AI—the most consequential technology of our lifetimes.No technology has ever disrupted as quickly or as broadly as AI has. The market capitalization of the world’s 10 most valuable public companies far outpaces the rest of the market, and 9 of them are focused on AI.Last year’s agenda (where’s the ROI, where should we pilot) has given way to more difficult challenges: How will we fund the buildout, integrate AI more rapidly, and preserve IP? And how will industry structure and regulation evolve to facilitate innovation, competitiveness,...

As billions of venture capital dollars flood into humanoid robotics and embodied artificial intelligence, the industry has run headlong into a critical operational bottleneck: a severe shortage of high-quality, real-world data required to teach machines how to navigate the physical world. Seeking to capitalize on this deficit, Santa Clara-based data infrastructure startup Maxinsights announced on Thursday that it has closed an oversized $30 million seed financing round led by Peak XV.The funding round, which included participation from Tola...

LEGO has turned more than 380,000 hand-built botanical blooms into a giant wave spilling out from Tank Shanghai Art Center onto the city’s West Bund.Measuring approximately 30 metres long and covering 800 square metres, the Botanical Wave takes the brand’s buildable flowers beyond the vase and into a public art installation.Inside, visitors can add their own creations to a separate digital landscape.The ‘Where Blooms Begin’ experience invites people to build a LEGO flower, scan it and watch it become a digital bloom alongside those made...

A mushroom with glowing eyes is an easier sell for my nightstand than a miniature humanoid. OKA’s Mori takes that approachable shape and gives it a specific job: offering a little company and a reason to pause, without making another screen the center of attention. Currently offered through an early-purchase program, the companion robot uses light, sound, and movement to bring some presence to a quiet room. The ambition is modest enough to feel appealing.For anyone who wants to unwind without reaching for their phone, the physical design ma...

1. (PDF) Gallup 보고서 : 글로벌 정서 건강과 소셜미디어 '적정 사용'의 역설글로벌 청년층의 보편화와 일일 이용 시간 격차: 97개국 성인의 81%, 15~29세 청년층의 95%가 소셜미디어를 이용 중인 가운데, 청년층의 52%가 하루 2시간 이상, 19%는 5시간 이상 체류하며 중장년층 대비 과다 사용 비율이 3배 높게 집계.비선형적 관계와 '하루 30분~2시간' 적정 사용의 긍정성: 소통과 정보 습득 효과로 일 30분~2시간 이용하는 적정 사용자가 가장 높은 정서적 웰빙을 기록한 반면, 2시간 이상 과다 사용자는 분노(+2.2%p), 외로움(+2.2%p), 슬픔(+2.2%p), 스트레스(+2.0%p)가 유의미하게...

The State of the World’s Emotional Health report presents Gallup’s annual findings on how people around the world are feeling.Social media use is widespread, but how much people use it varies substantially.The relationship between social media use and wellbeing is modest and not straightforward.Time spent on social media tells a more complicated story.High social media use is associated with lower life evaluation in high-income countries such as the United States.Global emotional health remains strained, particularly in places experiencing...

Nvidia has filed for a method that turns a long, bumpy phone video into a 3D scene you can view from angles the camera never saw, with no camera data supplied up front.Recorded clips of a walk turn into a walkable digital world by tracking how the camera moved through space.What Nvidia's phone-video-to-3D patent doesEver filmed a walk down a street on your phone and wished you could see the same scene from a spot where you never stood? That is the trick Nvidia's patent application is after: turning an ordinary, bumpy video into a 3D scene yo...

Wellness is disrupting dentistry.NYC-based preventative oral care company Wally raised $25M to scale its membership-based clinics from 15 to 100 locations over the next year.No cap. For $249/year, members receive unlimited exams, diagnostics, cleanings, and whitening. Ditching insurance, Wally delivers convenience and comfort with coworking-based clinics, AI-powered treatment planning, and Swiss AIRFLOW technology.Say aah. Reactive and invasive, only ~40% of US adults visit the dentist annually, despite more than 80% wanting more care. With...

Consumer packaged goods made for big households and upselling are designed for a world that no longer exists.The future of food packaging is petit.While warehouse stores offering food and household items in bulk will always have a draw among consumers looking for volume discounts, the grocery store of 2035 could look different from today’s, with tinier packaging on its shelves, according to a new report. Unlike stealth shrinkflation, which packs less product into the same sized package for the same price, the new era of smaller portions is...