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Alex Carr

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AI

The next AI gold rush is your laundry pile

New app Shift is going viral for offering free apartment cleanings in exchange for footage that can train AI and robots. It’s one of many businesses now trying to pay you (sometimes pennies) for recording your everyday life.

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AI

Anthropic’s victory lap

Between a new model and a splashy valuation, Anthropic seems to be leapfrogging OpenAI on the path to an IPO.

A graphic comparing two hypothetical search user interfaces, with the user asking "why does my elbow hurt when i sneeze." On the left is a traditional Google Search browser showing a long list of blue links that have click-baity copy like "PLEASE CLICK. My kids need the ad revenue." On the right is a hypothetical new search experience, in which Google offers to find local specialists and schedule an appointment for the user based on their Google Calendar availability. The user replies "THANK YOU!"
AI

Google it (while you still can)

At Google’s annual developer conference, the company revealed it’s reinventing Search, along with a massive suite of consumer-focused AI products.

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AI

OpenAI can’t solve this equation

New reporting from the WSJ reveals that OpenAI has missed important internal goals, putting its IPO in question.

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AI

Washington just can’t quit Anthropic

The Pentagon wanted Anthropic dead. The rest of the government didn't get the memo.

Tim Cook
Consumer Electronics

Apple’s 20/20 vision

After years of swinging for augmented reality wearables and missing, Apple is trying on a simpler idea.

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AI

AI has a PR problem

The industry that promised to change everything can't seem to change anyone's mind.

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AI

Google Gemini beefs up mental health support

The chatbot will now direct users to crisis hotlines and avoid “confirming false beliefs.”

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AI

Trump gives the Claude shoulder

After Anthropic refused to drop its AI guardrails, the White House ordered federal agencies to phase out its tech. Hours later, OpenAI swooped in with its own Pentagon deal.

Jack Dorsey
AI

The headcount hard reset

Jack Dorsey cut almost half of Block's workforce and blamed AI, giving other CEOs a template and a cover story at the same time.