Good Monday morning! Today’s big story is an investigation from Joseph about cops and an AI tool that takes data from sites like Airbnb and Zillow and identifies specific properties. The internet is full of photos of the interiors of people’s homes, from real estate and rental listings to short-term stays, and that data is […]
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Outsourcing the essential task of interviewing job applicants to a machine seems lazy at best, negligent at worst. I want better for all of us Over the past 15 years of my working life, I’ve done a lot of interviews for a lot of different jobs and industries: call centre operator, social media manager, bookseller,
PM ‘absolutely accepts referendum result’, says spokesperson Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to
Every AI leader’s week runs the same eight headaches on rotation. Each has a fix small enough to fit in a calendar invite, and several now come with fresh data. A recent forecast puts worldwide AI spending near $3.5 trillion in 2027, so each headache below carries real money. Here they are, roughly in the
The 8 problems AI leaders face right now, and the fix for each Read Post »
No organization in the world operates more robots than Amazon. The company already has more than 1 million robots working in warehouses around the clock to make tens of millions of same-day and one-day package deliveries happen on a daily basis—and Amazon is poised to significantly grow that robotic fleet in the coming years as
Inside Amazon’s robotic arms race and what it means for the future of human work Read Post »
An AI company now lets cops take a photo and nearly instantly figure out what specific home it was taken in, using only clues in the photo itself, and is clearly pulling data from sites like Zillow and Airbnb. The tool, called Raven, shows the increasing power of AI capabilities available to local law enforcement
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Ambient intelligence startup Mistlabs Ltd. today brought its Ambi artificial intelligence system out of beta test on Apple Inc. devices, backed by $26 million in new funding. Ambi is designed to act without being asked. Chief Executive Peter Mo said most AI platforms are built to complete tasks, and Mistlabs wants to see what becomes
Mistlabs takes its Ambi AI system out of beta on Apple devices with $26M in funding Read Post »
Agentic e-commerce startup Loops Smart AI wants to help online retailers create more seamless buying journeys and streamline the shopping experience after raising $3.5 million in seed funding today. Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z speedrun accelerator led the round, with NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures and Monday Capital all participating. These days, most online retailers have
E-commerce AI startup Loops raises $3.5M to create smoother online shopping experiences Read Post »
The rise of AI makes the preservation of democracy even more urgent – especially as the technology threatens institutions AI safety is having a moment. After years as a topic for techies and futurists, the potential risks from artificial intelligence systems – from cyberattacks to hyper-persuasion to rogue behavior – are suddenly under discussion both
One essential ingredient for AI safety? Democracy | Matthew Botvinick Read Post »
The debt-collection ecosystem will change as AI takes notes in exam rooms, codes visits and sends billing messages Medical debt is expected to grow in coming years as Republican-led health cuts come into force this winter. As it does, a changing world of medical billing and debt collection awaits patients: one where artificial intelligence increasingly
As US medical debt grows, AI will be used more to collect it Read Post »
