Hey there 👋 If you needed another reason dogs are better than cats, here’s one. Dogs paired with AI can sniff out cancer with incredible accuracy. A startup called SpotitEarly trained beagles to detect four common cancers from a simple breath test. The dogs’ reactions are digitized and analyzed by AI, delivering results that rival pricey medical scans. Gives a whole new meaning to “lab work.”
🐝 The next big breakthrough in AI and robotics could come from bees. Bees have tiny brains, yet quickly learn complex visual patterns by shifting their flight paths to see from different angles. Scientists at the University of Sheffield built a digital model of a bee’s brain and discovered copying this strategy could lead to smarter, more efficient robots using less computing power. Maybe next-gen AI will be buzz worthy for real.
💀 Senate kills AI law moratorium. In a dramatic shift, the Senate voted down a provision that would have blocked states from regulating AI for 10 years. Part of the Big Beautiful Bill marathon vote, it was dropped over AI safety concerns. Future innovations just got a “Pending Approval” stamp.
💲Creators can now charge AI bots for scraping. Cloudflare introduced a “Pay Per Crawl” feature that lets website owners set prices for AI bots accessing their content. AI companies can either agree to pay or get blocked completely. If content is king, bots are paying taxes.
🍄 The newest psychedelic trend? AI “trip buddies.” Instead of therapists or friends, people now chat with AI bots like TripSitAI and The Shaman to guide them through powerful psychedelic experiences. Mental health experts warn true psychedelic therapy requires human empathy and quiet reflection. Then again, who understands hallucinations better than an AI?
🖇️ Employees are no longer the biggest cybersecurity risk. New research from SquareX says browser AI agents are the new weakest link. They automate everyday tasks like scheduling meetings and sending company emails. Yet they’re awful at spotting threats, making them even easier targets than your average employee. Agents will click anything promising “faster APIs.”
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🤔 What happens when thinking becomes optional? We’re about to find out. We already let AI handle emails, write code, and produce creative work. The output is as good or better than most people can do. So if AI handles all the heavy lifting, will we still bother to think? Or do we just slide into Idiocracy?
🪄 Soon we’ll be extracting memories from dead brains. Over 70% of neuroscientists believe memories stay intact after death. 40% say we’ll eventually pull them directly from preserved brains. Finally, a foolproof way to recover your lost bitcoin password.
fun stats
Are AI subscriptions worth it?
Most people don’t seem to think so…
✴ 1.8 billion people worldwide use AI
✴ Only 3% of all users pay for AI subscriptions
✴ AI tools generate just $12 billion per year
👽 We’re watching: Aliens predict the future of AI on TikTok