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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 13h

New Wearable Devices Target the Brain to Bring Better Sleep www.wsj.com/health/welln...

michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

Why you need to pay attention to Sora 2 and our future AI unreality | CNN Business edition.cnn.com/2025/10/03/m...

Why you need to pay attention to Sora 2 and our future AI unreality | CNN Business

If you work in the media industry or simply care about the quality of the information ecosystem we all inhabit, you need to pay attention to Sora 2.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 2d

Aussies already racking up huge distances in self-driving Teslas | Drive www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-f...

Aussies already racking up huge distances in self-driving Teslas | Drive

Tesla drivers have covered a combined one million kilometres of driving while using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) mode.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 3d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word www.theverge.com/news/787076/...

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 6d

Ships lose $30B+ a year to barnacles, algae & marine growth slowing them down.

Enter Neptune Robotics: robots that scrub giant vessels in <24hrs even in waters too tough for human divers.

The payoff? Lower fuel costs, faster shipping, cleaner oceans. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 7d

OpenAI partners with Etsy, Shopify on ChatGPT payment checkout www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 8d

Suzy Welch uncovered the reason Gen Z seems unhireable: Their workplace values don’t match their Gen X and millennial bosses www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 9d

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/n...

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms | TechCrunch

A new call recording app is gaining traction for offering to pay users for voice data from calls, which is sold to AI companies.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 10d

Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...

Shoplifters could soon be chased down by drones

Flock Safety is pitching its police-style drone program to private businesses. It could bring aerial surveillance to shopping centers, warehouses, and hospitals.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 13d

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that…

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 14d

Oxford has just become the first UK university to roll out ChatGPT Edu to all students and staff. After a year-long trial with 750 users, they’ve signed a five-year partnership with OpenAI. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oxford University gives students access to AI platform

The rollout is part of a partnership between the institution and OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 15d

New York’s school phone ban has had a surprising side effect: library book checkouts are soaring. At one high school, 40% of students borrowed books in just weeks—double last year’s total. Take away distractions, and curiosity finds room to grow. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

Opinion | The Unexpected Upside of Phone Bans in Schools

Turns out kids check out more books when they can’t doom scroll.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve long argued that creativity is uniquely human. Now AI is writing pop songs that beat human composers in fan votes. Fascinating… but also deeply unsettling. What happens when machines rival us in the very thing that makes us human? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Japanese girl group AKB48 release AI-assisted single after fan vote - BBC News

Pop group AKB48 asked fans to pick their next single from a song written by humans and another by AI.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 17d

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code futurism.com/six-months-a...

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code

Exactly six months ago, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claimed that in six months, AI would be "writing 90 percent of code."

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 20d

The average teen boy now spends 34 hours a week gaming www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

The average teen boy now spends 34 hours a week gaming

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 21d

Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister www.politico.eu/article/alba...

Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister

Diella, who is powered by artificial intelligence, will handle public procurement.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 22d

China claims building brain-like AI ‘100 times faster than traditional models’ www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

China claims building brain-like AI ‘100 times faster than traditional models’

AI model can balance efficiency and accuracy, researchers say

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 23d

Could AI nursing robots help healthcare staffing shortages? | CNN Business edition.cnn.com/2025/09/12/t...

Could AI nursing robots help healthcare staffing shortages? | CNN Business

AI-powered robot Nurabot is designed to help nurses with repetitive tasks, in a bid to reduce their workload and mitigate global healthcare staff shortages.

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michaelmcqueen.bsky.social @michaelmcqueen.bsky.social · 24d

Ralph Lauren just launched Ask Ralph - an AI stylist built with Microsoft & OpenAI.

It suggests outfits, answers fashion questions & dips into decades of RL archives.

From polo shirts to prompts… the brand proves even timeless style can embrace change. www.thecut.com/article/is-r...