Gm. What up what up. I’m writing this on an iPad because my laptop broke. No, it’s not fun. And yes, that’s why we’re missing Monday Motivation and Dopamine Hit today 😕.

~ Stephen Flanders

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The Wearable AI Race

Multimodal AI does more than let you ask ChatGPT how to change your tires.

It is also enabling the world’s top tech companies to imbue wearables with the power of AI:

• Google’s Gemini model is famously multimodal and will be used to power things like Pixie, which will be a sort of supercharged Siri. Google is also working on software for a Google Glasses type device, although they are no longer developing the hardware.

• OpenAI discussed putting GPT-4V into Snap’s products, mulled over an AI device with iPhone designer Jonny Ive, and has ties to Humane’s AI Pin.

• Microsoft is deep in the small LLM game, which could enable them to add AI to their HoloLens headset.

• Apple has the best hardware of anyone (hello, Vision Pro), but they are slacking in the software department. Knowing Apple, it’s safe to assume that won’t be the case forever.

• Meta just released their AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses.

• Amazon’s Alexa team may or may not be working on an AI device.

Yes, but: Wearable AI could be as big as the smartphone, but it also comes with serious privacy concerns.

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TECH

• OLED displays are coming to iPads and Macs.

• But a foldable iPad isn’t coming anytime soon.

• Chrome is killing tracking cookies.

• Not everyone is happy about TikTok’s push for longer videos.

AI

• Turns out ChatGPT didn’t lead to more cheating in schools.

• Come and get yourself caught up with AI.

• ByteDance pulled a no-no with OpenAI’s API.

• Advancements in machine learning…for machine learning.

SCIENCE

• Gas stations are coming to space.

• Tiny biobots are out here healing wounds.

• Scientists are bringing molecules back from the dead.

• The world’s first self amplifying vaccine has been approved.

CRYPTO

• The SEC has no interest in writing rules for crypto.

• Solana’s phone sales are going BONKers.

• SafeMoon is bankrupt.

• Prepare yourself for the Jupiter airdrop.

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