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Jason Lemkin, known to some as the Godfather of SaaS, says the time has come to push the limits of AI in the workplace.In practice, Lemkin, the founder of SaaStr, the world’s largest community of business-to-business founders, said on Lenny’s Podcast recently that this means he will stop hiring humans in his sales department.Instead, SaaStr is going all in on agents, which are commonly defined as virtual assistants that can complete tasks autonomously. They break down problems, outline plans, and take action without being prompted by a user.He said the company now has 20 AI agents automating tasks once handled…
The winter holiday season is a strange time of year when routines are often thrown out the window. We kick things off with a massive feast on Thanksgiving. December is typically a rush of holiday parties, shopping, year-end work obligations and (if you’re lucky) lots of cookie baking and eating. Then we spend that strange week between Christmas and New Year’s Day in a sort of comatose state where it’s never really clear what day of the week it is.After 31-plus days of (somewhat) controlled chaos, it shouldn’t be surprising that come Jan. 1, most of us are eager to…
COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Novo Nordisk will offer its 1.5 and 4 milligram Wegovy weightloss pills at $149 per month to self-paying patients in the United States from January 5, it said on Monday.It will from the same date offer the highest doses of the drug pill, of 9 and 25 milligram, at $299 per month, it said on its website.The price for the 4 milligram dose will rise to $199 per month from April 15, it said.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 22 approved the pill, giving Novo Nordisk a leg up as it looks…
Artificial intelligence won’t be training AI anytime soon, says the CEO of a data labeling startup.On an episode of the “20VC” podcast released last week, Matt Fitzpatrick, the CEO of Invisible Technologies, said that one of the biggest misconceptions in the AI training industry is that humans won’t be needed in a few years.”When I first started this job, the main push back I always got was that synthetic data will take over and you just will not need human feedback two to three years from now,” said Fitzpatrick, who joined the startup last year. “From first principles, that actually…
ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn child. Causes damage to the central nervous system.”Block after block there are reminders that contaminants still linger.House cleaners, hazardous waste workers and homeowners alike come and go wearing masks, respirators, gloves and hazmat suits as they wipe, vacuum and power-wash homes that weren’t burnt to ash.It’s been a year of heartbreak and worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history scorched neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people. Two wind-whipped…
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — When Tafara Muvhevhi, a Zimbabwean driving instructor, began work 16 years ago, his job was simple: teach the highway code and prepare learners to ace their driving test.Today, his priorities have changed. His main concern is no longer just the exam, but whether his students will survive some of the world’s deadliest roads. This is vital in a country where road crashes rank among the top killers, according to the national statistics agency, and road accident fatality rates are among the continent’s worst. In Zimbabwe, a crash hits every 15 minutes and five die and 38…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.The multi-day event, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, kicks off this week in Las Vegas, where advances across industries like robotics, healthcare, vehicles, wearables, gaming and more are set to be on display. Artificial intelligence will be anchored in nearly everything, again, as the tech industry explores offerings consumers will want to buy. AI industry heavyweight Jensen Huang will be taking the…
HELSINKI (AP) — The battle against fake news in Finland starts in preschool classrooms.For decades, the Nordic nation has woven media literacy, including the ability to analyze different kinds of media and recognize disinformation, into its national curriculum for students as young as 3 years old. The coursework is part of a robust anti-misinformation program to make Finns more resistant to propaganda and false claims, especially those crossing over the 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with neighboring Russia.Now, teachers are tasked with adding artificial intelligence literacy to their curriculum, especially after Russia stepped up its disinformation campaign across Europe following its full-scale…
DoorDash seems to have confirmed a viral story about a driver using an AI-generated photo to lie about making a delivery. As reported by Nexstar, Austin resident Byrne Hobart said he experienced this very thing, writing in a post on X: “Amazing. DoorDash driver accepted the drive, immediately marked it as delivered, and submitted an AI-generated image of a DoorDash order (left) at our front door (right).” After his post started getting attention, Hobart offered more details, acknowledging that his story would be “pretty easy” to fake. But he noted, “Someone chimed in downthread to say that the same thing…
It’s the time of sneezing, coughing, hacking and wheezing. Cases of the flu are surging throughout much of the United States as the new year begins.In its latest Influenza Surveillance Report, published on Dec. 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported “high” or “very high” levels of flu activity in 32 states and jurisdictions. From the week before, healthcare providers saw a 6% uptick in patients with respiratory illnesses.The newest influenza strain, Subclade K (or A(H3N2), J.2.4.1), is a mutation of influenza A. Though data has yet to show that this new strain, penned “super flu,” has an…