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Jun 19, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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AI-generated images of the Simpsons brought to life using Midjourney:

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2. Marge Image
3. Bart Image
4. Flanders Image
5. Apu Image
6. Groundskeeper Willy Image
7. Patty & Selma Image
8. Smithers Image
9. Lenny Image
10. Milhouse Image
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Plus, more news from Google, Baidu, MiniMax, Proactor, Krea, and Intelligent Internet.

Here's everything you need to know:
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Jun 16
AI NEWS: China's Tencent just dropped an AI that generates 3D assets with cinematic quality.

Plus, more news from OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Flowstep, The Alan Turing Institute, and Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence.

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AI NEWS: Apple kicked off WWDC 2025 with a major UI revamp — but was pretty light on Apple Intelligence

Plus, more news from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Microsoft, Manus, and Skywork AI.

Here's everything you need to know:
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AI NEWS: Microsoft is offering free access to OpenAI's Sora AI video generator

Plus, more news from Captions, Cohere, PlayAI, Character AI, and Topaz Labs.

Here's everything you need to know:
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Also dropping on Desktop soon
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AI NEWS: Google just dropped an Edge AI Gallery to bring open-source AI models to smartphones

Plus, more news from ElevenLabs, Resemble AI, DeepSeek, Sakana AI, Hume, and Tencent.

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iOS version coming soon!
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—Integrated RAG
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Plus, more news from Mistral, Google, SpAItial, Tencent, and Salesforce.

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—Built-in connectors for code execution, web search, image generation, and MCP tools
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