AI images look 99% real now

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Tuesday.

As usual, the last 24 hours have brought significant news. We’re continuing to witness multiple companies announce new releases every week.

There’s a method to the madness — everyone is chasing the next shiny thing. Loyalty seems scarce…

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

• DeepSeek-V3-0324 is now the highest scoring non-reasoning model

  This is the first time an open weights model is the leading non-reasoning model, a milestone for open source.

  

But wait…there’s more…

• Google releases Gemini 2.5

  Within 24 hrs of DeepSeek’s announcement, Google also provided a new update and they’re calling it their “most intelligent AI model ever”.

• Sesame is now open source

  A billion-parameter voice AI is now open source. Yes, AI voices are getting even more realistic, at lower prices.

• H&M will use AI models

  H&M is working directly with models and their agencies to create digital replicas of 30 different models this year that it will be able to use in AI-generated images for purposes such as social-media posts and marketing campaigns. (btw I talked about digital twins recently on LI)

• The new “best” AI image generation model is here

  Before its official unveiling, Reve Image was known under the code name “Halfmoon” on social media.

If you’re a fan of Midjourney or Flux…then you should test Reve. Why? Check out the comparison chart with established models. It's just as good, if not better, but at a fraction of the cost.

• OpenAI announces 4o Image Generation

  Within 24 hrs of Reve coming out of stealth mode, OpenAI announces this.

How good are AI creatives now? Scroll down ↓

The numbers:

Remember last summer, when KoBold Metals used AI to find copper? Apparently, their discovery in Zambia was the largest copper discovery in more than a decade. According to their estimates, reviewed by The New York Times, the mine would produce at least 300,000 tons of copper a year once fully operational. That corresponds to a value of billions of dollars a year, for decades.

Quick update — KoBold Metals closed a $537 million Series C round in January of this year. The funding pushed KoBold’s valuation to $2.96 billion, according to the Financial Times.

Now, another startup called Earth AI is talking about its own discovery: promising deposits of critical minerals in parts of Australia that other mining outfits had ignored for decades.

What else will people use AI to discover…that’s worth billions…possibly trillions?

(Hint: deep sea & asteroid mining)

You really want to go down this rabbit hole? Here’s one place to start: Trillion-Dollar Asteroid

Thought starters:

• Bubble trouble? OpenAI losing $2 for every $1 earned

• The robot empathy divide

Meme of the day:

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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