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• 🤯 AI Art Makes Millions—Meet Botto

• ⚡️ Fresh tech of the day - Robot Dogs: The Future of Warfare Is Here

• 📰 The latest AI and tech news

• 🤖 Cool new apps for you to check out

• 🧠 From Poll to Profit: Use AI to Maximize Audience Insights

• 🤔 Can you guess which image is real and which one is AI? Go vote!

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One Big Story: AI Art Makes Millions—Meet Botto

AI-generated art has taken the world by storm, and leading the charge is Botto, a “decentralized autonomous artist” who’s racked up over $5 million in auction sales since its inception in 2021. Created by the software collective ElevenYellow and artist-programmer Mario Klingemann, Botto generates stunning images based on algorithmic prompts. A group called the BottoDAO then curates and votes on the images. One chosen piece is auctioned each week on platforms like SuperRare, with proceeds split between DAO members and Botto's operating costs.

Botto’s process is as collaborative as it is innovative. The 5,000-member DAO selects which works to auction and influences Botto’s future creations through their feedback. This unique mix of human input and machine creativity raises significant questions about art, authorship, and ownership.

Key Takeaways:

• Botto creates about 70,000 images weekly, narrowing them down to 350 for voting by the DAO.

• DAO voters and Botto’s treasury share proceeds from each auction, which funds its operations.

• At a recent Sotheby’s auction, two Botto pieces sold for a combined $276,000—massively surpassing earlier estimates.

• Botto's collaborative nature challenges the traditional idea of the “lone genius artist” and underscores the collective process behind creative expression.

My Take: Art is art. If a piece resonates with me, knowing AI created it wouldn’t diminish its impact one bit.

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Cool Tech: Robot Dogs: The Future of Warfare Is Here

Robot dogs are no longer just sci-fi—they’re becoming a fundamental part of modern military operations. These high-tech machines take on roles like scouting, security, and even combat. The U.S. military has been testing them for tasks like counter-drone missions and urban assault drills, with some equipped with rifles or even AI-enabled targeting systems. Companies like Ghost Robotics lead the charge, creating models like the Vision 60 to help with everything from base security to responding to nuclear threats. Other countries like China and Russia aren’t far behind, showing off their robot dogs outfitted with guns and grenades, adding fuel to the global tech race.

What’s wild is how these machines can mimic real dogs—they jump, roll, and even “play,” which is fascinating and unsettling. In Ukraine, robot dogs have already been used in combat to scout trenches and buildings where human soldiers or drones would struggle. They’re helpful, but it’s hard not to wonder where this leads. Are we ready for a world where armed, semi-autonomous machines make battlefield decisions? It’s a game-changer but also a reminder that with innovation comes some big, complicated questions.

Interesting News

📹️  In 2025, AI-generated videos are set to dominate social media, enabling users to create and share highly realistic and personalized content more efficiently than ever before.

✈️ Jet.AI has introduced "Ava," an AI model that assists customers in selecting and booking private jets by providing real-time availability, pricing, and guidance via phone or text.

💰️ OpenAI plans to restructure its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) to balance shareholder interests with its mission of ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity, enabling the company to raise necessary capital with conventional terms.

🤖 According to a report from The Information, Microsoft and OpenAI have internally defined the achievement of artificial general intelligence (AGI) as developing AI systems capable of generating at least $100 billion in profits. This financial benchmark contrasts with broader definitions of AGI, which typically describe it as AI that can perform any intellectual task a human can.

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Today’s Tip: From Poll to Profit: Use AI to Maximize Audience Insights

Whether you're a business owner seeking valuable customer feedback or a creator wanting to understand your audience better, this poll prompt provides a structured framework for crafting engaging and insightful polls. It will guide you in creating clear, relevant, and actionable polls by outlining your target audience, the specific information you want to gather, and the tone you'd like to use. This approach ensures you get the insights you need while keeping your audience engaged.

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Number of Options: [How many options should the poll have? e.g., 4, 5, or more.]
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🤔 Which image is real?

One of these images is real, and one was created with AI. Vote for which one you think is real, and tell us why you voted that way. My only goal is to choose such good photos that the majority of votes are wrong.

The last edition’s results—61% were correct!

Did you vote in the poll from December 26th? The top image was real! Go back and see the photos here. So what do you think? Are you getting better at spotting AI vs. not?

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