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Hey there, digital trendsetters and tech-savvy explorers! Friends of the Metaverse welcomes you to the ultimate weekly source of tech news where we explore the rise of mixed reality and the latest advancements in technology, from web3, AI, and the metaverse to everything in between.

It's Friday, and we've saved the best for last:

• A roundup of the week's news

• The scoop on Friends of the Metaverse’s upcoming conference

• Our favorite new AI tools

• Plus, our AI pic of the week

The Metaverse could be worth $5 TRILLION by the end of the decade. It’s time to discover the future!👇

📰 Weekly Top Reads on Web3 and AI

• Ant Group launches new blockchain brand for Web3 developers (link)

• Saudi Arabia looks to blockchain gaming and Web3 to diversify economy (link)

• Nvidia, India's Reliance strike AI partnership for apps, language models (link)

• Roblox is launching avatar-based voice calls with facial motion tracking (link)

• Roblox's expansion plans include PlayStation and more generative AI (link)

• Roblox Builds Out Its Metaverse Vision With Video Chat (link)

• Meta’s New Ad Campaign Reminds People That VR Is Already Here (link)

• McKinsey partners with Salesforce to offer speedy AI adoption plans for enterprises (link)

• China wants metaverse firms with ‘global influence’ and plans for up to 5 industrial clusters by 2025 (link)

• For Those Using Metaverse Technologies, the Impact Is Real (link)

• Animoca Brands raises $20M for Mocaverse Web3 project (link)

• 0xPass raises $1.8M from Balaji Srinivasan and others to build secure login systems for web3 (link)

• Meta Is Developing a New, More Powerful AI System as Technology Race Escalates (link)

• Metaverse is dead in the West, but ‘so hot' in Asia: Sandbox co-founder (link)

• Metaverse Technologies Are Creating New Opportunities for Teachers to Inspire Students (link)

• PayPal Introduces On and Off Ramps for Web3 Payments (link)

• Salesforce embeds conversational AI across the platform with Einstein Copilot (link)

• Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro will capture 3D ‘spatial videos’ for the Apple Vision Pro (link)

• EY Unveils Fruits of $1.4 Billion Artificial-Intelligence Investment (link)

• Apple Uses iPhone 15 Event to Begin Pivot Toward a Vision Pro Future (link)

• Telegram launches Web3 wallet built on TON blockchain (link)

• OpenAI to open its first EU office as it readies for regulatory hurdles (link)

• The iPhone 15 Pro is the next AAA game console (link)

• Deloitte: Manufacturing Industry Expected to be Fundamentally Transformed by Industrial Metaverse (link)

• Meta’s Horizon Worlds is rolling out on web and mobile (link)

• Google Nears Release of Gemini AI to Challenge OpenAI (link)

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🚀 AI Tools (Our Top Picks)

The future of AI is here! Our database and it has now has reached over 600+ AI tools that can assist with writing, photography, images, sales, audio, music, and more! Here are some of these amazing AI tools that are revolutionizing work and saving countless hours. Explore the amazing power of AI and discover the potential of these incredible tools.

• Retool AI : A suite of features to build bespoke AI-powered tools for your business.

• Cosmos - Use AI to organize your videos.

• Algomo : Build a custom ChatGPT-like chatbot for your website instantly.

• Trickle : Let GPT-4 understand your screenshots.

• Noteform : Make flashcards out of your notes.

• TimeOS AI : Time-aware AI for meeting notes & scheduling.

• Pocket Hansei : Empowering learning using AI.

• Slite : Your company knowledge base, on autopilot.

• Wave : AI note taker with intelligent summaries and transcriptions.

🖼️ AI Image of the Week

Prompt: view from space of earth, oceans and lights from cities are visible, astounding aerial photography, hyper-realistic, photorealism, leica q2, james webb telescope photography, 32k uhd, subsurface scattering, focus stacking

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🎬 That’s a wrap!

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