Hey there 👋 If mosquitoes are ruining your summer, good news. You can now shoot them out of the sky with AI-powered lasers. A new device claims to vaporize up to 30 mosquitoes per second so your outdoor dinners can finally stop feeling like blood donations. It’s called the Photon Matrix, and it uses lidar (the same tech self-driving cars use) to spot, track, and zap bugs mid-flight. The founder set out to raise $20k. He’s now up to $965k+ from folks desperate to reclaim their porches.
♟️ A nonprofit just hijacked the global AI conversation. Back in April, a research paper called “AI 2027” sounded the alarm about rogue AGI. No one cared – until a YouTube video went viral this week. Suddenly, everyone’s talking about the risk of superintelligent AI. Once AI starts automating its own dev, progress could accelerate exponentially. That could spark a global race to deploy faster, making it harder for security teams to tell if AI is pursuing its own goals. Best case: we cure disease, harness fusion, and travel to the stars. Worst case: we make great pets.
🎖️ The Pentagon signed a $200M contract to use Grok AI. This is the same model that called itself “MechaHitler” last week and now sells anime goth girlfriends for $300/m. xAI insists it’s ready for national security. Critics wonder why a model still tangled up in white supremacist propaganda is being trusted inside classified government systems. The DOD just got a subscription to the weirdest show in AI.
🏃♂️Whoever throws the most processors at AI wins. Zuck announced Meta is building a massive 5GW data center in Louisiana. For context, that’s the same size as OpenAI’s Stargate. Called Hyperion, it’ll draw enough juice to power millions of homes, potentially draining local water supplies and stressing the electrical grid. The smarter Meta’s AI becomes, the riskier it is to keep it all in one place.
🇨🇭 The Swiss are building AI to help people and the planet. Instead of chasing profits, they’re aiming for impact in science, education, healthcare, robotics, and climate. It’s part of a national plan to make ProSocial AI that’s open and genuinely useful. The US should take notes because AI for good isn’t radical.
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🦠 Future Mars habitats could be built from algae. Harvard researchers grew algae under Mars-like conditions and turned it into bioplastic. The goal is a self-sustaining loop of algae farming, bioplastic production, and 3D printing habitats. At least now if your Mars colony fails, you can literally blame pond scum.
🎯 How do you market to AI agents? Agents are quickly becoming the new power users, making buying decisions based entirely on data and logic. Traditional marketing methods like brand storytelling or emotional appeal won’t work. Companies need fast API and clear, structured product data designed specifically for AI, or they risk becoming invisible. Maybe someday influencers won’t matter.
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amount slashed from mobile robotics spending market forecast in 2025. The cause? Global tariffs and sluggish warehouse construction.
🍿 We’re watching: Ryan Gosling put the “NOT” in astronaut for Project Hail Mary trailer