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🗣️ Are You Speaking Like a Bot?
Rahul Iyer
September 10, 2025
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Apple is preparing to launch Apple Intelligence in China with iPhone 17, teaming with Baidu and Alibaba under strict rules. Vodafone has replaced humans with an AI avatar in Germany ads. Sam Altman warns people now sound like bots as humans copy ChatGPT quirks. And, Google’s Veo 3 now makes AI shorts for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube.
AI is shaping how we sell, how we talk, and how we watch.
In today’s AI Pulse
🍎 Apple Bets on China for iPhone 17 AI Rollout – Apple will launch Apple Intelligence in China by late 2025 with Baidu and Alibaba support.
📰 Vodafone’s AI Woman Splits Viewers – Vodafone Germany introduced a digital avatar in a red hoodie for TikTok and X ads.
🤖 Humans Start Talking Like AI Bots – Sam Altman says online talk feels fake as people copy AI style. Studies show words like “delve” and “explore” are spreading.
📹 Google Veo 3 Powers AI Shorts for Social Media – Google marked Veo 3 stable in the Gemini API. It now makes vertical 9:16 clips, with prices cut nearly 50%.
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🧠The Pulse
Apple plans to bring Apple Intelligence to China by late 2025. To meet strict rules, it is working with Alibaba and Baidu. This move has triggered US fears about security. The release, tied to iPhone 17, is seen as critical for Apple’s future in its most important market.
📌The Download
Apple launched Apple Intelligence worldwide in 2024, but China was left out because of local rules. Regulators require foreign tech firms to team up with Chinese partners. Apple is now testing a censored version that uses Baidu’s Ernie Bot with Alibaba reviewing content, hoping to win approval.
The release will not come with the first iPhone 17 launch in September 2025. Instead, reports say that Apple plans to push it in late 2025 through an iOS 26.1 or 26.2 update. Similar steps were taken earlier in the UK and Australia when Apple had to adapt to safety rules.
US lawmakers warn the deal could open risks, comparing it with TikTok. They say user data may face exposure. At the same time, Apple’s hold in China is slipping. It once had 70% of the high-end phone market in 2023. That number is now 47% in early 2025. Apple hopes this rollout will lift sales.
💡What This Means for You
Apple’s China launch shows that AI growth depends on politics as much as new features. For professionals, this is a reminder that local laws can reshape global tech plans in a moment. If Apple must change its AI for China, other rollouts may face the same limits very soon.
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🧠The Pulse
Vodafone in Germany has introduced an AI woman in a red hoodie to promote high-speed home internet. She speaks German and highlights a €120 cashback offer. The video already gained more than 2M views, but strange glitches left people split on whether the new face feels smart or unsettling.
📌The Download
Vodafone confirmed the woman is AI made. The campaign is now running on TikTok and X. The company explained that AI is part of daily life and they are testing it in advertising. In the clips, she promotes internet speed upgrades and a €120 cashback reward for new customers.
Viewers quickly noticed problems. Her mole disappeared and then returned. Her hair moved in ways that looked unnatural. Her smile and expressions felt slightly off. These errors made many talk about the “uncanny valley” where something looks almost human but feels strange. Reactions were split between excitement and doubt.
Vodafone has used AI before. In December 2024, it launched an ad called Rhythm of Life that was made fully with AI and contained no real footage. Experts now advise companies to be clear when they use AI, protect against deepfake abuse, and keep strong rules for safe advertising.
💡What This Means for You
AI is now stepping into customer-facing roles. If brands adopt digital faces, your own work in marketing or communication may change. Success will depend on how real these avatars feel and how honest companies are about using them. Trust will become the most valuable asset.
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🧠The Pulse
Sam Altman says online talk now feels fake because people copy how AI speaks. He noticed humans are picking up quirks of ChatGPT style. Studies back him, showing words like “delve” and “explore” spreading fast. The line between human and machine voices is blurring in a way unseen before.
📌The Download
Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said posts about Codex sounded so machine-like that he thought they came from bots. He later found they were from real people and called it one of his strangest experiences. He warned that even genuine users now copy the style of AI models.
He explained that the “Extremely Online” crowd has picked up the quirks that AI speak. This is pushed further by hype cycles and platforms that reward clicks. Conversations swing between extremes like “AI is over” and “AI is back,” which makes places such as Reddit and X feel fake.
Researchers confirm that ChatGPT is reshaping vocabulary and sentence patterns. Experts raised alarms, saying human and machine voices are blending. Some connect this to the Dead Internet Theory which claims most online talk is now fake or automated.
💡What This Means for You
Your style of writing may already be shaped by AI tools without you noticing. Online readers are now harder to understand because humans and bots sound almost the same. The challenge for professionals will be to keep their own voice clear and real in a digital world that copies AI.
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🧠The Pulse
Google’s Veo 3 now makes vertical 9:16 videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. This move shows Google’s plan to put AI video at the heart of mobile content. It is a clear step toward giving creators faster, cheaper, and ready-to-use video tools.
📌The Download
Google has marked Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast as stable in the Gemini API. They are no longer in test mode. Developers and businesses can now use them for large projects. This change signals that AI video is ready for real-world production.
Veo 3 supports vertical videos and 1080p resolution. Right now, 1080p works only in landscape format. Vertical videos may still stay at 720p. To show what is possible, Google launched the MediaSim demo app in AI Studio. It uses the tldraw SDK to show how Gemini’s text, image, and audio tools can work with Veo 3 to create interactive media.
Prices are almost 50% lower. Veo 3 now costs $0.40 per second, down from $0.75. Veo 3 Fast costs $0.15 per second, down from $0.40. Google has also linked Veo 3 to YouTube Shorts. This makes it easier for creators to produce AI videos built for mobile platforms.
💡What This Means for You
AI video is now built for social media. If you create campaigns or content, Veo 3 gives you cheaper and faster ways to make short videos for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. The tools are ready, the prices are lower, and the audience is already waiting.
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🎮 Roblox Unveils New AI Tools for Game Creators: Roblox announced a new short-form video feed called Roblox Moments. Players aged 13+ can capture, trim, and share 30-second clips with music and reactions. Clips link directly to gameplay, making it easy to jump in. Roblox also revealed AI tools for creators. These include 4D object generation, real-time voice-chat translation, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and an upgraded coding assistant.
⏱ Google Finally Clarifies Gemini App Limits: Free users get 5 prompts per day with Gemini 2.5 Pro, 5 Deep Research reports a month, and 100 images a day. Google AI Pro subscribers get 100 prompts daily, 20 Deep Research reports, 1,000 images, and 3 Veo 3 Fast videos. AI Ultra users get 500 prompts, 200 Deep Research reports, 1,000 images, 5 Veo 3 videos, and 10 Deep Think prompts with a 192K-token context window.
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KEY QUOTES AND STRATEGIC INSIGHTS
"AI is able to automate a lot of critical reasoning tasks, and if we fully outsource our own reasoning, it is not good enough to run in an automated fashion.”
— Jay Graber, CEO of Bluesky
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