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Snap just unveiled its fifth-generation Spectacles: AI-powered AR glasses that bring your Snapchat experience into the real world.

But with a short battery life and a steep price tag, can it compete with Meta’s AI-powered Ray Bans — or is it just an expensive demo? Let’s get into it…

In today’s issue:

• Snap’s new AR glasses are powered by AI

• 1X’s new model helps robots act in the world

• Turn documents into engaging podcasts

• AI-Generated Images

• 6 new AI tools & Tools on sale

• New AI Job Opportunities

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

SNAP

👓 Snap’s new AR glasses are powered by AI

The Rundown: Snap just unveiled its fifth-generation Spectacles, standalone AR glasses powered by the new Snap OS, integrating new AI capabilities and enhancing social interactions through augmented reality.

The details:

• The new Spectacles feature a suite of cameras and sensors, enabling multi-modal AI, contextual understanding, and full freedom of movement while remaining lightweight and compact.

• Snap OS, built specifically for Spectacles, allows users to interact with My AI, launch immersive Lenses, and extend Snapchat experiences into 3D.

• Snap also launched AI-powered video and portrait generation tools, creating videos and images from a single photo to enhance creative expression.

• Spectacles are available now to developers in the United States and require a $99/m subscription with a 12-month commitment.

Why it matters: While this is a major step in the right direction for boundless, cordless AR and AI devices — the 45-minute battery life and 46-degree field of view leave Spectacles with room for improvement. Regardless, Snap is pushing the boundaries of tech engineering, and it will be fascinating to see where the tech ends up in a few years.

1X TECH

🌐 1X’s new model helps robots act in the world

The Rundown: 1X has developed its ‘World Model’, an AI-powered virtual simulator for robots that can predict complex object interactions and imagine multiple future scenarios from a single starting point, trained on thousands of hours of real-world robot data.

The details:

• The model predicts complex interactions including rigid bodies, dropping effects, partial observability, and deformable object interactions.

• It’s trained on thousands of hours of data from 1X’s EVE humanoid robots performing various tasks in homes and offices.

• The model demonstrates action controllability, generating diverse outcomes for different commands from the same starting point, such as opening doors or grasping boxes.

• 1X is releasing over 100 hours of video data, pretrained models, and cash prizes to accelerate research in compression, sampling, and evaluation.

Why it matters: OpenAI-backed 1X is on a mission to create smarter, more capable robots to help people with everything from household chores to mobility issues. The new world model will also significantly enhance the capabilities of their recently unveiled NEO Beta humanoid and accelerate the path to truly useful home robots.

AI TRAINING

✨ Turn documents into stunning presentations

The Rundown: Gamma is a free AI tool that can automatically convert your documents or PDFs into visually appealing presentations in minutes.

Step-by-step:

1. Sign up for a free Gamma account and log in to your dashboard.

2. Click "+ Create new" and select "Import file or URL."

3. Choose "Upload a file" and select your research paper.

4. In the prompt editor, select "Generate" for text content, your desired amount of text, and the "Card-by-card" view.

5. Click "Continue" to generate your presentation, then refine and customize it as needed.

Pro tip: In the "Write for" field, specify your target audience to tailor the presentation's tone and complexity.

Prompt of today

Prompts:

H entry screen, a woman in upon the back of a flying dragon, She carries a long sword, wears a flowing soft silk Hanfu, and her long hair moves in the wind, facing the viewer in a full-body shot against a dark gray background, an epic fantasy scene with dark clouds in the sky and smoke effects, in the style of a Chinese ink painting depicting the martial arts world with cloud mist effects, like movie footage. --ar 9:16 --style raw --sref 3345888893 --personalize --sw 660 --stylize 1000 --v 6.1

Tools showcase

• 🚀 Supademo 3.0 - Generate engaging, interactive product demos

• 👩‍💻 Cracked copilot - Create and refine motion graphics from a text prompt

• 📄 AnyParser Sandbox - Enhances document retrieval and text extraction efficiency

• 🤖 AutoGen - Build multi-agent conversations for LLM workflows

• 💸 FlyCode for Stripe - Maximize subscription revenue with payment optimization AI

• 💭 DreamRP - Create Interactive story and characters with ethical AI

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Tools on sale

• 🏷️59%Off SoundMadeSeen: Transform your audio content into stunning videos, podcast show notes, blog posts and more!

• 🏷️90%Off Inboxy: Use this inbox warm-up tool to bypass spam filters and send emails that land right in the primary inbox

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• 🏷️73%Off Konnectify: Use this AI-powered automation platform to create automated, no-code workflows in minutes

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New AI Job Opportunities

• 📊 Databricks - Business Strategy Analyst

• 🤖 Palantir Technologies - Machine Learning Researcher

• 🤝 Weights & Biases - Account Manager

• 🛠️ Shield AI - Product Manager

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AI around the world

Microsoft and Blackrock launched a $100 billion fund to invest in AI data centers and additional related power infrastructure, raising $30 billion to start.

Google introduced 10 voice options for Gemini Live, allowing users to customize their AI assistant’s vocal interface.

Sakana AI secured ~$200 million in Series A funding from Japanese companies to accelerate AI development and market expansion.

OpenAI increased rate limits for 01-mini and 01-preview models, allowing Plus and Team users more daily and weekly interactions (up to 50 messages per day for 01-mini).

Perplexity introduced “reasoning” focus for Pro users (up to 10 uses per day), utilizing OpenAI’s o1-mini model for puzzles, math, and coding tasks.

Mark Cuban Foundation launched free AI bootcamp for Dallas teens, partnering with the Mavericks to teach AI fundamentals and applications.

Intel announced a partnership with Amazon to manufacture custom AI chips, expanding their foundry business and semiconductor capabilities.

Lenovo announced plans to manufacture AI servers in India and opened a new AI-focused R&D lab in Bengaluru, aiming to produce 50,000 units annually.

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