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News of the Day

AI Talent Is the New Gold

Apple and Meta are racing to buy top AI companies and talent
The two tech giants are both trying to gain an edge in AI by acquiring promising startups like Perplexity and hiring leading experts.

  • Apple has talked about buying Perplexity to build its own AI search engine.

  • Meta held talks with Perplexity, SSI, and Thinking Machines before investing $14.3B in Scale AI.

  • Meta is now trying to bring in AI investors like Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to join its AI team.

Big tech companies are in a fierce battle for AI dominance. Meta’s huge investment and Apple’s search for new AI tools show how serious they are. It also highlights how valuable top AI talent has become, and how far these companies will go to get it.
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2nd News of the Day

Meta x Oakley’s AI Glasses Drop!

Meta Teams Up with Oakley to Launch High-Tech AI Glasses for Athletes

Meta has introduced a new line of AI-powered smart glasses in partnership with Oakley, made specifically for athletes. These glasses come with better tech features and a stylish design, aiming to be both functional and fashionable.

  • New Oakley Meta HSTN glasses start at $399, with real-time AI help, Bluetooth, and content capture features

  • Major upgrades: 3K video, double battery life, and a better camera than the Ray-Ban version

  • Backed by stars like Kylian Mbappé and Patrick Mahomes, the glasses are aimed at sports like surfing and golf

Meta is building on the success of its Ray-Ban smart glasses by targeting athletes with this new launch. By blending AI with popular brands and styles, Meta is making smart wearables more appealing and useful in everyday (and active) life.
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Everything else

📋 In a Nutshell: If you haven’t had time to catch Andrej Karpathy’s viral talk on Software 3.0 and the future of AI, here’s a quick summary with all the highlights.

📖 Fool Me Once: The researchers behind MIT’s ChatGPT brain study apparently laced it with clever easter eggs to catch people using LLMs to summarize the paper.

🚞 Runaway Train: AI-generated videos are taking TikTok by storm, with some getting more than 100M views. Founder Mark Gadala-Maria shares the 10 biggest trends.

 Also Worth Checking Out: AI helps someone win a $3,700 civil case, ChatGPT answers “What silently disappeared without anyone noticing?”, and investor Codie Sanchez shares five AI tools that tripled her productivity.

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