Hello AI enthusiasts🤘
The AI rollercoaster is showing no signs of slowing down.
It's Wednesday, my dudes!
Let’s get wacky.
📰 Breaking News
Europe Gets Meta'd: AI Assistant Invasion Imminent
Because the EU wasn't already drowning in enough tech giants knowing their every move, Meta is unleashing its AI assistant across the continent.
Get ready for a digital companion who will probably judge your questionable search history and feed it directly to advertisers. What could possibly go wrong?
Google's New Gemini: They Swear It's Actually Smart This Time (Don't Hold Your Breath)
Just when you thought Google's AI couldn't get any more... Google-y, they're claiming their new Gemini models have leveled up in the brain department.
Expect even more sophisticated ways for them to track your every click and maybe, just maybe, answer a simple question without sending you down a rabbit hole of sponsored links.
Tim Cook's DeepSeek Lovefest: Is Apple Finally Ready to Admit Someone Else Makes Better AI?
Tim Cook, in a move that makes you go "hmm," called DeepSeek's AI "excellent" during his China visit. Is Apple finally admitting someone else might be cooking up better AI?
Or is he just buttering them up before trying to poach their talent? The plot thickens... Only time (and the next iPhone update) will tell.
🛠️ Tools & Platforms
Samsung and Some Other AI Company Want to Cram GenAI into Your Phone (Prepare for Peak Notification Overload)
TensorOpera AI and Samsung Electronics are showing off the future of generative AI on mobile devices.
Get ready for your phone to predict your texts and generate entire conversations for you. Social interaction? So last century.
Strike Gets Bankrolled to Unleash AI on Your Cybersecurity (Finally, Robots Fighting the Good Fight?)
Strike just snagged $13.5M to expand its AI-driven continuous penetration testing platform.
Maybe we'll finally reach a point where AI is the only thing capable of stopping other AI from causing digital mayhem. It's like "Pacific Rim," but with code.
Witcher Devs Say "No Thanks" to AI Art: Apparently, They Prefer Their Monsters Handcrafted
CD Projekt Red, the folks behind Cyberpunk and The Witcher, are pumping the brakes on using generative AI for their next Witcher game, citing tricky legal issues with IP ownership.
Looks like they're sticking to good old human (and probably heavily caffeinated) artists for now.
Google's GenAI Search Rolls into Europe: Search Results That Are Half Algorithm, Half Hallucination
Google is unleashing its generative AI-powered search engine in EU countries. Expect your search results to become even more... creative.
Who needs facts when you have AI-generated summaries that might be completely made up but sound really convincing?
🏢Business & Industry
Advertisers to AI Platforms: "It's Not You, It's... Actually, It's Definitely You."
Turns out, those AI solutions that promised advertisers the moon are leaving them feeling a bit deflated.
Advertisers are starting to bail, realizing that maybe algorithms don't quite grasp the subtle art of convincing people to buy things. Who would've thought?
Banks Enlist AI to Fight the Scammers: A Digital Game of Whack-a-Mole, But with More Sophisticated Malware
A new AI platform called Charm is launching to help banks combat scams.
Let's hope it's better at catching the bad guys than those automated phone calls that still somehow manage to trick our grandmothers.
UK Chads Go After Meta for AI Training Shenanigans: Someone's Finally Calling the Sheriff
UK publishers and Cambridge University are calling out Meta for using their content to train AI models without permission.
It looks like the free ride for big tech might be hitting a snag regarding copyright.
Virginia Governor Says "Nope" to AI Regulation: We Will Let the Robots Run Wild
Virginia's governor has vetoed legislation aimed at regulating AI. Guess they're taking the "trust the tech" approach, which could either be visionary or lead to utter chaos.
Only time (and maybe a robot uprising) will tell.
🤪 Other Interesting News
Startup Tells Meta to Take Their $800 Million and Shove It: Talk About Having Balls (or Maybe Just a Really Bad Business Plan)
AI startup FuriosaAI reportedly turned down an acquisition offer of $800 million from Meta.
Either they're sitting on the next world-changing AI or they've just made a costly mistake. Let’s wait and see if a funding round is in the works!
China Built a Boatload of AI Data Centers, and Now They're Gathering Dust
China went all-in on building AI data centers to ride the AI boom. Now, it seems hundreds of them are sitting empty. Tell you what — this reminds me of my birthdays. I throw a massive party and nobody shows up.
Maybe they should have used AI to predict demand? Just a thought.
🤔Questionable Joke of the Day
What did the programmer say when he fell into the infinite loop?
"This is a never-ending story!"
🫠Generative AI Masterpiece
Creator: Dall-E (GPT-4o)
Prompt: an eggplant, but she kinda hoe
Art style: cartoon, anthropomorphic
And that's the AI lowdown for today, folks! Remember to keep your algorithms close and your skepticism closer.
Until next time!