After Ethan's post, I went on a deep dive into this study! I could go on and on about the results but if I had to boil it down to my biggest takeaways…
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AI Access Opens Educational Opportunities for Underserved Students
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This is exactly why I'm so passionate about AI—opening up access and opportunity for people. Even more astounding to read that many of these students had never even used a computer before this pilot. Gets me so excited for what's possible, for everyone.
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Copilot Voice Speed Adjustment Feature Now Available
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One of my favorite features: you can adjust the speed of your Copilot's voice, just like your podcasts or audiobooks. Whether your mind races and you need Copilot to keep up, or you want to slow things down, set your own tempo. Copilot won't judge
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AI Companions: The Solution to Digital Overload and Distraction
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I often hear: do we really need more tech? Aren’t we dealing with enough already—digital overload, too much noise and distraction? I get it. I feel it. What really excites me about AI companions is they’re actually our path out of all that. for @TIME
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Vision AI Predicted to Lead 2025 Over Voice
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What's possible when AI understands what you're seeing, not just what you're saying? If voice was the breakout feature of 2024, I'm predicting it will be vision that takes center stage in 2025. More predictions from me & some great company: https://
deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issu
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New Energy Technology Shows Promise Despite Production Challenges
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It's by no means a perfect technology. There's lots more work needed to scale production, not to mention in ensuring they deliver energy that's high-powered, not just long-lasting. But it makes me optimistic. (TBD whether we'll be able to bring these in checked luggage.)
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Carbon-14 Nuclear Waste as Renewable Energy Alternative to Lithium
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And Carbon-14 is a renewable resource, a waste product from nuclear energy. Lithium meanwhile is finite, difficult to access, and resource intensive to mine.
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Sustainable Batteries: Reusable Power Sources vs Lithium Waste
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There's huge sustainability upside here—when the batteries do run out of power thousands of years later, they're reusable. Most lithium batteries end up in a landfill.
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Nuclear Battery Innovation Eliminates Need for Surgical Device Replacements
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It's "bio-compatible" (safe for your body, thanks to the diamond seal) and could eliminate the need to surgically replace batteries in pacemakers and medical devices every 5-10 years. It could power space missions or deep-sea sensors, where replacing a battery is near impossible.
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Diamond Batteries: Carbon-14 Decay Powers Long-Term Energy
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It's not the diamond itself that powers the battery—it's small amount of Carbon-14 trapped inside the diamond and slowly decaying.
Emphasis on "slowly". Carbon-14's half-life is 5730 years. Your typical lithium-ion battery lasts perhaps a decade (if you're lucky/careful).