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| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel ties, between 19 and 24 years old, playing key DOGE roles, as Musk seizes control of US infrastructure — Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk's companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports, available to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers and limited to 100 queries per month — OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
OpenAI's Operator is currently more an intriguing demo than a product most people need to spend $200/month on, but it points to a future of powerful AI agents — In the past week, OpenAI's Operator has done the following things for me: — Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon.
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| Bloomberg: |
Donald Trump's EO for levies on China says the “de minimis” exemption for items under $800 no longer applies, affecting Alibaba, JD.com, Shein, Temu, and others — - President could block tariff exemption for packages under $800 — Change could affect online retailers such as Shein and Temu
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| Heidi Mitchell / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self, currently used by 60,000 people from 190 countries — A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self. It's going to be quite a life. — It turns out I'm going to write a book!| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
A profile of Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski, whose overblown statements about AI replacing humans point to a future that tech companies are working toward — Ask typical corporate executives about their goals in adopting artificial intelligence, and they will most likely make vague pronouncements … | Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Stablecoins are becoming a core part of financial infrastructure in emerging markets, expanding beyond cross-border payments into consumer finance and more — Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries.
More: Finextra
| Bloomberg: |
AI adoption has outpaced PCs and the internet, but evidence of its boost to productivity is thin on the ground; a study shows 40% of US adults have used AI — For all the excitement, evidence of a boost to productivity is still thin on the ground — For investors in artificial intelligence, the last week delivered a painful shock.
Bluesky: @surviveyourfamily.com
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google's X spins out Heritable Agriculture, which aims to use AI to improve crop yield, as the incubator aggressively spins off companies under CEO Astro Teller — Google's X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning …
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
India expands Aadhaar, now linked to 1.4B+ people's biometrics, to let businesses across several sectors use the service to authenticate customers — India has eased restrictions on its Aadhaar authentication service, a digital identity verification framework linked to the biometrics … | Bloomberg: |
Some parents say they are eschewing 529 college savings plans and other traditional investments to invest in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children — Despite the risks and volatility, some families are investing in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children.
More: crypto.news. Bluesky: @sevenbelow, @tsonic45, @regbazile, @tingolino, @dailyharbinger, @wilkos, and @jessefelder. Mastodon: @cryptadamist@universeodon.com
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
SoftBank commits $3B annually for itself and subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, and launches SB OpenAI Japan to market OpenAI's enterprise tech in Japan — SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, according to a joint announcement on Monday.Sponsor Posts
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