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Meta is preparing a version of its AI glasses that will activate the camera without any indicator light to signal recording. That's a significant shift from the LED that previously gave bystanders at least some visual warning. Privacy advocates are already raising alarms, arguing that removing that signal normalizes covert capture in public spaces.
On the AI business front, OpenAI researcher Miles Wang is reportedly in talks to launch an AI drug discovery startup that would be valued at two billion dollars right out of the gate. Lightspeed Venture Partners is said to be in discussions to lead the funding round. It's another signal that top AI talent is leaving established labs to chase the enormous promise, and enormous capital, of applying machine learning to medicine.
And if you tried to use ChatGPT today and got nothing, you weren't alone. The service went down, drawing the kind of immediate attention on Hacker News that underscores just how deeply embedded these tools have become in daily workflows. When an AI assistant disappears for even an hour, people notice in a way they simply didn't a few years ago.
That's your briefing for now. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
