AI Roundup: Amazon Alexa+, AI Drug Discovery, Brain-to-Speech Tech, OpenAI Open Model, and Pledge for AEO
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In Today's AI for Business News:
- Amazon launches Alexa+ with fewer features than promised, delaying key functions like food ordering and auto-generated storytelling.
- Google's Isomorphic Labs secures $600 million to advance AI-driven drug discovery and move AI-designed medicines closer to clinical trials.
- A new AI system from UC Berkeley and UCSF converts brain signals into speech with just a one-second delay, helping patients regain communication.
- OpenAI announces plans to release an open-source language model, responding to pressure from competitors embracing open AI models.
Prompt Tip - To get clearer, more direct responses, tell the AI to "Get to the point" and avoid extra words in your prompts.
AI Tools to Try - Pledge – a tool that helps make content more discoverable by AI search engines and voice assistants – https://theaipreneur.pro/pledge
Sources:
https://www.engadget.com/ai/alexa-is-out-but-missing-a-lot-of-features-amazon-demoed-last-month-180741504.html
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/alphabets-ai-drug-discovery-platform-isomorphic-labs-raises-600m-from-thrive/
https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/03/brain-to-voice-neuroprosthesis-restores-naturalistic-speech/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openai-plans-to-release-a-new-open-language-model-in-the-coming-month/
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