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(Patent) DeepMind Patent Gives AI Robots ‘Inner Speech’
[Tech]
2025/07/06 09:09
Google’s AI lab is seeking to patent “intra-agent speech to facilitate task learning,” a tool that would help AI agents or robots understand the world around them.The system would take in images and videos of someone performing a task and generate natural language to describe what’s happening using a language model. For example, a robot might watch a video of someone picking up a cup, while...
(PDF) BCG - Introducing the Top Ten Global Talent Hubs
[Consumer]
2025/07/06 09:08
The decision to move abroad for work is typically not a sudden one. Highly skilled professionals reflect upon and plan their moves, so the trends that we see capture long-held desires that may defy short-term challenges. The impetus to move to growth hubs remains strong, and powerful incentives remain in place to inspire and enable highly skilled talent to make global moves.The overall slowdown...
Othership Raises $11M To Grow Social Sauna & Ice Bath Experience
[Investing]
2025/07/06 09:07
Othership, the Canadian-born wellness brand known for its immersive, community-focused sauna and ice bath experiences, has raised $11.3 million to fuel its U.S. expansion, building on its existing footprint, which includes two locations in Ontario and a studio in New York City’s Flatiron district.The capital was raised through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), with regulatory filing...
This New Ultra-Sweet Protein Can Replace 90% Of Sugar In Sweet Foods
[Product]
2025/07/06 09:06
The oubli is an ultra-sweet tropical fruit from West Africa—but it’s not full of sugar. Instead, it contains a type of sweet protein called brazzein. Recognizing the potential of sweet proteins to replace sugar, California-based food-tech company Oobli is using precision fermentation to make them at scale.“Because they evolved along with us to trick us into thinking they were sugar, they hit...
Chinese EVs Now Almost as Affordable as Gasoline Cars
[Business]
2025/07/06 09:05
Newly released data from the International Energy Agency shows how advanced the Chinese electric vehicle market has become in an international comparison. Next to the limits of charging infrastructure and range, the higher price of electric vehicles has been a major hurdle for buyers all over the world. In China, however, there are now almost as many affordable electric car models as there are...
Ex-Meta Engineers Have Built An AI Tool To Plan Every Detail Of Your Trip
[Investing]
2025/07/06 09:04
The travel industry has gathered extensive data over the years about trips and transportation, and founders are using it to create every conceivable kind of AI travel startup. In fact, every word of this sentence is a link to a new AI travel tool. Now startups and incumbent travel tech companies are in a race to build one comprehensive tool that could plan and manage every part of your trip.Air...
New High-Fidelity Brain-Computer Interface Is So Small It Can Fit Between Hair Follicles
[Tech]
2025/07/06 09:04
Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed a tiny, minimally invasive, brain-computer interface (BCI). The device is small enough to fit between hair follicles, and need only be inserted very slightly under the skin. It is thought that this super-compact new "high fidelity" sensor will make continuous everyday use of BCIs a more realistic possibility.For many tech enthusiasts and futurists, B...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Year of Quantum : From Concept to Reality in 2025
[Business]
2025/07/03 10:10
Mckinsey's fourth annual Quantum Technology Monitor report shows that surging investment and faster-than-expected innovation could propel the quantum market to $100 billion in a decade.When it comes to quantum technology (QT), investment is surging and breakthroughs are multiplying. The United Nations has designated 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, celebrating 100...
(Video) O2 Unveils Daisy, The AI Granny Wasting Scammers’ Time
[Business]
2025/07/03 10:09
O2 has created human-like AI ‘Granny’ to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, keeping them on the phone and away from customers for as long as possible.Trained using cutting-edge technology and real scambaiter content, lifelike ‘Daisy’ is indistinguishable from a real person, fooling scammers into thinking they’ve found a perfect target when really, she’s beating them at their own h...
