Readers who think others in their family, friends and acquaintances who have a curiosity in knowing more about rapidly evolving AI tools/services/use cases would benefit from being subscribers of this weekly newsletter are encouraged to share this publication link to them and invite them to subscribe
For those who use RSS readers to aggregate their reading of news such as the delightful NetNewsWire [MacOS,iOS, iPadOS] or Feedly [web, iOS, Android], this weekly newsletter is also available via the following RSS feed
https://paragraph.com/api/blogs/rss/%40twiata
Below is my personal website which aggregates links to many of my socials as well as content and community that I curate
Chief Knowledge Officer @ Animoca Brands. Also assists in Growth Marketing
The following messages were posted on the 'All Things AI' Telegram group from Sunday 12th Oct 2025 to Saturday 18th Oct 2025
Poster: Valerii Anufriev
For those in London
Algorithmic Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Google is rolling out a major boost to NotebookLM:
Nano Banana generates contextual illustrations and adds two watch modes. Dense docs turn into narrated videos that look great and help you remember more.
6 visual styles (Watercolor, Papercraft, Anime, Whiteboard, Retro Print, Heritage)
Two formats: Explainer vs Brief
Rolling out to Pro users this week and all users in coming weeks
NotebookLM's Video Overviews get an upgrade with visuals powered by Nano Banana and a new "Brief" format for quick summaries.
1 | Poster: Robby Yung Caffeine AI from ICP is now open to the public |
2 | Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5, claiming it offers similar levels of coding performance to Sonnet 4 at “one-third the cost and more than twice the speed”
Introducing Claude Haiku 4.5: our latest small model.
Five months ago, Claude Sonnet 4 was state-of-the-art. Today, Haiku 4.5 matches its coding performance at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed.  |
1 | Anthropic released its Skills feature for Claude AI allowing users to create folders with instructions, scripts, and resources that the AI loads selectively for tasks such as generating Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint presentations. Available immediately to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users on claude.ai, Claude Code, and the API, the tool includes pre-built options for office tasks and a skill-creator for custom developmen
Today we're introducing Skills in claude dot ai, Claude Code, and the API.
Skills let you package specialized knowledge into reusable capabilities that Claude loads on demand as agents tackle more complex tasks. Here's how they work and why they matter for the future of agents: 
Claude Just Released SKILLS
You can now create folders called "Skills" and upload them to Claude to give it specialized expertise for specific tasks. Here's what's important - Folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources that teach Claude how to do specific things  |
I welcome feedback not only on this newsletter but across all the various surfaces where I curate content
The cover image of this newsletter via generated via the Seedream 4.0 model from Bytedance within the Freepik tool via the following prompt
Breathtaking panoramic view of a Scottish highlands inspired by Shrek's world; medieval fantasy landscape at golden hour; lush emerald-green rolling hills and misty mountains in background; ancient moss-covered stone bridge over bubbling creek; rustic swamp cottage with smoking chimney nestled against ancient gnarled trees; wildflowers and mushrooms dotting the foreground; realistic medieval village visible in middle distance with thatched roofs and stone buildings; castle silhouette on distant mountain; dramatic sky with golden-orange sunset and atmospheric mist; photorealistic cinematic quality with absolutely no cartoon elements; authentic medieval setting with perfect natural lighting; rich color palette of greens, browns and golds; hyper-detailed natural environment showing both beauty and untamed wilderness; atmospheric fog creating depth and mystery; ultra high definition photography
2 | Freepik, a leading AI creativity platform, announce the integration of the x402 protocol into its premium image generation APIs on Coinbase's Base network. This enables developers and AI agents to make micropayments in stablecoins like USDC for exact usage, bypassing subscriptions and complex billing. The update supports instant settlements, native wallet connections, and full usage visibility, addressing challenges for AI providers and users, with demos demonstrating transactions for cents per image. |
Discover how Anthropic builds AI agents with practical capabilities through modular skills, enabling them to handle complex real-world tasks more effectively and reliably.
Share Dialog
Yusuf Goolamabbas
7,235
3 comments
Looking for any recommendations to increase distribution and aware for this weekly publication of mine on @paragraph @kualta.eth https://paragraph.com/@twiata/this-week-in-all-things-ai-week-42-2025 BTW, Would be nice if header image from orig post would render as the cast image @reidtandy @colin
we'll take a look why it wasn't shown, thank you!
yeah looks like older articles lost the og image, newer ones do show up though