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Hatsune Miku far predates any of the metaverse or AI talk of the present day, arriving in 2007, then released for Vocaloid 3 in 2013.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Towering 568 feet above street level, the Chicago Temple was the tallest building in Chicago when it was completed after being commissioned by First United Methodist, a historic congregation whose founding predates the city’s by two years.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2024
While the term metaverse predates Facebook, Zuckerberg’s metaverse ambitions have existed inside Meta since 2014, when Facebook bought virtual reality headset developer Oculus and launched Reality Labs.
—Devan Burris, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
The clip in the post predates the California earthquake by at least eight months.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
But it’s ultimately rooted in a culture and history that long predates the 2017 film.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Though armed troops were photographed near the National Assembly building in Seoul, the image shared on Instagram predates the incident by months.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
The Dons extended their lead in the series, which predates the start of the NFL, to 52-44-8.
—Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
View 1 Images Scientists have engineered a hybrid mouse with a gene that predates all animal life.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Towering 568 feet above street level, the Chicago Temple was the tallest building in Chicago when it was completed after being commissioned by First United Methodist, a historic congregation whose founding predates the city’s by two years.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2024
While the term metaverse predates Facebook, Zuckerberg’s metaverse ambitions have existed inside Meta since 2014, when Facebook bought virtual reality headset developer Oculus and launched Reality Labs.
—Devan Burris, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
The clip in the post predates the California earthquake by at least eight months.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
But it’s ultimately rooted in a culture and history that long predates the 2017 film.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Though armed troops were photographed near the National Assembly building in Seoul, the image shared on Instagram predates the incident by months.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
The Dons extended their lead in the series, which predates the start of the NFL, to 52-44-8.
—Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
View 1 Images Scientists have engineered a hybrid mouse with a gene that predates all animal life.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024
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