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Welcome back! We’ve got a new approach with the newsletter starting today—tools and news, all in one place. Hit reply and tell me what you think. I would love any feedback.
Nvidia’s Big AI Bets
Via Business Insider
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn’t hold back at CES 2025, dropping insights about where Nvidia—and AI—are headed. Here are three standout moments (and keep reading for my recap on all things CES) ➡️
AI in the real world: Huang introduced Cosmos, an AI that understands gravity, inertia, and physical space, a game-changer for robots and self-driving cars.
AI at your desk: Nvidia is working to bring high-power, cloud-level AI to personal PCs.
AI in the gaming universe: DLSS 4 generates 31 million pixels per frame, leaving just 2 million for GPUs to render. Translation? Stunning visuals at a fraction of the effort.
Why it matters: Nvidia often leads the charge when it comes to AI and futuristic tech. Now that we know what’s on the company’s radar, there’s a good chance other big players aren’t far behind.
Elon Musk’s AI Pet Project
Elon Musk has turned X (formerly Twitter) into his personal sandbox for AI experiments, according to new reporting from The Verge. Musk has reportedly been using X, which he bought in 2022, as a distribution channel for his $50 billion AI startup, xAI.
Using xAI’s Grok LLM, X now has AI-generated trending story summaries and questions on posts.
X is allegedly developing even more AI-powered tools, like letting Grok modify your tweets or asking location-based queries to the chatbot.
The result? Blurred lines between social media and AI. But also a growing sense that Musk is transforming X into something new—whether we like it or not.
Apple’s 2025 Strategy: Do More With Less
Thinner, smarter, and surprisingly ambitious—this year looks big for Apple. What’s expected to be on the product roadmap?
iPhone 17 is rumored to include an ultra-thin Air model.
The iPhone SE will potentially ditch the home button for Face ID and AI upgrades.
Apple’s other bets? iPads with a power boost, a smart home hub with conversational Siri, and whispers of foldables and AR/VR innovations.
The big picture: Apple has had some missteps and glitches with AI over the years—will 2025 be its year?
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Limitless Web Automation đź’Ż
Via Hyperbrowser
Hyperbrowser is your go-to platform for automating web tasks with headless browsers in secure, isolated containers—from scraping data to testing websites.
How you can use it:
Gather large-scale data efficiently without triggering site protections
Run automated, robust, undetectable tests across multiple sites or systems
Pricing: Free plan with paid upgrades
Blend Your Vision
Via Google Labs
Whisk from Google Labs lets you create visuals by combining images for subject, scene, and style. Think of it as remixing art with images instead of words.
How you can use it
Prototyping—quickly visualize concepts for presentations or pitches
Inspiration—combine visuals in unexpected ways to spark fresh ideas
Pricing: Free
Jobs, announcements, and big ideas
Microsoft establishes a new internal dev-focused AI org.
Meta is hiring a Product Policy Manager, GenAI to design new policies for Generative AI products.
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Google is bringing on a Director of Product Management, Generative AI Privacy & Security to shape secure generative AI solutions.
OpenAI is breaking into robotics.
The Chinese AI startup DeepSeek launches a free iOS app.
Nvidia left no crumbs at CES. Watch along as I breakdown the latest AI news from the past week.
Thanks for reading! One more thing: Here are the results from last week’s poll about Omi, the wearable AI that wants to summarize conversations, anticipate your needs, and serve as your personal mentor ➡️
39.1% said they’re out on Omi
30.4% said they’re totally in
And 30.4% said they’re not sure just yet
See you Friday for more tools, news, and big ideas.
—Matt (FutureTools.io)
P.S. This newsletter is 100% written by a human. Okay, maybe 96%.