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The Mythology Of Conscious AI

Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.

Gemini is coming to Google Trends.

Google is launching a revamped “Explore” page in Trends, featuring a new side panel for Gemini that will automatically identify and compare trends related to your search. Along with a refreshed look, you can now compare more terms at once, as well as view double the number of rising queries.

Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers

The feature will start with paid users only, and it’s off by default.

Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation

Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank.

Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube

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Gemini's new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more

Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini.

Bandcamp becomes the first major music platform to ban AI content

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AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million series A

The company used an AI-native platform to help companies fight threats.

NBC Sports’ new real-time player tracking lets viewers focus on their favorite athletes

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Airbnb hires Meta’s former AI head as CTO.

Ahmad Al-Dahle, who previously led the team behind Meta’s Llama AI models, is now joining Airbnb as part of plans to revamp search and other features in its app, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tells Bloomberg:

Tesla to stop selling FSD as a standalone package and switch to subscription only

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The Trump administration will allow Nvidia to export H200 chips to China, on a few conditions.

Sales of Nvidia’s AI chips to customers in China will be approved on a “case-by-case basis,” as Bloomberg reports. But the chips shipped to China can be “no more than 50% of the total products made for the US market,” and can’t create a shortage in the US.