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APPLE RAMPS UP WORK ON GLASSES, PENDANT, AND CAMERA =
AIRPODS FOR AI
ERA (9 MINUTE READ) [5]=20
Apple is accelerating devel=
opment on smart glasses, a pendant that
can be pinned to a shirt or worn =
as a necklace, and AirPods with
expanded AI capabilities. All three devic=
es are being built around the
Siri digital assistant. They will rely on v=
isual context to carry out
actions. Apple is also developing a range of A=
I devices for the home,
including a smart display built, an updated HomeP=
od speaker, and a
compact indoor sensor for home security and automation.=
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TESLA BEGINS CYBERCAB PRODUCTION. NOW COMES THE HARD PART (4 MINUTE=
READ) [6]=20
Tesla's first purpose-built driverless vehicle has roll=
ed off the
Gigafactory Texas production line. The CyberCab is a two-seate=
r coupe
that comes without a steering wheel or pedals, fully relying on t=
he
company's Full-Self Driving software for control. Robotaxis are
cent=
ral to Tesla's plans and could unlock trillions of dollars in
value. The =
CyberCab uses a production technique that is extremely
hard, so the early=
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
SOUPED-UP CRISPR G=
ENE EDITOR REPLICATES AND SPREADS LIKE A VIRUS (6
MINUTE READ) [7]=20
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A team at the University of California Berkeley and collaborators
have m=
odified CRISPR-Cas9 to replicate and spread to other cells. The
scientist=
s added genetic instructions for cells to make a virus-like
transporter t=
hat can encapsulate the CRISPR machinery, and once
manufactured in treate=
d cells, the CRISPR cargo ships to neighboring
cells. The upgraded editor=
is roughly three times more effective at
gene editing lab-grown cells co=
mpared to standard CRISPR. It increases
the safety profile of gene-editin=
g treatments and potentially expands
the technology to tissues and organs=
that are more challenging to
genetically alter than the liver.=20
TH=
E SWEET LESSON OF NEUROSCIENCE (28 MINUTE READ) [8]=20
The implications=
of understanding the brain's steering circuits go
beyond AI. Many psychi=
atric conditions can be seen as failures of
internal teaching. Answering =
how sophisticated, within-lifetime
teaching actually works inside mammali=
an brains could link psychiatry,
developmental neuroscience, and new idea=
s for AI alignment into a
research program. Brains are architectures of i=
nternal teachers. We
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m.=20
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INTROD=
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Claude Sonnet 4.6 featu=
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across coding, computer use, lon=
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knowledge work, and design. It has a=
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run autonomously or collabor=
atively. Model performance and speed is
governed both by the pure perform=
ance of the model and also how well
it can manage multiple context window=
s and delegate to sub-agents or
teams of agents. This article discusses s=
everal coding agents and how
best to use each of them. Ideas, architectur=
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great products.=20
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MISCELLANEOUS
REALITY'S MOAT=
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Vertical AI is a fertile ground for moats. Th=
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WARNER BROS. REJECTS PARAMOUNT AGAIN BUT ASKS FOR =E2=80=9CBEST AND FIN=
AL
OFFER=E2=80=9D (4 MINUTE READ) [12]=20
Warner Bros. Discovery is g=
iving Paramount one more week to make its
best and final offer despite of=
ficially still being committed to
Netflix. The company has recommended sh=
areholders vote for the Netflix
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