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Quick Hits

AI vs. iPhone: Sam Altman re-invents the phone.

Cerebral craft: Lab 3D prints a neural network.

Code to career: Girls Who Code targets jobs.

Copyright clash: Authors beg out of OpenAI training.

Digital detox: 'Monk mode' gains devotees.

Delivering justice: Uber Eats bot thwarts kidnappers.

Fair co-opt: Men flood women’s tech job fair.

Flick farewell: Netflix mails last DVD.

For real?: BeReal pushes back at naysayers.

Social shift: X’s loss is Mastodon’s gain.

Staying power: Call of Duty clocks two decades.

Quantum chill: You can water-cool your PS5.

Study: AI helps low performers most

Wharton researchers found that generative AI tools significantly enhanced consultants' performance across various tasks, acting as a skill-leveler especially for lower performers. The study aligns with previous findings, hinting at potential workforce restructuring in which highly skilled workers tackle specialized tasks.

Startups pioneer ‘algorithmic perfumery’

Beauty brands are merging AI and brain science to create fragrances designed to trigger specific emotional responses such as calm, euphoria, or sleepiness. “My interest in algorithmic perfumery is the access it provides to people to engage with scent directly,” says EveryHuman co-founder Anahita Mekanik.

Creators cash in on … xeets?

The company formerly known as Twitter has paid out nearly $20M to creators since it began sharing ad revenue for verified users who meet certain metrics with their xeets.

‘Non-human’ creations

Théâtre d’Opéra Spatial, an AI-generated image that won first place at the 2022 Colorado state fair annual art competition, was stripped of its title after a court ruled that copyright protection “excludes works produced by non-humans.”

IPO market gets a boost

High-profile debuts from Arm Holdings, Instacart, and Klaviyo highlight a bumper crop of IPOs after a long drought.

The Weekly Pulse

U.S. cities where Gen X women out-earn their male peers

Across the U.S., women working full-time earned just 83.7% of what their male counterparts did in 2023, according to Census Bureau analysis. There is a small silver lining though: Gen X women are out-earning their male counterparts in 15 U.S. cities spread across states like California, Connecticut, Maine, and Texas.

Poll of the Week

Recently Funded

• GammaSwap, launched on the Arbitrum network.
• Tome, Was named in list to tools “better than ChatGPT.”.
• AlphaSense, Reaches $2.5B Valuation in Big Day for AI Funding.
• Sam Altman Backs Slope to Fix B2B Payments.
• Nexusflow Raises $10.6M to Advance Generative AI.
• Muir AI Raises $3.25M to Calculate Product Carbon Imprints

Post of the Week

What We’re Reading

How AI May Change Entrepreneurship (Wall Street Journal)

Applying to jobs online is like navigating a maze. (CareerFair.io)

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