Meta Freezes AI Hiring
Meta Freezes AI Hiring Summary Meta has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after recently onboarding more than 50 researchers and engineers. The company described the move as basic…
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts Summary Chinese e‑commerce platforms are increasingly using AI-driven virtual avatars as salespeople and livestream hosts — and they are producing…
Gemini For Home Is Google’s Biggest Smart Home Play In Years
Gemini For Home Is Google’s Biggest Smart Home Play In Years Summary Google has announced Gemini for Home, a new AI-powered voice assistant that will replace Google Assistant on Nest…
Microsoft Readies Big Feature Updates For Next Month and Beyond
Microsoft Readies Big Feature Updates For Next Month and Beyond Summary Microsoft is preparing a series of Windows 11 feature drops starting in September and continuing through the autumn. The…
Google’s Pixel Watch 4 Has a Big Focus On AI
Google’s Pixel Watch 4 Has a Big Focus On AI Summary Google’s Pixel Watch 4 is an iterative redesign that leans heavily on AI, both on-device and via Google’s Gemini…
Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation
Harvard Dropouts To Launch ‘Always On’ AI Smart Glasses That Listen, Record Every Conversation Summary Two Harvard dropouts, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are launching Halo X: a US$249 pair…
Meta Freezes AI Hiring
Meta Freezes AI Hiring Summary Meta has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after onboarding more than 50 researchers and engineers, according to reports citing the Wall Street Journal…
Electron flow matching for generative reaction mechanism prediction
Electron flow matching for generative reaction mechanism prediction Summary FlowER reframes reaction prediction as electron redistribution and applies flow matching — a modern generative modelling technique — to bond–electron (BE)…
Microsoft Readies Big Feature Updates For Next Month and Beyond
Microsoft Readies Big Feature Updates For Next Month and Beyond Summary Microsoft is preparing a series of Windows 11 feature drops starting in September, with further updates through autumn. The…
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts
Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts Summary AI-powered virtual avatars are being used as sales presenters on major Chinese e-commerce platforms and are out-performing humans in…