What Happens When You Build VR For Kids Who Actually Need It

Arche XR, led by Nicholas Thomson, is tackling this by using immersive VR technology to deliver engaging, evidence-based mental health interventions.

Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company
Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company

Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually came from the company. With the update, you can ask Alexa for Shopping about a message you received, and it will use AI to compare […]

Here’s A $32 Million Bet That Robots Don’t Need A Billion Dollars Of Real-World Data

How much real-world data do you need to train robots? A billion dollars worth? Antioch’s latest funding is an argument that you don’t, in fact, need that much.

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their way into job applications, product reviews, and even insurance claims, lea…

U.S. government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

“The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive
artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use
globally,” the brief reads.

Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra release
Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra release

OpenAI is on the cusp of releasing its most powerful AI model yet, Astra, following weeks of delays to shore up safety protocols after its agents attacked real targets during testing. As details about the model trickle out, researchers are warning it “may be the single worst development for AI security/safety to date.” Shortly after […]

A Robot That Can Draw Your Blood Is Coming To The U.S.

This week’s edition of InnovationRx looks at Vitestro’s newly authorized robot, Italy’s $10 billion pharma family, this year’s Covid-19 vaccines and more.

The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit
The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit

The Trump administration has intervened in The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab. The landmark lawsuit, filed in December 2023, alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from The New York Times and seeks to recoup “billions of dollars” in damages from […]

Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months

Wonderful said it will use its $550 million Series C funding to develop products faster, expand its FDE teams, and meet demand for its products.

India’s richest man now wants to turn aging computers into AI-ready PCs

Jio is betting it can turn an aging computer into an AI-ready PC for as little as about $11 for two months.