Suiting Up for the Future

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

• A roundup of the week's news

• Only 9 weeks until Season of Innovation 2023

• 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

• Microsoft is opening its fifth AI Co-Innovation Lab in San Francisco (link)

• Pudgy Penguins’ approach may be the answer to fixing NFTs’ revenue problems (link)

• Musée d’Orsay Embraces NFTs in Push to Reach New Audiences (link)

• Serena Ventures Backed Brand Boss Beauties Acquires BFF To Shape Web3 Future (link)

• Mastercard's CMO on Driving Revenue From Web3 Initiatives and Brand Sonic Identity (link)

• Humane reveals first AI device - the Ai Pin - at Coperni’s Paris fashion show ahead of full unveiling on November 9. (link)

• Adidas and Moncler Collab Features AI 'Adventurers' and NFTs (link)

• Visa Initiative to Invest $100 Million in Generative AI Ventures (link)

• Sequoia’s Botha on Venture Capital Ambitions, AI, and Backing X (link)

• Diesel’s Latest Watch Collection Comes With NFT Avatars (link)

• Jamie Dimon says the next generation of employees will work 3.5 days a week and live to 100 years old (link)

• Meta, OpenAI Square Off Over Open Source AI (link)

• Diesel Fuses Design and Technology with the Launch of VR-Crafted Vert Watch and Metaverse Experience as Part of Cutting-Edge Metamorph Project (link)

• Visa Initiative to Invest $100 Million in Generative AI Ventures (link)

• World premiere: BMW Group inspires gamers with first Car Creator in Fortnite (link)

• Walmart experiments with generative AI tools that can help you plan a party or decorate (link)

• Chain Letters: MoMA Launches 'Postcard' NFT Art Project (link)

• TON raises 8-figure sum from MEXC to make Telegram a Web3 super-app (link)

• Phaver raises $7M to help make onboarding to web3 social platforms easier (link)

• Bill Gates-Backed Startup Launches AI Chatbot for Personalized Movie, Book Picks (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.

• Lethelink - Helping caregivers of Alzheimer's patients.

• Fill 3D - Render photorealistic staging images.

• Verble - AI speechwriting assistant.

• BlueDot - AI-powered Chrome extension for Google Meet.

• Animate Anything - Animate your static 3D models with AI.

• Interactive Scenes by Luma AI - 3D that is pretty and fast with Gaussian splatting.

• n8n LangChain Integration - Your next LLM app in minutes with LangChain on n8n’s low-code platform.

🖼️ AI Image of the Week

Prompt: breathtaking, modern balenciaga photography, ⚗️

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