WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats

Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

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Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

Alexa is moving into Amazon․com
Alexa is moving into Amazon․com

Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Amazon.com, integrating its LLM-powered AI assistant directly into the company’s shopping experience. Beginning today, when you type a query into Amazon, you’ll be talking to Alexa for Shopping, the company’s new shopping assistant, powered by Alexa Plus. So, while a search for “toilet paper” will still return the expected […]

Build Modern Tech Policy By Hiring The Students Who Already Understand It

Hire the next generation of modern tech policy talent now. Students already understand AI, law, governance and the skills institutions urgently need.

Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves

Adaption’s new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.

The Hidden Legal Trap In Every AI Prompt Executives Type

Executives are feeding confidential business strategy into AI every day. New court rulings suggest those prompts could become discoverable in litigation.

Data centers are coming for rural America
Data centers are coming for rural America

At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people – until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to close permanently. In 2023, the 1.4 million-square-foot facility was purchased through a joint venture by JGT2 Redevelopment and a number […]

The Truth About Those Misleading Headlines Proclaiming That Humans Outdo AI When It Comes To Combatting Human Loneliness

New research study on AI and human loneliness is worth exploring, especially since the news media misstated aspects. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea

There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.