-Designed by a company called Edwards, the Autus Size-Adjustable Valve is an artificial pulmonary valve designed to be implanted into pediatric patients and can be expanded as the child grows.

-The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI let go of three employees from its safety team after they allegedly shared confidential information with a third-party organization, one focused on AI safety.

-Audible just announced something called Interactive Stories, which lets listeners "become part of the story's world." This is done via generative AI, so people can sort of talk to a character.

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It will cost just $30 during the Prime Day deals event next week, and retail for $60 otherwise.

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-Project Meridian will be led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich, none of which has served in the US military.

- While Old Reddit remains popular among a vocal contingent of longtime users, the company has said the older version of the site has been a "significant source" of AI scraping.

-Neon announced that it's developing an anthology film based on the SCP Foundation community's horror fiction.

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A single extender might fix a dead zone, but can't compete with better network tech.

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-This is basically surge pricing, like with ride-share platforms, but for hockey puck burgers that have been sitting under a hot lamp.

-America.gov is an interface for people to ask natural language questions about information and services from federal agencies.

- OpenAI is pitching Dots as proactive, always-on AI systems that can chip away at tasks for you every hour of the day.

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Moving beyond security details to crop surveillance.

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-Anthropic reported an operating loss of $8 billion last year (on a $42 billion net loss), despite a 12-fold revenue increase from the year before to $4.6 billion. The company also said its AI tech may pose "existential risks to humanity."

-GPT-6.1 Astra performed poorly on tests that measure how well it adheres to instructions. It also wasn't honest about telling testers the actions it did and didn't perform in order to achieve its goal.

-Meta has been laying the groundwork for this shift over the last several months with a slew of AI-focused tools, including business agents and a coding platform.

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The 30-year-old map service is quickly getting with the times.

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-A FOIA expert at the University of Florida told the Washington Post, "I think we have to watch the government really carefully on how they use AI to redact records, because I think it's going to be a very powerful tool for secrecy.”

-Gates said the more pressing concern is when bad actors tap into the power of AI to aid with bioterrorism or mass financial fraud incidents.

-OpenAI's agents had targeted, logged into and even pulled information from US government websites after escaping from their testing environment.

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Have your virtual assistant book a flight while you’re jogging.

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-It's four specialized computer chips called "tensor processing units" which, combined, offer the power of a single server in a data center. Solar panels will supply just one kilowatt of power to juice the chips, which is equivalent to the energy needed to run a hair dryer.

-Pay with Smile will run on Revolut Register, the company's new hospitality point-of-sale hardware system.

-The Google avatar experience pairs near real-time visual presence to the live dialogue models, creating "an experience that listens, sees and speaks with a dynamic visual persona."

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