🤖 Are you sure you're not a robot? Sam Altman-backed Tools for Humanity has unveiled a mobile device that can determine the difference between a human and an AI agent. The device apparently scans your eyeball and gives you a unique identifier on a blockchain that you can use to verify that you're a real person. Read More
❓ Tesla's Tim Cook moment: Tesla's board reportedly began quietly searching for Elon Musk's potential successor a month ago amid protests, plummeting sales, and shrinking profits due to Musk's cavorting in Washington. Read More
🤑 But how much in losses? Meta expects its generative AI products to rake in revenue of up to $3 billion in 2025 and up to $1.4 trillion by 2035. That said, the company's AI budget could exceed $1 billion this year, and it plans to spend $60 billion to $80 billion on data centers. Read More
🏆 Score! In a win for Epic Games, a judge ruled that Apple was in "willful violation" of a 2021 injunction that banned the company from imposing anticompetitive pricing. That means Fortnite might return to the U.S. iOS App Store as early as next week. Read More
☄️ Super Nova: Amazon has released what it says is its most capable AI model yet, Nova Premier. Available on Amazon Bedrock, the model can process text, images, and videos (but not audio), and is said to excel at "complex tasks." Read More
🛍️ My worst nightmare: Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard have both announced new products that would give AI agents the ability to shop online for customers. Mastercard claimed its agent could "proactively curate a selection of outfits and accessories from…online retailers" for a 30-year-old planning her birthday "based on her style, the venue's ambience, and weather forecasts." Read More
