AI Weekly: $60B Cursor Deal, Google Brain Drain, Midjourney Scanner

The AI market saw some unexpected turns last week. SpaceX agreed to acquire Cursor for an estimated $60 billion in stock. This acquisition is seen as a move to support SpaceX's xAI division, highlighting AI tooling's strategic importance. Meanwhile, a "brain drain" hit Google. Noam Shazeer, a co-author of a foundational AI paper, left Google for OpenAI. The next day, John Jumper, who shared a Nobel for his work on AlphaFold, departed Google DeepMind for Anthropic. These departures suggest that top research talent is a critical asset in the AI field. Midjourney also announced a new project: a full-body medical scanner. This "ultrasonic CT" aims to reconstruct a 3D map of the human body using ultrasonic sensors. The prototype currently takes twenty minutes to scan, with a goal of sixty seconds. These developments show how quickly the AI landscape is evolving across different sectors.