Will Smith just pulled off modern performance art—or something that looks like it. 

A promo clip from his European tour sparked some chatter online when fans noticed the crowd looked a bit...off. Melting faces, mismatched hands, and warped signs.

An expert labeled it a “reality sandwich”: about 60% real footage, 40% AI-generated mush. 

If that doesn’t make you double-check what your eyes are really seeing, I don’t know what will.

With that said, here’s what’s new in the AI world this week:

📈 How are companies using AI?​

➜ Smarter Game Days. The NFL is rolling out AI across game-day operations. We are talking training insights to injury prevention and fan engagement. It’s about turning football into a data-driven sport, both on and off the field.
PYMNTS

➜ Reskilling the Workforce. UK-based digital bank Zopa is launching an AI-powered reskilling program to prep employees for the future of work. Call it “AI literacy” for the financial sector.
Retail Banker International

➜ AI-Priced Holidays. Walmart is cutting marketplace seller fees and using AI to fine-tune in-store shopping experiences this holiday season. Lower costs for sellers, optimized deals for shoppers.
Retail Dive

➜ Wedding Planner in Your Pocket. David’s Bridal introduced an AI assistant to help brides navigate everything from gowns to event planning. How about getting a digital stylist for your big day?
Yahoo Finance

➜ Hollywood’s AI Rulebook. Netflix has released its first generative AI production guidelines—laying out how it plans to use the tech while protecting creative jobs and IP. One point for the creatives.
The Verge

💡 What are the nerds up to?

➜ Fraud Fighters, Build Your Own. Unit21 now lets companies design custom AI agents to tackle financial crime. It’s fraud detection as a DIY toolkit.
Finextra

➜ Find Your Voice. Startup Vocal Image is using AI to help people improve speech clarity and tone—essentially a digital voice coach in your pocket.
TechCrunch

➜ AI for Climate-Smart Farming. Mitti Labs is helping rice farmers fight climate change with AI-driven insights, from soil conditions to smarter water use. This is definitely something I consider AI for good.
Daily.dev

➜ The Cheat-Proof Tutor. A new AI education platform is spreading across US colleges—personalizing lessons while making cheating harder than ever.
Livemint

➜ Stress Testing the Models. OpenAI and Anthropic are collaborating on a standardized way to pressure-test safety in advanced AI models. Think of it as a crash-test dummy for frontier systems.
eWeek

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