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Friends of the Metaverse: #016
Hey there, digital trendsetters and tech-savvy explorers! Welcome to the weekly edition of Friends of the Metaverse, your go-to source for the freshest and coolest web3, metaverse, and AI content.
The future is here, and we're bringing it to you, one byte at a time.
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📰 Weekly Top Reads on Web3, The Metaverse, and AI
Reddit Has Given Away Over a Million Super Bowl NFTs on Polygon
PUMA’s Iconic ‘Super Puma’ Cartoon Enters The Virtual World WIth Debut PFP NFT Project
Major Paris Art Museum to Exhibit CryptoPunks, Autoglyphs NFTs
Linkin Park’s New Music Video Is Directed by NFT Artist Pplpleasr
Building a career in the metaverse: Skills and opportunities
Paris Hilton To Host Metaverse Dating Reality Show ‘Parisland’
Kinetix Launches AI-powered Infrastructure to Enable 3D Emotes for Metaverse Platforms
Toei Animation launched a virtual world as part of the metaverse project ONN'ON STUDIOS
Vivienne Tam's Fall/Winter 2023 Collection Brings the Metaverse to Life
The AI Boom That Could Make Google and Microsoft Even More Powerful
Amex and Microsoft turn to AI to make expense reports less horrible
Bill Gates thinks A.I. like ChatGPT is the ‘most important’ innovation right now
Orlando Mayor Offers 2,500 Open Positions to Build Metaverse in the MetaCenter
Kia Germany to Host Live Event with ENGAGE to Open First Dealership in the Metaverse
'Mall of the Metaverse': Dubai announces first virtual shopping centre
K-pop Girl Group TripleS Dances to Tune Fans Vote Via NFT-inspired Governance
Gaming Company Square Enix Partners With Polygon for NFT Art Project
KPMG launches metaverse and digital twin hub in Saudi Arabia
Nvidia and Intel team up on chips for metaverse workstations
Amazon Funds Web3-Friendly Studio Superplastic in $20 Million Round
Upland and Decentraland are Bringing the Brazilian Carnival to the Metaverse
In a boost for the ‘metaverse,’ Roblox stock pops 25% after strong Q4 earnings
How Tommy Hilfiger, Shiseido and Roblox use the metaverse to connect with consumers
Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy
MarioGPT hints at a glorious AI-generated future where we will all play Nintendo forever
Billionaire Kuok Family-Backed Music App BandLab Taps Into AI For TikTok’s Breakout Stars
GQ Magazine to Launch Its First NFT Collection Linked to Real-World Rewards
Former Amazon, Starbucks exec launches Yelp-like platform to review and discover NFTs
🌎️ Upcoming Web3 Events
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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
17-18 MAY : Blockchain Expo North America | Santa Clara, 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
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! Our AI tools database has now reached to over 600+ AI tools that can assist with writing, photography, images, sales, audio, music, and more! Here are some of our top picks of 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.
Vowel : Vowel is the tool for remote teams to host, summarize, search, and share video meetings
Josh : Bringing natural voice control to smart homes.
Piano Genie : An Intelligent Musical Interface
Fireflies : Helps your team record, transcribe, search, and analyze voice conversations.
Tability : Use GPT-3 to convert goals into a set of measurable outcomes for your team.
Waymark : AI video creator.
Hoppy Copy : AI Email Marketing
Scalenut : Help write blogs that are SEO optimized in less than 5 minutes.
Tweet Hunter : Grow your Twitter following quickly.
AI Hotel Review : Get the summary of TripAdvisor reviews of a hotel.
🖼️ AI Image of the Week
Prompt: Lenticular Aurora Lake Huron

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