Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
UBTech strikes deal with China to assist at border crossings, and this isn’t a dystopian nightmare at all
Just weeks after UBTech unveiled one of the most unintentionally terrifying humanoid robot videos on YouTube, the company has announced one of the Walker S2 android’s first jobs, working the border crossing between China and Vietnam. As reported by SCMP, UBTech just secured a huge contract ($37M in US dollars)…
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Sam Altman wants his AI device to feel like ‘sitting in the most beautiful cabin by a lake,’ but it sounds more like endless surveillance
OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, confirmed this week that the company is building a brand‑new AI‑first device. He says it will stand in stark contrast to the clutter and chaos of our phones and apps. Indeed, he compared using it to “sitting in the most beautiful cabin by a lake and…
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Solar-powered iLamp turns the humble lamppost into an AI hub
The iLamp is a solar-powered streetlight that doubles as a low-energy, off-grid AI data center It aims to reduce AI’s massive electricity and water usage by distributing computation across city infrastructure Conflow Power is already rolling out iLamp deals worth millions, including safety tech for thousands of Florida schools A…
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Sam Altman and Jony Ive AI device is now in its prototype phase and its ‘vibe’ is defined
Altman and Ive say their AI gadget will be here in less than two years It will bring a calmer vibe than other current technologies It will know everything about you Can a tech product be like a ‘cabin by a lake’? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman certainly thinks so. Altman…
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Nano Banana Pro cast a design spell in NotebookLM to explore the legend of Camelot
NotebookLM has integrated Nano Banana Pro into its new infographic and slide deck tools The AI image maker turns research into polished graphics with captions The workflow lets you design complex, publication-ready graphics without ever leaving your notebook Google’s NotebookLM has added a couple of new options for reimagining research,…
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Elon Musk on the future of jobs and AI, ‘My prediction is that work will be optional’
The automation that comes with AI is certain to affect jobs, but when recently asked about this topic, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as is his way, went a step further and declared, “My prediction is that work will be optional.” Now, this is a bold statement, though perhaps Musk, who…
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