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Happy Wednesday, Future Party. We’ve reached a new milestone in e-commerce — a car has autonomously delivered itself to its owner. Tesla announced that one of its vehicles drove off the lot at its Texas Gigafactory and drove a half hour to its new owner’s residence. Very cool… but it couldn’t have picked up some dinner while it was at it? Missed opportunity.

Silicon Valley is abuzz about a list of the world’s best minds working on AI, compiled by Meta, as the tech giant pours massive amounts of money into luring them to its new superintelligence team.

The Big Picture: The list of people who are actually able to work on and advance cutting-edge AI models is quite small (about a few dozen), especially considering that, just a handful of years ago, academic research was the endgame for that type of education. But now that AI has become fully commercialized, tech giants see these technically brilliant minds as the talent that could bring untold riches.

Behind the Hires: If you’re on Meta’s list, expect there to be a lot of digits on your next salary offer… with some pay packages even reaching $100 million.

The Future: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been personally reaching out to people on the company’s internal list, inviting them to weekends at his compound in Tahoe to win them over. The new hires will work under new Meta Chief AI Officer, Alexandr Wang, who joined the company after Meta acquired his company, ScaleAI, for $14 billion.

Not to be outdone, the heads of all the other major AI companies are scheduling face time with the desired AI talent, offering massive pay bumps to keep them from defecting to Meta.

Prediction: For many AI researchers and engineers, the company that provides them with the most autonomy and computing power may get the upper hand, so expect Meta to announce a flurry of AI infrastructure investments as a means to pull ahead of the competition.

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Gen Z is already feeling the work burnout and is now planning mini-retirements every year or so to recharge.

Why It Hits: Thanks to a challenging job market, depressed wages, and the threat of displacement by AI, workers are feeling the squeeze from all sides, leading to burnout. Taking periodic breaks from work tracks when Gen Z already puts a premium on mental health.

Behind the Sabbaticals: Graduating from college with the odds stacked against them, the youngest cohort is already feeling like they need a vacation.

Last Stop: Despite the potential negative impact to career growth, a Side Hustles survey found that 13% of millennials and 9% of Gen Zers are planning a micro-retirement this year, while 75% of Americans believe that employers should offer micro-retirements (unpaid, obviously) as a job perk to keep employees refreshed. Sometimes, not losing your sanity is worth having a promotion delayed.

Prediction: Expect younger workers to start negotiating to add a micro-retirement schedule to their employment packages, which could institute a European-style holiday culture in the US.

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70.9% of you voted No in yesterday’s poll: Do you follow any content that doesn’t show the creator’s identity?

“At least not that I’m aware of.”

“I tend not to ‘follow’ any content creators. Most of the UGC stuff I’ve seen is poorly, and obviously, AI-generated. The live-actor content is more self-aggrandizement than informative and useful.”

“My favorite YouTuber is someone whose face I’ve never seen. I connect with her somehow. Her name is deemd, and she has the coolest, calmest life to me.”

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🧑‍🎤 Scooter Braun is stepping down as CEO of HYBE America and will transition to an advisory role.

🎤 Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour is now the highest-grossing joint tour ever.

💰 Warner Music Group is collabing with Bain Capital on a $1.2 billion fund for catalog acquisitions.

🏛️ The US Senate’s version of the “big, beautiful bill” dropped the 10-year moratorium on states regulating AI.

🤖 Amazon reports that it now has over one million robots working at its various facilities.

📱 Apple is considering partnering with either OpenAI or Anthropic to power an AI version of Siri.

👔 Renault CEO Luca de Meo is stepping down from the automaker to lead fashion giant Kering.

🎸 Amazon has opened a dedicated Oasis storefront for the iconic band’s reunion tour.

💸 Crowdfunding platform Republic is offering reservations to invest in “mirror tokens” for equity in private companies, such as SpaceX and Epic Games.