Transform Your Business with the Power of Web3 and AI

Hey there! Welcome to the weekly edition of Friends of the Metaverse, your go-to source for the freshest and coolest web3, metaverse, and (a touch of) AI content.

It's Friday, and here's what we've got for you:

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📰 Weekly Top Reads on Web3 and The Metaverse

• The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has teamed up with best-selling video game Minecraft for the launch of his 2023 Design Future London Schools Challenge

• Prada launches ninth exclusive timecapsule NFT

• Rec Room will host its first music event tomorrow with Jessia

• Gemba, a corporate VR training platform used by Coca-Cola and Pfizer, raises $18M

• Unity and Google expand partnership to help creators accelerate the development and growth of their games

• Will the Metaverse Be Entertaining? Ask South Korea.

• Yves Saint Laurent Beauty ties Web3 to online shopping experience

• Premier League signs deal with NFT-based fantasy soccer game despite crypto downturn

• Will 2023 be the year of AI and metaverse actualisation? Five experts weigh in

• Instagram Wants to Turn Your Photos Into NFTs

• Dubai International Financial Centre launches metaverse platform

• Limit Break Announces Launch of Limited Time Dragon FREE NFT In Advance of its Super Bowl Commercial FREE Mint

• Jaeger-LeCoultre is Bringing A New Immersive Exhibition To The UAE

• Samsung, Google and Qualcomm Team Up to Build a New Mixed-Reality Platform

• Louis Vuitton to Loewe: Why luxury is betting on giant marketing spectacles

• Why Now is the Time to Realize the Potential of the Metaverse

• Hublot, Takashi Murakami Unveil Unique Rainbow Gemstone Watch, NFT

• NFL Reveals First Super Bowl 'Metaverse' Concert in Roblox

• Japanese prime minister says DAOs and NFTs help support government’s ‘Cool Japan’ strategy

• This Brewery Uses Artificial Intelligence to Create the Perfect Sake and Fish Pairings

• The state of generative AI in 7 charts

• Big Tech was moving cautiously on AI. Then came ChatGPT.

• Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch ChatGPT-Style Bot

• Andrew Ng predicts the next 10 years in AI

• The Architects Designing Surreal Worlds with AI

• Microsoft Teams Premium: Cut costs and add AI-powered productivity

🌎️ Upcoming Web3 Events

Any events I missed? Let me know at [email protected] 💬

• 8-10 FEBRUARY : TMRW Dubai 2023 : Dubai, UAE

• 23 FEBRUARY : Web3 Awards by The Big Whale : Paris, France

• 24 FEBRUARY-5 MARCH : ETH Denver : Denver, Colorado, USA

• 24-25 FEBRUARY : NFT Paris : Paris, France

• 27-28 FEBRUARY : Blockchain Economy London Summit : London, UK

• 27 FEBRUARY-5 MARCH : Miami Web3 Week : Miami, Florida, USA

• 8-9 MARCH : 2ND Annual Global Tech Innovation Summit & Awards : Singapore

• 10-19 MARCH : SXSW Austin : Austin, Texas, USA

• 20-23 MARCH : NFT LA : Los Angeles, CA, USA

• 20-24 MARCH : GDC : San Francisco, CA, USA

• 20-24 MARCH : PARIS BLOCKCHAIN WEEK : Paris, France

• 29-30 MARCH : WOW Summit Hong Kong : Hong Kong, China

• 29-30 MARCH : Prague Gaming & TECH Summit : Prague, Czechia

• 30-31 MARCH : ASEAN Web3 Summit : Singapore

• 12-14 APRIL : NFT.NYC : New York, New York, USA

• 26-28 APRIL : Consensus : Austin, Texas, USA

• 11-13 MAY : PROOF of Conference : Los Angeles, CA, USA

• 18-20 MAY : VEECON : Indianapolis, IN, USA

• 30 MAY-4 JUNE : Tech Week 2023 : San Francisco, CA, USA

• 5-11 JUNE : Tech Week 2023 : Los Angeles, CA, USA

• 12-13 JUNE : Metaverse Summit : Paris, France

• 28-30 JUNE : BlockChance 2023 : Hamburg, Germany

• 11-12 OCTOBER : Dubai Metaverse Assembly : Dubai, UAE

• 15-20 OCTOBER : VIEW Conference : Torino, Italy (new)

• 16-22 OCTOBER : Tech Week 2023 : New York, NY, USA

• 13-16 NOVEMBER : Web Summit : Lisbon, Portugal

🚀 AI Tools (Our Top Picks)

The future of AI is here! In a single week, we've added over 40 AI tools to our database and it has now has reached over 500+ 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.

• MusicLM : Generating music from text.

• Hila : Your new investment research assistant.

• Konjer : A library full of books you can talk to.

• Future Tools : A list of more AI Tools.

• Akkio : Reformat all types of .csv data with AI.

• MultiOn : Your AI web co-pilot powered by ChatGPT.

• Kick : AI-driven bookkeeping.

• Milo : An AI assistant that helps parents organize the chaos.

• Descript : Audio/video editing platform.

🖼️ AI Image of the Week

Prompt: A colorful Austrian village in the style of Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, and Sonia Delaunay, Beksinski, Leonid Afremov, Sunrise

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