Hi from New York! 🗽
This week in the Metaverse moved to NY City for #UnfinishedLive conference, talking about democracy, the future of the internet and of course the Metaverse.
We had an amazing panel, "Is This Real Life? Rights, Meaning, & Morals in the Metaverse" with David Chalmers and Leah Zaidi , and expertly moderated by Ina Fried
Bonus: got to enjoy the works of one of my favorite AI artists: Refik Anadol , what a treat!
ProjectLiberty x Refik instalation at The Shed Neal Stephenson's Lamina1 blockchain technology startup dropped a white paper on building the open metaverse.
Group was put in place to address potential downsides of the company’s products; Meta says efforts will continue
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not having a good time. The tech giant billionaire has lost half of his wealth chasing after the virtual world of The Metaverse.
Content from accounts with more than 5 million followers has been routed through a designated, “more lenient” content moderation system, according to audio of internal meetings from fall 2021.
Disney, P&G, LVMH and other big names have invested in chief metaverse officers to plot a course through the next chapter of the internet. Do companies really need them?
Avatars dancing the night away in the couple’s themed 1970s disco glam metaverse wedding were all customised, from their personalities to their retro outfits.
The company behind TikTok unveiled its new $425 Pico headset, though it will only be available in some European and Asian countries.
New funding: Spot, a Seattle-based startup building a Sims-esque metaverse platform for businesses, has raised a $5.5 million seed round. The tech: The company allows users to build virtual hubs… Read More
Nvidia today announced its first software- and infrastructure-as-a-service offering — Nvidia Omniverse Cloud.
A former Google engineer reported the risk, but Meta found no privacy concern.
Finding Yeezus is a new documentary series centered on solving the mystery of Kanye Quest 3030, an unlicensed fan RPG that hid a secret ending – and which led some to believe it was part of a recruitment drive for a cult.
GET3D could make it easier for developers to make games and VR experiences..
Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics.
The lab trained a chatbot to learn from human feedback and search the internet for information to support its claims.
In a civil complaint against a crypto influencer, the SEC suggested the U.S. government has jurisdiction over all Ethereum transactions.
“Inexorable economic forces drive investors to pay artists as little as possible while steering their creative output in the directions that involve the least financial risk.”
–– Neal Stephenson , quote from Lamina1 Whitepaper
"Forever I do, has another meaning in the Metaverse" 
