Intro

Good morning and welcome to the future 👋

Every parent knows the feeling: your young child proudly presents you with their latest artwork, which you admire enthusiastically without being sure what it actually depicts! A brand-new AI prototype can help interpret your kid’s artistic genius, and even bring it to life.

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Top Stories

🕯️ Is the internet breeding a new type of religion? Social media has impacted life in ways we could never have imagined, and has left virtually no theme untouched. Religion is no exception. A new kind of spirituality combining New Age and non-Western beliefs is emerging via channels such as TikTok. Vox →

🧬 Lifesaving mRNA? The brand-new mRNA vaccines are recognized as one of our key weapons in the fight against corona. Now it’s suggested that mRNA may also be a game-changing solution for illnesses such as cancer and HIV, and could even give us superhuman immunity. BBC →

🗡️ AI Dungeon reborn: The AI Dungeon text game is expanding. Its creator, the start-up Latitude, is about to launch an experimental AI-powered game platform called Voyage. The bad news is, there’s a waiting list, but with a range of highly creative games, it could be well worth signing up. The Verge →

✏️ Interpreting kids’ artistic talents: Kids’ drawings pinned to every surface: a normal sight in a family home, even if we’re sometimes not quite sure what they’re supposed to depict! A new AI prototype can interpret these pictures and bring them to life as animated characters to share with friends and family. Facebook Blog →

Inspiration

📙 Reading list 2022: Need some new ideas for your 2022 reading list? Look no further. This blog evaluates a range of inspired suggestions in various categories from fiction to technical. Happy reading! Dive Deeper →

Quote of the Day

“Product market fit is like a ‘good marriage’: it’s not a state one can achieve easily, but it’s definitely worth working on.”

An AI text generator that I recently asked about “Product Market Fit”.