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(Video) With Integrated ChatGPT, Play T 1 Foldable Phone is Effortless to Use Via Voice Commands
[Design]
2024/07/02 09:09
When the mobile phone industry is swaying toward convenience and ergonomics, here’s one phone concept deviating from the norm but putting ChatGPT in your pocket. Well, if you’ve not been living under a rock, AI phones are already making waves, allowing enhanced photography and more applications for user convenience. With the integration of ChatGPT in its innards, the Play T 1 becomes a foldab...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Navigating The Generative AI Disruption in Software
[Business]
2024/07/02 09:08
The technology could accelerate growth, but presents new challenges, including shifts in value pools, user segments, and competitive dynamics that could spur a realignment of product categories.For all the impressive revelations and technical feats unleashed by the sudden emergence of generative AI (gen AI), one of the most astounding aspects has been the accelerated pace of its adoption, parti...
YC Alum Fluently’s AI-Powered English Coach Attracts $2M Seed Round
[Investing]
2024/07/02 09:07
There are plenty of resources to learn English, but not so many for near-native speakers who still want to improve their fluency. That description applies to Stan Beliaev and Yurii Rebryk, and this is what inspired them to create Fluently.Making use of AI, Fluently operates as a coach that gives users feedback and tips on their spoken English. This makes it akin to ELSA and its AI speech tutor,...
(Video) This Startup is Trying to Solve Lab-Grown Meat’s Biggest Problem
[Business]
2024/07/02 09:06
To help cultivated meat companies scale up, Ark Biotech has built a new kind of bioreactor, and its most valuable components are data — and air.The challenge: Lab-grown, cultivated, cultured, or clean — whatever you call it, meat grown from cells, not animals, has the potential to replace the slaughter of livestock and reduce climate emissions, without anyone giving up tasty chicken or steak....
(Infographic) AI Leaders to Watch
[Investing]
2024/07/02 09:05
One way to find out where AI is heading: follow the money. Here’s our analysis of the AI application providers attracting the most attention and funding.What are the hottest use cases for AI? And which business activities is it most likely to disrupt?One way to gauge that is to look at which application providers entered the year with the most momentum. These are companies offering solutions f...
Rimac’s Super-Sleek Robotaxi Has More Room Than a Rolls-Royce
[Product]
2024/07/02 09:04
The group’s new autonomous ride-hailing service has a 43-inch widescreen, a 17-speaker audio system, and five-position reclining seats. But will it beat Tesla’s rival coming in August?The Rimac Group describes Verne, its new autonomous ride-hailing service, as its “next impossible thing.” First, founder Mate Rimac established his eponymous electric hypercar company in Croatia, a country wit...
Archer Announces Planned San Francisco Air Mobility Network Connecting Five Locations Across the Bay Area
[Product]
2024/07/02 09:03
Archer’s planned air mobility network is anticipated to provide unprecedented connectivity to communities around the region allowing people to replace one-to-two-hour drives to cities around the bay with flights that take ~10-20 minutesA leader in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, today announced plans for an air mobility network that will connect five strategic locations...
(Patent) Microsoft's Unreleased Innovative Surface Duo 3 Patent Reveals Bold New Foldable Design
[Tech]
2024/07/01 09:10
A new Microsoft Patent describes the addition of a Kickstand to their Reinvented Surface Duo Foldable Smartphone.Back in 2020, Microsoft took a chance at getting well ahead of Apple with a foldable smartphone branded the Surface Duo. It was a disastrous product. As the Android world debuted foldable phones with a single contiguous display that folded, the Surface Duo introduced a device with tw...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The AI Opportunity : How Payers Can Capture It Now
[Business]
2024/07/01 09:09
AI and automation could lower administrative and medical costs and increase revenue. But payers have yet to mobilize to transform their organizations to capture this opportunity.Payers currently face economic pressures that are likely to last a few years. Utilization of medical services has been higher than expected, providers are passing along higher costs through rate negotiations, and Medica...
(M&A) OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Strengthen Its Retrieval Capabilities
[Business]
2024/07/01 09:08
OpenAI is moving to strengthen its technology stack. The company today announced it has acquired Rockset, a vendor known for providing a real-time analytics database to power intelligent enterprise applications.While the terms of the deal remain undisclosed, OpenAI has confirmed that it will integrate Rockset’s “word-class indexing and querying” capabilities to strengthen its retrieval infra...
(Video) NASA Partner Unveils The “iPhone” of Robots
[Tech]
2024/07/01 09:07
Apollo the humanoid robot costs about as much as a car, and it could be your future coworker.Apptronik, a NASA-backed robotics company, has unveiled Apollo, a humanoid robot that could revolutionize the workforce — because there’s virtually no limit to the number of jobs it can do.“The focus for Apptronik is to build one robot that can do thousands of different things,” Jeff Cardenas, the c...
Nike Faces Rare Slowdown Amid 'Short-Term Headwinds'
[Investing]
2024/07/01 09:06
Shares of American sportswear giant Nike slid more than 15 percent on Friday morning, after the company reported disappointing earnings and an even more disappointing outlook for the near future. The world’s largest maker of performance and lifestyle-oriented athletic footwear and apparel reported revenue of $51.4 billion for the fiscal year ended May 31, which is basically unchanged from $51....
