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🚀 AI Weekly Roundup: Innovations, Bans & Power Moves 🔍

🚀 AI Weekly Roundup: Innovations, Bans & Power Moves 🔍

🔥 AI Updates: Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s Moves & More 🚀

The AI Surf
February 11, 2025

🔍 Unwrap this week’s AI highlights: Google’s Gemini AI upgrade, DeepMind’s math breakthrough, Meta’s brain-decoding AI, US lawmakers push to ban DeepSeek, and Nvidia’s Blackwell-powered systems. 🚀✨

In This Issue

✅ Today in AI: Google opens Gemini 2.0, its most powerful AI model, to everyone.

✅ Weekly Spotlight: 🌟 Elon Musk-led group bids $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI.

✅ Top Tools: Jasper AI, ChatGPT, Copy AI, Writesonic, Rytr.

✅ Image of the Week: Enchanting Leonardo da Vinci-style portrait created with AI.

✅ AI Guides: Building AI video apps on Jetson Nano & ChatGPT for Excel.

✅ Prompt of the Week: Suggest a development plan for a manager to improve delegation.

✅ Top Communities: ChatGPT Prompts for Business & AI/ML Jobs.

✅ Latest Blogs: OpenAI API Key integration, DeepSeek API comparison, and best practices.

🎯 BIG NEWS

Top AI Updates and Releases

✅ Google’s Gemini app adds access to ‘thinking’ AI models

✅ While We Grapple With Geometry, Google DeepMind’s AI Model Beats Math Olympiad Gold Medalists

✅ Meta’s New Research Begins Decoding Thoughts from Brain Using AI

✅ US lawmakers want to ban DeepSeek from government devices

✅ OpenAI chief Altman inks deal with S Korea’s Kakao after DeepSeek upset

✅ Google opens its most powerful AI models to everyone, the next stage in its virtual agent push

✅ Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50

✅ Nvidia Jumps on Super Micro Saying Blackwell-Based System Ready

📢 WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT

The Ultimate Cheatsheet: 100 Best AI Tools for Businesses

Discover the ultimate guide to AI tools that enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and elevate your business strategy across 15+ categories.

Highlights:

Marketing: Automate campaigns and improve outreach.
Productivity: Track progress and optimize workflows.
Content Creation: Craft engaging visuals, audio, and text.
SEO: Build and optimize high-performing websites.
Sales: Boost revenue with smarter strategies.

Why it Matters

This cheatsheet is your gateway to unlocking AI's potential. By integrating cutting-edge tools, businesses can enhance efficiency, stay competitive, and revolutionize operations in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

🌟Elon Musk-Led Group Bids $97.4 Billion for Control of OpenAI

Elon Musk and a consortium of investors have made a massive bid to take control of OpenAI, aiming to reshape the AI landscape.

Highlights:

Musk's group offers $97.4 billion to acquire a controlling stake in OpenAI
The bid follows tensions over OpenAI's direction and leadership
Investors backing Musk include major tech and venture capital firms
The deal could impact OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft
Regulatory scrutiny is expected due to the scale of the acquisition

Why it Matters

If successful, the bid could shift the future of AI development, altering OpenAI’s strategy and its influence in the industry.

💪 PRODUCTIVITY

Trending AI Tools: Top AI Chatbots 🚀

✅ Jasper AI - Generate high-quality content fast with AI-powered writing and creativity.

✅ ChatGPT - Enhance conversations and content creation with advanced AI-driven assistance.

✅ Copy AI - Craft compelling marketing copy effortlessly with AI-powered writing tools.

✅ Writesonic - Streamline content creation with AI-driven writing, editing, and chat tools.

✅ Rytr - Write smarter and faster with AI-powered content generation for any need.

🛠️ AI GUIDES AND RESOURCES

5 AI Courses to Enhance Your Skills

1️⃣ Building Video AI Applications at the Edge on Jetson Nano

2️⃣ Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn

3️⃣ CatBoost vs XGBoost - Quick Intro and Modeling Basics

4️⃣ ChatGPT for Beginners: Save time with Microsoft Excel

5️⃣ ChatGPT for Excel

🚩 PROMPT OF THE WEEK

Leadership Coach

COPY AND PASTE THE PROMPT

Act as a leadership coach. Suggest a development plan for a manager wanting to improve {specific skill, e.g., delegation}. Include exercises, resources, and metrics for tracking improvement.

Engagement Planner

COPY AND PASTE THE PROMPT

Propose an employee engagement plan for a team showing signs of burnout. Use insights like {specific data, e.g., low survey scores} to recommend initiatives that boost morale and productivity.

🗽 IMAGE OF THE WEEK

Enchanting Portrait by Leonardo da Vinci

/imagine prompt: An enchanting portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, featuring a woman with a mysterious smile, wearing flowing robes adorned with intricate patterns, her gaze captivating and enigmatic, surrounded by soft, diffused lighting, artwork, oil painting on canvas, –ar 16:9 –v 5