How Invisalign Became the World’s Biggest User of 3D Printers
Joe Hogan, Align Technology’s plastics-nerd CEO, says you shouldn’t eat with your aligners and that you don’t need to wear your retainers every night. Source link
Artificial Intelligence
‘100 Video Calls Per Day’: Models Are Applying to Be the Face of AI Scams
Other posts list up to 150 potential calls per day. “Filters may be used, but ensure the image is realistic. Live-action videos are permitted; wigs are prohibited,” another ad reads. For the privilege, the person would allegedly get one full day and four half days off per month. Yet another ad lists working hours as … Read more
China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies
George Zhang thought OpenClaw could make him rich, even though he didn’t really understand how the viral AI agent software worked. But he saw a video of a Chinese social media influencer demonstrating how it could be deployed to manage stock portfolios and make investment decisions autonomously. Zhang, who works in cross-border ecommerce in the … Read more
Google’s AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google
Google seems to Have a Google addiction. If you click on a hyperlink in Google’s chatbot-style search tool, AI Mode, you are likely to be looped into another Google search, according to a new study from SE Rankinga search engine optimization company. Currently, Google.com is the most commonly linked site in AI Mode. Many website … Read more
Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True
The gaming community freaked out last week when Seamus Blackley, the original creator of Xbox, claimed the console was sunset in an interview with Gamesbeat. However, if you read the interview or his comments on Blueskyyou’ll realize he meant that something at the core of Xbox feels off:The console he built is in “distress.” Blackley … Read more
‘Uncanny Valley’: Anthropic’s DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs
Brian Barrett: The irony is my favorite part because I feel like venture capitalists have largely positioned themselves as immune to the effects of AI because they’re very special and surely a machine can— Zoë Schiffer: It’s art, not science. Brian Barrett: Yes. It’s art, not science. Machines can take every job, but not us. … Read more
Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini
Second is advertiser tools. If you’re a small business, you’re not thinking about all the queries people are going to type in. AI is great at figuring out which keywords to use, what’s the optimal creative, and generating all of that. The third piece is the most nascent: ads in new experiences. The general philosophy … Read more
Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface
There’s a new button in Google Maps: “Ask Maps.” Google started rolling out this new generative AI feature today, a conversational, in-app tool that combines data from Maps with a user experience similar to the company’s Gemini chatbot. It’s designed to answer questions about locations and schedule routes in the navigation app. This is part … Read more
Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature
Superhuman, the tech company behind the writing software Grammarly, is facing a class action lawsuit over an AI tool that presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—none of whom consented to have their names appear within the product. Julia Angwin, an award-winning investigative journalist who founded The Markup, a nonprofit … Read more
Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
Katy Shi, a researcher who works on Codex’s behavior at OpenAI, says that while some folks describe its default personality as “dry bread,” many have come to appreciate its less sycophantic style. “A lot of engineering work is about being able to take critical feedback without interpreting it as mean,” Shi says. Several major enterprises … Read more