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Meet Abi, the AI-powered robot companion for senior care
18+ min ago (627+ words) Last week, I reported on a company called Jubilee TV that can turn your television into a communication and medical monitoring tool. Many readers were intrigued. Some expressed concern about the growing intrusion of technology, though many wanted to know…...
The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants " DNYUZ
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (594+ words) In December, Black Forest Labs raised funds at a $3. 25 billion valuation, after signing deals to power AI image-generation features in Adobe and the graphic design platform Canva. It has even struck agreements with major AI labs like Microsoft, Meta, and…...
Former Google X exec warns the AI era will break the old rules
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (200+ words) Mo Gawdat is a former chief business officer at Google X and a longtime tech leader who worked on scaling Google in emerging markets. In this interview, he argues modern AI isn't "just software" but a new kind of intelligence…...
White-collar workers are quietly rebelling against AI as 80% outright refuse adoption mandates
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (416+ words) Now the data tells a different story. The tool that workers once raced to adopt covertly has become, for a large and growing share of the workforce, the tool they've stopped using altogether. Not because it doesn't work. Because they're…...
Gen Z Is Using A. I. , but Doesn't Feel Great About It
13+ hour, 5+ min ago (831+ words) Think young people are charging eagerly into an A. I. -mediated future? Think again. More than half of Gen Z-ers living in the United States use generative artificial intelligence regularly, but their feelings about the technology are souring, according to a new…...
Workday exec trades CTO title for "member of technical staff" role at Anthropic
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (518+ words) The AI era is elevating a flatter, broader "member of technical staff" role into one of the more prestigious jobs in tech. In March, Anthropic hired Peter Bailis as a member of technical staff less than a year after he…...
Google Deep Mind started moving faster by acting like a startup, Demis Hassabis says
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (351+ words) One reorg led Google Deep Mind to become the lab it is today. On an episode of the "20 VC" podcast released on Tuesday, Google Deep Mind CEO Demis Hassabis shared how his AI lab has caught up with its rivals…...
Meta's New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kid's Table
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (393+ words) Meta on Wednesday announced its first major model since CEO Mark Zuckerberg rebooted the company's AI efforts last year under a new division called Meta Intelligence Labs. The model, called Muse Spark, is a step toward Zuckerberg's vision of "personal…...
Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Hum
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (424+ words) Google's AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history. A recent analysis conducted by the AI startup Oumi at the behest of The New York Times found that the AI-generated summaries, which…...
Tokenmaxxing" has techies debating if leaderboards tracking AI token use are a good idea
20+ hour, 42+ min ago (769+ words) Forget lines of code written, engineers have a new way to compete amongst each other. Welcome to the era of "tokenmaxxing." Armed with shiny new AI coding tools, software developers across the tech industry have a wallet full of tokens…...