Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
… Here at Google’s Mountain View labs, the company’s creating lifesize AI agents that can see you and talk to you. …
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Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air
… But the Air is not a signal that Google’s reviving Fitbit as it was. This is Fitbit’s first hardware product in nearly four years, but it comes alongside the death of the Fitbit app. …
PC Gaming
… With the files, people can more easily make accessories for the hardware. “Feel free to use these to make your own Puck holders, Controller sweaters, or whatever else you want to create!” Valve says on the GitLab page with the files . Can’t wait to see what folks come up with. …
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
… I’m told the ads were deeply unpopular inside of Xbox, and outside of the company, hardcore fans hated them too. “Asha retired ‘This is an Xbox’ because it didn’t feel like Xbox,” said an unnamed Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to Windows Central. “She is personally leading a reset of how we … …
Transportation
… Hawkins May 1 Spirit Airlines deathwatch. Several outlets are reporting that the demise of the ultra-low-cost carrier is imminent, after Spirit failed to secure a lifeline from the Trump administration. …
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
… Maybe another reason to change course.” Brockman suggests a path of an AI research nonprofit through 2017, “AI research + hardware for-profit” starting 2018, and “Government project when: ?? .” Musk then says that “in appreciation for what you’ve done to get OpenAI to where it is today,” he’d like … …