Layla Hecker February 03, 2025
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Gmail Security Warning For 2.5 Billion Users—AI Hack Confirmed
Described by one victim as the most sophisticated attack ever seen, all Gmail users are warned to take this hacking threat very seriously indeed.
www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/01/gmail-security-warning-for-25-billion-users-ai-hack-confirmed
ChatGPT’s agent can now do deep research for you
More accurate, and more resource intensive.
www.theverge.com/news/604902/chagpt-deep-research-ai-agent
Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next
Should millions of Americans be downloading Chinese AI app DeepSeek and giving their personal data to it? For reasons of privacy and cybersecurity, maybe not.
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/02/why-deleting-chinas-deepseek-ai-may-be-next-for-millions-of-americans.html
Otonomus Hotel
A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HOSPITALITY CONCEPT
otonomushotel.com
Case Study: Scaling Innovation with AI at Deloitte - AIX | AI Expert Network
Deloitte, a global leader in professional services, has embraced artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative tool to enhance productivity and innovation.
aiexpert.network/ai-at-deloitte
14 things keeping IT leaders up at night
The CIO’s rise to prominence has led to high-profile responsibilities that — when coupled with the pace of technology and business change — bring more stress to the role than ever before.
www.cio.com/article/1247637/10-things-keeping-it-leaders-up-at-night.html
DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test
Chatbots we tested can write a mean sonnet and struggled with images of clocks, but vary in willingness to talk politics
www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/01/deepseek-chatgpt-grok-gemini-claude-meta-ai-which-is-the-best-ai-assistant-we-put-them-to-the-test
Tuscon cuts congestion by 46 percent with AI - Cities Today
Tucson, Arizona, has seen significant improvements in traffic flow and safety following the implementation of an AI-powered traffic management system.
cities-today.com/tuscon-cuts-congestion-by-46-percent-with-ai
Cure AI
Cure AI: Medical Research Engine
www.askcureai.com
VocAdapt
Master any language while skipping the boring stuff VocAdapt adjusts content to your level, helping you naturally acquire skills from anything you love toread, watch, or listen to.
vocadapt.com
New AI picks up 97% of lung diseases, and can tell pneumonia from COVID-19
A breakthrough new AI model is able to detect the presence of different lung diseases from ultrasound videos, with 96.57% accuracy, and it is even able to distinguish whether the abnormalities are due to pneumonia, COVID-19 or other conditions.
newatlas.com/medical-ai/ai-lung-disease
Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure
www.geekwire.com/2025/cybersecurity-startup-eclypsium-raises-45m-to-help-companies-secure-their-infrastructure