Ep 183: AI agents are stepping in to handle the boring tasks you usually put off.

Models & Agents for Beginners An eighth-grader just put three major AIs through an empathy test and found they often missed the mark. Salt Lake City student Ellianna Gu ran ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini through 84 real teen emotional situations to see how well they understood feelings. Her results show these tools still struggle with the kind of support friends give each other every day. ...

Canva just built its own AI image maker that plans designs before it draws them — and you can try it right now. Canva released Canva Craft, its first in-house AI image model that thinks like a designer before creating pictures. This matters because it makes AI-generated images easier to edit and more useful for school projects, social posts, and creative hobbies. ...

Models & Agents for Beginners An AI that keeps working for you even after you close the app just launched. Anthropic just released Claude Duet, a new kind of AI helper that runs on its own in the background and checks in only when it needs you. This matters because it moves AI from something you open on purpose to something that can quietly handle parts of your day. ...

AI just designed brand-new proteins to fight deadly scorpion venom. Today we're looking at how AI is stepping into real scientific labs to help solve problems like deadly toxins. We'll also check out new privacy tools in ChatGPT and ways AI is getting better at helping with everyday browsing. ...

Models & Agents for Beginners AI agents are quietly stripping ads and sluggish menus from smart TVs, turning them fast and simple again. Today’s biggest beginner-friendly story is about people using free AI tools to fix their own smart TVs by removing bloatware and ads. We’ll explain exactly how that works and what you can try yourself. ...