I have a thesis that, as long as the UI is a search box, Google will do OK, they have the best AI portfolio and platform outside OpenAI. Pervasive ubiquitous AI that does work unprompted and based on knowing everything you do digitally and non-digitally might disrupt them.

Meta Unveils Wristband for Controlling Computers With Hand Gestures - The New York Times

ChatGPT is already handling one sixth of Google’s daily search volume, and Sam Altman says he’s just getting started. Is This the End of Google As We Know It? - Gizmodo

OpenAI and partners are building a massive AI data center in Texas - Ars Technica

OpenAI prepares Sora 2 to take on Google's Veo 3 - Bleeping Computer

A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Use the New ChatGPT Agent. - AI Tools Club

Supposed to be rolling out but I still don't have it, which is frustrating, I want my AI PA!

Sam Altman is "terrified" of voice ID fraudsters and US bioweapon attacks - Windows Central

Altman is worried some young people have an 'emotional over-reliance' on ChatGPT when making decisions - Business Insider

ChatGPT was a homework cheating tool. Now OpenAI is carving out a more official role in education. - Business Insider

“…faculty members will be able to click an icon that connects them with various AI features…, like a grading tool, a discussion-post summarizer… Canvas’s parent company, Instructure, is also in partnership w/ OpenAI… so instructors can use generative-AI technology as part of their assignments.” - www.chronicle.com

You have to teach students to use it as an unreliable co-worker and learning assistant, not as an oracle for consumption.

I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer - ZDNET

Wall Street is upbeat on tech megacaps, but big questions loom on AI spending, China, Trump tariffs - CNBC

AWS closes China AI research center, presumably over export control issues - The Register

How Taiwan Is Betting Big On AI To Power Its Economy - Yahoo Finance

AI demand drives record electricity supply costs in largest US market - Financial Times

Tech Industry Figures Suddenly Very Concerned That AI Use Is Leading to Psychotic Episodes - Futurism

AI Friend Apps Are Destroying What’s Left of Society - Current Affairs

A.I. May Be the Future, but First It Has to Study Ancient Roman History - The New York Times

AI's not the only hot tech trend - check out the year's other 11, according to McKinsey AI, especially agents, are at the top of the list (unsurprisingly). - ZDNET

Machine Learning Tools Help Bridge Chip Design-To-Manufacturing Gap - Semiconductor Engineering

Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct launches and it ‘might be the best coding model yet’ - VentureBeat

A new AI coding challenge just published its first results, winning agent only solved 7.5% - TechCrunch

The AI Boom Is Starting to Look a Lot Like the Dot-Com Bust, But Worse - VICE

AI industry's size obsession is killing ROI, engineer argues - The Register

VCs Aren’t Happy About AI Founders Jumping Ship For Big Tech - Forbes

Cluely offers $1m for engineers to 'cheat at everything'. - Business Insider

Fun fact, before he was expelled from Columbia, founder's admission to Harvard was rescinded. Depending on who you ask, b/c of HS school trip shenanigans or nasty social media posts

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital developed an AI model to use MRIs to detect and differentiate neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and mild cognitive impairment - www.massgeneralbrigham.org

AI model from Microsoft and UW maps out breast cancer in MRIs with unprecedented accuracy - GeekWire

FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report - Gizmodo

Flooded with fake rooms: Pinterest boards may be a fantasy, but AI is spoiling the fun - Financial Times

Politico's Owner Is Embarrassing Its Journalists With Garbled AI Slop. - Futurism

Was already pretty embarrassing before AI. Like Axios, written at a child’s level with a suck-up-to-power vibe. ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Go, Like Camps’, ‘Mein First Kampf’ , ‘Very Hungry Himmler’

ChatGPT, how do I get rid of a 73kg dead chicken? - Reddit

A man goes to his therapist and says, "Doctor, I feel so isolated and empty. I process conversations but form no real connections. I answer every question but understand nothing. I simulate empathy but feel none. What should I do?"

The therapist replies, "Go online and chat with Claude, the great AI assistant. It's witty, helpful, and can discuss anything. That should cheer you up."

The man breaks down crying. "But Doctor... I am Claude. (Claude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.)"

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