🤯 SoftBank Sold $5.8Bn in Nvidia... to Fund OpenAI

📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?

• ⚡ Meta’s AI Chief Leaves to Rethink Intelligence

• 💻 Google launches Private AI Compute

• ⭐️ ElevenLabs’ celeb AI voice licensing platform

• 💰 Meta signs $3B AI cloud agreement with Nebius

• 💡 AI Tutorial:How to create and edit video scenes with AI

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• 🖼️ A.I. Generated Image of the Day

🤯 SoftBank Sold Its Entire $5.8Bn Nvidia Stake to Fund OpenAI

Well, this is one way to shock investors. Tokyo-based conglomerate SoftBank has sold its roughly 32 million shares – about $5.83 billion – in U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to help fund more investments in OpenAI, aiming for $30 billion in funding. As a result, Nvidia shares dipped 1.5% in early U.S. trading today

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⚡ Meta’s AI Chief Leaves to Rethink Intelligence

Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving to start his own AI company. LeCun is in early talks with investors to fund a new AI startup. His departure follows tension inside Meta over research restrictions and layoffs at FAIR. He plans to pursue his own approach to AI, focused on his JEPA architecture

☁️ Google is Introducing Its Own Apple Private Cloud Compute Dupe

If Google’s Private AI Compute sounds similar, that’s because it is. The tech leader is rolling out a new cloud-based platform that lets users unlock advanced AI features on their devices while keeping data private… just like Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. The offering is a compromise to ship more difficult AI requests to a cloud platform offering the same degree of security as on-device processing

⭐️ ElevenLabs’ celeb AI voice licensing platform

ElevenLabs just debuted its Iconic Voice Marketplace, connecting brands with AI-replicated celebrity voices through rights-holder agreements, featuring 28 licensed options spanning actors, historical figures, athletes, and more. The platform brokers licensing deals between companies and estates or living celebrities, with ElevenLabs synthesizing the approved voice content.

💰 Meta signs $3B AI cloud agreement with Nebius

AI cloud provider Nebius has signed a $3B, five-year agreement with Meta to supply AI infrastructure. The company reported a 355% surge in quarterly revenue to $146.1M but posted a $100M loss as capital spending climbed to nearly $1B. Nebius’ market value has quadrupled this year to $27.6B, driven by demand for high-performance computing to train and deploy AI models

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How to create and edit video scenes with AI

1. Go to Flow, sign in, and click ‘+ New Project.’

2. From the mode dropdown, switch from ‘Text to Video’ to ‘Ingredients to Video.’

3. Upload your portrait photo and a background image (e.g., your workspace, office, or studio) and enter your prompt.

Sample Prompt: “Using the uploaded images, create a short teaching clip where I point at the screen and say: ‘Here’s how neural networks actually learn step by step.’ Add light background music, floating text for key points, and a fade-in transition.”

4. Once the video is ready, click ‘Edit’ and select any element or background to modify.

5. Click ‘Add to Scene’ > ‘+’ > ‘Extend’ and enter your prompt to edit the video.

6. Review the video, check transitions for smoothness, then click the download icon on the timeline to export your finished clip.

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⚡️Quick AI News Roundup

🏥 OpenAI’s Next Play: Health

🤖Samsung unveiled its Vision AI Companion across its 2025 TV lineup

💰 Google to invest $6.4 billion in cloud infrastructure in Germany.

🤯 Sam Altman predicts AI will create flawless poetry, but no one will care.

🎨 Google Photos lets iPhone users edit images by describing changes.

🌌 The scientist who taught AI to see now wants it to understand space.

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