Morning y’all!
I’m back from New York City and small trips always remind me about how much I love my own bed! I could be in a 5-star, world-famous hotel and I’d still prefer my own pillow 10 out of 10 times. Sigh.
I’m taking it a bit easier today and so I can recover from my back getting destroyed thanks to the terrible plane rides so let’s jump into it, shall we?
Ema just raised $36m for an AI agent for new hires and more.
An AI recruiting tool for teams just raised $9m.
Heeyo is an AI chat startup for kids and raised $3.5m recently.
Billy is an AI copilot for WordPress that helps you build, write, and code.
LinkStorm is an AI-powered internal link-building tool for SEO.
Simply Draw - AI feedback meets art - anyone can learn to draw.
Simply Draw is an feedback tool for artists so that anyone can learn to draw.
With Bex you can turn Slack into a self-updating knowledge base.
Here’s a study on the consequences of generative AI in communities.
Google will now penalize sites that host deepfakes. This is obviously the wrong move for the freedom of the web and I think this shows how little power (and how much power) Google has right now. Eventually, I imagine that Google Search will become a thing of the past. I’m not sad about that.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has named Lisa Einstein as its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer.
Martin: AI butler, like Tony Stark?
A first-look at Apple’s new Intelligence system which is effectively a slightly better Siri I believe. Very funny results that I’ve seen on the web.
Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum Brands, is rolling out AI-powered drive-through. The world is healing. I’ll admit that I like Taco Bell a bit more than I should.
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Have a great day folks!
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— Summer