Top stories in AI today: – China’s AI avatars outsell humans in livestream
– OpenAI lands $200M Pentagon contract
– How to design perfect interfaces with v0
– Gemini 2.5 family goes GA with new flash-lite
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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AI avatars outperform humans in livestream sales and market trends
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Sam Altman Criticizes Meta’s Talent Poaching and Innovation Capabilities
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Sam Altman cooked Meta on his brother's podcast. Key takeaways:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 18 juin 2025
— Meta’s offering $100K bonus to poach OAI talent
— None of OAI’s best have taken the offers
— OAI has a better shot at AGI, will eventually be more valuable
— Meta isn't great at innovationpic.twitter.com/68f3UUAeT9Sam Altman cooked Meta on his brother's podcast. Key takeaways: — Meta’s offering $100K bonus to poach OAI talent
— None of OAI’s best have taken the offers
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Meta Offers $100M Bonuses to Recruit OpenAI Talent
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AI NEWS: Sam Altman just revealed Meta is offering "$100M signing bonuses" to poach talent from OpenAI. Plus, more news from Google, Baidu, MiniMax, Proactor, Krea, and Intelligent Internet. Here's everything you need to know:
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USA vs China: The AGI Race and AI Infrastructure Leadership
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I believe your intention is good. But you’re not thinking ahead enough steps. The USA is not the only country building this tech. So is China and their stated goal is to be the leaders by 2030. Whoever nails self improving AGI first and has the best AI infrastructure will be
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India Launches Sovereign AI Infrastructure with Shakti Cloud
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India now has its first #sovereignAI infrastructure. Explore how @YottaInfra built Shakti Cloud to offer high-end computing services to its clients looking to develop and deploy large language models. Read the full customer story: https://
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McKinsey AI Consulting Rates Hit Seven Figures
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7+ figures. You aren’t gonna get McKinsey out of bed for 6 figures.
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DoorDash Bizdev Seeks $200K Investment at Premium Valuation
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Bizdev at DoorDash: I dunno everybody says that.
Issuer: We have evaporated “everybody” out of this customer pool, and it is now super-concentrated at top end. See this deck for summary statistics.
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Meta Announces First Llama Startup Program Cohort Selection
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The response to our first-ever Llama Startup Program was astounding, and after reviewing over 1,000 applications we’re thrilled to announce our first group. This eclectic group of early-stage startups are ready to push the boundaries of what’s possible with Llama and drive
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Morningstar Builds AI Research Assistant Mo Using LangGraph
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Investment research, accelerated. @MorningstarInc built Mo, their AI research assistant, using LangGraph — helping users cut through massive datasets to surface precise, verifiable investment insights.
— LangChain (@LangChain) 17 juin 2025
Aisis Julian (Senior Software Engineer) and her team at Morningstar have… pic.twitter.com/jY661Ze4vcInvestment research, accelerated. @MorningstarInc built Mo, their AI research assistant, using LangGraph — helping users cut through massive datasets to surface precise, verifiable investment insights. Aisis Julian (Senior Software Engineer) and her team at Morningstar have
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Browserbase Team Raises Investment with New Pricing Strategy
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Huge congrats to the @browserbasehq team!
— Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) 17 juin 2025
As a user and (tiny) investor, I’m insanely bullish on the team and product.
Plus those pricing changes >>>> https://t.co/uWBn8eTTubHuge congrats to the @browserbase team! As a user and (tiny) investor, I’m insanely bullish on the team and product. Plus those pricing changes >>>>