The newsletter also highlights various tech news, including Big Tech firms investing in experimental clean energy projects, Google facing AI-related lawsuits, Apple exploring a deal with Meta, NASA delaying the return of Starliner, and the increasing work pressure in Chinese tech companies. It also mentions the decreasing demand for EVs in the US, Elon Musk's theories about a coming population collapse, and the impact of AI online.
Key takeaways:
- Synthesia’s AI-generated avatars are set to become more realistic with the addition of full bodies that can move and express complex emotions, launching by the end of the year.
- Achim Menges, an architect and professor at the University of Stuttgart, is using algorithms and data to predict how wood will behave within a structure, potentially leading to more sustainable and affordable timber buildings.
- Generative AI could revolutionize video games by creating characters that can converse freely and experiences that are infinitely detailed and constantly changing.
- Tokelau, a remote Pacific Island, became an unlikely internet giant due to its .tk domain being used by spammers, phishers, and cybercriminals, and is now trying to clean up its image.