🔥 AI's expanding reach
From toys to trade wars, and ethical frontiers
🐾 IN TODAY'S WILD
AI is rapidly integrating into new domains, from Mattel's toys with OpenAI to geopolitical impacts delaying Apple and Alibaba's AI in China.
Privacy concerns with Meta's AI app highlight responsible development needs.
Beyond this, AI is advancing in tropical cyclone prediction (Google DeepMind), and the benefits and dangers of human-like AI agents are being studied.
Technical access is improving with Hugging Face's open-source tools, and governance frameworks like COBIT are adapting for AI.
Finally, Shopify is enabling USDC payments, showcasing tech's financial influence.
This diverse landscape underscores AI's pervasive growth and the ongoing need for careful navigation.
🦾 AI daily pulse
Mattel brings OpenAI into the toy chest [LINK]
Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China delayed by Trump's trade war, FT reports [LINK]
The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster [LINK]
⚡️ Top trends
Google Deepmind: How we're supporting better tropical cyclone prediction with AI [LINK]
[Research] The benefits and dangers of anthropomorphic conversational agents [LINK]
💻 Top techies
Hugging face releases open-source MCP server to let you access its tools from VSCode and Claude desktop app. [LINK]
This article from ISACA explains how their COBIT framework can be used as a robust, adaptable solution for effective artificial intelligence (AI) governance and management. [LINK]
🔮 What else
Shopify to Enable USDC Payments on Coinbase's Base for Merchants Worldwide [LINK]
Cursor CEO: Going Beyond Code, Superintelligent AI Agents, And Why Taste Still Matters
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