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Investment bankers are the real winners of the AI boom So many startups to be acquired, so many transactions to be closed, so many fees to be raked

AMAZON UNLEASHED AI-GENERATED VIDEO ADS... WHAT'S EVEN REAL ANYMORE Welcome to the next phase of online shopping: AI-generated ads. Made in 5 minutes, no humans required. Amazon’s new Video Generator tool lets sellers whip up photorealistic commercials with a click. No actors. No studios. No editors. Just a prompt... and boom! A wristwatch in motion. A toy mid-spin. A smiling hand reaching for vitamins. Even better (or Worse)? It’s free. And live now in the U.S. You’ll start seeing these everywhere, but here’s the kicker: You probably won’t notice. Source: The Verge

🇺🇸LAB-GROWN SALMON IS HERE AND… UM, WHAT?? So the FDA just approved salmon that never swam, never saw the ocean, and never once considered eating a bug. It’s real fish, kind of, made by a startup called Wildtype that grows sushi-grade salmon in a lab like it’s brewing kombucha. They extract salmon cells, drop them in a tank, feed them nutrients, and wait. Add a little plant goo for texture and boom: you’ve got sashimi born in a beaker. The FDA said it’s “as safe as comparable foods,” which is government-speak for “we didn’t find anything horrifying, yet, so… sure.” This isn’t the first lab-grown meat to get approved (chicken got there in 2022), but it is the first fish. And not just any fish, raw fish. So now, technically, science can serve you uncooked seafood from a machine and still charge $38 a plate. The debut happened at a restaurant in Portland, where it was dressed up with pickled strawberries and Haitian seasoning, because nothing distracts from “grown in a vat” quite like artisanal condiments. Meanwhile, 8 states have already banned lab-grown meat entirely, claiming it’s a threat to ranchers, tradition, and probably their appetites. But let’s be real: no one’s switching to lab salmon for the price. It’s still wildly expensive, wildly niche, and still tastes, well, TBD. So yeah, fish that never swam is now dinner. Bon appétit? Source: Popular Science

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ARK report: Bitcoin's rise is not a speculative boom, funds are avoiding the real estate and car markets and turning to BTC The latest report by ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, pointed out that Bitcoin rose 11.1% in May, hitting a new high of $112,000. At the same time, the US real estate and auto markets showed obvious signs of fatigue. Housing supply exceeded demand, and auto sales plummeted from more than 17 million in April to 15.6 million in May. ARK said that the rise of Bitcoin was not accompanied by speculative frenzy, and ETF funds inflow reached $5.5 billion, three times that of gold ETFs in the same period, indicating that investors may regard Bitcoin as a safe-haven asset rather than a hype tool, and make rational asset reallocation under economic pressure.