Meta apparently thinks we're too distracted to care about facial recognition and Ray-Bans

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Mark Zuckerberg in Meta Ray-Ban sunglasses.

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  • Meta is planning to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, The New York Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
  • Why now? Because people are distracted by bigger things going on in the world, the story said, citing an internal memo.
  • The company told Business Insider it's still thinking through options. I
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DoorDash drivers are getting paid to close Waymo car doors

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Waymo's fleet of robotaxis can drive passengers to various destinations without a human driver at the wheel. 

However, when it comes to closing the car door, Waymo's self-driving cars apparently still need help from humans. And humans who do gig work on DoorDash can now get paid to close Waymo car doors.

On Reddit earlier this week, a Redditor in the subreddit community for DoorDash workers called r

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Gary Marcus calls out viral AI essay as alarmist 'hype'

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AI researcher Gary Marcus said it's unlikely AI will begin to replace jobs in the next one to two years.

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  • Gary Marcus said Matt Shumer's viral essay about the future of AI missed the mark.
  • The AI researcher said Shumer didn't grapple with the current limitations of AI models.
  • "I think that one should work from the facts rather than just trying to cause an
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I used to be proud of only sleeping 3 hours because I worked so much. Now I realize health is freedom, not wealth.

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Tyler Smith used to think wealth was freedom, but after his dad died at 47, he realized health is more important.

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  • Tyler Smith built SkySlope, a real estate software valued at $80 million in a 2017 sale.
  • Soon after, he took a health screening that put his biological age at 47 — the age his dad died.
  • He spent more than $1 million creating a home wellness center and started a
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Bitcoin biopic starring Casey Affleck to use AI to generate locations and tweak performances

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Killing Satoshi, an upcoming biopic about the elusive creator of Bitcoin, will reportedly rely heavily on artificial intelligence to generate locations and adjust actors' performances, Variety reports. The film was announced in 2025 as being directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, The Edge of Tomorrow) and starring Casey Affleck and Pete Davidson in undisclosed roles, but its connection to

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OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, and the AI relationships community is heartbroken

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illustration of chatgpt chat with the text 'i am not your husband'

Updated on Feb. 13 at 3 p.m. ET — OpenAI has officially retired the GPT-4o model from ChatGPT. The model is no longer available in the “Legacy Models” drop-down within the AI chatbot.

On Reddit, heartbroken users are sharing mournful posts about their experience. We've updated this article to reflect