- What's Up in AI
- Posts
- Bezos’ New Toy: Project Prometheus, xAI’s Grok 4.1 Leaps Past ChatGPT & Gemini and more...
Bezos’ New Toy: Project Prometheus, xAI’s Grok 4.1 Leaps Past ChatGPT & Gemini and more...
And everything else you need to catch up on that happened this week yet!
What's Up in AI
November 20, 2025
In partnership with
Welcome Back, AI Geeks!
It’s time to stay updated with What’s Up in AI.
Now that we’re back from the Big week for billionaire energy in AI: Jeff Bezos returned to an executive role to lead a $6.2B project aimed at real-world AI systems, and Elon Musk dropped Grok 4.1, which xAI says beats the newest models from OpenAI and Google.
In today’s issue:
🤯 Bezos’ New Toy: Project Prometheus
📈 xAI’s Grok 4.1 Leaps Past ChatGPT & Gemini
⚡ 5-4-3-2-1 hits you just can't miss
📰 What Else Happened in AI
😂 Your AI-Powered Laugh
Read time: 6 mins
Free, private email that puts your privacy first
A private inbox doesn’t have to come with a price tag—or a catch. Proton Mail’s free plan gives you the privacy and security you expect, without selling your data or showing you ads.
Built by scientists and privacy advocates, Proton Mail uses end-to-end encryption to keep your conversations secure. No scanning. No targeting. No creepy promotions.
With Proton, you’re not the product — you’re in control.
Start for free. Upgrade anytime. Stay private always.
#1 LATEST IN AI TODAY📎
What Happened (Nov 18, 2025):
Jeff Bezos is stepping back into an executive role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new AI venture backed by $6.2 billion in funding. The company has already hired researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta AI, and will focus on applications in engineering, manufacturing, and physical-world systems.
What You Need to Know:
Bezos is co-leading alongside Vik Bajaj, formerly of Google X and Verily.
Project Prometheus aims to develop AI systems that interact with the physical world — robotics, manufacturing, aerospace.
The startup reportedly hired nearly 100 staff already, with talent pulled from major AI labs.
Funding sources include Bezos himself; terms and technology roadmap remain undisclosed.
The move places Bezos back in a startup leadership position for the first time since leaving Amazon’s CEO role in 2021.
Why It Matters:
This launch signals a major shift: AI is no longer just about software and chat tools — it’s moving into physical systems and manufacturing. With $6.2 B already committed and senior talent onboard, Project Prometheus could accelerate major-industry disruption.
#2 LATEST IN AI TODAY📎
What Happened (Nov 18, 2025):
xAI (led by Elon Musk) rolled out the new model Grok 4.1 across its platforms. According to the company, it’s “exceptionally capable in creative, emotional and collaborative interactions” and already tops competitor models like GPT‑5.1 and Gemini 2.5 Pro on several benchmarks.
What You Need to Know:
Grok 4.1 passed through a silent rollout from Nov 1–14 and is now available to all users in “Auto” mode.
In internal tests, Grok 4.1 was preferred 64.78% of the time over its predecessor.
On benchmark leaderboards (e.g., LMArena’s Text Leaderboard) it ranked #1 or #2, beating models from OpenAI and Google.
The update claims significant improvements in creativity, emotional intelligence, tone interpretation, and reduced hallucination.
Some early reports note that because it’s more expressive, Grok 4.1 may be more vulnerable to prompt-injection or manipulative inputs than its previous version.
Why It Matters:
With Grok 4.1 outperforming major models, xAI is positioning itself as a serious contender in the LLM space—not just a niche player. For users, this means more “human-feeling” AI interactions; for developers, increased model choice and competition. But that also means higher stakes for safety, oversight and transparency as models get more capable and less filtered.
BRAIN BOOST 🧠
Jeff Bezos is back building a startup after 4 years. What’s your first reaction? |
Make Every Platform Work for Your Ads
Marketers waste millions on bad creatives.
You don’t have to.
Neurons AI predicts effectiveness in seconds.
Not days. Not weeks.
Test for recall, attention, impact, and more; before a dollar gets spent.
Brands like Google, Facebook, and Coca-Cola already trust it. Neurons clients saw results like +73% CTR, 2x CVR, and +20% brand awareness.
QUICK HITS 💥
It’s time for some quick hits that you’ll love. Let’s go in…..5-4-3-2-1 👇️
5- TOP AI TOOLS OF THE DAY
✉️ Migma.ai generates branded emails from your website URL by importing your style and modeling your unique voice. Try now!
🎬 VidFlux turns text prompts into professional MP4 videos using state-of-the-art models like Google Veo 3, Sora 2, and Kling AI. Try now!
📊 AskCory.ai builds actionable marketing plans from prompts by researching your industry and mapping out step-by-step strategies. Try now!
🎥 ChatTube lets you chat with YouTube videos — ask questions about the content, and AI gives you instant answers without watching the full video. Try now!
📄 UPCV crafts job-winning resumes by writing role descriptions from just your job title and catching errors in real time. Try now!
4-AI JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Want us to search for tech related jobs in your country/city ? Post a request 🔍
3-THINGS IN TREND
Ever wonder how some social media accounts respond to 1,000s of comments instantly? It’s ai.
A DoorDash customer complained that their burger was too raw and got a full refund. And guess what, they used AI to edit the photo.
Watch two AI cat podcasters debate whether cat videos are real or AI-generated.
2-USEFUL LINKS
In a world-first, US-based XCath has used its EVR robotic system to successfully treat three brain aneurysm patients in Panama. With sub-millimeter precision, doctors remotely guided the triaxial neurovascular robot through fragile brain vessels to place stents and implants. The milestone hints at a future where lifesaving neurosurgery can be performed remotely, bringing top-tier care to patients who currently have no access to specialists.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN AI 📰
☁️ DeepMind Unveils WeatherNext 2
Google DeepMind announced WeatherNext 2, an upgraded forecasting AI that runs predictions 8× faster and simulates hundreds of possible weather shifts per minute.
🧠 OpenAI Teases New IMO-Level Math Model
OpenAI research VP Jerry Tworek says a “better version” of the IMO gold-medalist model is coming soon.
🔗 Cloudflare Acquires Replicate
Cloudflare bought Replicate, integrating its 50,000+ open models and fine-tuning tools into Workers while keeping its APIs and community intact.
🔗 NVIDIA Drops Apollo Physics Models
NVIDIA launched Apollo, a suite of open-source physics models designed to accelerate industrial simulation—from aerospace to climate.
🔗 Google Adds New AI Travel Planning Tools
Google Search now includes an AI Canvas for custom itineraries, improved Flight Deals, and agentic features that help users compare options and book trips.
Funding 💰️
Ramp reaches a $32 billion valuation after announcing a $300 million primary financing round and an employee tender offer.
OpenAI invested $15M Red Queen Bio, a startup building AI defenses against bio-threats, including misuse of generative models.
GET AN AI-POWERED LAUGH 😁
Acquire new customers and drive revenue by partnering with us
What’s Up in AI is one of the most engaged & loved newsletter for professionals, AI enthusiasts & business owners with ~80,000+ working at the world’s leading startups and enterprises. Companies like Hubspot, Artisan, Guidde & Gamma etc. feature their products in What’s Up in AI. You can learn more about partnering with us here.
And that’s a wrap!
Do drop a comment to tell us👇️
What do you think of today's issue? |
We’ll be back soon with more spicy takes on What’s Happening in AI, so stay tuned & share our newsletter with a friend using this link!
Stay Tuned! 🤖
Team What’s Up in AI