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Starbucks abandons AI inventory tool after only nine months following multiple errors
By Craig Hale published
Starbucks has rolled back its failed AI inventory system, which failed to identify products in real-world environments, after just nine months.

‘We crossed that about 3 months ago': A16z's Marc Andreessen drops huge bombshell about AGI on Joe Rogan's podcast
By Craig Hale published
Marc Andreessen says the latest frontier models have realized AGI – tech leaders believe the boundaries are shifting.

5 things you might have missed at Microsoft Build 2026
By Mike Moore published
Microsoft Build 2026 We round up some of the other major news from Microsoft Build 2026.

'Resistance is futile': what Computex told us about the future of computing
By Darren Allan published
Weighty quotes from the likes of Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, with a Borg-like prediction from Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon.

Hasbro is transforming Optimus Prime into an AI chatbot, but I prefer the truck
By Eric Hal Schwartz published
Endless AI conversations could strip away some of what makes them iconic

I just watched a robot kick a child and I'm over it — let's keep robots away from people until these bots are 100% safe
By Lance Ulanoff published
A humanoid robot was filmed accidentally kicking a child in the chest, and it's probably time for us to rethink bringing these early bots inside our homes.

‘This is a fundamental shift in how we prepare for pandemics’: Researchers used AI and known genetic codes to develop a ‘fundamentally new’ vaccine that ‘could help speed up the roll out vaccines to benefit people all over the world’
By Benedict Collins published
The research team hope that the new AI development method could help create vaccines that target a whole family of viruses

Anthropic's bizarre call for everyone to slow down on AI is a pipe dream — here's why that will never happen
By Lance Ulanoff published
Anthropic's fears about recursive development are well-founded, but its idea for how to control it is laughable.
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