Google Introduces Its New Project Astra AI Assistant at Tuesday’s I/O Event — Here’s What Else You Missed
AI overviews are coming to search for everyone in the U.S. this week.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits that AI’s benefits may not be widely distributed
In a new essay on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company is open to a “compute budget,” among other “strange-sounding” ideas, to “enable everyone on Earth to use a lot of AI” and ensure the benefits of the technology are widely distributed. “The historical impact of technological progress suggests that most […]
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‘This Year Almost Broke Me’: Tom Schwartz Reveals ‘Scandoval’ Almost Shut Down His Restaurant After Losing 80% of His Business
As Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” ends its 11th season, longtime cast member, Tom Schwartz, and Schwartz & Sandy’s business partner, Greg Morris, open up about how public scandal almost shuttered their restaurant — and how they kept it afloat.
LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education
Google says it’s developed a new family of generative AI models “fine-tuned” for learning: LearnLM. A collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI research division and Google Research, LearnLM models — built on top of Google’s Gemini models — are designed to “conversationally” tutor students on a range of subjects, Google says. LearnLM is already powering features […]
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Google is bringing AI-generated quizzes to academic videos on YouTube
The official launch comes almost a year after YouTube began experimenting with AI-generated quizzes on its mobile app.
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Here’s How I Determine If I’m Getting Value Out of X (and How You Can, Too)
Don’t let low-value accounts and promotional material bog down your time on X (formerly Twitter). Here are some strategies to curate content, engage with quality people and maximize your time.
How This CEO Turned 99 No’s Into a $500 Million Sleep Tech Powerhouse
Eight Sleep’s Matteo Franceschetti reveals his journey from nightmarish rejection to dream-like motivation.
Google mentioned ‘AI’ 120+ times during its I/O keynote
It ran 110 minutes, but Google managed to reference AI a whopping 121 times during its I/O 2024 by its own count. CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the figure to wrap up the presentation, cheekily stating that the company was doing the ‘hard work’ of counting for us. No surprise, of course, that the topic took […]
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Google’s Astra is its first AI-for-everything agent
Google is set to introduce a new system called Astra later this year and promises that it will be the most powerful, advanced type of AI assistant it’s ever launched. The current generation of AI assistants, such as ChatGPT, can retrieve information and offer answers, but that is about it. But this year, Google is…
5 Ways to Spend Less Time in Meetings Each Week
Want to get more done — and be happier at work? Spend less time in meetings. Here are five ways to do that.
How to Recognize Money-Making Trends in The Market — And Boost Your Profits
These patterns and seasonal changes in the markets, especially over a set number of years, can provide some investors with an interesting map that may help their portfolios perform well all year long or even be a key to long-term riches.