🌍 AI Maps for Climate Solutions, X's New Features & The Death of Casual Posting
Today’s pick
A new AI-generated map of the world's trees and renewable energy projects could help fight climate change. A first-of-its-kind map of renewable energy projects and tree coverage around the world launched today, and it uses generative AI to essentially sharpen images taken from space. It's all part of a new tool called Satlas from the Allen Institute forAI, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. By Justine Calma via The Verge
A new AI-generated map of the world’s trees and renewable energy projects could help fight climate change - Laurent MILTGEN (@kubernan)
Elon Musk's X to roll out audio, video calling feature. Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, plans to launch video and audio calls as owner Elon Musk races to build an "everything app" to stay ahead of competition from Meta Platforms-owned (META.O) Threads. Users will not need a phone number for the features that will be available on Apple's iOS, Google's Android and personal computers, Musk said in post on X on Thursday. Reuters
X to roll out audio, video calling feature - Jonathan Chevreau (@JonChevreau)
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It's not just you - no one is posting on social media anymore. Group chats and messaging apps killed it Tati Bruening, a 22-year-old content creator and photographer, just wants to share memes and post about cooking green beans. Every time she logs onto Instagram, however, her feed is swamped by a combination of perfectly curated photos and professionally created content. Business Insider
Social media, as we once knew it, is dead, Group chats + messaging apps killed it, "Regularly posting content is now largely confined to creators + influencers" "While non-creators are moving toward sharing bits of their lives behind private accounts" - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
Google's new AI can attend meetings for you. Here's how it works. Google's new AI offering is aimed at saving time at work. Duet AI adds new features to Google Workspace, including meeting attendance and note-taking. The features were made available to the public on Tuesday. Insider recommends waking up with… By Beatrice Nolan via Insider
Google's new AI tool may save your skin if you're running late for a meeting or terrible at taking notes — here's how it works - Alec Chivalry (@ArtVandelay2021)
Legs Have Finally Come to Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse. Meta, the benevolent maker of Facebook, is solving the most important problem in the tech industry, one that every person on the internet definitely knows and cares about. At long last, the characters in Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse are getting legs. Sort of. By Thomas Germain via Gizmodo
Legs Have Finally Come to Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse - Nick Chater (@nick_chater)
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