Agentic AI Requires A New Approach To College Planning For students mapping out their futures, the advent of agentic AI presents both a challenge and an opportunity. 01/18/2025 - 1:33 pm | View Link
AI startup Perplexity said to submit bid to merge with TikTok's US unit A merger with TikTok may give Perplexity access to a vast user base and a wealth of data that would feed its AI-driven search engine ... 01/18/2025 - 12:49 pm | View Link
Microsoft opens testing for Windows AI search Microsoft is testing AI-powered Windows search in a new dev channel build for Windows 11 Insider testers. Announced in October, it uses semantic indexing to let users search for local files using more ... 01/18/2025 - 12:25 pm | View Link
Key Ways That Generative AI Can Spur You To Be Frugal On An Enduring Lifelong Basis Generative AI and LLMs can aid people in becoming frugal. This is useful in both near-term and long-terms ways. I explain how AI can aid a quest for frugality. 01/18/2025 - 9:45 am | View Link
Perplexity AI bids to merge with TikTok US amid looming ban, source says Search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to reportedly merge with TikTok. 01/18/2025 - 8:01 am | View Link
What do we know about the economics of AI? By contrast, in one paper, “The Simple Macroeconomics of AI,” published in the August issue of Economic Policy, Acemoglu estimates that over the next decade, AI will produce a “modest increase” in GDP between 1.1 to 1.6 percent over the next 10 years, with a roughly 0.05 percent annual gain in productivity. 01/17/2025 - 8:26 pm | View Website
Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do After building this model, the team conducted a behavioral experiment to see whether the AI- or human-generated vocal imitations were perceived as better by human judges. Notably, participants in the experiment favored the AI model 25 percent of the time in general, and as much as 75 percent for an imitation of a motorboat and 50 percent for an ... 01/17/2025 - 6:10 pm | View Website
AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self The AI system uses this information to create what the researchers call “future self memories” which provide a backstory the model pulls from when interacting with the user. For instance, the chatbot could talk about the highlights of someone’s future career or answer questions about how the user overcame a particular challenge. 01/17/2025 - 3:18 pm | View Website
Graph-based AI model maps the future of innovation The AI model found unexpected similarities between biological materials and “Symphony No. 9,” suggesting that both follow patterns of complexity. “Similar to how cells in biological materials interact in complex but organized ways to perform a function, Beethoven's 9th symphony arranges musical notes and themes to create a complex but ... 01/17/2025 - 10:18 am | View Website
Artificial intelligence | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do. Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education. January 9, 2025. Read full story → 01/17/2025 - 4:12 am | View Website
Exercises like step-ups can improve stability, strengthen muscles, and fix imbalances to help relieve knee pain.yacobchuk/Getty ImagesIf you get knee pain or injuries in the gym, that could be from sitting all day. Exercises that strengthen and stretch the leg muscles effectively will help protect knees. For healthier joints, aim to move regularly and work on your balance and stability.
Torrey Grant commutes four hours to his Syracuse University teaching job. Torrey GrantTorrey Grant commutes eight hours each week for a teaching job at Syracuse University. That job is in addition to his account executive role at a PR agency where he works full time. The share of supercommutes in the 10 largest US cities has grown from four years ago.
Nicolas Ortega for BIJessica DeBenedetto has only been on compounded tirzepatide for a couple of weeks, but she already feels like it's a life-changer. Her doctor prescribed the cheaper, generic version of the weight-loss drug after her insurer refused to cover Zepbound, the brand-name version made by Eli Lilly. DeBenedetto, now 43, tells me she's been prediabetic since her 20s, and after going through hormone injections with IVF, she's put on a worrying amount of weight she just can't take off.
President Donald Trump's tariff plans could impact the price of medicine. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesTrump's first day in office on January 20 included proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump's tariff plans could raise the costs of some medications for Americans. Additionally, Trump said on the campaign trail he would impose a 60% tariff on Chinese imports.
The Regeneration. VC team. Regeneration. VCRegeneration. VC is taking over the management of Sky Ocean Ventures' climate portfolio. The US-headquartered fund now counts nearly 50 companies in its global portfolio. Regeneration. VC is also expanding in Europe amid US policy shifts, adding a new partner. Climate tech fund Regeneration. VC, which is backed by Leonardo DiCaprio as a limited partner, has taken over the management of Sky Ocean Ventures' climate portfolio.
Staci Rice before and after initially losing weight on semaglutide. Staci RiceStaci Rice lost 64 pounds on a compounded form of the weight loss drug semaglutide. It was expensive so she tried to maintain her weight loss without the medication, and gained 26 pounds. Rice started a side hustle so she could go back on the medication.