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AI startup Anthropic debuted a version of its Claude chatbot that can literally take over your computer and complete tasks you ask it to — like searching the web or inputting text like a human behind a mouse and keyboard. Why It Hits: AI agents are becoming all the rage in the industry, allowing the […]
Incumbent Virginia Representative Don Beyer turned down a chance to debate challengers Bentley Hensel and David Kennedy… so Hensel created a chatbot of Beyer to take his place. The Big Argument: AI is starting to infuse into every aspect of American life. But the fact that a Congressional debate was allowed to move forward with […]
Zoom announced that it’ll allow users to create clips featuring AI avatars of themselves to deliver messages at meetings they can’t (or don’t want to) attend. The Big Picture: Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has dreams of people sending AI avatars to take meetings for them while they do literally anything else. The new clip feature is the first step in […]
Chief Metaverse Officers have mostly disappeared from companies’ executive ranks as the technology never lived up to the impossible hype of just a couple of years ago. The Big Picture: The metaverse and VR are out, while AI and AR are in. It just goes to show how quickly the narrative can change from one emerging tech to […]
Both governmental agencies and private tech giants are working together to restart nuclear plants all across America, tapping into the powerful and misunderstood energy source for the first time in decades. Why It Sparks: The explosive growth of the AI industry requires a lot of energy to power the technology, so firms are rushing to find sustainable sources that […]
California passed a law extending the state’s Consumer Privacy Act to protect the privacy of a person’s brain data collected by neurotechnology companies (i.e., pretty much everyone in Silicon Valley). The Big Thought: Applications and technologies as diverse as mixed-reality headsets and meditation platforms can in some way record and collect the neural data of users… and […]
A material called “graphene,” which is the thinnest material known to humans, was successfully placed on a human brain for the first time — potentially unlocking a host of new therapies for neurological conditions. The Big Thought: Brain implants are all the rage these days (partly due to the hype around Elon Musk’s Neuralink), but they inherently seem […]
OpenAI is officially triggering the switch from its unique non-profit/for-profit corporate structure into a strictly for-profit company that will likely catapult the AI startup’s growth. The Big Picture: If you think OpenAI has a lot of money, influence, and power now, a for-profit designation will take the guardrails off the development of its systems — for better and worse. The Rundown: OpenAI […]
It’s official: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple design chief Jony Ive are working together on an AI device, and they’ve brought in investor Laurene Powell Jobs to lead funding. Why It Hits: While there are plenty of startups trying to make an AI device happen, the difficulty is making any of them feel as necessary as […]
A healthcare and research group out of Memphis, Tennessee is the first in the US to roll out hologram technology at 11 of its clinics to connect cancer doctors with rural patients, so that they don’t have to make the trip to urban medical centers. The Big Picture: Amid a major doctor shortage in the US, tech that can […]