMUNITY

🤝 Community AI workflows

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“My furnace died and my Nest went dark, so I tried using Gemini as a DIY field guide. I uploaded a photo of the error code, and it immediately walked me through getting power back to the unit. When I shared a photo of the HVAC setup, Gemini spotted a ‘hidden’ safety switch on the condensate pump and correctly guessed the drainage hose was blocked.

It even suggested a MacGyver-style fix: using a turkey baster to clear the line. 15 minutes later, the heat was back on, and I’d saved myself an emergency service call. This is a total game-changer for real-world troubleshooting.”

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