David Pawlan
Co-Founder
đź‘‹ Hello humans,
AI skills are now a salary booster, IBM just made a big enterprise play, and xAI is flexing with a $113B valuation. Meanwhile, Meta wants to replace ad agencies and Sora quietly slipped into Bing.
Let’s dive in.
A PwC study of nearly 1 billion job ads shows AI-literate workers earn 56% more. Productivity is soaring, degrees matter less, and AI-exposed roles are growing—even in areas like customer service and software.
IBM acquired Seek AI to supercharge watsonx. Seek’s tech lets non-technical users query messy data using plain language. It’s a smart move in the race to make AI copilots business-ready.
Elon Musk’s xAI is preparing a $300M insider cash-out at a wild $113B valuation. No new shares, just a giant “we’re playing to win” flex in the enterprise AI arms race.
By 2026, Meta plans to fully automate ad creation. Submit a product image and budget: AI handles copy, targeting, and placement. A huge play for small businesses skipping agencies.
Microsoft added OpenAI’s Sora video model to the Bing app. Users get 10 fast five-second videos for free, with unlimited slow generations or rewards-based credits. It’s the first public rollout before ChatGPT even got it.
The FDA’s genAI tool “Elsa” is now helping staff process adverse event reports and generate regulatory code, cutting 2–3 day tasks down to just 6 minutes.
Prompt:
“Give me 3 very different approaches to solving [insert problem], and describe what each one would look like in practice.”
Great for strategic thinking or breaking creative blocks.
AI isn’t just about replacing work, it’s enhancing it. With wage premiums, faster workflows, and smarter tools, the AI stack is evolving fast. IBM’s buying brains, Meta’s automating ads, and xAI is raising big. Oh, and Microsoft just gave Bing a new reason to exist.
Until tomorrow,
David
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