🤖 Zuckerberg bets on AI to save the Metaverse

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• 🤖 Zuckerberg bets on AI to save the Metaverse

• 🚀 Sora hits 1M downloads in under five days

• 🔕 Chrome to silence annoying web notifications

• 🧠 Neuralink’s brain chip has a huge patient waitlist

• 🧹 Figure 03 robot now does home chores

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🤖 Zuckerberg bets on AI to save the Metaverse ↗️LINK

• What: Meta’s Metaverse team has been told to use AI tools to work five times faster. VP Vishal Shah told staff to “think 5x, not 5%,” and said 80% of employees should have AI built into their daily work by the end of the year. Everyone—from engineers to designers—must use AI to speed up coding, design, and testing.

• Why: Meta has spent nearly $50B on its Metaverse projects with little success. Now, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees AI as the company’s real growth engine and a way to revive old goals.

• Impact: The move shows Meta’s pivot from virtual reality dreams to an AI-first strategy that could reshape how its employees—and the Metaverse itself—operate.

🚀 Sora hits 1M downloads in under five days ↗️LINK

• What: OpenAI’s new video-generation app, Sora, hit one million downloads in under five days—faster than ChatGPT’s record debut. On iOS alone, it logged 627,000 installs in its first week, edging past ChatGPT’s 606,000 during its launch.

• Why: Despite being invite-only, Sora’s rapid rise reflects strong consumer demand for creative AI video tools and OpenAI’s growing brand pull.

• Impact: This surge cements Sora as OpenAI’s next viral product and signals a shift toward mainstream adoption of AI video generation.

🔕 Chrome to silence annoying web notifications ↗️LINK

• What: Google is adding a new Chrome feature that automatically disables notifications from websites users consistently ignore. It builds on Android’s existing one-tap unsubscribe tool and complements Chrome’s Safety Check for camera and location permissions.

• Why: Fewer than 1% of Chrome’s web notifications get user interaction, making them more distracting than useful. Tests show this update sharply reduces notification clutter with minimal drop in engagement.

• Impact: Chrome users get a cleaner, quieter browsing experience, while sites that send fewer alerts may actually see more meaningful user clicks.

🧠 Neuralink’s brain chip has a huge patient waitlist ↗️LINK

• What: Neuralink reports 10,000 people on its waiting list for the N1 brain chip, though only 12 patients have received implants so far, with a goal of 25 by year-end. The system translates thoughts into computer actions almost instantly.

• Why: The chip’s response speed is 10× faster than normal brain-to-muscle signals. Neuralink’s in-house surgical robot streamlines implantation and reduces reliance on neurosurgeons.

• Impact: The surge in interest shows growing confidence in brain–computer tech and Neuralink’s push toward scalable, high-speed human-AI interfaces.

🧹 Figure 03 robot now does home chores ↗️LINK

• What: Figure AI’s new humanoid robot, Figure 03, can now perform real household chores—folding laundry, cleaning rooms, and loading dishwashers after rinsing dishes. It runs on Helix, Figure’s in-house AI system that replaced OpenAI’s models.

• Why: Helix enables real-time decision-making instead of scripted moves. Palm cameras in each hand give the robot precise close-up vision, even when its main sensors are blocked.

• Impact: Figure 03 marks a leap toward practical home robotics, showing AI’s growing ability to handle complex, dynamic human environments.

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