Sign Up | Advertise | Podcast | AI University | | | Welcome, AI enthusiasts. | Meta just announced plans to integrate AI-generated profiles across its platforms, complete with bios, photos, and the ability to create content. | But as social media giants race to implement AI characters, are we witnessing the birth of digital NPCs, or the death of authentic social interaction? Let's get into it... | | In today's AI rundown: | Meta unveils AI personas on Facebook AI hiring surge hits record levels in 2024 Create a real-time screen-understanding AI AI reveals hidden secret in famous painting 6 new AI tools & 5 new AI jobs More AI & tech news
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| | | | META | |  | Image source: The Rundown / Ideogram |
| The Rundown: Meta just announced its ambitious push into AI-generated profiles and characters, with plans to integrate these AI personas across Facebook and other platforms as part of a major engagement strategy. | The details: | Meta's VP of product revealed AI profiles will exist alongside regular accounts, complete with bios, profile pictures, and content generation abilities. The company has already launched trial AI character creation tools that have produced hundreds of thousands of characters, though most remain private. New text-to-video generate software is planned to allow creators to insert themselves into AI-created videos. Experts have warned about potential risks, citing the need for robust safeguards to prevent the technology from being weaponized and spreading false narratives.
| Why it matters: Meta's aggressive push to use AI for engagement has already sparked controversy, but the company's long-term strategy could be focused on gathering training data for AI-driven "NPC" characters in virtual reality. Questions around the authenticity of AI-generated content will likely be a growing trend in 2025. |
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| | AI & THE WORKFORCE | |  | Image source: ZoomInfo |
| The Rundown: ZoomInfo just published new data on the state of AI in the workforce, revealing dramatic growth in AI-focused roles across industries and skill levels over the last several years. | The details: | AI-related C-suite positions have surged 428% since 2022, while VP roles increased by 199% and director positions grew by 197%. Engineering and development roles dominate the AI job landscape, forming the largest category of new positions. Generative AI job titles, while only 3% of total AI positions, have experienced a 250x increase since late 2022. The talent rush spans industries, with over 10,875 new AI leadership roles created in Q2 2024 alone — triple the number from Q2 2022.
| Why it matters: The growth data in AI hiring signals a major shift in how companies approach adoption. Orgs are restructuring leadership to put AI at the core of their strategy — and with an increasingly competitive AI talent landscape, companies that fail to build strong AI teams now may be playing catch-up in the years ahead. |
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| | AI TRAINING | | | The Rundown: Google's new 'Stream Real-Time' feature lets users interact with research papers naturally, getting instant explanations for complex concepts, equations, and diagrams. | Step-by-step: | Visit Google AI Studio and find Stream Realtime in the sidebar. Choose "Share your screen" to display your research paper. Ask questions naturally about any part you don't understand. Get immediate, clear explanations of complex concepts, diagrams, and formulas.
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| | THE RUNDOWN UNIVERSITY | | | The Rundown: We're hosting a 45-minute session with Dr. Alvaro Cintas (The Rundown's AI Professor) on how to get the most out of Gemini's Stream Realtime feature. | Join us this Friday at 1 PM PST to learn about: | How Gemini's real-time screen sharing works and what it means for learning new software Using the feature as a hands-on tutor for tackling complex tools and workflows Leveraging Gemini as a research assistant for immediate insights and contextual help
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| | ART & AI | |  | Image source: Raphael |
| The Rundown: Scientists just confirmed a long-suspected art world mystery using AI analysis — Raphael's famous Madonna della Rosa wasn't painted entirely by the Renaissance master himself. | The details: | Researchers trained an AI system using authenticated Raphael paintings to recognize his unique style down to microscopic brushstroke patterns and color techniques. The AI system, built on Microsoft's ResNet50 framework, demonstrated a 98% accuracy in identifying Raphael's genuine works. While most of the painting matched Raphael's style, the AI analysis revealed St. Joseph's face was likely painted by another artist (possibly his talented pupil Giulio Romano). Art historians have long noted that St. Joseph's face appeared less refined than other figures, and this technological analysis now supports their suspicions.
| Why it matters: This breakthrough demonstrates how AI can complement art historians' expertise, offering new tools for authenticating and understanding centuries-old masterpieces. Beyond solving mysteries, this tech could assist in things like art conservation, forgery detection, historical research and more. |
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| | | | IRS deployed AI tools to detect fraud patterns and analyze financial data as criminals increasingly use artificial intelligence for sophisticated schemes. | KoBold Metals raised $537M in a Series C funding round at a whopping $2.96B valuation to accelerate AI-powered critical minerals exploration and mining operations. | Thousands of people gathered in Birmingham for a non-existent New Year's Eve fireworks display after being misled by AI-generated blog posts and social media, despite police warnings that no event was planned. | CSIC researchers developed a "molecular lantern" probe that uses light and AI to detect brain changes without genetic modifications. | OpenAI missed its self-imposed 2025 deadline to deliver Media Manager, a promised tool for creators to control their content in AI training data. | Defence contractors prepare for acquisition spree in AI, drone, and space technologies as cash reserves approach $50B by 2026. |
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| | | | That's it for today!Before you go we'd love to know what you thought of today's newsletter to help us improve The Rundown experience for you. | | See you soon, | Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team | |
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