Retail Vs Institutions | Who's Right About This Market?

This week on the AI Rollup, we’re diving into hyper-realistic AI-generated podcast hosts, showcasing Hedera Studio’s cutting-edge character tech. Google drops Gemini 2.0 Flash, making AI image generation even more powerful with improved consistency and text integration. Meanwhile, China is pushing hard—Baidu’s latest model beats GPT-4.5 at half the cost, challenging OpenAI’s dominance. Plus, Sesame open-sources its voice model, and the crypto AI market sees brutal drawdowns. Despite the turbulence, teams like Virtuals and Bittensor keep building, while Pluralis raises $7.6M to decentralize AI model training. Where does AI Crypto go from here? Let’s find out.


TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

00:00 Sentiment Check and Recap

05:25 AI Podcast Hosts?

https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/1897699010632466469

08:50 Google Gemini 2.0

https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573

https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46

https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025

https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46

https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=46

17:55 China's New Frontier Model

https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=46

27:21 AI Market Prices

https://www.cookie.fun/

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum

32:55 Market Manipulation?

https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381

https://x.com/0thTachi/status/1902090675111207380

38:11 Pockets Of Outperformers

https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902348046479786315

43:09 Virtuals Update

https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46

https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511

https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1900185918147064015

49:48 AIXBT Hacked

https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902021914517758277

52:44 New AI Trading Subnet

https://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=46

58:54 Pluralis Announcement

https://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177


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