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Bridging the Information Gap on DeFI and Artificial Intelligence for Ethiopians
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Harmonizing Innovation: Google Might Realesed its Text-to-Audio Soon on Gemini

Lyria, Google DeepMind’s advanced AI music generation model, is set to revolutionize how we create music by turning text prompts into high-quality songs with vocals and instrumentals. Introduced in November 2023, it’s already showing promise with features like Dream Track on YouTube Shorts and Music AI Tools, allowing users to craft custom soundtracks or transform hums into full compositions.

As of April 2025, Lyria has been integrated into Google’s Vertex AI platform, signaling that a wide public release is coming soon, making this powerful tool accessible beyond its initial limited testing phase with select creators and artists.

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Firebase Studio Unveiled: Google Launches Agentic Development Platform on a trial-basis in April 2025

Firebase Studio, launched by Google in April 2025, is a cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to streamline the creation of full-stack AI-infused applications. Accessible directly from a browser, it integrates tools like Project IDX, Genkit, and Gemini in Firebase, enabling developers to rapidly prototype, build, and deploy production-quality apps, including APIs, backends, frontends, and mobile interfaces.

With support for natural language prompts, a variety of frameworks like Next.js, and features such as real-time collaboration and one-click publishing via Firebase App Hosting, it caters to both novice and experienced developers. Currently in preview, Firebase Studio offers up to three free workspaces per user, with expanded options available through the Google Developer Program, making it a versatile and powerful platform for modern app development.

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OpenAI's Upcoming AI Models: Insights from ChatGPT Web App Update

OpenAI is preparing to introduce three new AI models—o4-mini, o4-mini-high, and o3 (full)—as indicated by a recent update in the ChatGPT web app. This update includes JavaScript code with case statements referencing these models, suggesting their integration into ChatGPT's backend, while o3 appears to be currently limited to Deep Research applications.

This information aligns with OpenAI's ongoing research focus on generative models and the importance of aligning AI with human values, although no official timeline or specific details about the models have been confirmed.

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BrowseComp: a benchmark created by OpenAI for browsing agents

BrowseComp is a meticulously designed benchmark that tests an AI’s ability to locate hard-to-find information through strategic web browsing and reasoning. It centers on short, fact-based questions with single, indisputable answers that are crafted to be challenging both for AI systems and human solvers.

By using "inverted" questions—where the correct answer is difficult to uncover yet straightforward to verify—BrowseComp forces models to pursue creative and persistent search strategies, rather than relying on brute-force methods. Its development involved rigorous checks, including ensuring that prevalent models like GPT‑4o struggled without advanced reasoning and browsing techniques.

Notably, while standard models achieved near-zero accuracy, an agent specifically trained for deep research managed to solve over half of the problems, highlighting the importance of combining robust reasoning with effective tool.

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Unveiling Ethiopia's Past: ሊነጋ ነው Captivates Over 200K Viewers in Just 3 Days

The AI-generated short film "ሊነጋ ነው", released by EHUD AI Studio on April 7, 2025, has achieved remarkable success, garnering over 200,000 views and 2.3 million impressions within just three days on the EHUD AI Studio YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ehudai). This political psychological thriller, which explores the legacies of Ethiopia’s past leaders, saw a view count of 203.3K, three days after its re-realese on April 7 2025.

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Supercharge Your Career: Unleashing NotebookLM for Interview Prep and Beyond

NotebookLM, a powerful AI tool from Google, powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, is revolutionizing career development by transforming how job seekers prepare for interviews and boost their professional profiles.

By uploading your resume and target job descriptions, NotebookLM’s innovative audio overview feature generates a podcast-style discussion where virtual "hosts" analyze your skills, highlight how they align with the role, and offer tailored advice for interview questions—streamlining your preparation process.

Beyond interviews, this tool leverages its document summarization capabilities to help you refine your resume for applicant tracking systems (ATS), which 83% of employers now use in 2025, ensuring your application stands out. Whether you’re crafting study guides from multiple sources or seeking actionable insights to elevate your career narrative, NotebookLM is your personal hiring coach.

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Should I upload tips like this on how you can use AI not only for your daily work, but also strategic growth of both yourself, but also your business?
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Web 3.0 Ethiopia - DeFi & AI
Supercharge Your Career: Unleashing NotebookLM for Interview Prep and Beyond NotebookLM, a powerful AI tool from Google, powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, is revolutionizing career development by transforming how job seekers prepare for interviews and boost their…
I genuinely advise this tool for anyone who is working in an knowledge-intensive sector. It is probably one of the best tools shipped after GPT-O Series models. Very impressive one by Google.

Google aren't marketing their products like ChatGPT. Trust me, Gemini is the leader in the market for LLMs now, purely based on performance (At least to my field of work).
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Perplexity’s Telegram Bot: A New Way to Search

Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, has launched a bot on Telegram, bringing its conversational search capabilities to the popular messaging platform. This bot, accessible by searching for " @askplexbot ," allows users to ask questions directly within Telegram, receiving quick, accurate answers backed by Perplexity’s advanced language models.

Whether used in private chats or group conversations, the bot offers a seamless way to explore topics, research on the go, or spark discussions with friends. This move makes Perplexity’s knowledge-discovery tools more accessible, blending the convenience of Telegram with the power of AI-driven insights.

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S&P 500 Steals Bitcoin’s Thunder: Volatility Surges Amid Tariff Turmoil

The S&P 500’s 10-day historical volatility spiking to 76.8%, outstripping Bitcoin’s 72.9%, marks a rare moment where traditional markets have eclipsed the crypto world’s notorious price swings, as reported by Bloomberg. ETF analysts emphasize that typical volatility for the S&P 500 lingers between 10–15%, making this jump a significant deviation from the norm.

The catalyst appears to be fresh trade tariffs imposed by President Trump’s administration, particularly a hefty 145% duty on Chinese imports, which has sent shockwaves through global markets. This policy, coupled with China’s retaliatory 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, has fueled uncertainty, driving wild fluctuations in stock indices.

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Meta's Llama 4 Maverick Misstep: Ranking Plunge Sparks AI Benchmark Controversy

Meta faced backlash after it was revealed they submitted an experimental version of their Llama 4 Maverick model, optimized for conversational flair, to the LM Arena benchmark, securing a high ranking of #2.

This version, dubbed "Llama-4-Maverick-03-26-Experimental," differed significantly from the publicly available model, which critics argued misled developers about its real-world performance. After scrutiny, LM Arena re-evaluated the unmodified Maverick model, and its ranking plummeted to 32nd, exposing discrepancies in Meta's approach.

The incident sparked debates about transparency in AI benchmarking, with some accusing Meta of gaming the system to inflate their model's standing, though Meta maintained they were merely experimenting with custom variants.

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OpenAI's A-SWE: The Future of Autonomous Software Engineering In Progress

On March 5, 2025, Sarah Friar, OpenAI's CFO, announced the development of 'A-SWE,' an autonomous software engineer agent capable of independently building apps, performing quality assurance, bug testing, and documentation—tasks often disliked by human engineers—potentially disrupting existing collaborative AI tools like Devin, as it functions as a standalone engineer rather than an assistant like GitHub's Copilot; this announcement, made public on April 12, 2025, aligns with OpenAI's broader AI research goals that include deep research and operator agents, though no AGI timeline was specified.

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Canva Unveils AI-Powered Code Generation Feature with Canva Code

Canva recently launched Canva Code, an innovative AI-powered feature that enables users to create interactive digital elements like pricing calculators, countdown timers, and educational games without coding skills, utilizing text prompts and a conversational AI interface with voice command support to generate code instantly, seamlessly integrating these creations into Canva designs such as websites, presentations, and social posts, while offering a preview panel for quick refinements, secure AI settings with customizable safeguards for organizational use, and versatile applications ranging from personal projects like dynamic itinerary builders to business tools like interactive product guides, all accessible for free to Canva Free, Pro, and Teams users with a gradual rollout planned over the coming months.

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MANTRA (OM) Crashes 90% in 30 Minutes: $4.5B Market Cap Vanishes in Alleged Team Dump

It has been revealed a catastrophic collapse of the MANTRA (OM) cryptocurrency, plummeting from $6.4 to $0.5 within 30 minutes, wiping out $4.5 billion in market cap after the OM team allegedly dumped 90% of the circulating supply and deleted their official Telegram group, a scenario reminiscent of the Terra-Luna crash in May 2022 where systemic reactions were triggered by Binance tweets; MANTRA, a Cosmos SDK-based blockchain focused on regulatory-compliant real-world asset (RWA) applications and once ranked #24 on CoinGecko, was a top RWA pick for some investors.

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From 16 Trillion to Zero. WT*😭😭
Gemini 2.5 Pro Leads in Cost-Effective Multilingual Code Completion

This benchmark highlights Gemini 2.5 Pro as the clear leader in performance-to-cost efficiency for multilingual code editing tasks. With over 70% of tasks completed correctly, it not only outperforms all other models in terms of accuracy but does so while maintaining one of the lowest total costs.

This balance between high performance and minimal cost is visually emphasized by its tall bar and small purple cost marker, setting it apart from the rest. Most other models in the benchmark cluster around the 55–65% accuracy range, yet none come close to matching Gemini’s combined accuracy and cost-effectiveness.

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Should I do a podcast for the last week? Please like if you like the podcasts done?
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Ethiopian AI-Powered Resume Platform PikCV Launched.

PikCV is an Ethiopian AI-centered resume optimization platform designed to give job seekers a competitive edge in today’s digital hiring landscape. Founded by Ethiopian entrepreneur Bemnet Girma, the platform uses advanced artificial intelligence to analyze, structure, and optimize resumes specifically for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), which 83% of the hiring firms use in preliminary CV checks.

PikCV’s AI engine customizes each resume based on the job description, intelligently inserting relevant keywords, formatting content for readability, and tailoring language to improve relevance and ranking. This automation eliminates guesswork and significantly boosts the chances of landing interviews. With a focus on accessibility and precision, PikCV empowers users to create professional, targeted resumes in minutes—ensuring that talent isn’t lost in the algorithm.

🔗 pikcv.com

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OpenAI's Revolutionary Reasoning Models Set to Transform Scientific Discovery (Industry Rumors)

According to rumors, OpenAI's upcoming reasoning models are poised to revolutionize scientific discovery by independently generating novel ideas across disciplines—a capability once exclusive to humans—with early tests at Argonne National Laboratory slashing experiment design time from days to hours, and future integration with AI agents controlling simulators or robots promising to accelerate hypothesis testing, though their $20,000 monthly price tag raises accessibility concerns for the technology that targets Fortune 500 companies in fields like material and drug discovery.

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OpenAI Unveils GPT-4.1 Family: A Leap in Coding and Long-Context AI for Developers

Sam Altman has announced the release of the GPT-4.1 family, including GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, exclusively through OpenAI's API channels and not through OpenAI ChatBot.

These models boast significant improvements in coding, instruction following, and long-context comprehension, supporting up to 1 million tokens—equivalent to roughly 750,000 words, far surpassing GPT-4's 32,000-token limit. With a focus on real-world utility rather than just benchmark scores, OpenAI aims to empower developers, who have already expressed satisfaction with the models' performance on private tests.

However, the API-only access has sparked curiosity among users, with some questioning the absence of in-app availability, potentially reflecting OpenAI's strategic resource management following past demand challenges with models like ChatGPT.

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