Bridget is a life-size AI hologram concierge for real-time wayfinding and passengers' help.Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport in New York has unveiled Bridget, a life-sized, hyper-realistic AI hologram that can hold a real conversation – answering questions about gates, baggage claims, and VIP lounges.The technology is a signal that the way we navigate airports is changing from static signs and apps to conversational digital guides, and several major hubs are already competing to define it.Bridget is a collaboration between Proto, the Los Ange...

Museum attendance has rebounded strongly in recent years, with 2024 figures highlighting a notable shift in the global ranking. According to the annual report published late 2025 by the Themed Entertainment Association, Chinese institutions now by far dominate the list of the world’s most visited museums, reflecting a sharp recovery following the end of strict Covid-19 restrictions.As our chart shows, Beijing’s Palace Museum tops the ranking with 17 million visitors, followed by several other Chinese museums, including the Chengdu Wuhou Sh...

PULSE is presented as a mindfulness wearable that uses gentle intermittent vibrations to help users build mindfulness habits through classical conditioning. Instead of relying on screens, alerts, or information-heavy wellness platforms, the ring is designed to give simple physical reminders that encourage people to pause, reset, and practice mindfulness in the middle of daily life. According to the campaign, the goal is to help users improve presence, reduce anxiety, strengthen focus, and support positive habit change.The concept is built ar...

1. (PDF) McKinsey 보고서 - 생성형 AI 에이전트의 부상과 소매 금융권의 고객 관계 탈중개화 위기 대응 전략AI 에이전트 인터페이스 장악에 따른 은행 채널의 탈중개화(Disintermediation) 리스크: 비은행권 AI 에이전트가 상품 검색부터 자율 거래 집행까지 대행함에 따라 고객의 은행 앱 및 지점 방문 필요성이 점진적으로 소멸되는 현상 가시화.소비자 금융 내 생성형 AI 침투 증가와 추천 편향: 설문 응답자의 23%가 금융 업무에 AI를 활용하는 가운데, LLM이 쿼리 처리 시 전통 은행보다 핀테크나 디지털 네이티브 금융사를 더 자주 추천하는 경쟁 압박 심화.생성형 엔진 최적화(GEO...

As customers increasingly turn to gen AI for financial advice and agentic AI continues to rise, retail banks should consider how to mitigate potential disintermediation.Imagine a customer using a nonbanking gen AI agent to manage her finances. The agent scans for the best banking products, makes recommendations, and executes transactions on her behalf. In that scenario, she may no longer need to open a bank app, call a service center, or visit a branch. What sounds speculative today could become realistic within three to five years, as agent...

Menlo Ventures, Thrive Capital, Index Ventures and JPMorgan participated in Nourish’s fundraise. The company’s goal is boosting and preserving improvements from weight-loss medications.Nourish, a nutrition counselling startup, has raised $100 million in a new round of funding to help people make dietary changes while taking GLP-1s, with the goal of boosting and preserving improvements from the weight-loss medications.Menlo Ventures led the Series C financing round, with participation from existing investors, including Thrive Capital, Index...

A new framework developed by EPFL researchers makes it possible to teach a skill to robots with different mechanical designs, allowing them to carry out the same task safely without rewriting code for each.In today’s manufacturing environments, upgrading a robot fleet often means starting from scratch – not only replacing hardware, but also reprogramming tasks. Even when two robots are built to perform similar jobs, different joint arrangements or movement limits mean that a task programmed for one robot often can’t be used on another. En...

Oatly's Amsterdam bike-thru turns the American drive-thru into a piece of novelty for cyclists, no car (or behavior change) required.Amsterdam has long been a city built around the bicycle, so when Oatly went looking for a way to put its oat drinks in front of more people, the answer was already rolling past on two wheels. From May 15 to June 7, the brand is running the Oatly Bike-Thru at Papaverhoek 24 in Amsterdam-Noord: a stainless-steel kiosk with its own cycle lane, where riders pull up to a window, order, pay and pedal off.The menu fea...

Booed commencement speakers, blocked data centers, plummeting poll numbers: Fast-growing industry has a faster-growing crisis.Protesters in Detroit hold signs against DTE Energy's plan for a data center, with messages like "NO SECRET DEALS FOR DTE" and "WHO'S PAYING FOR THE POWER?".Attendees at a rally in Detroit in December opposed a utility's plan to provide power for a data center in rural Michigan.The only thing growing faster than the artificial-intelligence industry may be Americans’ negative feelings about it—as former Google Chief...