Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isnt always easy. Thats why weve created the AI Hype Indexa simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. While AI models are certainly capable of creating interesting and sometimes entertaining material, their output isnt necessarily useful. Google DeepMind is hoping that its new robotics model could make machines more receptive to verbal commands, paving the way for us to simply speak orders to them aloud. Elsewhere, the Chinese startup Monica has created Manus, which it claims is the very first general AI agent to complete truly useful tasks. And burnt-out coders are allowing AI to take the wheel entirely in a new practice dubbed vibe coding.