Big bets, bigger paychecks & more (June 3, 2025)

👋 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.

💰 Big Bets, Big Paychecks

💸 AI Jobs Come with a 56% Pay Premium

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 Acquires Seek AI for Enterprise Data Automation

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.

💰 xAI Eyes $300M in Tender Offer at $113B Valuation

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.

📣 AI Rewrites Marketing, Media & Medicine

📷 Meta’s Ads: Just Upload a Pic and Budget

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.

🎬 Sora Video Creator Comes to Bing

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.

🧪 FDA’s “Elsa” AI Cuts Review Time from Days to Minutes

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.

🛠️ Tools of the Day

• Genspark – Download and organize files with AI from any link
• Creatify – Turn your website into instant video ads
• Manus Slides – Create full slide decks from a single prompt

🎯 Prompt of the Day

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.

⚡ Quick Hits

• Samsung will preload Perplexity AI on new Galaxy devices
• Anthropic’s new open-source tool visualizes how models think
• Snowflake and Databricks are battling over the AI database layer
• X is revamping messaging with video, calls, and encryption

🧾 TLDR

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