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<description>&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;https://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;https://bankless.cc/Frax&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;https://bankless.cc/unichain&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;https://bankless.cc/Mantle&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;https://bankless.cc/Celo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://bankless.cc/Infinex"&gt;https://bankless.cc/Infinex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;------ &lt;br&gt;✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9db2d5eb0c4af553fddda5da10777c1bcd82e3b6?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E"&gt;https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9db2d5eb0c4af553fddda5da10777c1bcd82e3b6?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;TIMESTAMPS &amp;amp; RESOURCES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;00:00 Sentiment Check and Recap&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;05:25 AI Podcast Hosts?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/1897699010632466469"&gt;https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/1897699010632466469&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;08:50 Google Gemini 2.0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573"&gt;https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46"&gt;https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025"&gt;https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46"&gt;https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=46"&gt;https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=46&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;17:55 China's New Frontier Model&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=46"&gt;https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=46&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;27:21 AI Market Prices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://www.cookie.fun/"&gt;https://www.cookie.fun/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum"&gt;https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;32:55 Market Manipulation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381"&gt;https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/0thTachi/status/1902090675111207380"&gt;https://x.com/0thTachi/status/1902090675111207380&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;38:11 Pockets Of Outperformers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902348046479786315"&gt;https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902348046479786315&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;43:09 Virtuals Update&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46"&gt;https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511"&gt;https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1900185918147064015"&gt;https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1900185918147064015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;49:48 AIXBT Hacked&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902021914517758277"&gt;https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902021914517758277&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;52:44 New AI Trading Subnet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=46"&gt;https://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=46&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;58:54 Pluralis Announcement&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;a class="link" href="https://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177"&gt;https://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="text-node"&gt;https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Bankless

Bankless

AI ROLLUP #16: Retail Vs Institutions, Who's Right? | New Frontier AI Model | Mind Blowing Image Generation

MAR 20, 2025-1 MIN
Bankless

AI ROLLUP #16: Retail Vs Institutions, Who's Right? | New Frontier AI Model | Mind Blowing Image Generation

MAR 20, 2025-1 MIN

Description

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.

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📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEM

https://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet

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BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi

https://bankless.cc/Frax

🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN

https://bankless.cc/unichain

⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM

⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum

🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK

https://bankless.cc/Mantle

🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER

https://bankless.cc/Celo

🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP

https://bankless.cc/Infinex

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✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨
https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9db2d5eb0c4af553fddda5da10777c1bcd82e3b6?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E

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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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Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:

https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠