M○C△ WEEKLY
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Your M○C△ Weekly Round-Up
Crypto Art
The Internet Was the Beginning of a New Folk Artist. Artificial Intelligence May Be Its End. (ArtNews)
OpenSea Partners with Art Blocks to “Empower Generative Artists and NFT Creators” (PRNewswire; I added those quotation marks myself because, well, they were obviously missing)
Ethiopian culture is retold through blockchain technology (Wallpaper)
Metaverse
VR Is Changing War & Sex, Why Are We Still Acting Like It Is Just A Game? (UploadVR)
Google doesn’t sell headsets anymore — but its app store is getting ready for them (TheVerge)
Walt Disney forms business unit to coordinate use of AI, augmented reality (Reuters)
AI
Sam Altman explains OpenAI's shift from open to closed AI models (BusinessInsider)
Liquid cooling solutions gain momentum as AI workloads turn up the heat in data centers (TechRadar)
AI on your smartphone? Hugging Face’s SmolLM2 brings powerful models to the palm of your hand (VentureBeat)
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias (GeekWire)
Meta’s Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else (Wired)
Finance
Nvidia replaces Intel on the Dow index in AI-driven shift for semiconductor industry (AP)
Crypto ETFs see big inflows ahead of U.S. election, traders brace for volatility (Reuters)
US crypto industry expects friendlier Washington, whoever wins White House (Reuters)
Potpourri
Is the Vatican’s New Anime-Inspired Mascot a ‘Major PR Victory’ or ‘Deeply Evil’? (ArtNet)
Plan a Crypto Mine Near a U.S. Military Base? Expect a Bigger Hassle Now. (CoinDesk)
US store chain Sheetz expands crypto payments via Flex (CoinTelegraph)
Tweet of the Week
Art From M○C△’s Collection
Art in the Wild
Traditional Art Banger
Quote of the Week
“We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.”
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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