June 2025

Why it matters: Duolingo’s AI: Future of Teaching explores how GPT-4 is shaping personalized language learning and education.

69% of consumers say they trust recommendations from influencers over information from a brand. But what if that influencer isn’t real? I’m not talking about some clunky 3D avatar or robotic CGI face. I’m talking about AI digital personalities: completely customizable, hyper-realistic, and always available to create content. I know what you might be thinking:…

ChatGPT Projects just received its most significant update since launch, and the implications for productivity are substantial. OpenAI upgraded the Project feature, adding several important tools that should improve your productivity while using the chatbot. For those using Projects to organize research, manage code repositories, or coordinate complex creative work, these six new features fundamentally…

Why it matters: AI Blunder: Bard Mislabels Air Crash sparks debate over AI accuracy after chatbot wrongly blamed Airbus.

Why it matters: Meta AI Privacy Glitch Exposes Chats as private conversations leak to public feeds, raising user data concerns.

I’ve been working with drones since 2014, but the outbreak of war in Ukraine marked a turning point in my career. Since 2022, my focus has shifted to exploring how drones can be used to automate humanitarian demining – what capabilities they need, and how technology can make these efforts safer and more efficient. As…

Why it matters: Meta Backs Scale AI Amid Shakeup as CEO exits and Meta deepens AI infrastructure strategy through new investment.

Surpassing the limits of practice In the realm of skill development — whether in music, sports, or sales — practitioners often encounter a performance plateau: a point where progress stalls despite continued effort. This phenomenon, commonly referred to as the ceiling effect, presents a major challenge to sustained improvement. A groundbreaking study led by Dr….

Coding in 2025 isn’t about toiling over fragments or spending long hours on debugging. It’s a whole ’nother vibe. AI-generated code stands to be the majority of code in future products and it has become an essential toolkit for the modern developer. Known as “vibe coding”, the use of code generated by tools like Github…

Hakob Astabatsyan, Co‑Founder and CEO of Synthflow, is leading the development of cutting-edge voice AI technology that helps businesses automate customer calls with human-like responsiveness. Based in Berlin, Hakob co-founded Synthflow in 2023 with the goal of making advanced conversational AI accessible to companies of all sizes. Under his leadership, Synthflow has rapidly scaled across…