Good morning. Ever catch yourself scrolling TikTok at 2am and wonder if it’s hijacked your brain? Answers may be coming today in a LA courtroom. The jury will hear from a 19-year-old who says her social media addiction led to depression and suicidal thoughts. It’s the first of thousands of similar lawsuits that could force companies like Meta and TikTok to change how their apps are designed. Infinite scroll, autoplay, and constant notifications could be considered dangerous, and the companies liable. Only less addictive social media is like decaf coffee: pointless.
Everybody is buzzing about Clawdbot. Imagine if n8n had a brain and could automate your desktop with a prompt. That’s Clawdbot. It’s an open source AI agent that runs directly on your machine and actively controls your desktop. Clawdbot integrates with 50+ tools like Gmail, Slack, Spotify, and your favorite AI models. So instead of endlessly switching between browser tabs, people are creating local workflows that automate emails, crunch subscriber data, write code, place calls, and even order groceries. Clawdbot does all this without ever sending your data to someone else’s cloud. This is what AI personal assistants are supposed to look like. (Clawdbot)
AI is going to write Federal regulations. The Trump administration plans to let Google’s Gemini draft fed transportation rules. You know, the regulations that literally keep planes flying and trains running. The DoT is convinced Gemini can save months or even years of work, despite its total lack of human judgment. Senior officials openly admit they’re prioritizing speed and volume over accuracy. Maybe “move fast and break things” isn’t the smartest strategy for public safety. (ProPublica)
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Silicon Valley declared the moon the hot new vacation spot. San Francisco startup GRU Space plans to open the first lunar hotel by 2032, and they’re already taking reservations. A stay will cost around $416,667 per night, for up to four guests. But before you pack your bags, the full trip (including flights, training, and operational costs) is expected to run upwards of $10 million per person. No word yet if that’s all inclusive, or if you pay extra for oxygen. (USA Today)
OpenAI just got oddly specific about how its AI coding agents work. Codex relies on something called an “agent loop” to continuously run code, check results, and debug itself. What’s bizarre is that it’s fully stateless, meaning every request sends the full project history back to the AI each time. That’s great for context, but ballooning prompts quickly lead to performance and caching headaches. To manage this, Codex compresses older interactions to stay within its limits. This entire process is primitive, and all because AI has the memory of a goldfish. (Ars Technica)
Data nerds are in high demand. Every company from Amazon to your local coffee shop has a chatbot that nobody likes. These bots suck because they’re drowning in messy, unstructured data. Sure, it can look sexy with the right scaffolding, but structured data is where the real action is. The next wave of AI agents depends entirely on skilled data experts who can turn chaos into actionable insights. Suddenly SQL wizards are the valley’s new rock star. (Inc)
Today’s humanoid robots are only half as fast as people. China’s betting big on robotics as a national priority, hoping humanoids can reach 80% of human productivity by 2027. UBTech Robotics, a leader in the field, admits models aren’t even halfway there. Factories aren’t waiting around though. UBTech is ramping up production from 500 to 10,000 humanoids to meet exploding demand. Every robot deployed gathers more data, making future models smarter and faster. How’s that Optimus coming? (Techspot)
fun stats
🧫 1.3 million. Weekly ChatGPT conversations about advanced topics in hard science, as AI adoption moves into science and research.
🤖 12%. Employed adults in the US who use AI daily in their jobs, up 2% from last year.
🏈 $60 per 1,000 views. The SuperBowl worthy price OpenAI is asking for ads on ChatGPT, or triple what ads on Meta run. The goal is to generate $11 billion ARR from nonpaying ChatGPT users by year end.