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August 26, 2025

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Sparkvia AI just dropped the first on-chain writing platform on the XRP Ledger ✍️—because apparently, your next viral blog post might need a crypto wallet. Web3 writers, it’s your time to shine… or overshare. Perplexity’s got a new plan to share AI search revenue with publishers 📊. Finally, someone’s giving Google the side-eye while offering writers a cut of the pie… even if it’s just the crumbs. And in the courtroom drama of the week, Elon Musk is suing Apple and OpenAI ⚖️. If you thought AI rivalries were intense, just wait until billionaires start subtweeting each other via legal filings.

Are we witnessing the future of the internet, or just setting up season two of “Billionaire Beef”? Let’s get into it...

In today’s AI digest:

  • Sparkvia AI launches first on-chain writing platform on XRP Ledger ✍️

  • Perplexity to share AI search revenue with publishers 📊

  • Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI over antitrust claims ⚖️

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WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY

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✍️ The Digest: Sparkvia AI just launched the first on-chain writing platform on the XRP Ledger—finally proving crypto isn’t just for memes, scams, and that one friend who still won’t shut up about Dogecoin. It’s giving “Shakespeare meets smart contracts” energy. Writers can generate copy, pay in XRP, and literally have their work recorded on the blockchain. Translation: your bad haiku can now live forever.

Key Details:

📝 Every Draft = On-Chain Forever – From blogs to newsletters, Sparkvia AI pumps out copy tied to XRP payments. Which means that cringe-y poem you wrote at 2 a.m. can’t just be deleted—it’s immortalized on a distributed ledger. Congratulations?

💸 Pay-As-You-Write – Forget subscriptions. Sparkvia runs on credits topped up via XRP. You only pay for what you write, which is great… unless you’re the kind of person who spends 12 credits brainstorming a single tweet.

🚀 Tools for the Writer Who Has Everything (Except Deadlines) – AI writers, homepage generators, and grammar bots all bundled together. Basically the Avengers of procrastination.

🔥 SPARK Token Incoming – Dropping September 1, the SPARK token gives you premium access, governance rights, and probably something you’ll regret explaining at Thanksgiving dinner.

Why It Matters (and Why It’s Funny): Sparkvia is basically saying: “Yes, your copy can now be decentralized too.” For writers, it means freedom from monthly bills. For crypto nerds, it’s proof that XRP isn’t just Ripple’s fever dream—it can actually power something useful. So yeah—if you’ve ever wanted to mint your grocery list, your apology text, or your terrible fanfic on-chain, Sparkvia has you covered. Because nothing screams “future of creativity” like paying gas fees on a sonnet. 📝🔗💸

Perplexity

(source: CNET)

📊 The Digest: Perplexity just pulled a move straight out of the “please don’t sue us” playbook: it’s launching a revenue-sharing model with publishers. The AI search startup will hand over a cut of its subscription revenue to the same media outlets it’s been accused of scraping. It’s giving “pirate turned polite landlord” energy.

Key Details:

💰 $42.5M Peace Offering – Perplexity is setting aside $42.5M from its Comet Plus subscriptions, with 80% going back to publishers whose content fuels its AI answers. Think of it as royalties, but for bots. 【navlist links】

📰 Pay When You Play – Publishers get paid if their articles show up in AI responses or drive traffic. In other words: if Perplexity uses your words to look smart, you finally get a slice of the pie.

🔄 Bye Ads, Hello Subscriptions – Instead of relying on ads, Perplexity is pushing a $5/month subscription model where publishers directly benefit. It’s like Spotify for journalism, but with fewer breakup playlists.

⚖️ The Lawsuit Looming – This all comes as Perplexity faces legal heat from big names like News Corp., Forbes, and Condé Nast. Sharing revenue now looks less like innovation and more like damage control.

Why It Matters (and Why It’s Funny): Perplexity basically showed up at the publisher’s house after “borrowing” their car and said, “Hey, here’s some gas money, we’re cool now, right?” It won’t stop the lawsuits overnight, but it could turn AI search from “parasite” to “partner.” Or at least from “ruthless pirate” to “pirate who pays rent.” So yeah—journalists might still side-eye Perplexity, but at least now they’re getting paid to be plagiarized. 📰🤖💸

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⚖️ The Digest: Elon Musk just fired off a lawsuit at Apple and OpenAI, claiming their partnership is basically an AI monopoly designed to crush his own chatbot, Grok. It’s giving “you invited ChatGPT to the party but not me, so now I’m calling the cops” energy.

Key Details:

📱 Siri, Lawyer Up – Musk’s xAI says Apple giving ChatGPT prime real estate in iOS is anticompetitive. Grok, meanwhile, is stuck outside the App Store VIP lounge, wearing last season’s hoodie.

💾 Data = Power = Lawsuit – The suit argues that ChatGPT’s iPhone integration gives OpenAI exclusive access to billions of user prompts—basically unlimited training fuel. Grok, in contrast, is running on vibes and Twitter memes.

🛑 App Store Shade – Musk claims Apple deliberately hid Grok from the “Must-Have Apps” section. Translation: Grok didn’t even make the “participation trophy” shelf while ChatGPT got the crown.

📉 Defendants Respond – OpenAI called the suit “Musk being Musk,” and Apple did its classic no comment (aka: “we’ll see you in court”). Somewhere, Siri is whispering: “Not my circus, not my monkeys.”

Why It Matters (and Why It’s Funny): This is less about legal precedent and more about Silicon Valley drama hitting Real Housewives levels. If Musk wins, it could shake up how AI gets integrated into your phone. If he loses, well… he just sued Apple, OpenAI, and indirectly, Siri. So yeah—forget AI vs. humans. The real battle is AI CEOs suing each other while we sit here wondering if our phones can just set a timer without litigation. 📱⚖️🤖

THE NOODLE LAB

AI Hacks & How-Tos

The Digest: Wispr Flow is an AI-powered voice dictation app that transforms your spoken words into polished, formatted text anywhere you type—4× faster than typing. It cleans up “ums,” adds punctuation, adapts tone contextually, and works across 100+ languages and countless apps.

How-to:

  1. Install Wispr Flow

    • Download the app for iOS, macOS, or Windows from wisprflow.ai.

  2. Start Dictating (Desktop)

    • Click where you'd type.

    • Hold the hotkey (e.g., Fn on Mac or Ctrl + Win on Windows), speak naturally, then release to paste your text.

    • Hands-Free Mode: Press hotkey + spacebar to start continuous dictation, then hit hotkey again to stop.

  3. Use on iPhone (iOS Keyboard)

    • Install the app and set it as your dictation keyboard.

    • Tap the microphone icon to start Voice Sessions.

    • Tap the checkmark to end and insert your polished text.

  4. Let Flow Auto-Edit as You Speak

    • Wispr Flow removes fillers, adds punctuation, and adjusts your phrasing in real-time—no manual editing needed.

  5. Use Across Any App

    • Works in places like Gmail, Slack, Notion, ChatGPT, and VS Code—anything with a text field.

  6. Customize Extras

    • Create a personal dictionary for jargon or names, and set up voice snippet shortcuts for repeated phrases.

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