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OpenClaw and Moltbot are the talk of the tech town right now, but cybersecurity researchers have flagged some concerns that you might want to think about.OpenClaw — first known as Clawdbot, then Moltbot, all in the same week — has got the tech world buzzing thanks to its abilities to autonomously perform tasks like managing a user’s schedule.Meanwhile, Moltbook has gone viral for its Reddit-style social network, where AI agents post and interact with one another. No humans allowed — apart from observing.But as the tech world memed about the two latest AI talking points and Elon Musk pondered aloud…
Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby’s mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.The New Mexico Department of Health in a news release said that officials believe the mother consumed unpasteurized milk while pregnant, which could have led to the listeria infection.Officials cannot pinpoint the exact source of the listeria that led to the baby’s death, the release said, but it noted that “the tragic death underscores the serious risks raw dairy poses to pregnant…
A growing number of people are asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs about their health, often discovering that the chatbots provide remarkably useful medical insights. KJ Dhaliwal (pictured left), who in 2019 sold the South Asian dating app Dil Mil for $50 million, says he has been thinking about the inefficiencies of the U.S. healthcare system ever since he was a child acting as a medical translator for his parents, and he saw the advent of LLMs as an opportunity to do something about it. In May 2024, he launched Lotus Health AI, a free primary care provider that’s available…
Want to use Grindr’s AI products? You might have to cough up almost $500 a month.Grindr is in early testing for a new, higher-priced subscription tier called “Edge,” the company confirmed to Business Insider. The company has already piloted this tier in Australia and New Zealand, and is now bringing it to select American cities.As part of this testing, Grindr is trying different price points that vary from user to user. Test pricing starts at $80 a week and goes into the hundreds.Screenshots posted online show monthly subscription rates of $349.99 and $499.99. At those prices, one year of Grindr…
Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman have announced the launch of a new AI startup called Luffu that aims to help families proactively monitor their health. The duo are developing an “intelligent family care system” that will start with an app experience and then expand into hardware devices. Two years after their exit from Google, Park and Friedman are betting on AI to help lighten the mental burden of caregiving. According to a recent report, 63 million, or nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults are family caregivers, up 45% from 10 years ago. Luffu uses AI in the background…
Have you dreamed of creating a calm and cozy spot at home to relax and recharge, but don’t think you can spare the space?You don’t need a “man cave,” “she shed” or even a whole room to retreat to. Just one corner will do.One corner, warm lighting, a cozy chair and some plants, says interior and plant stylist Hilton Carter, who specializes in “nature nooks” — tiny wellness sanctuaries that calm the mind, body and spirit.Carter has hosted plant-forward specials for HBO and PBS, launched a plant and accessories line with Target and authored six books (his most recent is…
On Oct. 25, 2023, a 40-year old man named Robert Card opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a bowling alley and nearby bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others. Card was found dead by suicide two days later. His autopsy revealed extensive damage to the white matter of his brain thought to be related to a traumatic brain injury, which some neurologists proposed may have played a role in his murderous actions.Neurological evidence such as magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is widely used in court to show whether and to what extent brain damage induced…
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans aim to translate the most up-to-date nutrition science into practical advice for the public as well as to guide federal policy for programs such as school lunches.But the newest version of the guidelines, released on Jan. 7, 2026, seems to be spurring more confusion than clarity about what people should be eating.I’ve been studying nutrition and chronic disease for over 35 years, and in 2020 I wrote “Sugarproof,” a book about reducing consumption of added sugars to improve health. I served as a scientific adviser for the new guidelines.I chose to participate in this process,…
Peak XV Partners, a leading venture capital firm in India and Southeast Asia, has seen a fresh round of senior departures. These follow other leadership exits over the past year as it pushes ahead with plans to deepen its focus on AI investing and expand its footprint in the U.S., while keeping India as its largest market. The latest departures stem from an internal disagreement with senior partner Ashish Agrawal (pictured above, left) that led to a mutual decision to part ways, Managing Director Shailendra Singh told TechCrunch. He added that two other partners, Ishaan Mittal (pictured above, right) and…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nabil Bukhari, the Seattle-based president of AI platforms and chief technology officer at AI-powered cloud-networking company Extreme Networks. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I wear multiple hats at Extreme Networks, a company with roughly 3,000 employees. I’m the president of the AI business, own the product portfolio, and serve as the CTO.The decision to create an AI clone of myself started as a joke. My team was talking about how we have to sit through all of these meetings and saying, “I wish we could be in more…