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1 week ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, itās Wednesday. Meta is reorganizing its AI teams to sharpen focus and speed up progress. OpenAI is exploring āSign in with ChatGPTā for third-party apps, and Anthropic is rolling out voice functionality for Claude. Meanwhile, Tools for Humanityās Orb project is raising new questions about identity in a digital age. Read on!P.S. Donāt miss the AI job board at the endānew roles added this week.
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2 weeks ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, itās Friday. Princeton researchers have exposed a critical flaw in AI safety filters, Claude 4 is setting new standards in reasoning, coding, and memory, and the enterprise AI hype cycle might be cooling as companies grapple with real-world deployment challenges? Plus, in our latest Forward Future Original, we break down Matthewās interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
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2 weeks ago | 
bmj.com | Matthew Berman
Dear Editor,I appreciate Professor Thimbleby’s thoughtful commentary on this article. In my response, I seek to further explicate a central theme advanced by Professor Thimbleby: the need to more precisely operationalize AI when surveying attitudes and opinions—particularly among non-subject matter experts. The AI ecosystem is heterogeneous. Treating it as a monolith does us a disservice.
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3 weeks ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, it’s FRIDAY. OpenAI’s CFO is stuck playing financial whack-a-mole with runaway costs, the new pope is immediately worried AI might smite humanity, and Walmart’s prepping for bots to do your shopping. Plus, in our latest Forward Future Original, we examine why AI robots excel in demos but face real-world barriers like hardware limits, safety, and cost.
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3 weeks ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, it’s Thursday. AI just cracked a 15-million-year-old lizard cold case—and now bots are wheeling and dealing like Wall Street pros as researchers teach them to negotiate and build social norms. Plus, as the Turing Test blows out 75 candles, experts are asking: have today’s smooth-talking machines already left the old imitation game in the dust? Read on!📊MARKET PULSE Granola just raised $43M to challenge the AI note-taking giants.
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3 weeks ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, itās Wednesday. The robots are getting too good at pretending to be us ā deepfakes are now running laps around corporate security systems. And while your new profile pic may be AI-enhanced, the ethics behind that glow-up might be a little murky. Meanwhile, NVIDIA is shipping 18,000 chips to power Saudi Arabiaās data center ambitions.
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3 weeks ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, itās Tuesday. Trump leverages U.S. AI chips in the Middle East, SoftBankās $100B Stargate teeters between ambition and uncertainty, and Saudi Arabia launches Humain to stake its claim as AIās global landlord. Plus, in today's Forward Future Original, we explore whether AI will bridge global wealth gaps or deepen divides by reshaping jobs, capital, and society.
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1 month ago | 
bmj.com | Matthew Berman
Rapid Response:
Dear Editor,The predicted—and predictable—brain drain is no longer coming; it is here. Following the Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of America’s scientific enterprise, more than 1,200 of the roughly 1,650 total respondents to a Nature survey reported that they were considering leaving the United States. Many of these respondents were early-career researchers [1].
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1 month ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, itās Thursday. Zuck wants to be your wingmanāvia chatbotāas Meta reframes loneliness as a feature. Meanwhile, humans still out-predict AI (for now), and Figmaās new AI tools are threatening to eat Adobe and Canvaās lunch. Tired of late nights with PowerPoint? Gensparkās agentic AI turns messy docs into ready-to-share slidesācutting prep time by 68% for teams like Morgan Stanley. Todayās I Will Teach You to AI has the full walkthrough.
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1 month ago | 
forwardfuture.ai | Matthew Berman
Good morning, itās Friday. AI's favorite leaderboard is under fire for playing favorites, OpenAIās chatbot got too nice for its own good (backpedal time!), and Visa wants your AI to go shoppingāwith your money. Plus, in the latest installment of our I Will Teach You to AI series, we show you how to turn raw documents into polished, studio-quality audio using tools like NotebookLMāno mic, no editing, just smart prompting. Read on!š¤FRIDAY FACTSCan an AI Get Sued for Lying?
