📊The 2025 AI Social Media Playbook.Strategy, Content, and Viral Growth - Plus: Will Baidu’s Open-Source ERNIE Be The Next DeepSeek Moment?
Happy Monday! We’ve dropped another actionable guide to level up your social media strategy. Let us know what you think or how we can make it better. Meanwhile, Meta continues its AI arms race, poaching top engineers and reportedly seeking fresh capital to boost its AI push. All eyes are now on Baidu, whose upcoming model could mark a new “DeepSeek moment” in the space. The race isn’t slowing down. Stay curious. Stay sharp.
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Scientists to Build a Human Genome From Scratch
In other news that are not as scary. UK researchers, backed by a $11.7M (£10M) grant from the Wellcome Trust, have launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) to synthesize a complete human genome from scratch, a first in science. Led by Oxford professor Jason Chin, the team aims to develop tools over the next 5–10 years to create full synthetic chromosomes and eventually a human genome, which is 700x larger than E. coli’s, their previous success. This work could unlock new cell-based therapies, virus-resistant tissues, and a better understanding of the human genome, including the vast “dark matter” regions we don’t yet understand. Unlike gene editing, genome synthesis operates on a much larger scale. While some scientists warn about future risks, like synthetic humans or bioweapons, the team is also funding a parallel ethics study. The Wellcome Trust emphasizes that developing this technology responsibly and transparently now is essential to prevent misuse later. The 2025 Social Media Playbook: Strategy, Content, and Viral GrowthOver 5.17 billion people now use social media globally (DataReportal, 2025), with the average user spending 2.5 hours per day on these platforms. But still, 60% of marketers struggle to turn engagement into business impact. This guide provides a practical roadmap to mastering content creation, platform-specific strategies, and achieving viral success with real tools, statistics, and examples. 1. The Social Media Stack (2025 Must-Haves)Some Key Tools:
2. Platform Strategy in 2025
3. What Makes Content Go Viral
Stat: 80% of viral videos in 2024 had one or more of these formats:
4. Content Calendar Example (Weekly Plan)This is just a suggestion, but if you can follow it for a few weeks, the results will follow. Try it.
5. Case Study: The Rise of Duolingo on TikTok
6. Metrics That Matter
Use UTM links and link-in-bio tools (like Linktree, Beacons) to track conversion by channel. 7. Scaling With AI & AutomationAI Tools for Content:
Social media success isn’t luck—it’s systems, story, and speed. With the right tools, consistent content pillars, and creative risk-taking, marketers can drive real growth. Track what works, follow the data, but don’t forget: audiences crave authenticity more than perfection. 🧠 Learning Corner.
Perfect for: Entrepreneurs, product teams, and AI-curious learners wanting to build real-world AI apps. Will Baidu’s Open-Source ERNIE Be The Next DeepSeek Moment?
On June 30, Baidu is open-sourcing its ERNIE large language model, marking China’s biggest AI release since DeepSeek. This move directly challenges U.S. giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, and even Chinese rival DeepSeek by offering high performance at half the cost. Key implications:
Some experts say that “Baidu just threw a Molotov into the AI world,” hinting at a major disruption to both U.S. and Chinese pricing models, but in reality, we just have to get used to this as its becoming easier to launch cheaper and bigger LLMs, adoption and performance is the challenge. ERNIE's release is a bold move in the AI arms race, potentially accelerating global innovation, but raising new ethical, security, and geopolitical concerns. 🧰 AI ToolsTrip Assistants
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📣The Ultimate Guide to AI Marketing Tools in 2025
📣The Ultimate Guide to AI Marketing Tools in 2025Plus: The VC Firms Most Exposed to AI - It seems like Cheating Pays Off in the AI World
Friday is here, fellow readers. Today, we share a practical guide to AI marketing, packed with insights you can apply to your work or ideas next week. We're also seeing a surprising trend that cheating apps are proving more profitable than educational AI tools and are attracting funding even without viable products. Meanwhile, Microsoft and OpenAI may be filing for divorce soon. Stay curious, and have a great weekend!
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The VC Firms Most Exposed to AIVenture capitalists have poured $52.4B into AI startups since mid 2024, with SoftBank and Thrive Capital alone leading $20B, despite not even being in the top nine a year ago. The average AI deal now tops $372M, up from $96M two years ago.
Big bets include:
But not all returns are gold, some firms saw modest gains or quasi-acquisitions (e.g., Character.ai, Adept). Still, investor confidence is sky-high as enterprise and consumer demand surges. The AI race is barely getting started with major Data Centers, Robotics, and other infrastructure needed to grow and maintain LLMs, and perhaps even new devices that will be needed to be able to truly consume the output, this technology has a lot of room to grow and investors seem to be eager to throw even trillions at it. Some of these devices may serve our senses differently, from wearables to scary brain implants. Additionally, the evolution of agents is barely beginning, where machines will only communicate with other machines to accomplish their goals. This will bring a different communication form, traveling through different devices and formats, not needed for mortals to see or understand. I don't use RAG, I just retrieve documents
They say RAG is dead. They're wrong.
30 minutes to fix what's broken. Real tactics. No theory. It seems like Cheating Pays Off in the AI World
Andreessen Horowitz's $15M investment in Cluely signals a shift in AI startup strategy, prioritizing speed and controversy-driven marketing over traditional product development. Cluely gained attention by promoting itself as a tool to "cheat on everything," even without a functional product. a16z partner Bryan Kim believes that in the fast-moving AI landscape, rapid viral momentum, not perfection, is key to staying ahead, making Cluely’s controversial approach a potential new blueprint for consumer-facing AI startups. 🧠 Learning Corner.
Ideal for students, graduate researchers, and academics looking to study cutting-edge topics efficiently. Microsoft and OpenAI Disputes are just starting.
Microsoft no longer believes OpenAI can achieve AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), a foundational goal that once unified the two. Tensions are rising as OpenAI seeks to restructure into a for-profit company and renegotiate its contract with Microsoft, its largest backer. Some of their issues are:
Microsoft and OpenAI are locked in a high-stakes power struggle over the future of AGI, profit rights, and control over the most valuable AI technologies. The issues may continue to arise and OpenAI signed more contracts with other partners, gets more funding from different investors, and as they build apps that directly compete with Microsoft. We shall see how this divorce ends. Stay tuned. 🧰 AI ToolsBook Discovery
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