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“NFTs Beyond Portraits: OpenSea and Coachella Collaborate to Showcase the Versatility of Blockchain Art”

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For instance, OpenSea has partnered with the music and arts festival conglomerate Coachella to release three NFT collections that offer both virtual and tangible real-life VIP experiences and merchandise. The partnership will eventually produce three collections offering different perks and varying tiers of exclusivity (as well as cost). There have been a lot of NFT collections announced since the term even gained adoption. OpenSea alone has over 2 million collections and 80 million NFTs on its marketplace, according to its website. But even with that much total volume, OpenSea isn’t the biggest NFT marketplace today.

“Renowned AI Experts Unite to Advocate for Anti-Deepfake Laws”

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Hundreds in the artificial intelligence community have signed an open letter calling for strict regulation of AI-generated impersonations, or deepfakes. While this is unlikely to spur real legislation (despite the House’s new task force), it does act as a bellwether for how experts lean on this controversial issue. Criminal penalties are called for in any case where someone creates or spreads harmful deepfakes. As you can see, there is no shortage of reasons for those in the AI community to be out here waving their arms around and saying “maybe we should, you know, do something? !”Whether anyone will take notice of this letter is anyone’s guess — no one really paid attention to the infamous one calling for everyone to “pause” AI development, but of course this letter is a bit more practical.

“Merger of Tier and Dott: A Response to Unfounded Speculation”

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Deal Dive: Tier and Dott’s merger is not a sign of what’s to come in M&A this year Consolidation can be complicatedEarlier this week, European micromobility companies Tier and Dott said they had agreed to merge. The companies hope they can become profitable if they work together, my colleague Romain reported. This seems like a solid outcome for the two startups, since they likely weren’t going to reach IPO scale on their own. After all, if the companies weren’t going to survive as solo entities, it makes sense to at least try another direction. Last year I came up with a hypothesis about M&A in 2024; I was inspired by Getir acquiring FreshDirect to fill a gap it needed to potentially reach profitability.

“What Would Happen If the Metaverse Could Walk?”

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Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. I would be lying if I said that mixed reality and generative AI were two of my favorite things. And yet, a Christmas Day TV special made me unexpectedly bullish about them. — AnnaVersailles 400I am not an early adopter of the metaverse. But I am ready for things to change in 2024, with new mixed-reality experiences that cater to people like me.