Futureseek Daily Link Review; 18 May 2024

* Matt Wolfe: This Week Was WAY More Important Than You Think >>
* All-In Podcast: GPT-4o launches, Glue demo, Ohalo breakthrough, Druckenmiller’s bet, did Google kill Perplexity? >>
* SiliconANGLE theCUBE: 59. The AI 2024 Wars >>
* Matthew Berman: GPT4o: 11 STUNNING Use Cases and Full Breakdown >>
* Week in Startups: Pioneering physical AI with Archetype AI’s Ivan Poupyrev | E1951 >>

* Scale of retail crime leads One NZ to close Auckland store – NZ Herald >>
* AI News: AGI Is Closer Than You Think! Opus BEATS GPT-4o World Spirals into Doomerism, GeminiLEAKS – YouTube >>
* GPT-4o, AI overviews and our multimodal future – YouTube >>
* GPT4o: 11 STUNNING Use Cases and Full Breakdown – YouTube >>

* Web AI: On-device machine learning models and tools for your next project – YouTube >>
* “Population Collapse Is Coming” – How The US Is Destroying Our Economy | Raoul Pal & Peter Schiff – YouTube >>
* AI assistants are so back | The Vergecast – YouTube >>

* Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #429 – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024 Keynote: Android – YouTube >>
* Ready For Launch! Launch License Very Soon! SpaceX Starship Flight 4 Imminent! – YouTube >>

* Is Apple Partnering With OpenAI? | The Brainstorm EP 47 – YouTube >>
* “Wait, this Agent can Scrape ANYTHING?!” – Build universal web scraping agent – YouTube >>
* Hints of alien life in our galaxy | New Scientist Weekly podcast 250 – YouTube >>

* Azure Update – 17th May 2024 – YouTube >>
* Vision-based Web Scraping with the New GPT-4o model in Make.com – YouTube >>
* Daily AI news, products and research – Ben’s Bites >>

* EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info | TechCrunch >>
* OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded | WIRED >>
* OpenAI Dissolves Key Safety Team After Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever’s Exit – Bloomberg >>
* EU warns Microsoft it could be fined billions over missing GenAI risk info | TechCrunch >>

* Google I/O 2024: 100 things Google announced >>
* Slack under attack over sneaky AI training policy | TechCrunch >>
* X >>

* Apple Plans a Thinner iPhone in 2025 — The Information >>
* iPhone 16 Pro Max to get powerful and easily removed battery >>
* ChatGPT now lets you import files directly from Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive | VentureBeat >>
* Toon3D >>

* Are hamburgers safe from bird flu? – Fast Company >>
* Some A.I. Companies Face a New Accusation: ‘Open Washing’ – The New York Times >>
* OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken ‘a backseat to shiny products’ – The Verge >>

* Yuck: Slack has been scanning your messages to train its AI models >>
* Apple is said to be working on a ‘significantly thinner’ iPhone >>
* There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine | WIRED >>
* OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded | WIRED >>

* Twitter Is Finally Dead. It’s X All the Way Down | WIRED >>
* Control your iPhone using AI-eyes >>
* The AI Denial Train Should Stop >>
* AI hype is over. AI exhaustion is setting in. >>

* Elon Musk on X: “Neuralink is accepting applications for the second participant. This is our Telepathy cybernetic brain implant that allows you to control your phone and computer just by thinking. No one better than Noland (@ModdedQuad) himself to tell you about the first!” / X >>
* Google deletes $125 billion Australian pension fund UniSuper’s account >>
* New Caledonia riots: Tear gas, stun grenades used as protesters swarm airport runway | RNZ News >>

* Chinese aircraft carrier’s voyage hints at plan for ‘post-U.S.’ navy – Nikkei Asia >>
* Elon Musk’s X stirs free speech controversy from Australia to India to Brazil – Nikkei Asia >>
* China’s cloud service providers are still waiting for AI to make it rain – Nikkei Asia >>

* Stability AI in Talks to Raise Money From Group Including Sean Parker — The Information >>
* @mreflow/AI is Awesome / X >>
* Inside Mark Cuban-backed Dude Products Plan To Be Billion-Dollar Brand >>
* Jamie Dimon warns markets are fooling themselves by thinking inflation will soon go away | Fortune >>

* US debt ceiling: Warnings over ‘X Date’ from Bipartisan Policy Centre | Fortune >>
* Facebook turned off the news in Canada. What happened next? >>
* Marijuana is already legal for a majority of Americans >>
* Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term ends on May 20th >>

* The Mac vs. PC war is back on – The Verge >>
* “The first AI standup comedian powered by 5G.” – The Verge >>
* Could bird flu in cows lead to a human outbreak? Slow response worries scientists >>

* Google’s AI Showcase Sets Up a Big Challenge for Apple – CNET >>
* Google roars back in AI, AWS has a new CEO, and big money keeps flowing into enterprise software – SiliconANGLE >>
* EU asks Microsoft to provide information about Bing’s generative AI features – SiliconANGLE >>

* Microsoft Build is next week – here’s why I’m excited (and you should be, too) | ZDNET >>
* Will network operators cheer a Google v Apple AI battle? >>
* It’s time to get excited about indoor 5G >>
* Scottish demonstration uses drone-mounted 5G basestation for search and rescue >>
* 98 pc Indian firms surveyed admit to loss of sensitive information in 2023: Rubrik, ET CISO >>

* Ex-OpenAI exec calls out Sam Altman for choosing ‘shiny products’ over AI safety >>
* How Google CEO Sundar Pichai shook up his leadership team for the AI era >>
* Amazon’s cloud business needs a ‘bulldozer.’ New AWS CEO Matt Garman fits the bill. >>
* Ex-OpenAI exec calls out Sam Altman for choosing ‘shiny products’ over AI safety >>
* Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference >>

* The one skill you need to thrive in a turbulent world. | Bruce Whitfield | TEDx >>
* When life gives you blueberries | Vittoria de Sanctis | TEDx >>
* Unleashing the drive within: the obsession advantage | Emilio Justo | TEDx >>

* The science of lifespan — and the impact of your five senses >>
* Gut microbes linked to fatty diet drive tumour growth >>
* US halts funding to controversial virus-hunting group: what researchers think >>

* The neural signature of subjective disgust could apply to both sensory and socio-moral experiences >>
* Turla Apt Used Two New Backdoors To Infiltrate A European Ministry Of Foreign Affairs >>
* Alleged crypto scammers arrested in $73 million ‘pig butchering’ scheme >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 17 May 2024

* What to expect from Microsoft Build 2024: The Surface event, Windows 11 and AI >>
* Microsoft’s custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week | TechCrunch >>
* Airbus Unveils Half-Plane, Half-Copter In Quest For Speed – Slashdot >>

* SpaceX Tests the Full Stack of the Fourth Starship Flight Test – YouTube >>
* Dow Crosses the 40000 Milestone for the First Time – Minute Briefing – WSJ Podcasts >>
* Dow, S&P, Nasdaq Each Hit New Records – Minute Briefing – WSJ Podcasts >>

* Sarcasm detector: Scientists create AI that can understand a joke >>
* EU launches probe into Meta over social media addiction in children >>
* TikTok tests 60-minute video uploads as it continues to take on YouTube | TechCrunch >>

* Ampere scales CPU to 256 cores and partners with Qualcomm on cloud AI | VentureBeat >>
* Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand? | TechCrunch >>
* Bg2 Pod: Ep9. GPT-4o, Astra, Multi Modal, China Tariffs, Tech Earnings | BG2 with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner – YouTube >>
* MattVidPro AI: GPT-4o is WAY More Powerful than Open AI is Telling us… – YouTube >>

* Google I/O was an AI evolution, not a revolution | TechCrunch >>
* Jimmy ApplesX: “To give you an idea of what else is possible, from Nvidia GTC conference last month. Just scale it up bro. >>
* Vision-based Web Scraping with the New GPT-4o model in Make.com – YouTube >>
* Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot. – The New York Times >>

* No Priors Ep. 64 | With Suno CEO and Co-Founder Mikey Shulman – YouTube >>
* AI Robot Gives Graduation Speech at Buffalo’s D’Youville University – The New York Times >>
* Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years – Slashdot >>
* AI May Soon Take the Anger Out of Complaints to Call Centers >>

* UK Police Could Get Ghostbusters-style Backpack Devices To Halt Ebike Getaways – Slashdot >>
* Lord of the Rings spinoff to ‘delve into’ Gollum character >>
* iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes – The Verge >>

* Device Decodes ‘Internal Speech’ in the Brain | Scientific American >>
* Voice Actors Sue Company Whose AI Sounds Like Them – The New York Times >>
* AI-powered headphone lets user choose which sound to block or amplify >>

* Sony Music warns tech companies over ‘unauthorized’ use of its content to train AI | TechCrunch >>
* Why Microsoft is still ahead of Google in the war for AI developers | VentureBeat >>
* Microsoft’s quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond | Windows Central >>

* Google for Developers: Visual Blocks ML: Create AI demos faster using custom nodes for your favorite APIs – YouTube >>
* Google for Developers: What’s new in Google AI – YouTube >>
* Google for Developers: How to elevate software development with AI-assisted coding – YouTube >>
* a16z: AI, Robotics & the Future of Manufacturing – YouTube >>

* GPT-4o – First Look with Practical Use-cases!!! – YouTube >>
* Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant vulnerable to malicious commands, study reveals | VentureBeat >>
* Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up. | TechCrunch >>

* AT&T deal will make every phone a satellite phone >>
* Google AI Overviews Expands AI Search to All Users – YouTube >>
* Tune and deploy Gemini with Vertex AI and ground with Cloud databases – YouTube >>
* What’s new in Google Cloud and Google Workspace – YouTube >>

* Exclusive | Microsoft Asks Hundreds of China-Based AI Staff to Consider Relocating Amid U.S.-China Tensions – WSJ >>
* Microsoft Asks China-Based Staff to Consider Relocation – Minute Briefing – WSJ Podcasts >>
* AT&T challenges SpaceX’s space-based broadband dominance with new deal >>
* Gym vs Health Insurance : r/PersonalFinanceNZ >>

* Test Driving ChatGPT-4o (Part 2) >>
* Report: Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Immediately Killed Wireless Price Competition In U.S. | Techdirt >>
* Why Laser Cutting is Great to Cut Medical Stents – Slashdot >>
* GCHQ to spy on election candidates – Slashdot >>

* LG’s $100,000 rollable OLED TV is canceled – The Verge >>
* Strava will add AI, dark mode, and night heatmaps – The Verge >>
* FramerX: “Creating a looping Lofi animation SPEEDRUN. Time spent: 9 minutes 37 seconds. Tools used: Midjourney and CapCut. This is how it’s done >>

* Sam AltmanX: “i try not to think about competitors too much, but i cannot stop thinking about the aesthetic difference between openai and google >>
* MarioX: “NEW YORK FLIGHT GETS WET Passengers on a New York-bound flight were drenched by a mysterious mist from the air vents, turning their journey into a soggy saga. >>
* Jack Tame: Record numbers are leaving NZ – who could blame them? >>

* Rate increases confirmed as Auckland Council approves long-term plan >>
* Live updates: Michael Cohen testifies in Donald Trump’s hush money trial >>
* The iconic Mirage in Las Vegas is closing after 34 years | CNN Business >>

* Toyota, Nissan and Honda to team on AI and chips for next-gen cars – Nikkei Asia >>
* Honda to double 10-year EV and software investment to $65bn – Nikkei Asia >>
* China is burning all its bridges with Israel – Nikkei Asia >>

* Is America dictator-proof? >>
* America’s democratic system is not as robust as it seems >>
* Five novels that imagine dictatorship in America >>

* Spies, trade and tech: China’s relationship with Britain >>
* The best entertainment of 2024: movies, games, and more – The Verge >>
* US Has a Teacher Shortage — Here’s How To Fix It | Randy Seriguchi Jr. | TED – YouTube >>

* Apple News, Rumors, Reviews, Prices & Deals | AppleInsider >>
* Experimental obesity drug packs double punch to reduce weight >>
* I’m a New Mom. Here’s How I’m Getting Fit in This Postpartum Reality – CNET >>
* Ampere to integrate its CPUs with Qualcomm’s cloud-based AI chips for running large models – SiliconANGLE >>

* Keynote Analysis | Alteryx Inspire 2024 – YouTube >>
* I demoed Google’s Project Astra and it felt like the future of generative AI (until it didn’t) | ZDNET >>
* ChatGPT desktop app is more helpful than I expected – here’s why and how to try it | ZDNET >>
* A wave of retractions is shaking physics | MIT Technology Review >>

* This grim but revolutionary DNA technology is changing how we respond to mass disasters | MIT Technology Review >>
* New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks >>
* North Korean Hackers Exploit Facebook Messenger in Targeted Malware Campaign >>
* Researchers Uncover 11 Security Flaws in GE HealthCare Ultrasound Machines >>

* Dali crew in Baltimore bridge collapse is still stuck on the ship >>
* Thunderstorms, tornadoes drive home insurance costs to record highs >>
* OpenAI’s safety staffers are jumping ship fast >>

* Review: Bridgerton season 3 is its best because of Pen and Eloise’s friendship – Vox >>
* Fei-Fei Li: With spatial intelligence, AI will understand the real world | TED Talk >>
* Why you should network outside of your field | Evan Green & Luke Jeffrey | TEDxMarshallU – YouTube >>

* Beyond the Code: How DNA Can Combat Climate Change | Ariel Furst | TEDxBoston – YouTube >>
* Storytelling: A Full Brain Workout | Dr. Swati Popat Vats | TEDxBund Garden Youth – YouTube >>
* Flying Wind Farms – Soaring to Climate Neutrality Faster | Jochem De Schutter | TEDxFreiburg – YouTube >>
* Jamie Dimon Says Inflation, Soft-Landing Odds Worse Than Markets Think >>

* Is Graphcore Deal Finally About to Close? – EE Times >>
* C.D.C. Warns of a Resurgence of Mpox – The New York Times >>
* IMF chief warns of AI “tsunami” facing six in 10 jobs – ReadWrite >>

* Take-Two (TTWO) Says ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Won’t Come Until Fall 2025 – Bloomberg >>
* College Gaza Protesters Are Tomorrow’s Workers – Bloomberg >>
* As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine – The New York Times >>

* Sun unleashes strong solar flare days after geomagnetic storm: NOAA >>
* Trump trial live updates: Trump lawyer accuses Michael Cohen of lying >>
* In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet | Fortune >>
* Apple, Microsoft, SpaceX talent jumped ship after return-to-office mandates, study reveals | Fortune >>

* Child care now costs more than housing in all 50 states | Fortune >>
* Sony lays down the gauntlet on AI, warning 700 companies against training algorithms on its music | Fortune >>
* I Don’t Want To Spend My One Wild And Precious Life Dealing With Google’s AI Search – Aftermath >>
* Fallout season 2 is going to New Vegas. How might outer space tie in? | Space >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 16 May 2024

* Google I/O 2024: Everything Revealed in 12 Minutes – YouTube >>
* Google mentioned ‘AI’ 120+ times during its I/O keynote >>
* Google I/O 2024: Everything revealed including Gemini AI, Android 15 and more >>

* Matt Wolfe: Google Just Took Over the AI World (A Full Breakdown) – YouTube >>
* Matthew Berman: Google IO 2024 Full Breakdown: Google is RELEVANT Again! – YouTube >>
* MattVidPro AI: Honest Google IO Review | Open AI Takes the W, but veo AI Video is dope! >>
* Fireship: Another glorious battle for AI dominance… GPT-4o vs Google I/O – YouTube >>
* Who is ahead in AI, Google or OpenAI? Google I/O shows why the search giant is sitting pretty | Fortune >>

* AIGrid: OpenAI Is FALLING Apart. (Ilya Sutskever Leaving, Super alignment Solved? Superintelligence) – YouTube >>
* OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leaving – The Verge >>
* OpenAI’s leadership shakeup continues as Jan Leike follows Ilya Sutskever out the door | Fortune >>
* Sam Altman on X: “GPT-4o would not have happened without the vision, talent, conviction, and determination of @prafdhar over a long period of time. that (along with the work of many others) led to what i hope will turn out to be a revolution in how we use computers.” / X >>
* Ethan MollickX: “The entire rollout of GPT-4o features are confusing down to terrible name (why, OpenAI?). Right now image output uses DALL-E but it won’t soon.
Image input apparently is GPT-4o multimodal but you wouldn’t know, as the voice input is still whisper. GPTs seem to run on GPT-4? >>

* OpenAI overtakes Google in race to build the future of AI, but who wants it? | New Scientist >>
* OpenAI’s Event: Everything Revealed in 2 Minutes – YouTube >>
* Min ChoiX: “OpenAI broke the Internet with mind blowing GPT-4o demos yesterday. And people are already doing wild use cases with it. 10 examples: >>

* Fullstack: SpaceX Stacks Ship 29 on Booster 11 – YouTube >>
* How AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian >>

* Senators Urge $32 Billion in Emergency Spending on AI After Finishing Yearlong Review – Slashdot >>
* Boeing May Face Criminal Prosecution Over 737 Max Crashes, US Says – Slashdot >>
* US government considers whether to criminally prosecute Boeing >>

* Donald Trump’s Boeing plane hit another plane in Florida >>
* Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico Shot ‘Multiple Times’: Live Updates – The New York Times >>
* Biden and Trump agree to two debates, with the first in June >>
* Biden and Trump Agree to Debate Before November Election | TIME >>
* A mano-a-mano contest between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump >>
* Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience >>
* Bill Gates makes cameo at party for Mark Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday | Fox Business >>

* The challenges and future of the Neuralink chip. Microsoft’s AI for the military. GPT-4o from OpenAI – YouTube >>
* Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor – The Verge >>
* Adobe Photoshop Source Code – CHM >>

* Sony PlayStation will soon have two CEOs >>
* Proteins in blood could provide early cancer warning ‘by more than seven years’ | Cancer research | The Guardian >>
* Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking – Apple >>

* China is launching bombs via railgun – Slashdot >>
* Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops eval – Slashdot >>
* Quantum repeater: Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs | New Scientist >>

* Sunlight-trapping device can generate temperatures over 1000°C | New Scientist >>
* Should we use AI to resurrect digital ‘ghosts’ of the dead? >>
* Bipartisan group of senators unveil long-awaited guidance on AI bills – Live Updates – POLITICO >>

* Intel Says Its Aurora Supercomputer is the Fastest AI System in the World | IndianWeb2.com >>
* Three dead in New Caledonia as riots rage after Paris approves voting change >>

* US billionaire Frank McCourt says he’s readying bid to buy TikTok | South China Morning Post >>
* TikTok creators file suit to block US divest or ban law, call Chinese app ‘part of American life’ | South China Morning Post >>
* Artificial Intelligence Enters Its Age of Ambiguity – Bloomberg >>

* China’s large-scale AI models boost industrial development – People’s Daily Online >>
* $2.2 Billion Startup Transcarent Building ChatGPT For Health Insurance >>

* Netflix doubles down on its ‘big bet on live’ events with huge deal to air NFL Christmas Day games | Fortune >>
* Netflix renews 3 Body Problem for second season – The Verge >>
* YouTube has more overall TV viewers than NBC or Paramount | Fortune >>

* Many CIOs are stuck in the AI slow lane but setting ambitious priorities as if they’re not | Fortune >>
* Senate unveils $32 billion roadmap for regulating AI – The Verge >>
* How to kill the ‘zombie’ cells that make you age >>
* Sandeep Singh, NetApp, Bob Pette, NVIDIA & Kamran Amini, Lenovo | NetApp2024 – YouTube >>
* Stanford’s VR breakthrough could spell the end of clunky headsets – thanks to AI | ZDNET >>
* Internet Use Is Associated With Greater Wellbeing, Global Study Finds – Slashdot >>
* OpenAI and Google are launching supercharged AI assistants. Here’s how you can try them out. | MIT Technology Review >>

* Biden Moves Forward on $1 Billion Israel Arms Deal >>
* What is Project Astra? Here’s how Google plans to change the future of AI assistants | Tech News >>
* Ransomware Attacks: 64% of Indian organizations hit by ransomware in the last year, ET CISO >>

* Brain–computer interface experiments first to decode words ‘spoken’ entirely in the brain in real time >>
* Fei-Fei Li: With spatial intelligence, AI will understand the real world | TED Talk >>

* Annalee Newitz: How fantasy worlds can spark real change | TED Talk >>
* Daniel Lubetzky: Why the world needs more builders — and less “us vs. them” | TED Talk >>
* Who Has Impacted Your Life and Have You Told Them Yet? | Bonnie Habyan | TEDxGainesville – YouTube >>

* Apple Needs to Play Catch up in AI to Google, OpenAI >>
* Apple Desperately Needs a Cool New Product to Reinvigorate the Company >>
* How does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models >>

* Artificial intelligence tool detects sex-related differences in brain structure >>
* Saunas Are the Next Frontier in Fighting Depression | WIRED >>
* IMF boss warns of AI ‘tsunami’ coming for world’s jobs • The Register >>

* Elon Says Tesla FSD 12.4 Roughly 5-10X Times Better on Miles Per Interventions | NextBigFuture.com >>
* AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations | Space >>
* A Rotating Spacecraft Would Solve So Many Problems in Spaceflight – Universe Today >>

* Shark AI robot vacuum and mop drops to a record low of $230 at Amazon >>
* VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in 2023 * TorrentFreak >>
* AI helps landmark 1954 Supreme Court case come to life – Fast Company >>
* The Problem Isn’t The Protests; it’s What They’re Protesting | by Araci Almeida | Politics From Hell | May, 2024 | Medium >>

* Actually, Google Didn’t Forget About Android 15 at I/O: All the New Features – CNET >>
* Google’s Veo AI Video Generator and Music AI Sandbox Revealed – YouTube >>

* Project Astra AI Assistant Hints at New Google Glasses – YouTube >>
* I Tried Google’s Project Astra AI Assistant – YouTube >>
* Google takes on GPT-4o with Project Astra, an AI agent that understands dynamics of the world | VentureBeat >>
* Google DeepMindX: “With its advanced reasoning capabilities, our prototype agent Project Astra was able to identify a number of famous faces in science >>
* Google’s new glasses are just a prototype for now. – The Verge >>
* Google Glass vs. Project Astra: Sergey Brin on AI wearables and his top use case | ZDNET >>

* Google’s new Private Space feature is like Incognito Mode for Android | TechCrunch >>
* Google Maps is getting geospatial AR content later this year | TechCrunch >>

* Google I/O 2024: ‘AI Agents’ are AI personal assistants that can return your shoes | Mashable >>
* Google’s Gemini will search your videos to help you solve problems >>
* Google still hasn’t fixed Gemini’s biased image generator | TechCrunch >>
* Google Gemini updates: Flash 1.5, Gemma 2 and Project Astra >>
* Google’s call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn | TechCrunch >>

* Android will be able to detect if your phone has been snatched – The Verge >>
* Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs – The Verge >>
* Veo – Google DeepMind >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 15 May 2024

* Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘24) – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024 Livestream: CNET’s Coverage – YouTube >>
* Search in the Gemini era | Google I/O 2024 – YouTube >>
* Google I/O Recap: Gemini AI, Android 15 Updates, Project Astra Reveal >>
* Google will soon start using GenAI to organize some search results pages | TechCrunch >>
* Gemini comes to Gmail to summarize, draft emails, and more | TechCrunch >>
* Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls | TechCrunch >>
* Google is bringing Gemini capabilities to Google Maps Platform | TechCrunch >>
* Can Google Give A.I. Answers Without Breaking the Web? – The New York Times >>
* Google unleashes AI summaries in search, raising fears about less web traffic – NZ Herald >>
* Project Astra: Our vision for the future of AI assistants – YouTube >>
* Google’s Imagen 3: Highest-quality text-to-image model in private preview | VentureBeat >>
* Google I/O 2024: Here’s everything Google just announced | TechCrunch >>

* Longtime AWS executive Matt Garman to succeed Adam Selipsky as CEO – SiliconANGLE >>
* Amazon AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is out | Fortune >>
* AWS CEO Adam Selipsky steps down | TechCrunch >>
* OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o Spring Update Event: Everything Revealed in 2 Minutes – YouTube >>
* How Nuclear War Starts: WW3, Russia, China, Area 51, Aliens, Nazi’s & CIA Secrets | Annie Jacobsen – YouTube >>
* New AI Robot Demos Shocking 47 Axes Breakthrough Using This New Tech (TESLA OPTIMUS X “AGI”) – YouTube >>

* Trump trial live: Trump lawyer attacks Cohen’s credibility in hush-money trial – BBC News >>
* Georgia Harrison: Revenge porn video like ‘house fire’, MPs told >>
* Cow dung’s key role in India’s energy mix >>
* OpenAI REVEALS GPT4o’s SECRET CAPABILITIES (GPT4o SECRET Showcase) – YouTube >>
* Apple Releases Logic Pro for Mac and iPad Updates With New AI Features – MacRumors >>
* Ordered Back to the Office, Top Tech Talent Left Instead, Study Finds – Slashdot >>

* What’s the Most Effective Way To Protest AI? – Slashdot >>
* Web Scraping AI AGENT, that absolutely works 😍 – YouTube >>
* The US moves to stop buying uranium from Russia and start producing it at home – The Verge >>

* Can You Lose Your Native Tongue? – The New York Times >>
* A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived – The New York Times >>
* X seeks DSA compliance with auto content check, company says | Euronews >>
* Aadit Sheth on X: “This is wild. Google just dropped Project Astra, updates to Gemini and some hints to the future of search. 10 wild examples: 1. Astra, the future of AI assistants >>
” / X >>

* How Much Is Stormy Daniels Making Off Donald Trump? >>
* Gen Z really do have it worse: Those in their early 20s are earning less and have more debt than millennials did at their age | Fortune >>
* ‘Splintered’ AI regulations could harm pursuit of advancements, understanding of where the guardrails lie | Fortune >>
* The price of AI is tricky to determine | Fortune >>

* Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs >>
* Leak claims brighter iPhone 16 Pro display is inbound >>
* How does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models >>
* Human embryos embrace asymmetry to form the body >>

* Filmmaking with Donald Glover and his creative studio, Gilga | Veo – YouTube >>
* Suzanne Spaulding, Department of Homeland Security, & Jim Richberg, Fortinet | RSA Conference 2024 – YouTube >>
* The Path to the Multi-Vendor Data Platform | The Road To Intelligent Data Apps – YouTube >>

* Internet Use Is Associated With Greater Wellbeing, Global Study Finds – Slashdot >>
* IBM Open-Sources Its Granite AI Models – Slashdot >>

* Global mobile banking malware grew 32 percent in 2023, IT Security News, ET CISO >>
* Google’s new Gemini AI can remember your license plate number >>
* Google debuts new AI assistant that looks through cameras, glasses >>
* New tool allows for gene suppression in mouse heart muscle cells using CRISPRi >>

* New gene therapy model offers hope for X-linked sideroblastic anemia treatment >>
* Brain–computer interface experiments first to decode words ‘spoken’ entirely in the brain in real time >>
* Daniel Lubetzky: Why the world needs more builders — and less “us vs. them” | TED Talk >>

* Bill Ackman: An activist investor on challenging the status quo | TED Talk >>
* We Must Respect and Embrace Third Culture Kids | Mayane Mouala | TEDxSaintAndrewsSchool – YouTube >>
* Government Assistance Like Food Stamps Doesn’t Help Low-Income DINKs >>
* Elon Musk Says OpenAI’s GPT-4o Reveal ‘Made Me Cringe’ >>
* GitHub – google-ai-edge/model-explorer: A modern model graph visualizer and debugger >>
* God™: an ageing product outperforms expectations >>

-> More I/O
* Try the latest generative AI tools at labs.google – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024: everything announced – The Verge >>
* Google’s Astra is its first AI-for-everything agent | MIT Technology Review >>
* Google’s Project Astra uses your phone’s camera and AI to find noise makers, misplaced items and more. >>
* Google Cloud unveils the Trillium TPU, its most powerful AI processor so far – SiliconANGLE >>
* Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video | TechCrunch >>
* Google is building its Gemini Nano AI model into Chrome on the desktop | TechCrunch >>
* Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps | TechCrunch >>
* Google just snuck a pair of AR glasses into a Project Astra demo at I/O >>
* Google I/O 2024: all the news from the developer conference regarding AI and more – The Verge >>
* Google is overhauling its search results page with AI overviews and Gemini organization – The Verge >>
* Gemini in Workspace: Google’s AI both is coming to Drive, Docs, Sheets, Gmail, and more – The Verge >>
* Google Ups Its AI Game With Project Astra, AI Overviews and Gemini Updates – CNET >>
* Google Gemini can power a virtual AI teammate with its own Workspace account >>
* Google gets serious about AI-generated video at Google I/O 2024 | TechCrunch >>
* Google debuts Gemini 1.5 Flash, a fast multimodal model | VentureBeat >>
* Search in the Gemini era | Google I/O 2024 – YouTube >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 14 May 2024

* Hello GPT-4o | OpenAI >>
* Introducing GPT-4o – YouTube >>
* Microsoft: GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure >>
* Introducing GPT-4o and more tools to ChatGPT free users | OpenAI >>
* OpenAI launches new AI model, GPT-4o and desktop version of ChatGPT >>
* OpenAI Announces ChatGPT App for Mac, GPT-4 for Free, and More – MacRumors >>
* OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open to all for free – The Verge >>
* OpenAI’s new GPT-4o lets people interact using voice or video in the same model >>
* Live demo of GPT-4o coding assistant and desktop app >>
* OpenAI’s new ChatGPT can tell bedtime stories and solve math problems >>
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* Google’s I/O conference will ‘solidify’ its status as an AI winner, analyst says >>
* Solar Storm Disrupts Some Farmers’ GPS Systems – The New York Times >>
* SpaceX Preparing to Fully Stack Booster 11 and Ship 29, But Ship 31 Sees a Serious Electrical Fault! – YouTube >>
* Voicenotes | AI note-taker that’s truly intelligent >>
* Meta Quest gets ‘Travel Mode’ in beta for use on airplanes >>
* Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit. – The New York Times >>
* How GPS warfare is playing havoc with civilian life >>
* Hello GPT-4o | OpenAI >>
* Big Tech sees neurotechnology as its next AI frontier – Slashdot >>
* GPS RTK Fails Farmers – Slashdot >>
* Melinda French Gates resigns from Gates Foundation, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates | AP News >>
* Trump Stays Calm in Court. His Emails Tell a Different Story. – The New York Times >>
* Melinda French Gates to Resign From Gates Foundation – The New York Times >>
* Melania Trump Says Hell No to Barron Serving as a GOP Delegate – Mother Jones >>
* OpenAI Is Open To AI-Generated Erotica… But Not ‘Porn’ >>
* How to Start Strength Training If You’ve Never Done It | TIME >>
* Google teases new camera-powered AI feature one day ahead of I/O >>
* Mahindra to Skill 500 Women to Become Drone Pilots; Inks MoU With Ministry | IndianWeb2.com >>
* From Levitating Transport System on Moon to Plasma Rocket, NASA Updates on 6 Groundbreaking Space Technology Concepts | IndianWeb2.com >>
* Mckay Wrigley on X: “This demo is insane. A student shares their iPad screen with the new ChatGPT + GPT-4o, and the AI speaks with them and helps them learn in *realtime*. Imagine giving this to every student in the world. The future is so, so bright. >>
” / X >>
* Long-haul carrier Emirates posts ‘tremendous’ $7.8b profit in 2023 >>
* Struggling Kiwis plead with banks for understanding >>
* Live updates: Michael Cohen testifies in Donald Trump’s hush money trial >>
* Earthquake disaster risk from NZ’s Hikurangi subduction zone | RNZ News >>
* Opinion | Doctors, Not Judges, Should Decide When to Treat Patients Without Their Consent – The New York Times >>
* Kris Kashtanova on X: “”Our system is experiencing heavy load, try again later.. ” 🥲” / X >>
* Melinda French Gates is resigning from the $63 billion Gates Foundation to start ‘the next chapter’ of her philanthropy | Fortune >>
* GameStop shares rocket as Roaring Kitty returns | Fortune >>
* Today’s AI models are impressive. Teams of them will be formidable >>
* Early M4 benchmark leak shows nine-core chip is very capable >>
* What to expect from Google I/O 2024: Android 15, Gemini, Wear OS, and more | ZDNET >>
* Asteroid 2024 BX1 is the fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded >>
* ZeroEyes’ AI-powered cameras to soon detect guns in US schools >>
* Shein suppliers still working 75-hour weeks, report says >>
* Some say AI will make war more humane. Israel’s war in Gaza shows the opposite. >>
* GameStop Shares Jump 74% After Meme-Stock Guru Tweets >>

* Michael Cohen Takes the Stand in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial >>

* India Inc hunts for new cyber warriors >>

* National Technology Day: Cybersecurity leaders reflect on innovations for a safe >>

* Threat Actors May Have Exploited A Zero-Day In Older Iphones, Apple Warns >>
* World’s brightest X-rays: China first in Asia to build next-generation synchrotron >>
* Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’ >>
* Human embryos embrace asymmetry to form the body >>
* Why academic freedom is not the same as free speech | Michael Bérubé | TEDx >>
* Failure is fascinating — here’s why | Sonal Mahapatra | TEDx >>
* Breaking the cycle: Innovation beyond ideas | Ramez Rizk | TEDx >>
* How talking to strangers boosted my confidence | Eric Tao Xie | TEDx >>
* Court ends injunction on X over videos of Sydney church stabbing >>
*le/2024/may/13/wakeley-sydney-church-stabbing-x-elon-musk-vs-australian-government-injunction-video-footage-posts

— More OpenAI>
* Two GPT-4os interacting and singing – YouTube >>
* Lullabies and Whispers with GPT-4o – YouTube >>
* Realtime Translation with GPT-4o – YouTube >>
* Math problems with GPT-4o – YouTube >>
* Jim Fan on X: “I know your timeline is flooded now with word salads of “insane, HER, 10 features you missed, we’re so back”. Sit down. Chill. Let’s think step by step: – Technique-wise, OpenAI has figured out a way to map audio to… >>
* Andrej Karpathy on X: “They are releasing a combined text-audio-vision model that processes all three modalities in one single neural network, which can then do real-time voice translation as a special case afterthought, if you ask it to. (fixed it for you)” / X >>
* OpenAI chief Sam Altman just showed he has what Tim Cook really wants — but Apple still has one big advantage >>
* ChatGPT may be about to make your job way easier >>
* OpenAI Spring Event w/ YouTube AI Community >>
* AIGrid: OpenAI’s NEW MULTIMODAL GPT-4o – YouTube >>
* LIVE: OpenAI Spring Update Event Reaction (This Day in AI) GPT-4o Coverage – YouTube >>
* Wes Roth: OpenAI’s STUNNING OMNI MODEL | GPT-4o is being released into the wild… >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 13 May 2024

* Scientists could make blazing-fast 6G using curving light rays | Space >>
* Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies aged 62 >>
* Booster 11 Lifted Onto the OLM for Pre-Launch Testing | SpaceX Boca Chica – YouTube >>

* Are AI-powered homes the future of living? | Philippe Ziade | TEDxReno – YouTube >>
* AI surveilling workers for productivity : r/Damnthatsinteresting >>
* In Rush to Implement AI, Ethics Take a Backseat at Many Companies >>

* Why ChatGPT can’t write for you | David Savill | TEDxUniversityofSalford – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024 will be all about AI again – The Verge >>
* End of Work? AGI Will Make UBI a Necessity (Universal Basic Income) – YouTube >>

* OpenAI will announce a mysterious AI product on Monday | Mashable >>
* LIVE: OpenAI Spring Update Event Reaction (This Day in AI) – YouTube >>

* Disney’s Robots Use Rockets to Stick the Landing – IEEE Spectrum >>
* I rigged ChatGPT’s new memory into my personal JARVIS – YouTube >>

* How our changing DNA keeps us alive | Linda Chelico | TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan – YouTube >>
* Inside Micron Taiwan’s Semiconductor Factory | Taiwan’s Mega Factories EP1 – YouTube >>
* Proposal: Standardize TCP Port 41 for AI Services – Here’s Why | Hacker News >>

* Tsarathustra on X: “Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd says the future of dating is having your AI date other people’s AI and recommend the best matches for you to meet >>
” / X >>
* Sniffing Women’s Tears May Reduce Aggression in Men, Study Finds | Smithsonian >>

* Matthew Green on X: “Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/” / X >>
* SoftBank’s Arm plans to launch AI chips in 2025 – Nikkei Asia >>
* The engineers did not expect that to happen. : r/BeAmazed >>

* Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging at 0.05 Tesla | Science >>
* Microsoft Said AI Shouldn’t be Used to Weaponize Elections. How About AI Events? – Slashdot >>

* Sun sheds plasma fare at our GPS/internet – Slashdot >>
* First Person to Receive Pig Kidney Transplant Dies | TIME >>
* The “Chaos Follow” Makes Staying on Social Media Worth It | GQ >>

* Solar Storms are disrupting farmer GPS systems during critical planting time – The Verge >>
* Photographer Sets World Record for Fastest Drone Flight at 298 MPH – Slashdot >>
* Proposal: Standardize TCP Port 41 for AI Services – Here’s Why >>

* Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis >>
* Alvaro Cintas on X: “OpenAI is about to release major updates tomorrow. People have been impatiently looking for clues, leaks, and making predictions. These are the best 10 I’ve found: >>
” / X >>
* Alex Banks on X: “We are getting closer and closer to Black Mirror in real life. Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd on AI dating concierges: Bumble says their focus with AI is to help create more healthy and equitable relationships. “In the near future you could be talking to your AI dating… >>
” / X >>

* OK, slow down – what even is the fast-track bill? >>
* Shock Miss USA resignations are just the tip of the iceberg, insiders say | CNN >>
* Interest rates: the govt’s medicine might be hard to swallow | BusinessDesk >>

* Sales growth gap between Noel Leeming and JB Hi-Fi widens | BusinessDesk >>
* Recessionary Mindset is Driving Top Companies to Beat Estimates – Bloomberg >>

* Drugs, Sacraments or Medicine? Psychedelic Churches Blur the Line. – The New York Times >>
* Eyes on Mitsubishi Heavy as Japan floats low-emission jet dream – Nikkei Asia >>
* AI investment boom extends to nuclear power generation and uranium – Nikkei Asia >>

* Huawei breaks free from Google ecosystem with homegrown OS – Nikkei Asia >>
* Russia bombards border city as major assault on Ukraine continues | Euronews >>
* Autonomous cars could mean addition of white lights to traffic signals | Fortune >>

* Viking founder Torstein Hagen on the luxury cruise line specifically for baby boomers | Fortune >>
* The AI data center revolution is happening right in your backyard | Fortune >>

* Autonomous cars could mean addition of white lights to traffic signals | Fortune >>
* America is in the midst of an extraordinary startup boom >>
* Who’s winning at the Trump trial? >>

* Scientists Are Finding Out Just How Toxic Your Stuff Is | TIME >>
* Runway’s LA film festival marked an inflection point for AI movies | VentureBeat >>
* The Apple Vision Pro may have tanked — but spatial computing is still the future, Deloitte says | VentureBeat >>

* All in a week’s events: The AI juggernaut hits cybersecurity, open source and IT infrastructure – SiliconANGLE >>
* Red Hat (and CIQ) Offer Extend Support for RHEL 7 (and CentOS 7) – Slashdot >>
* RHEL (and Rocky and Alma Linux) 9.4 Released – Plus AI Offerings – Slashdot >>

* Tara Chklovski Of Technovation On How We Can Increase Girls’ Participation in Engineering and Robotics | by Vanessa Ogle | Authority Magazine | May, 2024 | Medium >>
* Trump’s Multi-Tasking Defense at Hush-Money Trial Falls Apart >>
* Robotic system feeds people with severe mobility limitations | ScienceDaily >>

* New study finds AI-generated empathy has its limits | ScienceDaily >>
* Cows Are Potential Spreaders of Bird Flu to Humans >>
* Fifty shades of the grays: New book explores strange SEXUAL encounters with UFOs | Daily Mail Online >>

* Video Friday: Robot Bees – IEEE Spectrum >>
* DARPA’s autonomous ‘Manta Ray’ drone can glide through ocean depths undetected | Space >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 12 May 2024

* OpenAI’s ChatGPT announcement: What we know so far | TechCrunch >>
* OpenAI could debut a multimodal AI digital assistant soon – The Verge >>
* OpenAI Develops AI Voice Assistant As It Chases Google, Apple — The Information >>

* Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘24) – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024 Livestream: CNET’s LIVE Coverage From Google’s Keynote – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024 will be all about AI again – The Verge >>
* Developer Keynote (Google I/O ’24) >>

* End of an Era! SpaceX’s FINAL Starship Static Fire at Historic Pad! – YouTube >>

* SiliconANGLE theCUBE: Breaking Analysis: RSA 2024 goes beyond AI powered security to securing AI itself >>
* A 7th X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE!!: STRONGEST YET! X5.6! Was earlier this morning! That makes 2 today May 11th >>
* Elon Musk on X: “Major geomagnetic solar storm happening right now. Biggest in a long time. Starlink satellites are under a lot of pressure, but holding up so far. >>
” / X >>

* Week in Startups: Gecko Robotics | E1947 >>
* Forbes: How The Next Breakthroughs In AI That Will Affect The Public? >>
* In pictures: Northern Lights dazzle around the world >>

* Are your coping mechanisms healthy? | Dr. Andrew Miki | TEDxSurrey – YouTube >>
* In conversation with Sam Altman – YouTube >>

* 58. Conversations with Boomi CEO Steve Lucas, Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry, and Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks – YouTube >>
* Bloomberg Tech Live in San Francisco | Bloomberg Technology – YouTube >>
* Japan team uses Fugaku supercomputer to develop language model for AI – The Japan Times >>

* Everybody is talking about AI Agents and Automation – VC Cafe >>
* Anything AI >>
* Hong Kong University Brings Albert Einstein to Life Using AI, Transforming Him into a Virtual Lecturer | Tech Times >>

* AI personas are the future of dating, Bumble founder says. Many aren’t buying. >>
* Vision Transformers Need Registers | OpenReview >>

* Microsoft Said AI Shouldn’t be Used to Weaponize Elections. How About AI Events? – Slashdot >>
* UK Toddler Has Hearing Restored In World First Gene Therapy Trial – Slashdot >>
* Kate Middleton Latest: Prince William Shares New Update | TIME >>

* AI Therapy Bots Have Risks and Benefits and More Risks | Scientific American >>
* Android in the time of AI – The Verge >>
* Hyderabad Now in India’s Elite Semiconductor Club of Few that Can Tape-Out Full Test Chip | IndianWeb2.com >>

* Ukraine war: With a surprise cross-border attack, Russia ruthlessly exposes Ukraine’s weaknesses | CNN >>
* A $600 Billion Wall of Debt Looms Over Market’s Riskiest Stocks – Bloomberg >>
* Apple Closes in on Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone – Bloomberg >>

* The Musk Whisperer — The Information >>
* OpenAI Develops AI Voice Assistant As It Chases Google, Apple — The Information >>
* This Pandemic Boom Town Is Also A Surprisingly Wonderful Place To Retire >>

* Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak acknowledges war protests in commencement speech | Fortune >>
* The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless | Fortune >>
* Financial stress is making us mentally and physically ill. Here’s how to cope | Fortune Well >>

* Autonomous cars could mean addition of white lights to traffic signals | Fortune >>
* Breaking Analysis: RSA 2024 goes beyond AI powered security to securing AI itself >>
* New tech, old conflict: gallium claim pits US future priorities against environmental impact >>

* I’ve used every iPad since the original. Here’s my buying advice for the new 2024 models >>
* LimX Dynamics’ W1 robot can stand, walk and roll on its hind ‘legs’ >>

* Did OpenAI, Google and Meta ‘Cut Corners’ to Harvest AI Training Data? (indiatimes.com) >>
* FIN7 Hacker Group Leverages Malicious Google Ads to Deliver NetSupport RAT >>
* Biden Administration Set to Quadruple Tariffs on Chinese EVs >>

* 5 big things: Apple developing AI chips, US restricts exports of AI models and more Via @httech >>

* National Technology Day: Cybersecurity leaders reflect on innovations for a safe .. >>
* The world’s rules-based order is cracking >>

* Ukraine’s pilots are flying high-risk ‘wild weasel’ missions >>
* Soaring number of migrants trapped in Yemen face abuse and starvation, say NGOs >>
* Making deepfake images is increasingly easy – controlling their use is proving all but impossible >>
* She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all >>

* Get “Inside the Mind of a Baby” | Stella Lourenco | TEDx >>
* Hack Your Impossible: The Power of Yes | Tes Sewell | TEDx >>
* How our changing DNA keeps us alive | Linda Chelico | TEDx >>
* The beginning and end of the iPad >>

* Are your coping mechanisms healthy? | Dr. Andrew Miki | TEDx >>
* New vaccine could protect against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet >>
* Study links organization of neurotypical brains to genes involved in autism and schizophrenia >>

* UFOs, God, and the edge of understanding >>
* Inflation hits McDonald’s, FTX customers get paid back, Spirt Airlines struggles: Business news roundup >>
* Tesla’s new robot, a powerful new chatbot, and a nuclear fusion breakthrough: The most popular tech stories >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 11 May 2024

* AI News: Get Ready, Things Are About to Get Crazy! >>
* OpenAI X: “We’ll be streaming live at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.” >>
* Sam Altman X: “not gpt-5, not a search engine, but we’ve been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love! feels like magic to me. monday 10am PT.” >>

* OpenAI confirms May 13 event for ChatGPT updates >>
* Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors – The New York Times >>
* New Attack Against Self-Driving Car AI – Schneier on Security >>
* Generative AI that imitates human motion | ScienceDaily >>

* Anything AI: Zapier local? Build AI Automations for your startup: Run Locally. Customize. Self host. >>
* How Airlines Are Using AI to Make Flying Easier – The New York Times >>
* Doughnut-shaped swirls of laser light can be used to transmit images | New Scientist >>
* The Future of Electric Cars Hinges on a Dongle – The Atlantic >>

* Teslabots Building and Operating Gigafactories is the Technological Singularity | NextBigFuture.com >>
* FAA to conduct new environmental review for SpaceX’s Starship operations in Florida | Space >>
* Apple Might Bring AI Transcription To Voice Memos and Notes – Slashdot >>
* Udio & Suno AI just got STOMPED on.. New AI Music is SCARY GOOD – YouTube >>

* How our changing DNA keeps us alive | Linda Chelico | TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan – YouTube >>
* Rethinking How AI And Humans Interact To Get The Best Of Both – YouTube >>
* Why Mental Fitness is the new Mental Health | Maya Raichoora | TEDxShoreditch Women – YouTube >>
* HUGE Update: SpaceX’s Frenzy Push Towards Starship Flight 4! – YouTube >>

* Tony Seba: Billions of Robots & The Era of Superabundance – YouTube >>
* Derek Manky, Fortinet | RSA Conference 2024 – YouTube >>
* SpaceX Fires Up Next Starship Prototype | This Week in Spaceflight – YouTube >>

* You have no free will at all | Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky – YouTube >>
* This Week in AI: OpenAI considers allowing AI porn | TechCrunch >>
* Microsoft’s New AI, VASA-1 Clones Human Expression, Viral Mona Lisa Rap Surprises Citizens: Should We Worry? >>
* Why Elon Musk Said ChatGPT and Google Gemini “Could End” Civilization? >>

* Otto – Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2024 | Product Hunt >>
* Stability AI sows gen AI discord with Stable Artisan | VentureBeat >>
* Microsoft (MSFT) to Launch Mobile Game Store in July, Vying With Apple, Google – Bloomberg >>

* ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model | VentureBeat >>
* Simons Foundation Co-Founder, Mathematician and Investor Jim Simons Dies at 86 >>
* Apple apologizes for iPad ‘Crush’ ad that ‘missed the mark’ – The Verge >>

* Tesla lays off ‘more than 10 percent’ of its workforce, loses top executives – Slashdot >>
* America First Legal Sues IBM Subsidiary Red Hat for discrimination – Slashdot >>
* Neuralink brain implant starting to fall off – Slashdot >>
* Gaza battles rage near Rafah as United Nations says 110,000 displaced – The Washington Post >>

* How two telcos bring inclusivity to Indonesia | McKinsey >>
* Disney’s ‘Zombies 4’ adds 5 new cast members, vampires – UPI.com >>
* Jim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86 – The New York Times >>
* Dozens of stars show signs of Dyson spheres built by advanced alien civilisations | New Scientist >>

* Sam Altman shoots down reports of search engine launch ahead of Google I/O – The Verge >>
* Vodafone and Sony Originated Companies To Combine Blockchain & IoT To Combat Supply Chain Frauds | IndianWeb2.com >>
* The AI Beat: Why does OpenAI need a search engine? >>

* Voluntary liquidators appointed for Air Vanuatu >>
* Politicians lay blame after narrowly-averted power cuts highlight energy security issues | Newshub >>
* Weddings hang in the balance after hundreds of passengers stranded due to Air Vanuatu collapse | Newshub >>

* Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years | CNN >>
* Welcome to the AI dystopia no one asked for, courtesy of Silicon Valley | CNN Business >>
* Red flags to watch for in your AI chatbot ‘friend’ | RNZ News >>

* Bill Gates to sell $1.1 billion green megayacht – before it’s even set sail >>
* Wakeley stabbing video not offensive enough to warrant its removal, Elon Musk’s X tells court >>
* Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for May 10 – Bloomberg >>

* A Severe Solar Storm Hitting Earth May Make Northern Lights: What to Know – The New York Times >>
* At Tesla, a Wild Week That Defined the Company’s Future — The Information >>
* Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 on X: “Please enjoy @bhorowitz and me answering questions on the current state of AI! 01:14 How AI startups can compete with the bigger players 05:57 Will the “God models” get 100x better? 09:19 Counter argument: Are the tests too simple? 10:14 Internet data represents average human… >>
” / X >>

* Hundreds of Russian Troops Gathered. Then Four ATACMS Rockets Struck. >>
* Apple iPad ‘Crush!’ advert: Marketing VP Tor Myhren issues apology | Fortune >>
* ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model | VentureBeat >>

* The AI Beat: Why does OpenAI need a search engine? | VentureBeat >>
* The Apple Vision Pro may have tanked — but spatial computing is still the future, Deloitte says | VentureBeat >>
* The world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online >>

* Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review: a gorgeous echo of the past – The Verge >>
* The true promise of AI: Siri that doesn’t suck. – The Verge >>
* iOS 18 rumor: AI tools for summarizing audio recordings coming >>

* Sketchy rumor says Apple Vision Pro 2 will be half the price >>
* Air Vanuatu liquidation confirmed; stranded Kiwis ‘heartbroken’ | Stuff >>
* US TikTok ban: how the looming restriction is affecting scientists on the app >>

* Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail >>
* Report: Revamped Siri to Be at the Core of Apple’s New AI Strategy – MacRumors >>
* UK Economy Emerges From Recession – Slashdot >>

* Chemicals In Car Interiors May Cause Cancer, and They’re Required By US Law – Slashdot >>
* Record-Breaking Increase in CO2 Levels in World’s Atmosphere – Slashdot >>
* Tech workers should shine a light on the industry’s secretive work with the military | MIT Technology Review >>

* 5G eclipsed by LEO, LTE networks at Gogo >>
* What risks do advanced AI models pose in the wrong hands?, IT Security News, ET CISO >>
* McDonald’s hopes a $5 meal will win back inflation-weary customers >>

* Dell discloses data breach impacting millions of customers >>
* Zscaler is investigating data breach claims >>
* Google fixes fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day this year >>

* How our changing DNA keeps us alive | Linda Chelico | TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan – YouTube >>
* Get “Inside the Mind of a Baby” | Stella Lourenco | TEDxEmory – YouTube >>
* Is AI lying to me? Scientists warn of growing capacity for deception | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian >>
* Microsoft Is Having Its iPhone Moment Thanks to AI, Analysts Say >>

Futureseek Daily Link Review; 10 May 2024

* Grain-sized brain tissue with 1400 TB data mapped by Harvard, Google >>
* Scientists unlock key to cheap hydrogen fuel with 95% less iridium >>
* OpenAI will soon ask to use your content as training data | TechCrunch Minute – YouTube >>

* Google CEO Sundar Pichai and the Future of AI | The Circuit – YouTube >>
* Google I/O 2024: How to watch | TechCrunch >>
* Google I/O 2024: What to expect | TechCrunch >>
* Google CEO Sundar Pichai Explains the Company’s Layoff Strategy >>

* OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian >>
* OpenAI Wants to TRACK GPUs?! They Went Too Far With This… – YouTube >>
* The World-Changing Science of Organ Manufacturing w/ Dean Kamen | EP #100 – YouTube >>

* STUNNING Medical AI Agents OUTPERFORM Doctors 🤯trained in the simulation, continuous improvement. – YouTube >>
* Retell AI lets companies build ‘voice agents’ to answer phone calls | TechCrunch >>
* Forbes: How AI Will Shape Society Over The Next 20 Years >>

* AnalystANGLE Day 4 | RSA Conference 2024 >>
* Analyst Angle | Red Hat Summit 2024 >>
* Aparna Sharma, IBM Consulting & Stefanie Chiras, Red Hat | Red Hat Summit 2024 – YouTube >>

* ‘Mathematical microscope’ could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease early >>
* World is On Edge of Climate Abyss, UN Warns – Slashdot >>
* The Biggest AI News Of The Week – YouTube >>

* Apple to Power iOS 18 AI Features With In-House Server Mac Chips This Year – Bloomberg >>
* GitHub – tegonhq/tegon: Tegon is an open-source, AI-first alternative to Jira, Linear >>
* Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AI | WIRED >>

* ElevenLabs on X: “Here’s an early preview of ElevenLabs Music. All generated from a single text prompt with no edits.>>
* Apple to Power iOS 18 AI Features With In-House Server Mac Chips This Year – Bloomberg >>
* Chief AI Officer on X: “AI phone agents are here. Here are 8 startups enabling this >>

* Leaked FBI Email Reportedly Shows Desperation to Justify Warrantless Wiretaps >>
* It’s always TCP_NODELAY. Every damn time. – Marc’s Blog >>
* FBI restarts communications with social media companies over ‘disinformation’ – Slashdot >>

* Court rejects Hunter Biden’s appeal in gun case, setting stage for trial to begin next month – The Washington Post >>
* Most heated trial moments between Stormy Daniels and Trump lawyers – The Washington Post >>
* Trump Could ‘Do Time’ for Contempt Right Behind Courtroom >>

* Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space | New Scientist >>
* OpenAI Might Let Users ‘Responsibly’ Generate AI Porn and Other NSFW Content >>
* New parents contend with an average of $3,000 of medical debt : Shots – Health News : NPR >>

* Game theory shows we can never learn perfectly from our mistakes | New Scientist >>
* DeepMind is experimenting with a nearly indestructible robot hand | New Scientist >>
* Being in two places at once could make a quantum battery charge faster | New Scientist >>

* Sandra Bullock And Keanu Reeves Flirt With The Idea Of Acting Together Again “Before [Their] Eyes Close” | Bored Panda >>
* Trackless trams and urban cable car suggested to resolve Auckland transport issues : r/auckland >>
* Apple doesn’t understand why you use technology – The Verge >>

* Dear Tim Cook: Be a Decent Human Being and Delete this Revolting Apple Ad | MZS | Roger Ebert >>
* Cisco Introduces New Virtual Appliance with Al-powered Intelligence to Enhance Self-Hosted Observability | IndianWeb2.com >>
* Massimo on X: “It’s rare, but it happens >>

* Russia’s Victory Day parade masks simmering tensions inside Putin’s government and beyond | CNN >>
* Biden’s Warning Over Rafah Sharpens a Problem for Netanyahu – New York Times >>

* Apple’s Next CEO: List of AAPL Insiders Who Could Succeed Tim Cook – Bloomberg >>
* AlphaFold From Google DeepMind Could Make AI Drugs – Bloomberg >>
* Robot sommeliers and baristas go to work in labor-starved South Korea – Nikkei Asia >>

* Bindu Reddy on X: “funny!! OAI is proposing extreme security measures to lock down model weights… On the one hand, several folks are arguing we should open-source LLMs…. >>
* SkalskiP on X: “almost fully functional version of my football AI project today, I added player tracking using ByteTrack and projection of players onto the map code coming soon: >>
>>
” / X >>
* Private equity making it too expensive to have pets? PE firms have been buying up vet clinics since 2020 | Fortune >>

* Public colleges see largest tuition drop in 40 years amid enrollment crisis | Fortune >>
* The world’s economic order is breaking down >>
* The liberal international order is slowly coming apart >>
* Orphan Black: Echoes introduces a new clone club in first trailer. – The Verge >>

* Which to buy: iPad Pro vs Apple Vision Pro >>
* Milestone discovery as JWST confirms atmosphere on an Earth-like exoplanet >>
* Tesla’s launch of self-driving system in China to widen autonomous tech adoption in world’s largest EV market, analyst says | South China Morning Post >>

* Google helped make an exquisitely detailed map of a tiny piece of the human brain | MIT Technology Review >>
* New TunnelVision Attack Allows Hijacking of VPN Traffic via DHCP Manipulation >>

* iPhone 16 to come without SIM card slot? Global launch of eSIM only iPad 2024 range sparks new speculations | Mobile News >>
* Godmother of AI Fei-Fei Li says stop worrying about an AI apocalypse >>
* AI: How employers use automation to make our jobs worse – Vox >>

* High school student helps transform ‘crazy idea’ into a model that can predict neurotransmitters >>
* Human brain map contains never-before-seen details of structure >>

* Ian Bremmer: How far away is a ceasefire? An update on Gaza and the Rafah invasion | TED Talk >>
* Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur | Global development | Guardian >>
* Sarah J. Doherty: How aerosols brighten clouds — and cool the planet | TED Talk >>
* How to save money with your healthcare choices | Nicole Semeraro | TEDxHartford – YouTube >>

* My mantra meditation journey | Katie Underwood | TEDxMaldon Live – YouTube >>
* Inspiring Change: The Magic of Mentoring At-Risk Youth | Armand Lawrich King | TEDxSanDiego – YouTube >>
* Are AI-powered homes the future of living? | Philippe Ziade | TEDxReno – YouTube >>

* TikTok to auto-flag AI videos – even if created on other platforms | TikTok | The Guardian >>
* Corporate America Is Going Un-Woke: Reversing DEI, Sustainability Plan >>
* Tesla’s Easy Ride in China Might Be Over >>

* Nearly $2b worth of ANZ mortgages overdue | BusinessDesk >>
* Whooping cough: Cases up again as five infant deaths reported >>
* First patient of Elon Musk’s Neuralink implant suffered life-threatening condition during surgery that later caused brain chip to malfunction, report claims | Daily Mail Online >>

* Artificial Intelligence ‘Friends’ – The New York Times >>
* Nearly 50% of People Are Considering Leaving Their Jobs In 2024 – Slashdot >>
* How Paris became a 15-minute city – Fast Company >>

* How to Survive in the New World of AI per Sam Altman | NextBigFuture.com >>
* Femtosecond Lasers Solve Solar Panels’ Recycling Issue – IEEE Spectrum >>

* Roman Space Telescope Will Be Hunting For Primordial Black Holes – Universe Today >>
* I don’t see any evidence of aliens. SpaceX’s Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have never dodged UFOs | Space >>
* Astronomers are on the Hunt for Dyson Spheres – Universe Today >>

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* MattVidProAI: Leaked Info Reveals BIG Open AI Event on Monday – YouTube >>
* OpenAI Destroyed AI Training Data. Staff Who Collected It Are Gone. >>
* US Startup Claims to Have Developed New Hallucination-Free AI that Completely Eliminates False Information | IndianWeb2.com >>
* Matt Wolfe: The Mysterious Chatbot that Beat ChatGPT is BACK! >>

* AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules >>
* Googles ALPHAFOLD-3 Just Changed EVERYTHING! (AlphaFold 3 Explained) – YouTube >>
* DeepMind CEO Targets $100 Billion-Plus AI Drug Discovery Business With AlphaFold – Bloomberg >>
* DeepMind AI can predict how drugs interact with proteins | New Scientist >>
* Google DeepMind debuts huge AlphaFold update and free proteomics-as-a-service web app | TechCrunch >>
* Google DeepMind’s latest medical breakthrough borrows a trick from AI image generators >>

* Welcome to the World of Audio Computers | Jason Rugolo | TED – YouTube >>
* AI Can Now Generate Entire Songs on Demand. What Does This Mean for Music as We Know It? >>
* AstraZeneca Withdraws Covid Vaccine Worldwide, Citing Low Demand – The New York Times >>
* You Won’t Believe OpenAI JUST Said About GPT-5! Microsoft Secret AI, Hallucination Solved, GPT2 – YouTube >>

* Red Hat Summit Keynote Analysis | Red Hat Summit 2024 – YouTube >>
* Microsoft to Invest Over $3 Billion to Build AI in Wisconsin – WSJ >>
* FedEx 767 lands without a nose gear at Istanbul Airport, from this morning : r/aviation >>

* Watch: Olympic torch reaches France ahead of Paris 2024 – UPI.com >>
* Olympic Flame Arrives in Marseille – The New York Times >>
* udio: delighted to launch Audio Inpainting >>

* ‘World’s largest’ plant to suck carbon out of the air and turn it into stone opens in Iceland | CNN >>
* Fusion reactors could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks | New Scientist >>
* Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX says it will be able to repay creditors full $11bn | FTX | The Guardian >>

* MITRE promises AI supercomputer for the rest of US govt • The Register >>
* Defense Think Tank MITRE To Build AI Supercomputer With Nvidia – Slashdot >>
* Homeland Security boss: US War on Drugs will be AI powered • The Register >>
* Open AI Model Spec (2024/05/08) >>

* Apple Pencil lineup is a mess, so here’s a guide to which one you should buy >>
* From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea • The Register >>
* Tesla Is Able to Forecast What is Needed to Achieve Robotaxi FSD | NextBigFuture.com >>
* Brain-Inspired Computer Approaches Brain-Like Size – IEEE Spectrum >>

* Tesla FSD 12.4 Starts Rollout Next Week – Starting the Summer of Judgement for FSD | NextBigFuture.com >>
* North Korea: Kim family’s master propagandist dies at 94 >>
* Teacher accused of sex with teenagers ‘laughed at boy’s comment’ >>

* Shopify says AI has helped keep its head count flat >>
* “VoT” Gives LLMs Spacial Reasoning AND Open-Source “Large Action Model” – YouTube >>
* AI Gene Editing and the Robo Revolution | The Brainstorm EP 46 – YouTube >>

* SpaceX Static Fires Ship 30 in Preparation for the Fifth Starship Flight – YouTube >>
* Elon’s Bot Bombshell As Tesla STUNS With HUGE Optimus Update – YouTube >>
* Ringly.io – Automated AI phone agent for e-commerce >>
* US Revokes Intel, Qualcomm Licenses to Sell Chips to Huawei – Slashdot >>

* Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content >>
* OpenAI Is Readying an AI Search Product to Rival Google, Perplexity – Bloomberg >>
* IBM brings Power 10 servers to bear on AI edge deployments • The Register >>

* Why the US paused the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel ahead of a possible Rafah attack – The Washington Post >>
* Progressives cheer Biden’s Israel weapons pause while Republicans fume – Live Updates – POLITICO >>
* Experts Wonder, Is America Truly in Decline? >>

* The Apple Pencil lineup is a mess, so here’s a guide to which one you should buy >>
* “So let me get this straight… Microsoft who uses OpenAI’s LLM tech to improve its search experience is building their own LLM tech now… And OpenAI, who uses Microsoft’s search tech to improve its lookup ability is building a search engine…
Is it me or does it feel like they’re preparing for a divorce?” >>
* Matt WolfeX: For anyone thinking that AI is slow right now… >>
* Why are boomers so miserable? : r/BoomersBeingFools >>

* Boeing cargo plane lands with no front wheels at Istanbul airport | CNN >>
* Cost of junior doctors covering workplace shortages doubles in a year | RNZ News >>
* Neil the Seal comes to Tasmania again and is in danger of being loved to death >>

* Toyota to invest $13bn in EVs, AI and supply chain – Nikkei Asia >>
* Brussels agrees to send €3bn from frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine | Euronews >>
* NVIDIA AI on X: “Today at #Know24, @ServiceNow showcased #AI avatar of the future for enhanced customer service, powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. >>

* ‘Get On the Train,’ NVIDIA CEO Says at ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2024 | NVIDIA Blog >>
* Warner Bros May Lose The NBA — But Its Stock Is Still A Buy. Here’s Why. >>

* Gen Zers could take jobs from millennials if have AI skills, LinkedIn and Microsoft data shows | Fortune >>
* Workers want AI, but aren’t waiting for their companies to adopt it | VentureBeat >>

* Gray divorce is sky-rocketing among baby boomers. It can wreak havoc on their retirements | Fortune >>
* The AI panic looks a lot like early criticism of electricity. We know how that turned out | Fortune >>
* New AI search engine Upend emerges from stealth with 100 LLMs | VentureBeat >>

* Tech insights: Cutting-edge technology, cybersecurity at RSAC – SiliconANGLE >>
* Red Hat outlines a vision for evolving AI models with open-source communities – SiliconANGLE >>
* US Eyes Curbs on China’s Access To AI Software Behind Apps Like ChatGPT – Slashdot >>

* Venture Firms Double, Then Halve, In Stunning Reversal – Slashdot >>
* Google brings AI-powered Circle to Search feature to iPhones – know how it works | Tech News >>
* How AI tells Israel who to bomb – Vox >>

* Unveiling History; AR’s Role in Cultural Preservation | Kilma S. Lattin | TEDxSanDiego – YouTube >>
* Learning to pace yourself with purpose | Kate Nam | TEDxCU – YouTube >>
* Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced | Brazil | The Guardian >>
* Revenge porn video spread like ‘house fire’ – Georgia Harrison >>
* Googlers who are seething with rage while everyone talks about OpenAI and their funny little models >>