Google’s AI Wants to Call Stores for You — Here Are the Problems With That

Hate talking on the phone? Gemini’s got an answer, but you’ll still need to be in charge.

Today’s Wordle #1924: Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday September 25

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today’s Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.

China publishes ‘landmark paper’ on AI-to-AI technique that kicks human ‘bottleneck’ out of the loop and replaces us with an AI ‘modem’ — C2C brainwave direct connection achieves 150% boost in inference speed
China publishes ‘landmark paper’ on AI-to-AI technique that kicks human ‘bottleneck’ out of the loop and replaces us with an AI ‘modem’ — C2C brainwave direct connection achieves 150% boost in inference speed

Tsinghua researchers developed C2C, allowing AI models to exchange internal information directly while reportedly improving collaborative inference speed and accuracy.

Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures
Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures

Meta’s lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens’ safety and mental health. Lawyers suing the company said this week that the label has been applied far too broadly, while pointing to a recently unsealed document […]

Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream
Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream

What if your wireless earbuds – or audio glasses – could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn’t cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the couch? Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is its first to integrate “micro-power Wi-Fi 6E” right into the chip, so they can […]

How to Customize Your AI Tools, From ChatGPT to Gemini and Claude

Get closer to the responses you want without the constant prompt hacking.

Waymo is scaling fast. Here’s what the fleet data shows.

In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hotspots as well.

How Mediocrity Quietly Creeps In — and How to Hold High Standards That Protect Your Profits and Culture

High standards do more than help you win, because they keep the wrong people, projects and habits from quietly draining your company’s time, focus and profits.

Quordle hints and answers for Friday, September 25 (game #1705)
Quordle hints and answers for Friday, September 25 (game #1705)

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