AI Reading for Wednesday February 26
Deep research, AI in the workplace and hiring
OpenAI expands Deep Research to all paying ChatGPT users - Engadget
First attempt at OpenAI Deep Research was impressive I think? - ChatGPT
OpenAI was more detailed than Gemini 1.5 Deep Research which is also pretty good, - Google Docs
surfaces the main point I think, haven't overcome challenge of reliably and safely handling highly corrosive salts at high temperature. OpenAI has so much stuff I’m not sure that conclusion pops out though.
Maybe AI deep research can combat conspiracy theories? - Washington Post
DeepSeek said to be rushing a new AI model to market - Reuters
Mira Murati's new AI startup looking to raise $1b at $9 billion valuation, sources say - Business Insider
Hume launches new text-to-speech model Octave that generates custom AI voices with adjustable emotions - VentureBeat
52% of US workers are more worried than optimistic about AI - Pew Research Center
Video monitoring AI for factory workers sparks backlash. - TechCrunch
Those pessimistic workers are probably not far off. To be paired with a humanoid android wielding a Taser perhaps?
Amazon spending $25b on warehouse automation, which will presumably reduce headcount - FT
no word on how much is allocated to Taser budget
Agentic AI in recruiting - Forbes
AI-hiring bots are here. But sometimes they hallucinate. - Business Insider
Grok’s new “unhinged” voice mode can curse and scream, talk dirty - Ars Technica
All the news from today's Amazon Alexa event in New York City. - The Verge
American Psychological Associations warns that AI chatbots are violating clinical standards - NY Times
ya think?
Aggregators on top of aggregators, all the way down. Some online services won't survive. - Business Insider
Because if you have an ad-supported service that ends up mostly used by robots, it won’t get the click-throughs and ad dollars it needs.
Nvidia's earnings today have turned into a quarterly AI State of the Union - Business Insider
Nearly all UK undergrads use AI in their studies, according to a new report - Engadget
Bridgetown uses AI agents to conduct automated due diligence. - GeekWire
Anthropic livestreams Claude playing Pokémon - TechCrunch
Tesla reportedly launches FSD in China — or has it? - The Verge
r2d2 is real, man - YouTube
Code switching when your AI calls my AI.
Prompt AI’s Seemour launches visual intelligence platform for the home - VentureBeat
I guess if you want to ask your smart home questions like when was the milkman here and how long did he stay, it has to understand what it sees, but maybe it's creepy surveillance overkill and a double-edged sword.
Venerable vector database Milvus offers local / private / on premise deep research - Milvus
BNY deploys agents - VentureBeat
How Factory is turning AI into ‘a junior developer in a box’ - Fast Company
More on the UK musician protest - the Guardian
Meta Discusses $200 Billion AI Data Center Project - The Information
iPhone dictation hears 'racist' as 'Trump', Apple working on a fix - TikTok
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