This AI Turns An Image Into A Video Game 🍭

Today’s Menu 🥠

• US Restricts AI-Adjacent Exports To China

• Ads Are Coming To ChatGPT

• AI Turns Image Into 3D Worlds

• Everything Else You Need To Know

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Chipocalypse Now
US Puts Brakes on China’s AI Chip Dreams 🫷

The US isn't playing nice when it comes to China’s AI ambitions.

In an effort to curb China’s AI advancements, the US just slapped serious restrictions on exporting chip-making equipment and software to China, targeting 24 key tools and tweaking rules to block workarounds. Chinese factories, especially those tied to military advances, now face tighter constraints—and maybe even shutdowns in six months. On top of that, Taiwan’s chip giant TSMC was ordered to stop selling advanced chips to Chinese customers.

The goal? Slow down China’s march toward AI supremacy. The fallout? A tech cold war like we’ve never seen before…

You’ve Been Served
ChatGPT Wants To Serve You… Ads 🙄

Could ads pop up in ChatGPT’s responses soon?

OpenAI says it’s not actively planning an ads model, but with AI costs soaring and a key ad-industry hire on board, the idea is being explored. Sam Altman isn’t thrilled, calling AI-powered ads “uniquely unsettling,” but financial pressures may outweigh philosophical discomfort. As OpenAI pushes towards it’s for-profit future, one thing’s clear—those subscription fees won’t cut it forever.

Ads might not be on the platform yet, but they’re lurking right around the corner. 👀 

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Test Your Skill
Snack Quiz: Choose The Real Image 🔍

Create Your World
AI Turns Photos Into Interactive 3D Mini-Worlds

World Labs, co-founded by AI legend Fei-Fei Li, is taking your photos to the next dimension—literally.

Their new AI creates interactive 3D scenes from a single image, complete with dynamic lighting and customizable effects. Sure, it’s not perfect yet (try walking too far, and it’s like hitting a digital wall), but it’s already showing massive potential. With $230M in funding and a vision to revolutionize everything from game design to filmmaking, World Labs is pioneering image-to-world models.

Picture this: your vacation photos could someday feel like playable levels in a video game. Cool, right?

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Everything Else You Need To Know 📈

Meshy AI Creates 3d Character Models From Images: Another cool image-to-3d model tool is Meshy AI, which transforms any photo into a usuable 3d model for animation and video games. You can try Meshy Pro with a 3-day trial

Coinbase FINALLY Gets Apple Pay: In a huge win, Coinbase and Apple Pay are finally teaming up to make crypto easier to buy in third-party apps. This will open up crypto to a significantly larger portion of the retail market.

Why Can't Europe Build a Trillion-Dollar Tech Company? Europe's tech scene lags behind the U.S., missing the trillion-dollar mark. Lack of industrial research, experienced founders, and risk appetite are stalling progress, according to Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun.

AWS Is Moving To Liquid Cooling for AI Servers: AWS is embracing liquid cooling for its AI servers, promising major performance boosts while cutting energy use. They are also redesigning their data center power and mechanical systems to cram in more server power, reduce energy loss, and meet growing gen-AI demands.

A simplified Overview of AI Agents: In a recent X post by @SuhailKakar, he breaks down the basics of AI Agents and how how they can help improve effciency in your daily activities.

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