“Maybe it seems a little counterintuitive, but, I evaluate AI companies by looking for unique customer acquisition attributes. The indirect impact of AI is that those have become more valuable.” ~ learn more
LetsGetChecked is buying Truepill for $525 million, mostly stock. “Both companies are burning tons of cash, according to internal financial documents, so the goal is to create a stronger business by closing the patient data loop.” ~ learn more
“Every day, Waymo’s driverless autonomous vehicles gather in the parking lot on 2nd and Harrison streets to park between rides and recharge. Periodically, the high-tech vehicles start honking at each other.” I just saw a guy in Austin getting out […]
The photo editing especially impresses me. One example is that you can take a photo of a group of your friends, then swap positions and have a friend capture you into the same photo. ~ learn more
This is their GenAI assistant for software development. “The average time to upgrade an application to Java 17 plummeted from what’s typically 50 developer-days to just a few hours. We estimate this has saved us the equivalent of 4,500 developer-years […]
“These female AI users, flipping the stereotype of under-socialized men chatting with AI girlfriends in their parents’ basement, are challenging assumptions about the nature of human intimacy.” ~ learn more
“If you outsource your core competencies to someone else, particularly a 3rd party AI company, then that tool is getting better and regardless of what it does or doesn’t do with your data, it may enable more people to compete […]
Don’t worry, a new technology could allow the recycling of urine into drikable water. “The prototype, modelled on the “stillsuits” in the sci-fi classic Dune, collects urine, purifies it and can return it to the astronaut through a drinking tube […]
Check out this new humanoid robot. “Speech-to-speech: capable of conversation with humans through onboard mics and speakers connected to custom AI models … Cameras: AI-driven vision system powered by 6 onboard RGB cameras … Hands: 4th gen hands with 16 […]
People working at the cutting edge of AI get together annually to show off their work to one another. This is a summary of several presentations from this year. ~ learn more