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Nokia's (yes, Nokia's) CEO Pekka Lundmark made the first immersive virtual reality call in history. The connection with Finland's Minister of Digitalization and New Technologies, Stefan Lindström, took place in a 3D virtual reality environment over a 5G infrastructure and was conducted using standard smartphones. (Lundmark was also the person who made the first 2G call back in 1991.)https://lnkd.in/dweasgYe

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The video platform "Showrunner," which will exclusively publish AI-generated content, has opened for pre-registration. Describing itself as the "Netflix of the AI Era," the platform allows users to create new episodes of their favorite series and films using generative tools. If the content created by viewers is well-received, it will be purchased by Showrunner and published with a revenue-sharing model.https://lnkd.in/d-Kx6Mnr

The Tribeca Festival will host the premiere of five short films created using OpenAI's text-to-video AI tool, Sora.https://lnkd.in/dp2RmZF4

At its Monday event, Apple will share long-awaited advancements in the field of artificial intelligence, in addition to new operating systems and devices (rumored to be codenamed "Apple Intelligence"). Leaked information suggests that the infrastructure set to replace Siri will be OpenAI's ChatGPT. This decision is expected to make OpenAI the undisputed leader in the artificial intelligence sector.https://lnkd.in/ddk-xcNM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whom the BBC has dubbed the "Taylor Swift of the tech industry," announced that the "Rubin" series, encompassing next-generation AI chips, will be launched in 2026.https://lnkd.in/dYBJXjsJ

The Chinese government has announced its third fund to support the semiconductor industry. The $47.5 billion package, primarily funded by the Ministry of Finance and the China Development Bank, aims to position China as the leader in chip production by 2030, following disruptions caused by U.S. trade sanctions.Additional information: Meanwhile, the Chinese government has invested $830 million in a publicly funded research and development group working on next-generation solid-state battery technology. This technology is being developed to replace the current lithium-ion technology.https://lnkd.in/dhyc63qT

Though rarely mentioned, the shift of infrastructure to cloud systems disrupts the distributed nature that forms the DNA of the internet. A recent example of this fragile situation: Microsoft experienced infrastructure outages in Asia and Europe, causing services like Bing, DuckDuckGo, Copilot, and ChatGPT to go down.https://archive.md/jIExU

Harvard University and Google have achieved the most detailed imaging of the human brain to date. The recorded data from a tissue volume of 1 cubic millimeter amounts to 1.4 petabytes, making it the largest dataset in this field.https://lnkd.in/dc9v_TdA

In the U.S.-China trade war, which inevitably affects all countries and many sectors, both sides continue to escalate:- The U.S. administration is working on new regulations through the Department of Commerce to prevent the use of AI services like ChatGPT by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order blocking chip manufacturers Intel and Qualcomm from selling chips to China's Huawei.https://lnkd.in/dQRkrB6r- In China, two producers from the heavily sanctioned chip sector have announced they are in the final stages of producing high-bandwidth memory. These memory products are a critical step towards AI-focused chip production.https://lnkd.in/dT8gneNK- U.S. President Joe Biden plans to quadruple the tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Some view this as a campaign move ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, reminiscent of past competition with Japanese automakers.https://lnkd.in/dhZkZsC8