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It’s official: OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Apple’s design legend Jony Ive have been secretly developing a new AI-powered device together.

Could the dream team finally deliver AI hardware that changes the way we interact with and use AI? Let’s get into it…

In today’s issue:

• Altman and Ive announce AI hardware device

• Microsoft fuels AI ambitions with nuclear

• Edit images in real-time with Krea and FLUX

• AI-Generated Images

• 6 new AI tools & Tools on sale

• New AI Job Opportunities

• More AI & tech news

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OPENAI

😱 Altman and Ive announce AI hardware device

The Rundown: Former Apple design chief Jony Ive has officially confirmed he is collaborating with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on a new AI-powered hardware device, marking Ive’s first major tech project since leaving Apple.

The details:

• Ive and Altman are developing an AI device aimed at creating a computing experience that is “less socially disruptive than the iPhone.”

• The project has already raised private funding and plans to raise up to $1 billion in startup funding by year’s end.

• Ive’s design firm, LoveFrom, is leading the device’s design with a team that includes former Apple executives Tang Tan and Evans Hankey.

• While specifics are still confidential, the device aims to leverage generative AI’s capabilities to handle complex user requests beyond traditional software.

Why it matters: While OpenAI and Apple strengthen their ties with ChatGPT on the iPhone 16, Altman and Ive are building a relationship of their own. Combining Ive's iconic design with OpenAI's models, including o1, could (hopefully) create AI hardware that’s actually useful in our daily lives, unlike the majority of options currently available.

MICROSOFT

☢️ Microsoft fuels AI ambitions with nuclear

The Rundown: Microsoft just signed a landmark 20-year deal with Constellation Energy to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, aiming to fuel its data centers and AI operations with clean energy.

The details:

• The 20-year agreement will provide carbon-free power for Microsoft’s data centers, which are crucial for running its AI and cloud computing operations.

• This move highlights the substantial energy requirements of AI, as companies seek reliable and sustainable power sources to support AI expansion.

• The deal aligns with recent trends in the tech industry, such as Bill Gates’ $1 billion investment in a nuclear plant in Wyoming, which will also power homes and AI operations.

• The plant will be renamed the ‘Crane Clean Energy Center’ and is set to reopen in 2028.

Why it matters: Recent AI-driven power demands are leading tech giants to seek nuclear energy solutions. By securing a dedicated nuclear power source, Microsoft is strategically positioning itself to meet the increasing computational demands of AI development and deployment, without increasing its carbon footprint.

AI TRAINING

🎨 Edit images in real-time with Krea and FLUX

The Rundown: Krea AI is an AI-powered image editing platform that offers real-time image generation with Flux, allowing users to edit and enhance images on the fly — with a generous free tier.

Step-by-step:

1. Sign up or log in to Krea AI and go to the "Generate" section

2. Upload your starting image

3. Select "Flux" as your model and enter a prompt (e.g., "corgi with a red ball")

4. Use the brush tool to paint where you want changes

5. Adjust the AI Strength slider to fine-tune the transformation

Pro tip: Experiment with different AI Strength levels to find the ‘sweet spot’ between your vision and AI’s creativity.

Prompt of today

Prompts:

At night, the round moon hangs in the sky. In Chinese mythology, the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, a boy wearing Hanfu and a girl wearing white Hanfu and a gorgeous headdress, face to face, holding hands tightly together. The two of them stand on a bridge made up of many pigeons in the sky, surrounded by white clouds. In the distance, there are ancient Chinese towers, like palaces in the sky,Full Length Shot,full body shot, highly detailed,photography,beautiful cinematic lighting --stylize 950 --personalize --v 6.1

Tools showcase

• 🎬 Scenery - Let AI edit videos for you

• 👨‍💻 Epsilla - No-code platform for building production ready LLM apps

• 🤖 Clones - Engage in conversations with lifelike AI companions

• 🎓 Solidroad - AI-first training and assessment platform

• 📝 Fathom - Transcribes, highlights, and summarizes meetings

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Tools on sale

• 🏷️76%Off Qura: Drive engagement and growth on X and LinkedIn with this social media copilot.

• 🏷️85%Off Ranklytics: Leverage 200+ ranking signals to generate loads of SEO content that’s ready to rank.

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• 🏷️90%Off EezyCollab: Find the best influencers in your niche, initiate outreach, and track profile metrics in one place.

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New AI Job Opportunities

• 🖥️ Kumo - Software Engineer

• 📱 Captions - Android Engineer

• 📊 Meta - Marketing Insights Researcher

• 🧪 Deepmind - Research Scientist

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AI around the world

Disney researchers developed an AI system allowing robots to learn complex movements from random motion data, improving robots’ versatility across industries.

Pudu Robotics unveiled PUDU D7, a 5’5” tall, 100-pound ‘semi-humanoid’ robot for service and industrial use, featuring 30 degrees of freedom and 8-hour battery life.

Google released new evaluations for long context reasoning in AI models, with their 1.5 Pro model outperforming others by 12.5% on tasks beyond simple information retrieval.

Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds significantly increased investments in AI startups, with funding up fivefold in the past year.

Researchers introduced AnySkin, a versatile, replaceable tactile sensor for robots that allows learned manipulation policies to generalize across different sensor instances.

Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 7B coder model reportedly matched GPT-4’s coding performance at a fraction of the cost, offering similar capabilities as an open-source alternative.

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