Also, Instagram co-founder says AI chatbots should focus on being useful vs. keeping users engaged
Also, Sam Altman’s eye scanners that reward you with crypto are rolling out
Also, Marc Andreesen says (unsurprisingly) that venture capital is one of the only jobs safe from AI
Also, MasterCard reveals “Agent Pay” for AI powered payments
Also, University of Zurich researchers secretly ran a persuasion study on a Reddit thread with AI bots posing as rape victims
Also, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas discusses war with Google
Also, Anthropic keeps driving conversation on whether or not to consider AI conscious / give it rights
Also, BMW announces plans to integrate DeepSeek in new vehicles (in China)
Also, OpenAI reportedly interested in buying Chrome from Google, if it does end up being spun off as part of anti-trust trial
Also, Big Tech reportedly still hiding overseas human workforces behind AI
OpenAI Researchers Detail Specific Advances That Compose 24-Month Sprint to Human-Level AI
Also, Google loses landmark antitrust ruling...boon for OpenAI (and others)?
