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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports, available to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers and limited to 100 queries per month — OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.
More: OpenAI, Engadget, The Verge, New York Times, Business Standard, Interesting Engineering, PhoneArena, TestingCatalog, TechPowerUp, AI Daily News, Financial Express, Moneycontrol, Android Authority, Digit, MarkTechPost, SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, Axios, South China Morning Post, Digital Trends, Neowin, Livemint, Maginative, Nairametrics, Benzinga, and Tech in Asia
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
OpenAI's Operator is currently more an intriguing demo than a product most people need to spend $200/month on, but it points to a future of powerful AI agents — In the past week, OpenAI's Operator has done the following things for me: — Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon.
More: The Decoder and Futurism
| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel ties, between 19 and 24 years old, playing key DOGE roles, as Musk seizes control of US infrastructure — Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk's companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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| Bloomberg: |
Donald Trump's EO for levies on China says the “de minimis” exemption for items under $800 no longer applies, affecting Alibaba, JD.com, Shein, Temu, and others — - President could block tariff exemption for packages under $800 — Change could affect online retailers such as Shein and Temu
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| Heidi Mitchell / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self, currently used by 60,000 people from 190 countries — A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self. It's going to be quite a life. — It turns out I'm going to write a book!| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
A profile of Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski, whose overblown statements about AI replacing humans point to a future that tech companies are working toward — Ask typical corporate executives about their goals in adopting artificial intelligence, and they will most likely make vague pronouncements …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Stablecoins are becoming a core part of financial infrastructure in emerging markets, expanding beyond cross-border payments into consumer finance and more — Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries.
More: PYMNTS.com and Finextra
| Bloomberg: |
AI adoption has outpaced PCs and the internet, but evidence of its boost to productivity is thin on the ground; a study shows 40% of US adults have used AI — For all the excitement, evidence of a boost to productivity is still thin on the ground — For investors in artificial intelligence, the last week delivered a painful shock.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google's X spins out Heritable Agriculture, which aims to use AI to improve crop yield, as the incubator aggressively spins off companies under CEO Astro Teller — Google's X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning …
More: X and Heritable Agriculture
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
India expands Aadhaar, now linked to 1.4B+ people's biometrics, to let businesses across several sectors use the service to authenticate customers — India has eased restrictions on its Aadhaar authentication service, a digital identity verification framework linked to the biometrics … | Bloomberg: |
Some parents say they are eschewing 529 college savings plans and other traditional investments to invest in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children — Despite the risks and volatility, some families are investing in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children.
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
SoftBank commits $3B annually for itself and subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, and launches SB OpenAI Japan to market OpenAI's enterprise tech in Japan — SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, according to a joint announcement on Monday.Sponsor Posts
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