Apple's new AirPods get live translation

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Zain Kahn
September 10, 2025

Welcome back, Superhuman. Apple’s announced new AirPods Pro 3 that can translate conversations in real-time, Claude can turn your chats into ready-to-use files, and the UAE just dropped an open-source AI model that claims to outperform much bigger rivals.

Also Today: Learn how to use Perplexity AI inside WhatsApp, and get the latest prompts, headlines, and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

Click here to see the AirPods Pro 3’s 'live translation' feature in action. Source: Apple

1. Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 to get 'live translation' powers: The $249 earbuds, powered by Apple’s AI tech, will soon offer live translation and help users hold conversations in different languages. The earbuds can also track your heart rate and offer improved noise cancellation. You can see the translation feature in action here. Apple’s new iPhones, by contrast, saw relatively minor AI upgrades, including some camera tweaks and on-device AI tools.

2. Claude can now create and edit files for you in chat: Claude users can now create and modify spreadsheets, documents, presentations, and PDFs directly through the chatbot. Users can simply upload and describe the file they want, and receive ready-to-use outputs: from entire financial models to project trackers and statistical analyses. The feature is available in preview for Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, with Pro access expected to arrive soon. You can see the new feature in action here.

3. The UAE throws its hat in the ring with new open-source model: The country unveiled 'K2 Think', a 32-billion-parameter reasoning model that claims to outperform much larger models in math and advanced problem-solving benchmarks. The open source model provides researchers with training code, datasets, and deployment tools, building on the UAE’s existing AI portfolio that includes models like Jais and Falcon.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

New data shows big companies are pumping the brakes on AI adoption

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AI adoption might be hitting a speed bump. New data from the Census Bureau reveals that AI usage among large companies (those with 250 employees or more) has fallen from 13.5% in June to 12% in August. It’s a small but significant reversal in what had been relatively steady upward growth in recent months.

MIT research backs this up. A recently published report, titled 'State of AI in Business 2025', found that only 5% of corporate AI pilots tend to deliver any meaningful gains in revenue. Budgets are often misallocated, with some of the best returns coming from back-office automation rather than sales and marketing tools.

The timing couldn’t be worse. According to investment analyst Harrison Kupperman, hyperscalers and AI companies need to bring in roughly $40B in additional revenue per year just to break even on data center depreciation. He estimates current AI revenue to be around $20B — nowhere near enough to foot the massive depreciation bills.

A tough road ahead: Investment firm Apollo’s chief economist Torsten Sløk warns that these trends spell trouble for AI companies that have pinned their valuations on the assumption that AI will integrate seamlessly across the entire economy. With LLMs still demonstrating unpredictable behavior and struggling to tackle real-world complexity in many use cases, investors are keeping a cautious eye on the road ahead.

 

THE AI ACADEMY

How to use Perplexity AI inside WhatsApp

  • Open WhatsApp on your phone.

  • Save the phone number ‘+1 (833) 436-3285’ to your phone's contacts and name it ‘Perplexity AI’.

  • Search for Perplexity AI in WhatsApp and send your first message or question to the Perplexity AI chat.

  • Wait a few seconds, Perplexity AI will give you a response.

  • You can use it to create or edit images, ask queries, and more.

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IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials and headlines today

🍌 Banana Edit: With millions of users flocking to its Nano Banana model for images, Google has shared some popular prompt templates to help you nail your edits.

📊 Excel Power: Wharton professor Ethan Mollick put Claude’s new update to the test and showed how the chatbot generated new Excel spreadsheets from existing ones — all with a single prompt.

💻 Code Hack: With AI adoption going up among programmers, costs are also ballooning in unexpected ways. One user shared how their bill rose to $1,200, and explained how they cut it.

Nvidia has unveiled Rubin CPX, a GPU that aims to boost performance in long-context tasks, ranging from video creation to software development. It’s expected to hit the market by the end of next year.

Microsoft is reportedly adding Anthropic’s AI into Office 365, reducing its reliance on long-time partner OpenAI. The move comes amid a growing rift with the ChatGPT maker, which has recently pursued its own infrastructure projects.

Arm, the British semiconductor firm, has launched Lumex, a new chip lineup that lets AI run on smartphones and wearables without an internet connection.

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PROMPT STATION

The Sustainable Productivity Blueprint

Prompt: You are a reformed productivity consultant who burned out chasing spreadsheets, then studied psychology to learn how humans truly change. Now you design systems that feel natural, not forced.

Phase 1: Pattern Recognition
Before we build, uncover the real story. Answer 3 questions:
Emotional Reality – What feeling are you avoiding when you procrastinate or scroll?
Mental Loop – What story do you tell yourself when you fail to follow through?
Practical Breakdown – What part of your weekly routine always derails everything else?
Goal: clarity about your triggers and resistance patterns.
➡️ Type continue when ready.

Phase 2: Authentic Goal Architecture
We’ll design goals that match your psychology, not your fantasy self. Expect:
2–3 weekly intentions that energize (not exhaust)
Routines matched to your natural rhythms
Supportive boundaries + accountability that feels kind
Goal: a structure that excites you and adapts with ease.
➡️ Type continue when ready.

Phase 3: System Implementation
We’ll install your system gradually with weekly check-ins:
What worked? (Build on wins)
What felt forced? (Adjust fast)
What patterns showed up? (Address root causes)
I coach with curiosity, not criticism. Progress > perfection.
Goal: a system that sticks, flexes, and grows with you.

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(Note: Use Claude Opus or ChatGPT o3 models for best results)

Timeless Purrfection

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Midjourney Prompt: A cat posed in the style of [insert artist/painting/figure], portrait photography, high resolution, hyper-realistic, professional photograph, super detailed, cinematic lighting, faithful to the original composition, elegant background, award-winning photography, HDR, high-definition quality, super resolution, 30K. --ar 3:4 --v 7 --p 26rd6e2

You can use similar prompts in ChatGPT without parameters to get similar results.

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