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- AI Reading for Tuesday October 21
AI Reading for Tuesday October 21
A visit to an Amazon fulfillment center, where robots move merchandise and tell humans what to do with it. - The Wall Street Journal

SMBs with good Google SEO back to square 1, might find AI a tougher nut
Sam Altman has pursued a series of deals to secure large-scale compute for OpenAI, prompting competition among Silicon Valley companies seeking to profit and contributing to perceptions that OpenAI has become too big to fail. - The Wall Street Journal
the next financial crisis and/or Great Depression will be brought to you by AI


President Trump has a long history of posting AI-generated memes and misinformation on social media, dating back to the campaign trail. - Fast Company


Heineken's new ads spoof the infamous Friend AI wearable ads from last month, tell people to trade their phones for a bottle of beer. - Fast Company


AI-generated avatar hosts program on how AI might replace us - the Guardian

Anthropic launched Claude for Life Sciences, integrating Claude models with Benchling, PubMed, 10x Genomics and Synapse.org, partnering with Caylent, KPMG, Deloitte, AWS and Google Cloud, and hiring Eric Kauderer-Abrams to lead its biology and life-sciences efforts. - CNBC
Gene Kim and Steve Yegge say vibes beat reading diffs but there are risks. 'Vibe Coding' manifesto advocates AI-driven coding, claiming productivity gains and broader access, but documents risks—an AI removed ~80% of a test suite and produced a 3,000-line function. - The Register
Musk: Are you down for an AI coding contest Karpathy: How about no - X (formerly Twitter)
AI often gets you 90% of the way there. Here's how to make sure the last 10% doesn't eat up as much time as you saved. - Fast Company

Companies apply AI-driven personalized pricing that mines browsing history, device, location and purchase patterns, boosting targeted offers (Booking.com model increased sales 162%) across travel, ride-hail, groceries and subscriptions, prompting Australia's ACCC five-year inquiry in June 2025. - The Conversation
Two co-CEOs will jointly lead Oracle's AI transformation. - The Wall Street Journal


An ex-Microsoft scientist is building an AI startup to change how companies handle work visas - Business Insider


BMO Stadium deployed camera/computer-vision checkout kiosks and automated vending, causing waits and making everything worse. - A Whole Lotta Nothing
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