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JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest $10B in industries critical for national security, including "frontier" tech like AI and quantum computing (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Hugh Son / CNBC : JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest $10B in industries critical for national security, including “frontier” tech like AI and quantum computing   —  JPMorgan Chase on Monday said it is launching a decade-long plan to help finance and take direct stakes in companies it considers crucial to U.S. interests. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/uR3NLFv via IFTTT
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Google updates NotebookLM's Video Overviews, adding six new Nano Banana-powered visual styles and a new "Brief" format for quick insights (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google updates NotebookLM's Video Overviews, adding six new Nano Banana-powered visual styles and a new “Brief” format for quick insights   —  After introducing in July, NotebookLM is giving Video Overviews a big upgrade with the help of Google's Nano Banana image editing and generation model (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image). from Techmeme https://ift.tt/cxVPYof via IFTTT

Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for therapy to save time and money, while avoiding stigma around mental health (Yi-Ling Liu/Rest of World)

Yi-Ling Liu / Rest of World : Young people in China are turning to AI chatbots like DeepSeek and Doubao for therapy to save time and money, while avoiding stigma around mental health   —  Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NeEonPd via IFTTT

Cobots, or robots that collaborate with humans, are bringing automation to even the smallest US factories, amid a push to bring manufacturing back to the US (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Cobots, or robots that collaborate with humans, are bringing automation to even the smallest US factories, amid a push to bring manufacturing back to the US   —  China has more industrial robots than the rest of the world combined, but newer, more flexible robots are keeping smaller U.S. manufacturers in the fight from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Qk2mvxi via IFTTT

AI has sparked a new wave of competition in the browser market, as agentic AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet and others compete with Gemini-enhanced Chrome (Fortune)

Fortune : AI has sparked a new wave of competition in the browser market, as agentic AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet and others compete with Gemini-enhanced Chrome   —  The early days of the internet saw intense competition between graphical web browsers: Netscape Navigator faced off against Microsoft's Internet Explorer. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/8XYQ4Fa via IFTTT

How modern media consumption is converging toward a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming providers, podcasts, and social media apps (Derek Thompson)

Derek Thompson : How modern media consumption is converging toward a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming providers, podcasts, and social media apps   —  A theory of culture and attention  —  A spooky convergence is happening in media.  Everything that is not already television is turning into television. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/0X8JaIx via IFTTT

Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag (Stephen Witt/New York Times)

Stephen Witt / New York Times : Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag   —  How much do we have to fear from A.I., really?  It's a question I've been asking experts since the debut of ChatGPT in late 2022. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QqxhFi8 via IFTTT