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"Using an AI agent is similar to handing someone your keys and a to-do list." f-st.co/1Lgv16o

A user told Meta’s Muse to sell his keyboard. What happened next was alarming

The more personal info you give AI agents, the better they perform, but that raises privacy concerns.

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This startup just tested turning an underwater volcano into a power plant f-st.co/XhxKhn9

This startup just tested turning an underwater volcano into a power plant

Endurance Energy plans to build a network of undersea power plants that make use of the Earth's heat.

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Voters think politicians don’t listen. Could AI help? f-st.co/Uxe2eNr

Voters think politicians don’t listen. Could AI help?

The progressive group Swing Left has spent a year trying to rehabilitate Democrats’ image as out-of-touch elites who don’t listen. And it’s using AI to do it.

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Idealab’s Bill Gross is building infrastructure for AI-assisted startups f-st.co/btlEeHo

Idealab’s Bill Gross is building infrastructure for AI-assisted startups 

Gross’s Idealab.ai just released a freely available database of AI-generated startup ideas and a “periodic table” of business functions and software.

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If your browser's top bar looks like an accordion made of 100 tiny, unrecognizable icons, there’s hope. f-st.co/yjIK499

Taming your browser’s 100+ open tabs is the easy way to speed up your PC

If your browser's top bar looks like an accordion made of 100 tiny, unrecognizable icons, there’s hope.

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You deserve the speed you’re paying for—and OpenSpeedTest will help make sure you’re actually getting it in a way most standard speed tests can't manage. f-st.co/rqi5Kjk

This quick test will tell you if your home Wi-Fi is to blame for laggy internet

You deserve the speed you’re paying for—and OpenSpeedTest will help make sure you’re actually getting it in a way most standard speed tests can't manage.

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"AI can continue to perform well while the people overseeing it become less practiced at exercising independent judgment and less prepared to intervene." f-st.co/qCpZKHR

What happens when people have to jump in to clean up AI's mess?

As AI takes on more work, some human capabilities will inevitably be used less often.

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"The most meaningful application of AI won’t be chatbots or productivity tools. It will be the automation of scientific discovery itself." f-st.co/LfHtx6L

AI’s biggest breakthrough isn't chatbots—it's the eureka moment

The Eureka machine will be the culmination of several converging streams of AI development.

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Yes, you should be backing up your iPhone every day. Here's how. f-st.co/SdaTNyh

Yes, you should be backing up your iPhone every day. Here's how

iPhones get damaged, lost, or stolen all the time. Making sure that your data survives is easy.

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"AI may change how professional work gets done, but it does not change where the buck stops." f-st.co/iEeKGyr

Why companies may be liable for AI errors

How can professionals benefit from AI without outsourcing the judgment their work requires?

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Meet Uncovered.ink, a clever free website that helps you find books you’ll love—for Kindle or any other platform—without having to judge a book by its cover. f-st.co/I0IojcB

Uncovered.ink · Judge a book by its writing

Read first pages blind. No cover, no name, no hype. Find out what you actually fall for.

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Apple’s HomeView has a Google problem f-st.co/EVzFbCX

Apple's HomeView has a Google problem

Photos might be HomeView's killer app. Too bad for those of us who don't store them with Apple.

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Two very different companies worked together to make Meta’s Muse Spark Open LLM run well on Mac Studio hardware. f-st.co/TmulgOL

Meta and Apple agree on at least one thing: Open-weight AI is cool

Two very different companies worked together to make Meta’s Muse Spark Open LLM run well on Mac Studio hardware.

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AI’s memory chip crunch is crushing the smartphone market f-st.co/7ni440D

AI's memory chip crunch is crushing the smartphone market

Smartphone shipments plunged a record 22%, according to IDC, as soaring memory costs force manufacturers to raise prices and abandon cheaper models.

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“OpenAI is hurting kids and they are lying to Iowans,” Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said in a statement. f-st.co/cZsbRH7

States sue OpenAI over allegedly hurting children and deceiving adults

The wave of lawsuits is the latest filed by states accusing tech giants behind AI chatbots and social media platforms of harming children.

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“The Starshield shutdown was short, lasted only one day, but several drones and other systems were affected. Some missions failed, and we lost drones because communications were cut off." f-st.co/BdC2D7A

What to know about the Starshield restrictions that rattled Ukraine’s forces

The episode raised fresh questions about Ukraine’s reliance on the Starshield program and who actually controls access to it.

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All I want for Christmas is AI (apparently) f-st.co/ONE4QJD

All I want for Christmas is AI (apparently)

From robot pets to AI-powered wearables, tech companies are hoping their latest gadgets become this year's must-have gifts.

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This Google lab is making quiet, collaborative progress on fronts from quantum computing to understanding how fruit flies think. f-st.co/nb1cCKW

Google Research’s chief on why scientific AI is so underappreciated

This Google lab is making quiet, collaborative progress on fronts from quantum computing to understanding how fruit flies think.

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This startup wants to make clean energy the default for data centers f-st.co/Kgqe1Sq

This startup wants to make clean energy the default for data centers

Firma Power is helping data centers add clean energy to the grid instead of relying on gas.

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The MLB team is using a new visitor management platform to communicate with Target Field employees and enhance security during local emergencies. f-st.co/WSKqmYA

How the Minnesota Twins kept fans safe during a recent nearby shooting

A new visitor management platform enabled the MLB team’s director of security to notify employees within minutes of the emergency.

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