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As we step into the last Christmas before Christmas — with just 11 days left until 2025 — it’s time to pause and wonder: 

Will AI by 2050 be the gift that keeps on giving or the tech equivalent of coal in our stockings? 

Irving Wladawsky-Berger imagines a world where AI gets it right, blending ethics, human values, and dazzling innovation. 

But hey, if we’re not careful, Santa might be a chatbot by then.

And don’t keep the holiday spirit (and this episode) all to yourself — share it with someone who’ll appreciate the tech magic! 🎁 (copy URL here)

In today's email

• Perplexity just snagged $500M

• AI’s kingpin of medicine

• $40 million with a meme cryptocurrency

• NVIDIA’s new supercomputer

• 12 Days of OpenAI

• More Tools & Updates

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Quick News 

Perplexity just snagged $500M, boosting its valuation to a jaw-dropping $9B—because who said search couldn’t be glamorous? With features like one-click shopping and Notion integrations, it’s taking on the big guys while smoothing things over with lawsuits using publisher revenue-sharing deals.

Verily Life Sciences, Alphabet’s brainy healthcare spin-off, is plotting to become the AI kingpin of medicine by 2025. With plans for AI-powered drug discovery and health coaching, it’s like Google’s trying to build the doctor you wish you had—and maybe ditching Google in the process.

Truth Terminal, the AI known for performance art and philosophical debates, just raked in $40 million with a meme cryptocurrency called GOAT. Who knew an AI could moonlight as a crypto influencer? This wild ride proves that when it comes to autonomous AIs and the economy, anything’s fair game — even meme money.

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AI Hardware 
Who Says Big Things Can’t Come in Small Packages?

NVIDIA’s new pint-sized generative AI supercomputer is here to prove otherwise.

NVIDIA just dropped a tiny AI powerhouse, and it’s shaking up the game. Here’s why everyone’s talking about it:

• Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit: A supercomputer the size of a sandwich that packs a 1.7x performance boost, 67 INT8 TOPS, and a 50% memory bandwidth increase. In tech terms? It’s like putting a rocket engine in your go-kart.

• Affordable Pricing: At just $249, this little beast costs less than your last coffee addiction but delivers way more buzz.

• Free Upgrade for Current Owners: Already own a Jetson Orin Nano? Boom — just update the software and you’re in the future without spending a dime.

• It Does It All: From building LLM chatbots and snazzy AI visual agents to programming robots that might outsmart your cat, this kit can handle it all.

• Ready-to-Go Ecosystem: Packed with NVIDIA AI tools like Isaac for robotics, Metropolis for vision AI, and Holoscan for sensor processing. Translation: you’ll have everything you need to look like a tech wizard.

Why does this matter? Because NVIDIA is basically handing out a golden ticket to AI development without making you mortgage your house. Whether you’re a startup trying to out-AI the competition or a weekend tinkerer with big dreams, this kit gives you the power to create, innovate, and maybe even intimidate the neighbors with your robo-creations.

Don’t sleep on this. The Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is a game-changer for AI enthusiasts and businesses alike. At $249, it’s not just a steal—it’s practically a giveaway for the tech world. Grab one, and start building the AI future you’ve been dreaming about. Or at least a robot that finally fetches your coffee.

12 Days of OpenAI 
The Final Stretch

They say the best gifts are saved for last, and OpenAI just wrapped up the final stretch of its 12-day extravaganza like an AI-powered Santa on a caffeine high. 

From giving ChatGPT a rotary phone makeover to dropping APIs that make developers feel like kids in a candy store, these last four days have been nothing short of a tech whirlwind. 

So grab your coffee (or eggnog), because we’re diving into the grand finale of OpenAI’s ultimate AI holiday special!

Day 8

ChatGPT Search just got a glow-up! It’s now free for everyone, comes with voice search so you can chat with it like a cooler version of Siri, and boasts a revamped mobile experience complete with slick layouts and Google Maps integration. Oh, and you can make it your default search engine—because who needs regular search results when your AI BFF can explain them with flair?

Day 9

On its Mini Dev Day, OpenAI just unleashed its o1 reasoning model API, letting developers control "thinking time" and churn out structured outputs like the AI equivalent of a perfectionist. The Realtime API got a massive price cut, with a mini version so cheap it’s practically pocket change. And now, with Preference Fine-Tuning, you can teach models to write and summarize exactly how you like — finally, an AI that gets you. Plus, beta SDKs for Go and Java mean OpenAI is making sure everyone has a seat at the AI table.

Day 10

OpenAI is taking AI back to the future with a 1-800 number for ChatGPT — yes, you can now talk to your favorite AI over the phone like it’s 1999, complete with 15 free minutes of chit-chat per month. Globally, WhatsApp users can text a slimmed-down version of ChatGPT with a cap on daily chats. Whether you’re on a vintage rotary phone or sliding into WhatsApp, OpenAI’s new moves prove they’re serious about making AI accessible — even to your tech-averse grandma. 

Tools & Updates
The $4 Trillion Dream Team

🎨 Google just dropped Veo 2, a video generation model so good it makes reality look outdated — think 8-second 4K clips with physics so real even gravity’s impressed. It crushed rivals like OpenAI’s Sora in head-to-head tests and is rolling out via VideoFX (YouTube Shorts takeover pending for 2025). 

Not to be outdone, Imagen 3 is here too, flexing next-level image quality. Basically, if AI had an art gallery, these two would be the star attractions. 

🍭 GitHub just made its AI Copilot free — because why should only paying customers get help fixing their spaghetti code? The new tier offers 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages a month, powered by models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o, right in VS Code. 

As GitHub celebrates 150 million developers (and dreams of a billion), this move is like handing out free candy to keep everyone coding happily — and prevent them from running to the competition.

📈 Salesforce just introduced Agentforce 2.0, an AI platform so sharp it might start sending better Slack messages than you. Packed with enhanced reasoning and integration skills, it’s already boosting Salesforce’s stock faster than you can say “enterprise synergy.” 

Set to roll out in February 2025, it’s the AI coworker you’ll love… until it outperforms you in your next team meeting.

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