AI Entrepreneurship, Cancer Treatment, GPT-5, and Pac-Man
Weekly Review of News in Technology, UX and AI
Here’s the latest news, resources, and use cases from the world of product, UX, AI and technology. Let’s go:
📊 AI Entrepreneurship
🏥 Cancer Treatment
💎 GPT-5
📱 Touchscreens
🍎 Apple CEO
😀 Pac-Man
🆕 Do Something New
Podcast
Unlocking the Secrets of AI Entrepreneurship with Founder Andrew Amann
In this episode of Prodity: Product by Design, Kyle Evans interviews Andrew Amann, CEO and co-founder of NineTwoThree AI Studio. Andrew shares his extensive experience in entrepreneurship, product development, and the challenges of building AI products. We discuss the importance of understanding product-market fit, the patent process, and the journey of founding multiple companies. Andrew emphasizes the significance of focusing on a specific audience and the value of holistic entrepreneurship, where success is measured not just by financial gain but also by personal fulfillment and work-life balance. We also explore the future of AI, its applications across various industries, and the evolving landscape of technology.
News and Useful Reads
Did RFK just take away your cancer treatment?
Yes, he probably did. Because that’s what happens when we have conspiracy theorists leading our government. The Trump regime announced it was halting research in mRNA technology, which isn’t just about covid vaccines, but also about possible cancer treatments. And it may be decades before we get back to where we were today. Just imagine how many lives might be saved if we continued to develop mRNA technology? But we live in the darkest timeline it seems.
In recent years, however, an explosion of new therapies has promised to accelerate our progress in treating the disease, changing the very nature of what it means to have cancer. The most promising of these are immunotherapies — medical techniques that use the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells. And of those therapies, one of the most promising is mRNA vaccines.
OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here's Everything You Need to Know
GPT-5 is now here, with the promise of PhD level answers. While it isn’t AGI, Sam Altman believes it is a significant step towards it, for better or worse.
OpenAI claims GPT-5 is smarter, faster, more useful, and more accurate, with a lower hallucination rate than previous models. In characteristically lofty terms, Altman likened the leap from GPT-4 to GPT-5 to the iPhone’s shift from pixelated to a Retina display. “GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD level expert,” Altman said.
When Swiping Supplants Scissors: The Hidden Cost of Touchscreens — and how Designers Can Help
New innovations force tradeoffs, and it seems like we’re seeing kids losing some of the fine motor skills we all learned early in life as they spend more time using touchscreens rather than building blocks.
A recent survey by Education Week found that 77 percent of educators reported young students having greater difficulties handling pencils, pens, and scissors. In comparison, 69 percent noted increased struggles with tying shoes compared to five years ago.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Has Learned the Rules for Getting Ahead in Trump's America
Personally, I would like to see leaders of nations and of businesses standing up to the current Trump regime. But that seems to be a rare case. And Trump continues to use his position for his own benefit.
Trump takes a further step. To him, not only is the private public, but the public is also very personal. He sees himself as the CEO of the department store that is the United States of America—a metaphor that, notably, does not make any distinction between the government and the rest of the country. He'll decide what deals are in everyone's best interest, no matter what consenting individuals engaged in peaceful, private commerce might want to do. If he's unhappy about something in Brazil, it will be your problem. And if he's pleased with gifts and tributes, then all is well.
Other Interesting Finds
'It's a reminder of childhood': How Pac-Man changed gaming - and the world
We’re big fans of Pac-Man in our house. And it’s hard to believe it’s celebrating its 45th birthday.
Originally called PuckMan in Japan, a reference to the Japanese phrase "paku paku taberu", which means to gobble something up while producing a greedy, jaw-snapping sound, Pac-Man is the most successful coin-triggered arcade game of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Doing Something New Is Good for You
For many of us, sticking with a well-worn routine is very easy. And comfortable. But doing new things, while sometimes challenging, gives us the opportunity to expand our skills or perspective. I’ve long been a proponent of trying new things and building new skills, especially outside of your current work or area of expertise.
Doing something new keeps you young in some ways and gives you a broader view of the world. Your vision of how things can be changes as you gain new perspectives. Doing something new builds flexible thinking.