Recursos Digitales para Profesores de Computación: 🟪⬛ AI just took another leap

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Perplexity just launched agent capabilities that can create dashboards and reports, voice cloning just got scary good with 5-second audio samples, and DeepSeek quietly dropped an R1 update that's outperforming major models. We'll dive into all of this shortly.

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In other news, Telegram is partnering with xAI to bring Grok to its platform, and The New York Times just signed its first AI licensing deal.

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IN THIS ISSUE

•	Copywriting Analyst & Text Humanizer - Perfect prompt to improve your writing.
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•	Kinetic Sculpture - A great prompt for you this week to create stunning visuals.
•	Perplexity's Agentic Abilities - Everything you need to know about Perplexity Labs.
•	Voice Cloning, the state of play -We look at the latest players and the best voice models.
•	DeepSeek - A small update makes huge performance increases..
•	Latest blogs - Check out our newest content
•	In the news - Grok is coming to Telegram, Anti AI New York Times signs big AI deal and more.

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Perplexity Labs: Your AI Project Team

🚀 What Is Perplexity Labs?

Labs is like having a dedicated team at your disposal that can craft everything from reports and spreadsheets to dashboards and simple web apps. Unlike regular Perplexity searches or Deep Research, Labs invests 10+ minutes using tools like deep web browsing, code execution, and chart creation to turn your ideas into finished work.

⚡ Key Capabilities

Interactive Dashboards: Create dynamic, real-time dashboards for business finances or data visualization without coding knowledge.

Autonomous Research: 10-minute workflows that conduct comprehensive research, reasoning about information and refining approaches like a human researcher.

Mini Web Apps: Develop and deploy interactive apps directly within Labs, enabling creation of basic tools without external development.

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Knowledge Workers: Professionals who juggle assistants, spreadsheets, and low-code dashboards can now consolidate workflows.

Small Businesses: Startups and professionals who need quick data insights without specialized development resources.

Content Creators: Marketing campaigns, business analysis, and comprehensive reports—Labs can accomplish in 10 minutes what previously took days of coordination.

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Available exclusively to Perplexity Pro subscribers ($20/month). Access Labs through the mode selector on web, iOS, and Android, with Mac and Windows apps coming soon. All generated files are organized in an Assets tab for easy viewing and downloading.

Try it out: Official Announcement | Try Perplexity Labs

Voice AI Revolution: The Human-Machine Divide Blurs

🎯 The 5-Second Clone Wars

Resemble AI's Chatterbox just dropped as an open-source bombshell that can clone any voice using just 5 seconds of audio—and users prefer it 63.75% of the time over ElevenLabs. Meanwhile, Hume's EVI 3 takes a different approach, creating AI that "stammers anxiously, debates enthusiastically, and whispers intimately" with sophisticated emotional intelligence.

🚀 The Viral Breakthrough: Sesame's Maya

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe's new startup Sesame went viral with Maya and Miles—AI assistants so natural that people are calling it an "AGI moment" for voice technology. Unlike traditional assistants, Maya takes breaths, uses natural pauses, and adapts tone based on conversation context. The startup plans to release their model as open-source under Apache 2.0 license.

🎛️ OpenAI's "Steerable" Voices

OpenAI's new gpt-4o-mini-tts lets developers give natural language instructions like "speak like a mad scientist" or "use a serene voice, like a mindfulness teacher." The model can now adjust tone and emotion contextually—imagine customer support AI that sounds genuinely apologetic when it makes a mistake.

🎓 The Undergrad Upset: Dia Model

Two Korean undergrads with no extensive AI background built Dia—a 1.6B parameter model that rivals NotebookLM's podcast generation. Using Google's free TPU Research Cloud, they created a tool that generates natural dialogue with customizable tones, disfluencies, and realistic voice cloning. It's another reminder that barriers to AI innovation continue to crumble.

🗣️ Claude Joins the Conversation

Anthropic launched Claude's conversational voice mode in beta for mobile apps, offering five distinct voice options and seamless switching between text and voice. What sets it apart: live transcripts with key points highlighted on screen, deep productivity integrations (Google Docs, Calendar, Gmail for paid users), and the ability to upload files during voice conversations. Currently English-only and mobile-exclusive.

Try them yourself: Chatterbox | EVI 3 Demo | Maya Demo

DeepSeek's "Minor" Update Delivers Major Gains

🤫 The Quiet Giant Leap

DeepSeek dropped R1-0528 this week with minimal fanfare, calling it a "minor trial upgrade." The reality? Benchmark scores jumped dramatically—AIME 2025 leaped from 70.0 to 87.5, GPQA surged from 71.5 to 81.0, and LiveCodeBench climbed from 63.5 to 73.3. These aren't incremental improvements; they represent step-change advances in reasoning capability.

🏆 Climbing the Leaderboard

With an Intelligence Index score of 68, R1-0528 now sits tied for second place on Artificial Analysis rankings, ahead of Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro and Anthropic's Claude 4 Sonnet. It's brushing shoulders with OpenAI's o3 while delivering this performance at a fraction of the cost—proving that China's cost-efficient approach is reshaping AI economics.

🔧 Developer-Friendly Updates

Beyond raw performance gains, R1-0528 adds JSON output support and function calling capabilities, making integration smoother for developers. Hallucinations are significantly reduced, and the model can now engage in longer reasoning chains. Plus, the new 8B distilled variant can run efficiently on a single H100 GPU.

🤔 Reading the Tea Leaves

Industry insiders are questioning whether these "minor" updates signal that R2 is taking longer than expected, or if DeepSeek is simply maintaining competitive pressure while preparing for a bigger reveal. Either way, the message is clear: the AI race isn't slowing down, and performance breakthroughs are coming from unexpected directions.

Try it yourself: DeepSeek Chat | Open Source Code

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Explore how subtle gender disparities in AI-generated responses—coined as Entropy Bias—may shape the fairness of AI systems, and what can be done to create more equitable outputs.

Redefining Creative Labor: How Generative AI is Shaping the Future of Work

Discover how creative professionals are reimagining their roles by collaborating with generative AI—transforming workflows, building trust, and redefining creativity in a tech-driven world.

Discover more insights and expert analysis on our blog.

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In the News

Grok Coming to Telegram

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced a one-year partnership with xAI that will integrate Grok into the messaging app's search bar and interfaces. The $300 million deal (pending finalization) promises smart text editing, chat summaries, automatic moderation, and AI-powered sticker generation for Telegram's billion users. Privacy concerns addressed with data access limited to explicit user interactions with Grok.

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New York Times Signs First AI Licensing Deal

The New York Times struck its first generative AI licensing agreement with Amazon, allowing the company to use Times editorial content, NYT Cooking, and The Athletic across AI products like Alexa. The multi-year deal marks a strategic shift toward collaboration over litigation, even as the Times' lawsuit against OpenAI continues. The partnership includes attribution and links back to Times content.