The hottest Innovation Substack posts right now

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Aw, that's so great!

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 17 Sep 15
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Meet the stars of anti-anorexia Instagram and consider how their fame can impact others seeking help.
  2. Reflect on whether our gadgets will ultimately make us happier or not, especially considering the importance of personal relationships for happiness.
  3. Prepare for smartphone assistants to evolve to AI-level capabilities beyond Siri.

ENDLESS el-oh-els

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 23 Jul 15
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Charging $1,000 for nothing: An app that eight people bought raised questions of scam or performance art.
  2. NASA's social media strategy is both active and effective, but some worry it may benefit private companies more than the agency's core mission.
  3. Starting a connection on social media through a direct message is becoming more common and maybe less surprising.

IS THIS REAL LIFE?

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 28 May 15
🔬 Science Innovation
  1. The future is advancing quickly, with technologies like computers that predict dreams and functional artificial intelligence.
  2. In the Instagram era, the obsession with documenting everything may not always portray the complete truth.
  3. Researchers have created a computer that can 'imagine' objects based on descriptions, marking a significant step in computational imagination.

Straight-up insane

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 14 May 15
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. The rise of Instagram's underground porn community using hashtags and privacy tactics is surprising.
  2. A small town in Spain, Jun, manages all town services via Twitter, presenting a unique method for communication and organization.
  3. A riveting account detailing the downfall of the Silk Road's mastermind makes for a compelling read.

Meme machine

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 08 May 15
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Fighting online propaganda with memes at the State Department is a strategy to combat ISIS social media influence.
  2. Google's innovative project this year focuses on creating unconventional office spaces that break traditional design norms.
  3. There are compelling arguments for quitting Twitter, reflecting on the platform's negative impact on daily life.
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Carrier pigeons or something

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 01 May 14
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. When powerful entities dislike your social media content, consequences abound, from reprimands to unexpected repercussions.
  2. Despite the idea that technology should spread power, it can also consolidate it in unexpected ways.
  3. The existence of luxury services like the 'Seamless for rich people' suggests that decadence and exclusivity are becoming more accessible in the digital age.

Kittens!

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 12 Mar 14
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Silicon Valley geeks are focusing more on being cool than making a real impact in important areas like healthcare
  2. Understanding the design and technology behind everyday things like pancakes can be thought-provoking
  3. Internet slang and expressions like 'I can't even' showcase how language evolves over time

The Cycles of Bundling and Unbundling to Unleash the Public Sector's Creativity

Bold & Open • 0 implied HN points • 28 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Investing in external consultancies or centralised and proprietary systems weakens the capacity of public agents and citizens, hindering influence over tools.
  2. Investing in open source technologies empowers the public sector to control their tools, collaborate with other actors, and amplify tech capabilities.
  3. To challenge monopolies, investing in new open standards or supporting smaller startups developing open alternatives can foster innovation and competition.

Some gen AI apps are cloning you without your consent; EU passes the AI Act; AI helps setup new IT systems; Western countries are pessimistic about AI; why AI agents are the future

Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica • 0 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. AI apps are creating deepfake ads by cloning people without consent, raising ethical concerns and violating privacy.
  2. Consent is crucial in the digital world to respect individuals' rights and prevent manipulation and harm.
  3. Regulations are needed to enforce consent in AI-generated content, protect users, and raise awareness about the risks of deepfake technology.

Inside the world's first AI university; companies are using generative AI to improve their businesses; IEEE says AI will drive major tech advancements this year; Google releases open source Gemma LLM

Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica • 0 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. The world's first AI university, MBZUAI, aims to educate AI leaders and conduct transformative research in various AI fields.
  2. AI is being used by companies to enhance business operations, boost creativity in the workplace, and drive major technological advancements according to IEEE.
  3. Google has released Gemma LLM as an open-source tool, contributing to the evolution of AI technology.

2023 was peak AI; UK Supreme Court rules AI cannot be an inventor; Harvard says AI is changing oral health; Big Tech goes all in on AI startups; AI Santas are everywhere

Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica • 0 implied HN points • 22 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. In 2023, the UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot be considered an inventor, showcasing a defining moment for AI understanding and law.
  2. Harvard highlighted how AI is revolutionizing oral health, indicating the diverse applications AI has in improving human well-being beyond traditional sectors.
  3. Big Tech's significant investment in AI startups demonstrates the growing importance and potential of AI technologies in various industries and their pursuit of innovation.

Google's new AI model goes natively multimodal; Meta’s chief AI scientist doesn’t think AI super intelligence is coming soon; AMD forecasts $45 billion AI chip market this year

Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica • 0 implied HN points • 08 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Google's new AI model, Gemini, is natively multimodal, meaning it can understand complex written and visual information. This could lead to more logical and consistent AI responses.
  2. Integrating a 'world model' into large language models could enhance AI reasoning by simulating the world based on scientific principles and observational data. This could make AI systems more broadly intelligent.
  3. There are ongoing advancements in AI technology across various industries, from using AI to catch fare-dodgers on public transport to creating AI tools for detecting audit frauds. AI's impact is diverse and expanding.

My CES 2024 Experience

Greg’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 28 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. CES is a major global tech event in Las Vegas where companies showcase new inventions and technologies across various sectors like consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive, and smart home technologies.
  2. Demonstrating a product repeatedly at an event like CES helps you become well-versed in explaining its details and answering questions effectively.
  3. Attending events like CES provides unique networking opportunities, the chance to showcase technological innovations, and insights into future trends in the industry.

Innovating Means Harnessing Predictability ⌚

PeopleStorming • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Product-oriented work requires creating space and time for innovation by understanding and modeling work mix within a team.
  2. Investing time in the innovation quadrant is crucial as it focuses on creating new value for customers, ensuring relevance and competitiveness.
  3. To prioritize product-oriented work, teams can progress by retro-ing emergencies, automating ops tasks, and streamlining housekeeping activities.

Moving From Incremental To Radical 🌟

PeopleStorming • 0 implied HN points • 01 Sep 21
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Incremental change is safe & allows quick adaptation using existing tools.
  2. Radical change is scarier as it disrupts existing thinking & requires re-learning.
  3. Experimenting with radical changes at a small scale can yield substantial benefits while minimizing risks.

Does playfulness belong at work? 🌠

PeopleStorming • 0 implied HN points • 01 Jun 21
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Play and games are not the same - they are distinct concepts and not interchangeable.
  2. Play is a mindset focused on the journey, not just the destination - it involves being connected to a curious and playful part of oneself.
  3. Embracing playfulness in leadership requires kindness, open-mindedness, and a supportive environment - it enhances creativity and innovation in the organization.

Solving Complex Problems 🐸

PeopleStorming • 0 implied HN points • 04 May 21
💼 Business Innovation
  1. When trying to solve complex problems as a group, it's important to explicitly state and work within constraints like time, resources, and knowledge.
  2. Grounding problem-solving conversations with specific constraints can actually help a group make progress.
  3. After setting constraints and making progress, it's okay to explore 'infinite resources' ideas for further discussion.

Ode to the Contrarians

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 29 Nov 18
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Contrarians like Airbnb have paved the way for successful investments by going against the grain.
  2. Successful entrepreneurs can change the fate of a company with belief, effort, and positive energy from their supporters.
  3. Investors should focus on startups with deep market knowledge, operational excellence, and clear vision supported by strong values.

Charles

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 02 Nov 17
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Charles has always been determined and persuasive, creating convincing cases from a young age to get what he wants from his parents.
  2. Charles recognized the need for a change in the work paradigm and decided to act on it by starting his own venture, Comet, with a focus on transparency and simplicity.
  3. At 22, Charles witnessed unethical practices in the consultancy industry, leading him to make a drastic career shift towards a more meaningful and ethical path.

TokTokTok: Personal Delivery at Scale.

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jul 16
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Investors sometimes miss out on unique investment opportunities, like Capitaine Train, because of not understanding the team, product value, or market potential.
  2. TokTokTok stands out for its CEO's clear vision, team commitment to customer satisfaction, and focus on personal delivery at scale beyond traditional food or personal services.
  3. Success doesn't always come from following the crowd; sometimes it's the outliers that surprise us the most.

Messaging, What’s the Matter ?

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jul 16
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Messaging has evolved to be faster, more discreet, and versatile than traditional forms of communication.
  2. Messaging offers comfort by allowing people to think before responding and can be used asynchronously or instantaneously.
  3. Using messaging as a core feature should aim to enhance user experience by providing faster access to information, unique experiences, and better interactions.

Cracking The Code Of Introductions

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 12 Feb 16
💼 Business Innovation
  1. When making introductions, list the people/companies and ask for contributions in order to improve the list.
  2. Always use a double opt-in approach for introductions to respect people's privacy and choices.
  3. Avoid edge effects by ensuring that introductions are relevant and well-assessed.

Les 7 Portes Du Corporate Venture

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 01 Feb 16
💼 Business Innovation
  1. It's crucial for companies to stay updated with technological advancements and industry changes to avoid rapid decline.
  2. Corporate Venture can offer solutions to cope with fast, unexpected changes through avenues like incubators, VC fund investments, and strategic direct investments.
  3. The Corporate Venture model involves various approaches like Spin-Offs, thematic investments, majority investments, and Corporate Studios, each serving different purposes in fostering innovation and adaptation within companies.

Kima Ventures >> Q4 Review & 2016 Preview

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 01 Jan 16
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Kima Ventures is a Super Angel fund owned by Xavier Niel, investing $100k to $300k per deal, focusing on US & EU markets.
  2. The primary mission of Kima Ventures is to detect and fund great entrepreneurs, with capacity to support founders being limited.
  3. Kima Ventures is launching a live status page for dealflow, a platform for founders called Forward, and more stories from their portfolio founders for the community.

Bienvenue dans le monde merveilleux du soutien scolaire autonome

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 22 Oct 15
🚌 Education Innovation
  1. Revolution in online academic support includes interactive videos and engaging content to make learning fun and effective for students.
  2. There is a significant demand for academic help, with over 40 million private lessons given annually in France.
  3. Platforms like Schoolmouv.fr are innovating by providing high-quality video lessons to students for autonomous learning, aiming to become a leader in the field in Europe.

Un petit mot d’amour aux entrepreneurs et aux startups de Bordeaux ☺

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 16 Jan 15
💼 Business Innovation
  1. The post highlights three good reasons to visit Bordeaux: the climate, gastronomy, and the entrepreneurial scene.
  2. The author follows and admires the progress of five startups, noting their resilience, quick learning, and determination.
  3. The teams of these startups are standout for being resilient, quick learners, attentive, determined, and friendly.

Amazon, 2019

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 19 Dec 14
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Amazon offers fast 'within 30 minutes' delivery for various items like a Macbook, following a quick order processing and delivery process.
  2. The practice of offering rapid delivery is not only a trend but also common across different industries like beauty services (glamsquad), transportation (uber), and food delivery (toktoktok).
  3. Customers can experience a seamless delivery process with status updates, drone delivery, and personalized runner arrival alerts within the 30-minute timeframe.

SORA: OpenAI's Text-to-Video Revolution

Jeff’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 20 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. SORA by OpenAI is a text-to-video AI that can create stunning videos from simple text prompts, revolutionizing video production and unlocking creativity for all.
  2. Its model, DiT, uses diffusion transformers to generate videos seamlessly by gradually improving noise-filled frames, showcasing impressive scalability and adaptability.
  3. Despite its advancements, SORA has limitations in accurately simulating complex physics and intricate spatial details, highlighting the need for ongoing refinement in handling intricate interactions and temporal coherence.

99% of AI Startups Hit First Bubble Trap

AI Disruption • 0 implied HN points • 27 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Choosing the right strategy is crucial in AI startups, with some pushing for further tech advancements while others emphasize caution.
  2. Entrepreneurs should consider following the lead of successful AI groups like OpenAI, but be wary of directly replicating their approach to avoid being overshadowed.
  3. It's important for AI startups to balance innovation with a prudent approach to navigating the competitive landscape.

RDEL #35: Which team formation is best for corporate hackathons?

Research-Driven Engineering Leadership • 0 implied HN points • 25 Mar 24
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Hackathons in tech companies foster innovation, creativity, skill development, and team building among employees.
  2. Research shows that pre-existing teams focus on innovations within their regular work, while flash teams explore broader innovations and gain networking and skill development benefits.
  3. For corporate hackathons, consider using a pre-existing team when focusing on demonstrating existing skills and project sustainability, and opt for a flash team to increase networking opportunities and introduce new skills.

RDEL #14: How does psychological safety affect engineering teams?

Research-Driven Engineering Leadership • 0 implied HN points • 16 Oct 23
💼 Business Innovation
  1. Psychological safety in teams allows for open communication without fear of reprimand, crucial for innovation and risk-taking.
  2. Team autonomy positively correlates with psychological safety, but this relationship differs based on project type and alignment.
  3. High psychological safety levels can reduce turnover and boost project performance in engineering teams, making it a key factor in team success.

This is not the AI we were looking for

AI Prospects: Toward Global Goal Convergence • 0 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. AI has diversified into myriad service providers instead of developing into super-agents, updating our thinking about AI as a valuable resource.
  2. Intelligence is a capacity, not a thing, and AI systems can be easily specialized, frozen, deployed, and composed for different tasks.
  3. Advanced AI systems like GPT-4 can be fine-tuned, leading to diverse AI systems with unique behaviors, challenging the idea of one dominant AI pushing everything else aside.

How AI agents can improve consultations

techandsocialcohesion • 0 implied HN points • 29 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. AI agents can help improve consultation processes by clarifying thoughts and improving deliberation
  2. AI-powered agents could act as aides for participants, providing context, facts, and coaching to organize ideas effectively
  3. Using AI agents in consultation processes will require a balance between benefits and risks, including ensuring integrity, accuracy, and transparency

Today’s Top 5 HN posts

Top 5 HN Posts of the day • 0 implied HN points • 20 May 24
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. Llama3 was implemented from scratch, intriguing for tech enthusiasts.
  2. Coding My Handwriting project sounds like an interesting tech-related endeavour.
  3. The Lunacy of Artemis post could intrigue those interested in intriguing stories or unique perspectives.

2/1/22 Tech Buzz China Insider Digest

Tech Buzz China Insider • 0 implied HN points • 02 Feb 22
🕹 Technology Innovation
  1. In 2022, tech regulations will continue to increase in China, affecting Big Tech companies more than before.
  2. The Lunar New Year celebration in China slows down economic activity, presenting as an excellent time to engage in informed discussions on tech news and trends.
  3. Prominent developments in China include SES's innovative lithium-metal battery technology and Abogen's leading position in developing mRNA vaccines.