Nvidia’s surge, Meta’s win, & more (June 26, 2025)

Nvidia rockets to new highs, Meta wins a copyright case and poaches OpenAI talent, and DeepMind compresses years of DNA science into hours.

Author

David Pawlan
June 26, 2025

Morning!

We’re back with the biggest moves shaking up the AI world, from Nvidia's jaw-dropping stock rally to Meta’s courtroom dominance and DeepMind’s wild ride into the genome. Plus, new tools, fresh talent wars, and an open-source swing from Google.

Let’s dive in👇

🚀 Big Plays in AI

📈 Nvidia Eyes a New Record

Wall Street is all-in on Nvidia again, brushing off China concerns as shares surge toward a record high. The company’s role as the backbone of the AI boom continues to dazzle investors. With this rally, Nvidia has officially become the most valuable chipmaker in history.

A federal judge sided with Meta in a pivotal lawsuit, ruling its use of copyrighted books to train AI models counts as fair use. A huge win for the open frontier of training data. This sets a powerful precedent that could influence dozens of pending copyright cases in AI.

🧲 Meta Poaches 3 OpenAI Researchers

Meta’s AI recruiting spree continues, it just hired three researchers from OpenAI’s alignment team. This follows a wave of new hires, including a co-founder of xAI. The arms race for top AI talent just got even hotter, and Meta is playing to win.

🧪 Science, Lawsuits, and Ecosystem Shifts

🧬 DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Cracks DNA at Scale

Google DeepMind’s new AlphaGenome model can predict how mutations affect genes across 1M base-pair sequences. It trained in just four hours, marking a leap in disease research. Researchers used it to analyze leukemia mutations with speed and precision that used to take months.

🧑‍⚖️ Getty Pulls Punches in Stability AI Lawsuit

Getty dropped its main copyright claims against Stability AI in the U.S., narrowing the case after a fair use ruling in a related suit against Anthropic. The UK case, however, still looms. While not a total surrender, it signals the U.S. courts may not be friendly ground for these battles.

🧰 Claude Lets You Build AI Apps in Minutes

Anthropic’s Claude just got app-building capabilities. Users can now create and build AI tools using just a text prompt, no coding required. It’s a major push to democratize development and pull non-technical users deeper into Claude’s ecosystem.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

💬 Prompt of the Day

“Create a personalized AI health assistant that tracks sleep patterns, recommends habits, and adapts weekly based on mood and energy.”

⚡ Quick Hits

🧾 TLDR

Nvidia hits new heights while Meta scores a courtroom victory and lures top OpenAI talent. DeepMind’s AlphaGenome supercharges DNA analysis, Getty backs off a U.S. lawsuit, and Claude just became your new app dev buddy. If it feels like AI is everywhere, it is.

See you tomorrow for more bytes of brilliance,
David