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PLUS: Microsoft’s $80B, Alibaba’s AI Push, AI Search 2025 & MIT’s Model
Golam Rabbani
January 04, 2025
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Insights of the Day
🔥 Latest: Microsoft’s $80B, Alibaba’s AI Push, Search 2025 & MIT’s Model
📚 Tutorial: Turn data images into interactive charts
🚀 Frontier: Microsoft’s Mini AI PCs Are Almost Here
🛠️ Tools: 5 Must-Have AI Tools
֎ Prompt: Plan a walking tour
🏆 Success Story: $107M Funded AI Video Startup
🎁 Freebies: Jobs, Events, Guides, Money Hacks & More!
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🔥 LATEST IN AI
📰 AI HEADLINES FOR TODAY
Microsoft has committed $80 billion in fiscal year 2025 to build AI-enabled data centers aimed at handling AI workloads and deploying AI and cloud-based applications globally.
Over half of this investment will be directed towards the United States. The company sees AI as a transformative force for productivity and innovation across industries.
Alibaba Cloud has partnered with 01.AI to create an “industrial large model laboratory,” combining their tech muscle to push the limits of AI research.
The lab will cook up large-model solutions to help businesses supercharge their operations. It’s like a tech dream team working to bring next-gen AI to life.
In 2025, search technology is going through a big change with AI and language models taking center stage. Google still has a strong presence, but new players like Microsoft, You.com, and startups like Andi and Kagi are stepping up their game.
The goal? To grab users' attention and create better, smarter search experiences. Google’s still in the race, but it’s not going to be easy to stay on top!
MIT’s new AI model, AbMap, accurately predicts antibody structures using amino acid sequences, speeding up drug development and saving costs.
It helps identify effective antibodies for diseases like SARS-CoV-2 and HIV, while also shedding light on why some people have stronger immune responses.
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📚 QUICK AI TUTORIAL
How to convert data images into interactive charts and slides
Follow these simple steps to transform your data images into interactive charts and presentation slides:
Sign Up on Claude's Website
Go to Claude’s website and sign up for an account.Select Claude Sonnet 3.5 Model
Choose the Claude Sonnet 3.5 model and enable the Artifact feature.Upload Data Screenshots
Upload screenshots of your data graphs to Claude to generate a JSON file.Transcribe Data into JSON
Use this prompt:
"Transcribe the data from these two images into a JSON file."
Claude will transcribe the data into a structured JSON format.Combine Data into One Chart
Now, ask Claude to combine the data from both graphs. Use this prompt:
"Combine the data from both charts into an interactive plotly.js chart."
Be sure to specify not to use react-plotly.js so that the chart can render in Artifact.Generate Interactive Chart
Claude will generate an interactive chart. You’ll be able to hover over it to see detailed information.Create Your Presentation Slides
Next, turn your chart into a presentation deck. Use this prompt:
"Create a JS-based presentation deck on [insert topic]. Include the interactive chart you generated in a slide."
Claude will create a dynamic presentation with the chart embedded.Download and Share
Once the presentation is ready, you can download the file and share it with others.
FROM THE FRONTIER
Microsoft’s Mini AI PCs Are Almost Here
Microsoft is shrinking its AI-powered tech into mini PCs, just like a Swiss Army knife packed with tools. Asus and Geekom are unveiling devices that bring Copilot Plus features—like Recall and image generation—to compact, desktop-friendly packages at CES 2025.
The Highlights:
Asus NUC 14 Pro AI: Think of it as a techy cousin to Apple’s Mac Mini, but with a dedicated Copilot button and more AI smarts.
Geekom’s Trio: Three mini PCs with AMD, Qualcomm, and Intel chips, but only the AMD and Qualcomm ones are ready to rock Copilot Plus.
Microsoft’s Hand in the Game: With Copilot buttons on mini PCs, it’s clear Microsoft’s pulling the strings, expanding AI magic from laptops to desktops.
CES 2025 Buzz: Other PC makers might soon join the party, bringing AI-packed mini PCs and possibly all-in-ones with Qualcomm’s latest chips.
Why This Matters:
Microsoft’s mini AI PCs are like the Swiss Army knife of desktop tech—tiny but packed with powerful features. As the battle for desktop supremacy heats up, these mini powerhouses could challenge Apple and make AI tools more accessible to the masses.
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֎ PROMPT OF THE DAY
Plan a walking tour
Prompt: Compose a [#]-point walking tour of [location]. Make a table. In the first column: Name of the point on the tour. Second column: Walking directions from the previous point on the tour. Third Column: distance from the previous point on the tour in [unit of distance]. Fourth column: Walking time from the previous point on the tour. Fifth Column: [#] words or fewer of interesting facts about the point on the tour. After the table, make a [#]-word description of the tour and indicate the total distance and walking time.
Replace the [#], [location], and [unit of distance] variables and ChatGPT will spit out a really handy walking tour of a location.
Source: hellodoorcounty
🤩 AI INSPIRATION
🎨 AI GENERATED IMAGES
Kart Mania
Source: @amr260485 on Midjourney
Midjourney Prompt: anime style poster of young boys riding incredibly fast karts through an endless green field zooming towards camera, movie poster, studio ghibli, --ar 9:16 --v 6.1
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🧠 AI Research
arXiv is a free online library for sharing pre-publication papers.
GPT4Scene: Understand 3D Scenes from Videos with Vision-Language Models
VideoAnydoor: High-fidelity Video Object Insertion with Precise Motion Control
Object-level Visual Prompts for Compositional Image Generation
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Until next time,
Golam Rabbani - AI Educator, Founder & Investor
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