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Meta Aims to Recharge Lagging Horizon Worlds Metaverse With New In-House Game Studio
The struggling platform reported losses of $3.7 billion in the second quarter, though CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains “fully committed” to the metaverse and AI.
I Had My Iris Scanned by the Worldcoin Orb, and It Wasn’t as Scary as I Expected
Sam Altman’s identity-verifying Worldcoin Orb is available worldwide as the network launched on Monday.
OpenSea’s New Deal, McNuggets Land in the Metaverse
This week, OpenSea introduced “Deals,” allowing NFT collectors to trade directly with one another and McDonald’s launched McNugget Land in The Sandbox, inviting users to interact with pixelated nuggets and play mini-games.
Elon Musk’s New ChatGPT Competitor Boosts AI-Related Crypto Tokens
Tokens such as AGIX and FET saw modest bump after Musk announced new Artificial Intelligence (AI) company “xAI” to take on ChatGPT.
AI-Backed Web3 Security Firm Olympix Raises $4.3M
Boldstart Ventures led the round for the startup, which helps developers avoid vulnerabilities in smart contract code.
AI-Backed Blockchain Data Startup Web3Go Raises $4M
Binance Labs led the round with HashKey Capital, NGC and Shima Capital among the other backers.
Azuki Is Rebuilding After Its Elementals Mint Mishap
Azuki’s latest expansion of its NFT ecosystem missed the mark, while Candy Digital and Palm NFT are merging together to create a superpowered NFT production studio. Also, Warner Music Group and Polygon are launching a blockchain music accelerator program.
Applied Digital Stock Surges 12% After Announcing Its Third AI Deal
Applied Digital will be deploying HPE’s Cray XD supercomputers in its AI cloud service.
Crypto Miner Hive Blockchain Touts Privacy of AI Models Running on Its GPUs
Hive wants to provide enterprise AI training in its fleet of GPUs.