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📱 AI users are coming to Facebook - LINK

Meta plans to integrate AI-generated characters into Facebook to boost engagement, allowing users to create and interact with these AI personas through its AI Studio. These characters will have bios, profile pictures, and the ability to generate and share content, resembling regular user accounts.

The initiative builds on Meta's existing AI investments, including the AI Studio launched earlier, which already hosts hundreds of thousands of AI characters. Future plans include expanding access globally and enabling influencers to create AI versions of themselves for more social interactions.

Concerns have been raised about safety risks, such as inappropriate content exposure, misinformation, and the potential devaluation of human creators' work. Critics argue that AI personas lack the emotional depth and relatability of real humans, which could undermine quality content on the platform.

💰 Nvidia invested $1B in AI in 2024 - LINK

In 2024, Nvidia invested $1 billion across 50 start-up funding rounds and corporate deals, a 15% increase from 2023. These investments focused on "core AI" companies with high computing demands, many of which are also major buyers of Nvidia's GPUs. The company also made more acquisitions in 2024 than in the previous four years combined.

Nvidia's investments include prominent AI companies like OpenAI, Cohere, and CoreWeave, alongside acquisitions of AI software groups and a strategic stake in Elon Musk’s xAI. However, its dominance in the AI industry has drawn antitrust scrutiny in the US, Europe, and China, with regulators investigating whether its investments aim to secure exclusivity.

Nvidia is diversifying its portfolio by investing in sectors like medical technology, gaming, robotics, and logistics. It also supports start-ups through its Inception incubator program, offering preferred pricing and cloud credits. Notable investments include CoreWeave, now valued at $35 billion, and Applied Digital, where Nvidia's funding helped rescue the company from financial struggles.

🤦‍♂️ OpenAI failed to deliver its promise - LINK

OpenAI failed to deliver its promised "Media Manager" tool by 2025, which was intended to let creators specify how their works could be included or excluded from AI training. Internally, the tool was reportedly not prioritized, and no updates have been provided since its announcement in May 2024.

Existing methods for creators to opt out of OpenAI's training data, such as submission forms and web-crawling blocks, have been criticized as inadequate and burdensome. Media Manager was pitched as a comprehensive solution but has yet to materialize, leaving creators frustrated and fueling ongoing legal disputes over unauthorized use of copyrighted materials.

Experts doubt Media Manager would resolve intellectual property concerns or legal liabilities. Critics argue it unfairly shifts the burden onto creators and may not address issues like third-party content hosting. OpenAI continues to face lawsuits over copyright infringement but defends its practices under "fair use," claiming its models create transformative works.

🤝 Nvidia Acquires AI Startup Run:ai - LINK

Nvidia has completed its $700 million acquisition of Run:ai, an Israeli startup specializing in managing and optimizing AI hardware infrastructure. The deal, announced in April 2024, faced regulatory scrutiny but was approved by the European Commission in December.

As part of the merger, Run:ai will open source its software, which currently works exclusively with Nvidia products. This move will allow competitors like AMD and Intel to adapt the software for their own hardware, broadening its availability across the AI ecosystem.

Run:ai aims to leverage the acquisition to grow its team, expand its market reach, and enhance its product offerings, further contributing to the development of AI infrastructure solutions.

🚫 Silicon Valley Shut Down AI Doom - LINK

In 2024, Silicon Valley successfully countered the "AI doom" narrative, promoting an optimistic vision of generative AI's potential while opposing stricter regulations. This shift was fueled by influential figures like Marc Andreessen, who argued for rapid AI development with minimal oversight to foster innovation and economic growth.

California's SB 1047, a bill aimed at regulating advanced AI systems to prevent catastrophic risks, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The bill faced opposition from tech industry leaders and venture capitalists, who criticized it as vague and anti-innovation. This marked a significant defeat for the AI safety movement at both state and federal levels.

While AI struggles with true narrative originality, tools like DJ Search can assist writers by identifying clichéd expressions and encouraging more novel language use. Future research aims to explore broader aspects of creativity, such as narrative structure and emotional depth, to further evaluate AI’s creative potential.

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