Artificial intelligence is almost a humanities discipline. It's really an attempt to understand human intelligence and human cognition

— Sebastian Thrun

Welcome to another edition of the Be10x AI Pulse.

While everyone's been building the next ChatGPT, Oracle just proved the real AI money is in renting out the servers to run it. A $300B OpenAI infrastructure deal sent Oracle's stock soaring 40% and catapulted Larry Ellison past Elon Musk as the world's richest person.

From "picks and shovels" fortunes to telepathic wearables to AI taking government positions, this week shows us that the AI gold rush is creating wealth and disruption in the most unexpected places.

Let's dive in!

Oracle's stock surged 40% after revealing $455B in future AI infrastructure contracts, including a massive $300B deal with OpenAI. The rise sent founder Larry Ellison's net worth over $100B in a single day, surpassing Elon Musk's $385B fortune as Oracle posted its best one-day gain since 1992. OpenAI committed to around $60B annually starting in 2027 for compute capacity, with Oracle projecting cloud infrastructure revenue will grow from $18B this year to $144B within five years.

The AI boom turned Nvidia into a chipmaking kingpin, and now Oracle is following the "picks and shovels" playbook with infrastructure. With initiatives like Stargate and tech giants scrambling for compute, the infrastructure sectors of AI continue generating eye-popping revenue.

Albania became the first country to name an AI system to an official cabinet position, with virtual minister "Diella" taking charge of all government procurement contracts. Prime Minister Edi Rama unveiled the AI avatar as the first cabinet member "virtually created by artificial intelligence," claiming it will eliminate bribes and threats from decision-making. Diella already serves citizens through Albania's digital portal, processing bureaucratic requests via voice commands.

While AI in government operations is inevitable, handing full control to current technology sounds like a security nightmare ripe for malicious workarounds. The implementation raises serious questions about oversight and accountability in critical government functions.

MIT Media Lab spinoff Alterego introduced a wearable that uses AI to detect subtle muscle movements and interpret silent communication "at the speed of thought." The headset uses tiny cameras to detect jaw and throat movements when thinking about speaking, turning signals into commands for coding, texting, and direct communication with other wearers. The team claims it works in noisy areas and handles multilingual speech, visual cues, and "intent to speak."

The capabilities feel like magic, achieving what we'd expect from invasive brain-computer interfaces through a simple wearable. This technology hints at a potential future form for how we interact with both AI and the world around us.

ByteDance's unified image creation and editing model that competes with industry leaders. Features 4K outputs, multimodal capabilities, and advanced editing tools for professional-quality image generation and manipulation.

Code and build applications using voice commands powered by ElevenLabs' speech-to-text. Enables hands-free development for rapid prototyping and accessibility-focused programming workflows. Go try it out here.

How did a small, idealistic non-profit, founded by figures like Sam Altman and Elon Musk to safely guide AI for humanity's benefit, end up creating the very tool that sparked a global tech race? This video dives into the dramatic story of OpenAI, from its near-bankruptcy and the high-stakes power struggle that led to Musk's departure, to the controversial $1 billion deal with Microsoft that changed everything. Discover how this pivotal decision transformed the company and led directly to the creation of ChatGPT, a tool so powerful its launch triggered a "code red" at Google and reshaped our world overnight. Click to watch the full, incredible story.

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