❌ Donald Trumps Mug Shot Gets 123.3M Views and Friend.Tech Blasts Off

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Plus, a Midjourney mashup of Donald Trump and other famous mug shots. Even Donald Cosby makes an appearance.

Have a great weekend but first, let's get it.

Kevin

AI-Discovered Drugs Will Be For Sale Sooner Than You Think
“The idea that you can look at the structures of a small molecule and predict its properties is a very old idea. The way people thought of it is, if you can identify some structures within the molecule, some functional groups, and so on, you can sort of say, ‘What does it do?’” said Regina Barzilay, professor of AI and health with MIT’s School of Engineering.

The First Presidential Mug Shot
The mug shot was released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office roughly an hour after the former President was booked as inmate P01135809 over charges that he illegally schemed to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. He immediately posts it to Twitter racking up 123.3 million views.

BRICS to Officially Abandon US Dollar
The move stands as a testament to the bloc’s resilience and strategic foresight, given the dominant role the US dollar has played in the world economy for decades. What prompts such a massive move, you ask? Well, the answer lies in the bloc’s recent strategies and announcements.

Hugging Face raises $235M from Investors
Hugging Face raises $235M from Google, Nvidia and others. It offers a number of data science hosting and development tools, including a GitHub-like hub for AI code repositories, models and datasets, as well as web apps to demo AI-powered applications.

31% of Investors are OK with Using AI as Their Advisor
31% of investors queried would be comfortable implementing financial advice from a generative AI program without first verifying those recommendations with another source, according to a poll by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, the body that governs the CFP designation for financial advisors.

Friend.tech Hype is Skyrocketing … But What is it?
Since Friend.tech opened its invite-only beta test 11 days ago, the decentralized social-focused app has quickly attracted a lot of users, even catching the attention of big name crypto influencers, NBA players and OnlyFans creators. But can it convert all the early hype to meaningful, lasting traction?

The Psychological Impact of AI
In a recent Big Think article, Robert Sapolsky highlighted the fact that the brain has a natural fear response to things that are different and this tendency is activated, and developed, by false reports that present events as a battle between an identifiable, poor victim and an outgroup, satanic villain.

AI is Helping Us ‘See’ Birds Migrating at Night
Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration. Listen to the episode or read the transcript here.

Midjourney & AI-Images

Midjourney + Multiverse
Trump Multiverse of Mug Shots
15 mashups of famous mugshots with the former president.

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