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Shipped: Your AI package 📦 Amazon takes on OpenAI during its CriticGPT release! Amazon also opens a discount store, ByteDance gets into chips and Formula 1 tries out AI.
🤖 This week in AI
OpenAI rolls out CriticGPT
Amazon announces Metis AI
Google AI launches Gemma 2
Google teases YouTube celeb AI
Meta introduces LLM Compiler
Meta tests user-created chatbots
Morgan Stanley adds AI assistant
ByteDance to develop AI chips
Etched ships transformer chips
SoftBank to build medical AI
Figma starts new AI redesign
ElevenLabs debuts Reader app
Character.AI expands to calls
Formula 1 unveils AI Statbot
Olympics preps AI coverage
Hyundai deploys office robots:
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💻 This week in tech
Amazon plans discount store
Verizon pilots boxed network
Firefox gives sidebar AI bots
X announces ads academy
X rolls out activity analytics
Meta tests influencer avatars
Instagram adds chat widgets
TikTok pushes Yelp features
YouTube unveils Hype feature
Pinterest debuts board-to-video
Shopify reveals AI bot Sidekick
Flipkart launches payments app
Patreon introduces gifted subs
Netflix upgrades video encoding
XSET to develop creator studio
DT turns windshield into AR display:
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🚀 This week in crypto
Bolivia authorizes crypto
Japanese village tests NFTs
BDF, HKMA explore tokens
ECB introduces digital euro
UDPN unveils web3 solutions
S&P debuts asset tokenization
Solana reveals website ‘blinks’
Stripe joins web3 with Coinbase
Swarm Markets offers gold NFTs
McKinsey bets in tokenized RWAs
BBC backs metaverse music startup
K-pop gets web3 IP management
Ronaldinho hints at crypto return
MapleStory rolls out web3 update
Epic Games adds play-to-airdrop
CoralApp to launch web3 AI phone:
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🔗 Link of the week
How AI Impacts Startups Study
🛠Tool of the week
WebSim - AI Creator