$3,000 AI "Supercomputer"

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Tuesday. If you’re thinking about switching from your lovely MacBook to a new AI Supercomputer…then NVIDIA is taking reservations for its shiny new object, called DGX Spark.

Personally, I’ll wait…now time for some trivia.

Where was the first AI-generated edition of a newspaper published?

Answer: Italy.

An Italian newspaper says it has become the first in the world to publish an edition that was produced entirely by artificial intelligence. The four-page edition of Il Foglio, called Il Foglio AI, hit newsstands in Italy and became available online on Tuesday.

According to Il Foglio editor Claudio Cerasa, AI was used for everything: “the writing, the headlines, the quotes, the summaries. And, sometimes, even for the irony.” The edition is part of a monthlong initiative by the publication to evaluate the possible effects of AI technologies on how we work.

The Guardian noted that the AI articles appeared straightforward and clear and were free of any obvious grammatical errors, but that there were no quotes directly from human beings. On the final page were a series of AI-generated letters from readers to the editor, one of which asked if AI would make humans “useless.” The AI response: “AI is a great innovation, but it doesn’t yet know how to order a coffee without getting the sugar wrong.”

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

• Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta’s Llama models have hit 1B downloads

  That’s up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024 — a ~53% increase over a roughly three-month period.

• Anthropic is reportedly prepping a voice mode for Claude

  The company’s chief product officer, Mike Krieger, told the Financial Times that Anthropic plans to launch experiences that allow users to talk to Anthropic’s AI models.

• Nvidia GTC 2025 live updates

  Follow TechCrunch’s live updates. They revealed a LOT so far…from personal AI supercomputers to “Star Wars”-inspired BDX droids to autonomous vehicles.

• NVIDIA and Telecom Industry Leaders to Develop AI-Native Wireless Networks for 6G

  Yes, we’re talking about 6G now. 5G is old news.

• Zoom AI Companion

  Everything is an AI agent now.

• Adobe AI Agents

  A suite of ten purpose-built AI agents. Adobe has partnerships with major companies, including Acxiom, Amazon Web Services, Genesys, IBM, Microsoft, RainFocus, SAP, ServiceNow and Workday.

• Mistral Small 3.1: the best model in its weight class

  The model outperforms comparable models like Gemma 3 and GPT-4o Mini, while delivering inference speeds of 150 tokens per second.

• Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery

  The AI models, which Google said will be released through its Health AI Developer Foundations program later this month, can understand both “regular text” and the structures of different “therapeutic entities,” including chemicals, molecules, and proteins, according to the company.

Interested in learning more about AI + health? Here’s an update from Google’s Chief Health Officer, Dr. Karen DeSalvo.

• Neural Rendering, Powered by GeForce RTX 50 Series and AI

  At CES, NVIDIA unveiled 'Zorah,' a groundbreaking RTX neural rendering tech demo showcasing the latest advancements in geometry, lighting, and character rendering technologies, built in Unreal Engine 5. This is their latest update.

• The first music album created entirely with artificial intelligence

  Last month Spotify released songs with two AI-generated voices in a first for the streaming platform.

• US appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator

  A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday affirmed that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law.

• Introducing Joule for Developers: AI-Powered Capabilities Across SAP

  More than 17,000 customers use SAP Build solutions globally.

• The Independent to launch news service supported by Google AI

  “AI with human editorial supervision to allow us to cut to the chase with essential news briefing.”

The numbers:

Menlo Ventures, a leading venture capital firm investing at the forefront of AI, announced its first cohort of 18 companies backed by the $100 million Anthology Fund.

Thought starters:

• Stable Diffusion finally released something new...watch the demo at 14 sec (mirror reflection). Here’s their official site post, which features the same video that you see on X, below.

• Will Photoshop be considered old-school? Your move Adobe…let’s see what happens with Firefly.

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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