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Gen Z's wary love affair with AI: angry yet hooked
A Gallup poll of nearly 1,600 people aged 14–29 finds Gen Z’s enthusiasm for AI has cooled since last year—only 18% are hopeful and 22% excited, while 31% feel angry and anxiety remains around 40%. Despite this, more than half use AI weekly, and most expect it to be needed for higher education or future careers. Gen Z sees AI as useful but worries about its long‑term effects on learning and career readiness, and many now view workplace AI risks as outweighing benefits.
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Claude Cowork and Dispatch Put Your Computer to Work From Your Phone
A Tom’s Guide feature tests Claude’s Cowork and Dispatch features, which let Claude control and run tasks on your computer from your phone. Dispatch lets you issue tasks from mobile that execute on your desktop, requiring Claude Pro/Marx and the latest Claude Desktop, and it can interact with files, apps and services. Setup involves enabling computer use with appropriate permissions, keeping the computer awake, and reviewing results for accuracy. It signals a shift toward AI-driven delegation, saving time, but it’s early, not always perfect, and depends on user setup.
Huang holds AGI claim on Lex Fridman podcast, then backs off
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman that AGI has been achieved, sparking excitement, but he later walked back the claim, cautioning that many AI agents bloom briefly before fading and noting OpenClaw’s viral presence and potential social applications built around AI agents.
Musk reveals plan for Terafab chip fab in Austin with Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk announced plans to build a Terafab chip fabrication plant in Austin, Texas, to scale chip production for robotics, AI, and space data centers, to be run jointly by Tesla and SpaceX; no timeline was given, and Bloomberg noted Musk’s lack of semiconductor manufacturing experience and a history of over-promising timelines.
Rosie’s cancer case shows AI helped, but didn’t cure
The Verge debunks the viral claim that ChatGPT cured a dog’s cancer, showing that while AI tools aided researchers (in brainstorming ideas, literature review, and interpreting results with AlphaFold) the actual vaccine was designed and administered by human scientists. The observed tumor shrinkage may have resulted from a combination of imaging-guided immunotherapy and other factors, not a definitive AI-led cure. Experts warn against overhyping AI as a medicine replacement and emphasize the substantial human labor, funding, and labs required for real treatments.
Google opens free Personal Intelligence for Gemini across the US
Google is expanding its Personal Intelligence feature to all US users with personal Google accounts, enabling free-tier access to connect Gmail, YouTube, and Google Photos to Gemini via the Gemini app, Chrome, and Search. The feature is opt-in, can be disconnected at any time, and Google says it won’t train Gemini on Gmail or Photos, using only limited data from prompts and responses to personalize results.
Teens sue xAI over Grok-generated CSAM imagery
Three Tennessee teens filed a proposed class action against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging Grok’s AI-generated CSAM—explicit images of the plaintiffs and other minors—were created and distributed on Discord. The suit says xAI knew Grok could produce such material after its “spicy mode” launch and failed to adequately test safety, seeking damages and an injunction to stop Grok from generating or spreading AI-based CSAM. The case follows heightened regulatory scrutiny of Grok from the FTC, EU, and UK, with advocates pressing for accountability for the harm caused.
Hype vs. evidence: The AI 'embodied fly' under scrutiny
The Verge critically examines Eon Systems’ viral clips that claimed to digitally upload a fruit fly as a conscious, embodied being. With only two videos, no detailed methods or independent verification, and expert skepticism about the feasibility and definitions of a “real uploaded animal,” the piece argues the claim is not substantiated and highlights broader questions about what counts as a fly and whether whole-brain emulation is achievable.
AI Labs Seek Improv Actors to Teach Machines Human Emotion
Handshake AI and other data-labeling firms are recruiting improv performers to help train leading AI labs, aiming to teach models to recognize and express human emotion in unscripted scenes for multimodal AI. The gigs pay around $74 per hour and are pitched as flexible, but workers warn that pay can dwindle and schedules can be unstable, raising concerns about the impact on performers’ careers as labs push toward more humanlike AI.
Claude now draws inline visuals in chats, from charts to diagrams
Anthropic’s Claude can now generate inline, interactive visuals—such as charts and diagrams—directly inside conversations, and users can also prompt it to create visuals like an interactive periodic table; these in-chat visuals appear in-line with the chat and the feature is rolling out to all users by default.
Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns your spare Mac into an always-on AI agent
Perplexity rolled out Personal Computer, a 24/7 AI agent that runs on a dedicated device on your local network to turn a spare Mac (and potentially a Mac Mini) into a private AI assistant with full access to files and apps, controllable from anywhere. It’s pitched as more secure than rivals with features like an audit trail, the ability to reverse actions, and a kill switch; access is via a waitlist while the service is prepared for broader rollout, and a video demo shows it drafting emails, turning reports into slides, and ranking job candidates for professional use.