Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners

Last week, Midjourney, an AI startup best known for its image generator, made an unusual pivot: medical imaging. The company announced a futuristic ultrasound scanner that would dunk users into a vat of water and, hopefully, produce “something as powerful as MRI” yet “as casual as a trip to the spa.” Midjourney says the goal […]

The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire
The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire

Google Health Coach seems to think I’m on the verge of physical collapse. My sleep is not where it needs to be, hence my unimpressive readiness score. My heart rate variability, a measure of how recovered I am, is below baseline. I’m spending too much time in a hot, humid environment, it says, reminding me […]

This sneaky photo trick gets AI chatbots to ignore their safety rules

A new exploit out of Florida International University shows how invisible pixel-level changes in a photo can trick AI chatbots into generating responses they would normally block.

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Meta was sneakily tracking its employees, but soon shut it down after an internal leak

Meta halted its employee tracking program, which collected keystrokes, screen content, and mouse movements, after sensitive data was leaked internally.

Sony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks
Sony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks

When Sony announced the Xperia 1 VIII last month, it promoted the phone by sharing some of the worst photos taken on a Sony camera in years. These weren’t just any photos, though: they were taken with Sony’s new AI Camera Assistant. After a week with the Xperia 1 VIII, I’m here to tell you […]

Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates

The hiring process has long been criticized for its inefficiency and opacity. Candidates spend hours writing applications and submitting cover letters, only to disappear into what often feels like a black box. Generative AI has only made things messier…

Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban
Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban

For the past three years, “Meta” and “Ray-Ban” have been synonymous in the smart glasses space. Not anymore. Yesterday, I slipped on several pairs of Meta Glasses – no Ray-Bans – in three different styles and seven colors. One style, I was told several times by various enthusiastic Meta spokespeople, is a collaboration with socialite […]

Why Small Businesses Are Winning The AI Race With Agentic AI

Small businesses building agentic AI from scratch are outpacing larger competitors. The obstacle was never the technology, but ownership and trust.

AI Learned To Think. Now It Has To Learn To Move

AI’s next wave is physical. The winners will turn real-world data into reliable, safe machines that can work outside the demo lab.