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🔍 Google Search enters AI Mode era
🤖 Duolingo CEO: AI will outteach humans
⚖️ GOP bill seeks to block state AI regulations
🧪 Microsoft AI finds new chemical in just 200 hours
🚛 Nikola’s hydrogen trucks head to auction
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🔍 Google Search enters AI Mode era ↗️LINK
What: Google is rolling out a new AI Mode in Search, bringing chatbot-style interactions and tools like Deep Search, Project Mariner, and Search Live to all U.S. users. This mode offers synthesized answers, follow-ups, and even action-taking capabilities like booking travel.
Why: Google aims to move beyond simple link retrieval by using AI to deliver personalized, interactive, and helpful results. With features tapping into user history and Gmail, AI Mode represents a shift toward intelligent, contextual assistance.
Impact: AI Mode redefines how users engage with Google Search, potentially sidelining the traditional results page. With 1.5B monthly users seeing AI Overviews, Google is signaling that the future of search is personalized, proactive, and deeply AI-integrated.
🤖 Duolingo CEO: AI will outteach humans ↗️LINK
What: Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn says AI will surpass human teachers in education, citing its scalability and precision. On the No Priors podcast, he predicted most teaching will be AI-led, though schools will still exist primarily for childcare.
Why: Duolingo has used AI to optimize learning through data and A/B testing, offering personalized education at scale. The company even replaced contract workers with AI and sees AI as more effective than traditional instruction for many subjects.
Impact: As AI reshapes education, schools may shift from instruction to supervision and support. Elite AI-powered schools like Alpha School hint at what a high-tech learning future could look like—with big implications for access and equity.
⚖️ GOP bill seeks to block state AI regulations ↗️LINK
What: A provision in House Republicans' budget bill would ban states from regulating AI systems for 10 years. Over 100 organizations, including advocacy groups, academics, and tech worker coalitions, sent a letter opposing the move, warning it would shield harmful AI from accountability.
Why: Critics argue the rule favors Big Tech and removes crucial protections as AI spreads into health care, policing, and hiring. The bill also follows Trump’s rollback of Biden-era AI safeguards.
Impact: If passed, the rule would override states' growing efforts to regulate risky AI use, potentially delaying essential protections and legal recourse for the public.
🧪 Microsoft AI finds new chemical in just 200 hours ↗️LINK
What: Microsoft unveiled Discovery, a new AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific research by combining agentic AI with high-performance computing. It recently helped discover a novel data center coolant in just 200 hours—work that would usually take years.
Why: The platform allows scientists to run complex simulations using natural language instead of code, removing the barrier between scientific expertise and computational power. It targets bottlenecks in research caused by limited programming skills.
Impact: Microsoft Discovery could revolutionize R&D by democratizing supercomputing access. Smaller labs and non-programmer scientists gain powerful new tools, potentially transforming discovery timelines across chemistry, biology, and beyond.
🚛 Nikola’s hydrogen trucks head to auction ↗️LINK
What: Nikola is auctioning off $114 million worth of hydrogen trucks and equipment as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. The sale includes 103 hydrogen fuel cell trucks and related components, now listed by auction house Gordon Brothers.
Why: The liquidation follows Nikola’s February bankruptcy and the recent $30M sale of its Arizona facility to Lucid Motors. Gordon Brothers acquired the assets via a court-approved deal, aiming to recoup value amid low market demand for hydrogen tech.
Impact: This marks a major retreat for hydrogen trucking. With political support for hydrogen under threat and infrastructure challenges persisting, Nikola’s downfall signals deeper struggles for the broader hydrogen transport sector.
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