Newsletter #025

Gene Da Rocha MSc BSc (Hons)

February 17, 2025

Voxstar Weekly AI & Automation Report: Newsletter 025 - The Future is Now

Pioneering AI, One Breakthrough at a Time

Welcome to this week’s Voxstar Weekly AI & Automation Report! From Meta stepping into the world of humanoid robotics to Perplexity shaking up AI research, we’ve got a packed edition filled with major advancements, new AI tools, and industry-shaping trends.

🔥 Here’s what’s making waves this week:

  • Meta’s Bold Entry into AI-Powered Humanoid Robotics

  • Perplexity’s Freemium Deep Research Feature

  • How AI is Transforming Data-Driven Content Strategies

  • NBA’s Cutting-Edge AI & Robotics Innovations at the 2025 All-Star Weekend

  • Top AI Tools, Career Opportunities & The Latest AI Industry Trends

Let’s jump in! 🚀

🦾 Meta Enters the Humanoid Robotics Race

Meta is making a major play in AI-powered humanoid robotics, not by building consumer robots, but by creating the software and hardware foundation for other companies to use.

💡 The Details:

  • A new Meta Reality Labs division, led by former Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, will focus on AI, robotics hardware, and safety standards.

  • Leveraging AR/VR sensor technology, Meta aims to build an OS-like platform for robotics, much like Android for smartphones.

  • Potential partnerships with robotics firms like Unitree and Figure AI are already in the works.

📌 Why It Matters: Instead of competing directly with humanoid robot developers like Tesla and OpenAI, Meta is betting on providing the infrastructure for the next wave of AI-powered robotics. Think of it as the AI version of Android—powering the robots of the future.

🧠 Perplexity Launches Freemium Deep Research Feature

Perplexity is doubling down on AI-powered research, offering Deep Research as a freemium tool that challenges Google and OpenAI’s premium research models.

🔎 How It Works:

  • Conducts dozens of searches in minutes, analyzing hundreds of sources to generate structured research reports.

  • Scored 21.1% on Humanity’s Last Exam, beating Gemini Thinking (6.2%) and Grok-2 (3.8%), but falling short of OpenAI’s 26.6%.

  • Pricing: Free users get 5 reports/day, while Pro users receive unlimited access.

⚔️ AI Research War Heats Up: With OpenAI charging $200/month for its research tool, Perplexity is coming in hot with a freemium alternative, making AI-driven research accessible to more users.

📊 Mastering Data-Driven Content Strategies with AI

Want to dominate your industry with AI-driven content? Here’s how to use Perplexity + DeepSeek to identify high-potential topics and optimize your content strategy.

✅ Step-by-Step Guide:

1️⃣ Use Perplexity to analyze content gaps and trending topics in your field.

2️⃣ Ask AI to research audience preferences and top-performing content formats.

3️⃣ Generate a 30-day strategy for blog posts, videos, or social media content.

4️⃣ Compare AI insights with your past content performance to refine your approach.

🎯 Pro Tip: AI doesn’t replace human creativity—it enhances it. Use data insights to amplify your best ideas, not just churn out generic content.

🏀 NBA Showcases AI & Robotics at 2025 All-Star Weekend

AI is transforming professional sports, and the NBA’s 2025 All-Star Weekend featured game-changing AI and robotics innovations.

🚀 Top Innovations:

  • A.B.E. (Automated Basketball Engine): Assists in rebounding and passing for shooting drills, already used by Stephen Curry.

  • M.I.M.I.C. Robots: AI-powered offensive/defensive training for pro teams.

  • K.I.T. (Kinematic Interface Tool): A locker room AI assistant for player motivation and wellness.

  • B.E.B.E. (Bot-Enhanced Basics & Equipment): Automates equipment management, including inflating basketballs.

🏆 Why It Matters: AI-powered robotics are changing the way athletes train, bringing automation, consistency, and personalized coaching into the mix. It’s not just sci-fi anymore—this is the future of sports.

🔥 Quick Hits: AI Industry Trends You Need to Know

🗞️ Top News:

  • Mistral AI’s Le Chat comes to iOS, Android, & Enterprise with web search & automation tools.

  • Amazon commits $100B to AI to capture a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.

  • OpenAI updates its o3-mini model, revealing more of its reasoning process.

⚡️ Trending Signals:

  • GitHub upgrades Copilot with agent mode and multi-file editing capabilities.

  • Google’s Imagen 3 in Gemini API brings better image generation & watermarking.

  • Pika Labs launches Pikadditions—easily add objects or people into any video.

🛠️ Top AI Tools of the Week

🚀 Boost productivity and creativity with these AI-powered tools:

1️⃣ Animate Anyone 2 – AI-powered character animation by Alibaba.

2️⃣ OmniParser V2 – Turn any LLM into a Computer Use Agent.

3️⃣ UI2Code – Instantly convert UI designs into production-ready code.

4️⃣ SAP Joule Agents – AI-driven business process automation for enterprises.

💼 AI Job Opportunities

Looking to break into AI? Here are some of the best roles available:

  • 🏗️ Anyscale – Software Engineer, Infrastructure

  • 🏅 Findem – Senior Customer Support Lead

  • 🎨 OpenAI – Content Designer

  • 🔬 Dataiku – Sales Engineer

📰 Everything Else in AI Today

🛠️ Industry News Roundup:

  • Elon Musk teases Grok 3, calling it “the smartest AI on Earth”.

  • OpenAI releases a new GPT-4o model with upgraded creative writing and coding abilities.

  • Figure AI eyes a $39.5B valuation, with a new $1.5B funding round in the works.

  • Google updates Gemini Advanced, improving memory and chat recall abilities.

  • Apple’s Vision Pro will soon include Apple Intelligence features like Genmoji and Image Playground.

  • OpenAI rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4B offer to buy the company, saying it’s “not in the best interests of its mission.”

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Final Thought: The AI Revolution is Just Beginning

The race for AI dominance is heating up. Companies like Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, and Google are pushing the boundaries of AI, investing billions into automation, robotics, and deep learning.

AI isn’t the future—it’s happening right now. Whether you’re a developer, entrepreneur, or AI enthusiast, staying informed is more important than ever.

If you found today’s edition insightful, share it with your network! Let’s continue to explore the limitless potential of AI together.

🚀 Until next time, stay ahead of the game!, stay curious, and keep exploring AI’s limitless possibilities!

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