യുദ്ധങ്ങൾ നടത്താൻ ഇനി AI?😒

Harmattan AI, a French startup, raised $200 million

To build AI brains for military aircraft that make combat decisions without human input.

Dassault Aviation (makers of the Rafale fighter) led the round,

Creating Europe's newest and most controversial defence unicorn.

• Google wants AI to shop for you across every website

• Stanford can now predict 130 diseases from one night of sleep your Fitbit knows more about your future than you do

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In today’s post:

• 🚀 French AI Fighter Jets Become $1B Unicorn

• 🛒 Google's Universal Shopping Protocol for AI

• 😴 Sleep Tracker Predicts Your Disease Risk

France's Harmattan AI Hits $1B Valuation 🦄

Fighter jets that can think.

That’s the goal of Harmattan AI, a French startup building 'brains' for military aircraft.

They just raised a huge $200 million Series B round led by Dassault Aviation (the makers of the Rafale jet).

This deal values the company at over $1 billion, officially making them Europe’s newest defense unicorn.

It is a clear signal that AI is moving from chatbots to the battlefield.

🔍 The Key Points

• $200M raised implies serious growth. Valuation is now past $1 billion.

• Their software crunches sensor data to predict threats and fly semi-autonomously.

• Dassault Aviation led the round. They need this tech to upgrade their Rafale jets.

• Global defense AI funding hit $2.2 billion last year, per CB Insights.

🚨 Why This Matters

• France wants its own tech stack so they don't have to follow US export rules.

• The Rafale jet needs an AI edge to compete with the American F-35.

• Big buyers like India and Middle Eastern nations are demanding these next-gen upgrades.

⏭️ What's Next

• Watch for Harmattan's tech being tested on actual Rafale prototypes.

• Expect aggressive hiring of engineers from civilian AI labs like DeepMind.

• EU laws on lethal AI will be tested when France tries to sell this tech to Qatar or UAE.

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Google Just Fixed AI Shopping 🛍️

Imagine telling your AI, "Buy me running shoes under $100," and it actually does it.

That is the dream behind Google's new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). 

Think of it as a universal translator that lets AI agents talk directly to online stores to check stock and pay instantly.

🔍 The Key Points

• UCP is an open-source standard. It creates one common language for AI to browse and buy from different retailers.

• This isn't just a concept. Major players like Shopify, Stripe, and Adyen are already on board.

• Right now, AI struggles because every website is built differently. UCP standardizes the data so agents don't get confused.

• To make buying from an independent Shopify store as easy and safe as one-click checkout on Amazon.

🚨 Why This Matters

• We have enough chatbots. This is the unsexy plumbing that actually lets AI do things for you.

• Amazon likes its walled garden. Google is trying to unite the rest of the web to compete with them.

• Just like USB cables became the standard for charging, Google wants UCP to be the standard for buying.

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One Night of Sleep vs. 130 Diseases

Sleeping for one night and waking up knowing your health risks for the next ten years.

Sounds like sci-fi, right? Stanford researchers just built an AI that makes it real.

By analyzing your brain waves, heartbeat, and breathing during a single night's rest, this model can predict your risk for 130 different diseases.

🔍 The Key Points

• The AI trained on 10,000+ sleep studies to learn what 'healthy' really looks like.

• It combines data from your brain (EEG), heart (ECG), and lungs to spot patterns humans miss.

• We are talking serious conditions: it flags risks for heart failure, diabetes, and stroke years in advance.

• This moves sleep tracking from 'how long did I nap?' to 'am I going to get sick?'.

🚨 Why This Matters

• Your Apple Watch or Oura Ring is currently just a fancy gadget. This tech turns them into life-saving medical tools.

• Catching a heart issue early is way cheaper (and less painful) than surgery later.

• Doctors usually treat you after you get sick. This helps them stop illness before it starts.

⏭️ What's Next

• Watch for Oura or Whoop to test beta versions of this tech by Q2 2025.

• Stanford is pushing for FDA validation. Look for trial results in 'Sleep Medicine Reviews' mid-year.

• I bet Google or Apple will try to buy these AI startups soon to own the future of health monitoring.

🚨 Quick L8R Summary

• French Defense AI: Harmattan raised $200M to build thinking fighter jets that could rewrite aerial warfare.

• Google Shopping Protocol: UCP lets AI agents shop seamlessly across websites, threatening Amazon's dominance.

• Sleep Disease Prediction: Stanford AI predicts 130 diseases from one night's sleep data using consumer trackers.