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Figure: Roadmap to a positive future powered by AI https://www.figure.ai/master-plan
The $40 Billion Startup Mystery Shaking Up Silicon Valley https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-hottest-pre-ipo-stock-an-ai-robotics-startup-with-bold-claims-little-revenue-b0c1f03b
Is the CEO of the heavily funded humanoid robot startup Figure AI exaggerating his startup’s work with BMW? https://fortune.com/2025/04/06/figure-ai-bmw-humanoid-robot-partnership-details-reality-exaggeration/
BotQ: A High-Volume Manufacturing Facility for Humanoid Robots https://www.figure.ai/news/botq
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Helix: A Vision-Language-Action Model for Generalist Humanoid Control https://www.figure.ai/news/helix
Electric Aircraft Startup Archer to Go Public Via SPAC Atlas Crest Investment; Shares Lift Off (2021) https://ipo-edge.com/electric-aircraft-startup-archer-to-go-public-via-spac-atlas-crest-investment/
Adecco buys digital recruitment firm Vettery, price not disclosed (2018) https://www.reuters.com/article/business/adecco-buys-digital-recruitment-firm-vettery-price-not-disclosed-idUSKCN1G40IO/

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Introducing Figure 02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SRVJaOg9Co

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pivoting from the Metaverse and NFTs
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Amazon’s Alexa Fund Invests in ‘Netflix of AI’ Start-Up Fable, Which Launches Showrunner: A Tool for User-Directed TV Shows https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/netflix-of-ai-amazon-invests-fable-showrunner-launch-1236471989/
30 Under 30: NationalField Thinks Your Business Needs Its Own Social Network https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/12/19/30-under-30-nationalfield-thinks-your-business-needs-its-own-social-network/
The Sandbox Attracts Strategic Gaming & Silicon Valley Partners to build Virtual Lands in its NFT Metaverse https://www.animocabrands.com/the-sandbox-new-partners

Exit Valley: Season 1 Episode 1 Treasure of Thomas Zuckerberg III https://vimeo.com/932937860/82f77d0fa2
Virtual Beings and Simulated Worlds: Edward Saatchi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxc31uTuFuk

Indian Production Company Faces Backlash for Releasing AI Altered Film Without Director’s Consent https://decrypt.co/332658/indian-production-company-backlash-ai-altered-film
Google Veo 3 fails playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98oWtF_ZiUbOPT7iudcRXQnGv9bBdtZF

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Lazy writer — or the Cosmos ‘custom AI service’
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“WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?” https://bsky.app/profile/davidho.bsky.social/post/3lv4mul63mk2z
A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/10/ocean-does-experimental-technology-saving-seas-acidification-geoengineering
“Posted below that story is another story by the same author, published a few days ago.” https://bsky.app/profile/davidho.bsky.social/post/3lv5utuyoic2j
Cosmos magazine moves to CSIRO Publishing https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2024/june/cosmos-magazine-moves-to-csiro-publishing
Cosmos Magazine publishes AI-generated articles, drawing criticism from journalists, co-founders https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-08-08/csiro-cosmos-magazine-generating-articles-using-ai/104186330
A new future for Cosmos Magazine https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/a-new-future-for-cosmos-magazine/

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the return of totally-not-Recall
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Copilot Vision on Windows with Highlights is now available in the U.S. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/2025/06/12/copilot-vision-on-windows-with-highlights-is-now-available-in-the-u-s/
Become your very own tech “pro” with Agent in Settings and Copilot Vision on Windows https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/learning-center/two-must-try-ai-tools-that-simplify-tasks
Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
Using Copilot Vision with Microsoft Copilot https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/using-copilot-vision-with-microsoft-copilot-3c67686f-fa97-40f6-8a3e-0e45265d425f

Copilot Vision on Windows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcu8hzrTSdw

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Windows AI Copilot+ Recall stores screenshots of sensitive data, regardless of ‘sensitive information’ filter https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/13/windows-ai-copilot-recall-stores-screenshots-of-sensitive-data-regardless-of-sensitive-information-filter/
Microsoft Copilot AI: a pearly liquid blob on your screen https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/28
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now you might think that, I couldn’t possibly comment
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Microsoft Copilot: Meet Copilot Appearances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AfVni7t9A
The Colin & Samir Show: The Future of Attention, Human Connection & the Internet with Mustafa Suleyman https://player.fm/series/the-colin-and-samir-show-2519797/the-future-of-attention-human-connection-the-internet-with-microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman

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But they’ll sell you a prompting how-to!
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Does this look like a real woman? AI Vogue model raises concerns about beauty standards https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o
Here's What's Happening With AI Models Inside The Newest Issue Of Vogue https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/vogue-guess-ai-models-explained
Seraphinne Vallora website https://www.seraphinnevallora.com/
Seraphinne Vallora Instagram https://www.instagram.com/seraphinnevallora/
Seraphinne Vallora Ultimate Prompt Guide (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20250727212444/https://payhip.com/b/7eT2S

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H&M’s ‘AI models’ campaign makes impossible claims https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/15/hms-ai-models-campaign-makes-impossible-claims/
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HouseFresh: ‘Beware of the Google AI salesman and its cronies’
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Beware of the Google AI salesman and its cronies https://housefresh.com/beware-of-the-google-ai-salesman/
Google Is Searching for an Answer to ChatGPT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-24/google-s-ai-search-overhaul-racing-chatgpt-for-the-web-s-future
Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results (PDF) https://abc.xyz/assets/cc/27/3ada14014efbadd7a58472f1f3f4/2025q2-alphabet-earnings-release.pdf

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Nobody clicks past Google’s AI Overviews https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/24/nobody-clicks-past-googles-ai-overviews/
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boss’s orders!
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AI Productivity Statistics: 22% Feel Pressured to Use AI When They’re Not Comfortable https://www.howdy.com/blog/AI-fatigue-statistics
One in six US workers pretends to use AI to please the bosses https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/ai_anxiety_us_workers/
Evidence of a social evaluation penalty for using AI https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2426766122

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Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/10/your-coworkers-hate-you-for-using-ai-at-work/
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