OpenAI launches ChatGPT Hea=
lth to connect user medical records, wellness apps (4 minute read)
ChatGPT Health allows users to securely=
connect their medical records and wellness apps to the platform. The featu=
re is supposed to help users navigate everyday questions rather than intend=
ed for diagnosis or treatment. The data will make ChatGPT's responses more =
relevant by grounding them in user data. ChatGPT Health will initially be m=
ade available to a small group of test users. OpenAI will expand access in =
the coming weeks.
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The Waymo Ojai Will Soon Of=
fer Autonomous Rides Around the US (3 minute read)
Waymo is preparing to update its lineup=
with a new van built by Chinese automaker Zeekr and a modified Hyundai Ion=
iq 5s. The vehicles will be added to Waymo's growing operations this year, =
but the company has yet to specify which cities will see them. The Zeekr ve=
hicle will be called the Waymo Ojai in the US. Zeekr will construct the bod=
y of the van in China before shipping it to the US, where Waymo will fit it=
s software suite and array of sensors. The vehicle will not be affected by =
US regulations aimed at preventing Chinese cars from being sold to customer=
s in the US.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Inside the sub-zero lair of=
the world's most powerful computer (10 minute read)
Quantum computing holds the key to winn=
ing the rest of the 21st Century. Google's quantum AI lab in Santa Barbara =
contains Willow, Google's latest quantum chip. Willow has settled the discu=
ssion about whether quantum computers can do tasks that classical computers=
can't, and it has also solved a benchmark problem in minutes that would ha=
ve taken the best computer in the world 10 septillion years. This article =
gives readers a tour through the Santa Barbara lab and discusses the state =
of quantum computing and the potential impacts it may have in the future.
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The golden age of vaccine d=
evelopment (32 minute read)
Vaccine technology has changed inconcei=
vably in the 230 years since the accidental discovery of the first vaccine.=
Many diseases that plagued humanity are now mostly forgotten. It has becom=
e far easier and faster to develop new vaccines, and they can be engineered=
to be safer and more precise than ever before. With progress speeding up i=
n recent years, the golden age of vaccine development seems imminent.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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The Modern AI PM in the age=
of Agents (10 minute read)
The job of the PM used to be to transla=
te what customers want into specs that would be handed to engineers. That t=
ranslation layer is compressing. PMs are now writing specs for AI agents to=
implement. The bottleneck has shifted upstream as the implementation barri=
er has dropped. The scarce resource is now knowing what's actually worth bu=
ilding.
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AI's impact on Tailwind (2 =
minute read)
75% of Tailwind's engineering team lost=
their jobs due to the impact AI has had on the business. Traffic to Tailwi=
nd's docs is down about 40% from early 2023. The docs are the only way for =
people to discover Tailwind's commercial products, so this is resulting in =
less income for the project. While Tailwind is growing faster than ever and=
is bigger than it has ever been, its revenue is down close to 80%.
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Consumer AI predictions (5 =
minute read)
Phones are too powerful - screenless AI=
devices will flop, as will 'always listening' devices. Mini-apps will unlo=
ck UGC personal software. There will be two big general-purpose AI chatbots=
by 2030. Performance marketing for apps is dead. The fastest consumer prod=
uct to reach $1 billion ARR will be an AI webcam girl. Whoever figures out =
how to unlock use cases for AI beyond search and chat will be the next big =
consumer platform.
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Microsoft's Would-Have-Been=
$30B "Hackquisition" of OpenAI (6 minute read)
Microsoft's 'hackquisition' of Inflecti=
on in 2024 was groundbreaking and led basically all of its rivals to copy t=
he same general structure. Microsoft first conceived the plan when Sam Altm=
an was ousted as CEO in November 2023. It had planned to hire the entire co=
mpany if OpenAI refused to reinstate Altman. Altman was quickly reinstated,=
but the situation clearly planted the seed that would grow into the 'hackq=
uisition' model.
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