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Good morning. Here’s what’s leading each section today ✨

• Must-reads: Meta is being sued over its beauty filters that allegedly endanger children and their privacy

• Startups & Fund Raises: Dashtoon raises $5 million in seed funding for its AI comics art platform

• Research: SEINE: Short-to-Long Video Diffusion Model for Generative Transition and Prediction

• Quick Bytes: 5 New AI Courses Launched by Andrew Ng

• What we’re reading: A 21-year-old student has deciphered the first word from the Herculaneum Scrolls, charred in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Must-reads 📰

1. Meta is being sued over its beauty filters that allegedly endanger children and their privacy 

   (MIT Tech Review) | 8-minute read | Policy

2. Stability AI announces its new Stable 3D model for 3D content creation

   (VentureBeat) | 7-minute read | AI

3. Google launches generative AI tools for product imagery to US advertisers and merchants

   (TechCrunch) | 5-minute read | AI

4. ‘Shared Reality’ Domes Coming For Immersive NBA And NHL Sports Broadcasts

   (Forbes) | 5-minute read | Sports

5. XR Health’s VR headset for mental health will treat astronauts on space station

   (VentureBeat) | 7-minute read | Hardware

6. Adidas and Bugatti Collaborate on Limited-Edition Soccer Shoes with Digital Twins

   (CryptoNews) | 6-minute read | Web3

7. Scarlett Johansson takes legal action against use of image for AI

   (TechCrunch) | 6-minute read | Entertainment

Startups & Fund Raises 🦄 

1. Dashtoon, the platform that uses AI to turn storytellers into comics artists, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Matrix Partners India and Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from angel investors

2. Devolver Digital acquires System Era Softworks for up to $40M

3. Portalis.AI has emerged from stealth mode to unveil its avatars that are aimed at enhancing interaction and communication between humans and AI

4. mirrAR lands $1.75m investment to enhance digital and in-store experiences with virtual try on tech

Research 🔬

Quick Bytes ⚡️

What we’re reading 📚

• How one elite university is approaching ChatGPT this school year

• A 21-year-old student has deciphered the first word from the Herculaneum Scrolls, charred in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

• HSBC adds fuel to tokenization fire with gold-focused offering

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