8 August 2025
Topic: Companies And Business
NASA and Google are building an AI medical assistant to keep Mars-bound astronauts healthy
The multi-modal tool, which includes speech, text and images, runs inside Google Cloud’s Vertex AI environment....
TL;DR
NASA and Google develop AI medical assistant to aid in diagnosing and treating astronaut medical issues during long-duration space missions.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- The AI medical assistant, CMO-DA, achieved a high degree of diagnostic accuracy in evaluating and treating symptoms, with up to 88% of diagnoses found correct.
- The tool runs inside Google Cloud's Vertex AI environment and can integrate with medical devices and provide situationally aware responses.
- The lessons learned from this tool have potential applicability to other areas of health, not just space medicine.
SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project
Foxconn spent years promising electric vehicles would be built at the former Chevy Cruze factory. Now it will make AI servers....
TL;DR
SoftBank is reportedly the mystery buyer of Foxconn's Ohio factory, planning to use it for building AI servers as part of the Stargate data center project with OpenAI and Oracle.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- SoftBank plans to use the former Foxconn factory in Ohio to build AI servers for the Stargate data center project.
- The Stargate project involves OpenAI and Oracle, and aims to create a large data center infrastructure in multiple states and countries.
- Monarch Tractor, a California-based startup, was the main customer of Foxconn's contract manufacturing operation at the Ohio factory, but it's unclear how the sale will affect their business.
How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content
With the rise of AI writing tools, Wikipedia editors have had to deal with an onslaught of AI-generated content filled with false information and phon...
TL;DR
Wikipedia has adopted a new policy to quickly remove AI-generated content, including articles with nonsensical citations and writing style characteristic of chatbots.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Wikipedia editors can now quickly remove AI-generated content using three main signs: writing directed toward the user, nonsensical citations, and non-existent references.
- The platform has also created a list of phrases and formatting characteristics characteristic of chatbot-written articles, but notes that these should not be used as the sole basis for removal.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is exploring AI-powered tools to help volunteers, but is prioritizing accuracy and high-quality writing, and is working on a non-AI powered tool to aid in content moderation.
Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready talks about the agentic web and where the social network will fit in the AI era....
TL;DR
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready described the company as an 'AI-enabled shopping assistant', but downplayed the possibility of an imminent 'agentic web' where AI agents shop on users' behalf.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Pinterest is exploring AI-powered features, including recommendation and personalization systems, visual search experiences, and conversational search, to enhance the user experience.
- The company is competing in the war for AI talent by emphasizing its commitment to using AI for good and responsibly.
- Gen Z accounts for over half of Pinterest's monthly users, and male users have increased by 95% year-over-year, according to the company's Q2 earnings report.
Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration will use GPT-5 starting with iOS 26
OpenAI just announced its GPT-5 AI model on Thursday, but you won’t be able to use it with Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration until iOS 26, iPad...
TL;DR
Apple will integrate OpenAI's new GPT-5 AI model with its ChatGPT integration, but users will have to wait until iOS 26 and fall software updates to try it.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- OpenAI's GPT-5 is being released to all ChatGPT users, with 700 million people expected to use it weekly.
- Apple is upgrading from the GPT-4o model to GPT-5, which will power features like Siri and Visual Intelligence.
- The GPT-5 integration is expected to arrive in the fall with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26 software updates.
Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms
WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, last raised $40 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued the company at $160 million pre-mo...
TL;DR
Meta has acquired AI voice startup WaveForms to strengthen its new AI unit, Superintelligence Labs.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- WaveForms, founded in August 2022, raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz in a round valued at $160 million pre-money.
- Two co-founders, Alexis Conneau and Coralie Lemaitre, have reportedly joined Meta, while the outcome for the third co-founder and roughly 14 staff members is uncertain.
- WaveForms was focused on creating AI-generated speech that can mimic human conversation and also working on Emotional General Intelligence.
Tesla shuts down the team behind its Dojo supercomputer
Tesla is dissolving the team that was developing its Dojo supercomputer, according to Bloomberg. The change, which reportedly includes the departure o...
TL;DR
Tesla is dissolving its Dojo supercomputer team, shifting to partner with Nvidia and AMD for compute and Samsung for chip manufacturing.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- The disbandment of the Dojo team comes as Tesla rolls out its robotaxi service, with a safety monitor in the passenger seat, contradicting Musk's promise of having 'no one in the car'.
- Tesla will partner with Nvidia and AMD for compute, while turning to Samsung for chip manufacturing in its shift away from in-house technology.
- This transition is part of a larger effort by Tesla to develop more efficient and effective AI chips, with a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to develop the next-generation AI6 chip.
Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer is DOA — now what?
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ordered its Dojo supercomputer project to be disbanded after the project's leader and mos...
TL;DR
Tesla has disbanded its Dojo supercomputer project, citing Elon Musk's inability to retain top talent, and will now outsource AI chip development to suppliers like Nvidia and Samsung.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Tesla's CEO Elon Musk confirmed the company's shift to outsourcing AI chip development, following the disbanding of the Dojo supercomputer project.
- The project's leader Peter Bannon, along with 20 other ex-Tesla engineers, joined Density AI, highlighting Tesla's ongoing talent exodus.
- Tesla's stock rose over 2.5 percent in early trading after the news of the Dojo project's cancellation, amid rising EV competition and declining government tax breaks for the company's core business.
I’m sorry but I’m being reasonable - 5.0 is a disappointment and OpenAI has acted poorly
Why Open Source is Needed
Granite 3 8B is seriously underrated - still outperforming newer models
US$500 billion company releases astonishing PhD-level AI model
If you miss 4o, speak up now. Contact OpenAI support.
ChatGPT-5 Rollout Is An Unmitigated Disaster
no warning, broken memory, lower limits - GPT-5 “upgrade” just wrecked months of my work
OpenAI removed the model selector to save money by giving Plus users a worse model. It's time to cancel.
Half of the models in the top 10 on Design Arena are OW/OS, and they're all from China