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Productivity app Hero announces an SDK that will complete your AI prompts for you

The autocomplete will help users create more effective prompts for AI apps, resulting in fewer back-and-forths.

The AI Boom Is Fueling a Need for Speed in Chip Networking

Next-gen networking tech, sometimes powered by light instead of electricity, is emerging as a critical piece of AI infrastructure.

Lawmakers warn Democratic governors that states are sharing drivers’ data with ICE

Security

A group of Democratic lawmakers asked governors in California, Colorado, and other states to block ICE from accessing their residents’ driver’s license data without their knowledge.

Apple launches Digital ID, a way to carry your passport on your phone for use at TSA checkpoints

Apps

Apple's new Digital ID will let U.S. users carry their passport on their iPhone, and use it at TSA checkpoints.

AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia

Business

WisdomAI is offering AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured, unstructured, and even “dirty” data, meaning data not cleaned of typos or errors.

Anthropic announces $50 billion data center plan

Anthropic has launched an ambitious new data center partnership with the U.K.-based Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to building facilities across the US.

Airbnb’s testing a ‘kitchen stocking’ service that lets guests place Instacart orders before their stay

Apps

Airbnb will offer the "kitchen stocking" service during a three-month pilot program starting on January 5, according to an email sent to hosts.

Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme

Computing

The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for people across the bloc

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product

Marble is different from competitors like Odyssey, Decart, and Google's Genie because it creates persistent, downloadable 3D environments rather than generating worlds on-the-fly as you explore.

The Physics of the Northern Lights

Science

The aurora borealis is usually seen near the Arctic, but solar winds and magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries throughout the US.

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