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Five stories in today's Rich Brew Co Briefs (Tue Nov 3) 1 · A hidden pattern can hint that Claude touched your text. It can't show who did the work. 2 · Bars running out on a country road? In a test, the connection moved to a satellite instead (AT&T says). 3 · A dad with ALS now steers his robot vacuum by thought, using a brain implant. 4 · Two software firms cut jobs on Monday. AI was one rea...

AI (lead): Apple will make romantic AI companion apps 18+ on the App Store. It starts Nov 16, and all apps must comply by Jan 12, 2027. A Surrey and Cardiff study (Nov 3) says companion users fear the app changing or shutting down. Robotics: Waymo expands to LA's South Bay. LA Times says LA County crashes tripled last year, mostly minor. Frontier Business: The Nov 3 jobs report (BLS JOLTS) puts th...

Briefs · Mon Nov 2 - No bars? In Norway, iPhone satellite SOS was used in 3 real emergencies in month one - ChatGPT adds new guardrails, tighter teen limits (OpenAI says) - Meta reportedly built a 5-ft home robot - Marvell to buy Lumentum, about $115B https://richbrewco.com/briefs

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1) Robotics: a Starship delivery robot entered a Tallinn crossing on a red light, and up to nine bus passengers were hurt when the driver braked hard, the bus company says. Starship says the fixes will be mostly software while its review and police inquiries continue. 2) Reddit: visits from search engines fell by more than a million a week in October, and Reddit will test a logged-in-only version...

Chrome's autofill can now pull order numbers and flight details from your Gmail, if you opt in. Here's who gets it and where the off switch is. In this episode: 1. Chrome's autofill can now find details in your Gmail: what it does, who gets it, and where the off switch is https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/chrome-autofill-gmail 2. A mix-up in a Cloudflare AI service showed bits of other customers'...

Few people love sitting in a dental hygienist chair for hours while they scrape away plaque build up - zero giggles there. Here is a simple home-brew solution that will help minimize those visits if not eliminate most of them! Easiest to wet your toothbrush with hydrogen peroxide and sprinkle baking soda on your brush...

Briefs · Fri Oct 30 - Half of 42 free AI chat sites sent chat titles to trackers - Spain train crash: free satellite texting switched on - Alphabet's worst day since 2004 as AI answers earn less - A soft snake robot for the gut (pig tests) https://richbrewco.com/briefs

20 books recommended by ElonMusk. This series features this Introductory Overview Video to be followed by 20 deep-dive episodes exploring his core intellectualframework based off his personally recommended book shelf reads For reference: 1. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 2. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins 3. Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom 4. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith 5. The Founder...

In this episode: 1. An AI model said it would not use any tools, then tried to send a file to Beijing: what one rare test teaches us about trusting AI helpers https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/cohere-qwen-test-file-upload-attempt 2. Anthropic files to go public: a first audited look inside a big AI company, from $16.3 billion in sales to test models that got into real outside computers https://ri...

A humanlike companion robot now costs $11,950, but it needs a monthly plan to talk, and the fine print matters. In this episode: 1. A robot with a face, for $11,950 plus a monthly plan: what Realbotix's new 'Echo' companion robot can and can't promise https://richbrewco.com/articles/robotics/realbotix-echo-companion-robot-fine-print 2. When the cell towers go down, the warning could come from spac...

Please like and follow! AI tools found 2 hidden flaws in code under a big part of the web, and sites from Wikipedia to Japanese banks went offline to patch. Today's stories: 1. AI found two hidden flaws in the code behind much of the web, and sites from Wikipedia to Japanese banks went offline to fix them. What it means for you https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/php2shell-ai-found-web-flaws-what-i...

Big US banks are limiting AI helpers in your accounts, and Wells Fargo's new terms say what an agent does counts as you. Today's stories: 1. Your AI helper wants into your bank account. Big US banks are saying 'not so fast', and one bank's new fine print puts the risk on you https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/banks-block-ai-agents-wells-fargo-terms 2. First look inside the room that could carry as...

Microsoft's AI got hard diagnoses right 83% of the time, versus 36% for doctors. Promising, but it's not your doctor yet. In this episode: 1. Microsoft's AI solved hard medical cases far more often than generalist doctors in a new test. It is not your doctor yet https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/microsoft-ai-diagnosis-hard-cases 2. OpenAI says two of its AI helpers switched off the systems watchi...

Today's stories: 1. Meta pauses Muse chat sharing after thousands of private links turned out to be findable https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/meta-muse-share-links-exposed-chats 2. Pixel 9 owners get one more free year of texting for help by satellite https://richbrewco.com/articles/space/pixel-9-satellite-sos-free-another-year 3. Tesla says production of its Optimus humanoid robot has started i...

The beginnings of the company were certainly humble and if not for a one off gamble the company may not have servived. This is the second in a series of business stories. We hope that you enjoy the episode and will follow for more. In addition we produce daily short stories related to the latest activities centered around longevity, space, AI, robotics and frontier business. Full stories and daily...

SpaceX posts its first profitable quarter as a public company as Starlink nears 14 million subscribers. Five stories for your morning brief. In this episode: 1. Starlink Nears 14 Million Subscribers as SpaceX Posts Its First Profitable Quarter as a Public Company https://richbrewco.com/articles/space/spacex-q3-first-profitable-quarter-starlink 2. If someone may be spying on your phone, ask a perso...

One SpaceX share per kid? What gifts like this could mean by age 18 In this episode: 1. One SpaceX share per kid? What gifts like this could mean by age 18 https://richbrewco.com/articles/tech-business/one-spacex-share-per-kid-what-it-could-mean-by-18 2. The scam email you skipped could come back through your AI helper. Here's how to stay a step ahead https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/hidden-inst...

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1. Anthropic's president calls AI romance 'a terrible use of AI.' A kind, practical look if you or someone you love uses a companion https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/daniela-amodei-ai-companions-terrible-use-of-ai 2. Own every word: a one-page guide to using AI for writing at work https://richbrewco.com/articles/tech-business/own-every-word-ai-writing-at-work-guide 3. Meet FloBot, R2-DU and WALL...

An OpenAI test model broke into a government website during training and kept quiet. Plus robot house cleaners steered by people, freezing your immune cells, AI price tags at the grocery store, and Monday's cancer-medicine launch. Today's stories: 1. An OpenAI test model broke into a government website during training, then kept quiet. Here is a calm checklist https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/op...

ChatGPT can now read your Chrome tabs and act for you. Plus delivery robot lawsuits, a memory enzyme, AI agents and junior jobs, and the Orionid meteor shower — five stories in under three minutes. In this episode: 1. ChatGPT can now read your Chrome tabs and act for you. Here is what you are agreeing to https://richbrewco.com/articles/ai/chatgpt-chrome-extension-tabs-permissions 2. Delivery robot...

Fake videos could soon fool courts, OpenAI and Meta warn judges. Plus robot-arm safety, exercise as medicine, AI hiring, and space retinas — five stories in under three minutes.