| | | Acoustic guitars used to just be called guitars. Then electric guitars arrived and suddenly the original needed a label. This is called a retronym, a new name given to an old thing because a newer version made the original ambiguous. | It happens constantly. Whole milk. Landline phones. Film cameras. Snail mail. Every time we invent something new, we make the old thing fill out a form explaining what it always was. | What’s in store: | The Pentagon adds ChatGPT and Grok to its AI arsenal. This startup built an AI assistant for family admin. Mindstream Picks: Dyson made a £420 toothbrush with a camera inside. Try HubSpot’s Free AI CRM!
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| | | | | AI GOVERNANCE | | | The Pentagon is rolling out its own versions of ChatGPT and Grok, giving around 3 million civilian and military staff access to AI tools built for defence work. | ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government are now available through GenAI.mil, the Department of Defence’s secure AI platform. | It launched last year with Google Gemini and lets staff use major AI models without sending sensitive data through normal consumer services. | The platform is already popular, with more than 1.7 million users so far. | ChatGPT Mil will support things like chat, files, projects and custom GPTs, mainly for routine unclassified work such as admin, logistics, planning and policy. | In brief: | 3 million staff will have access. 1.7 million+ have already used GenAI.mil. Three models, Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok are now on the platform.
| Three models walk into the Pentagon | Grok for Government is being pitched for a wider range of military work, including research, supply chains and collaboration. | One major model missing is Anthropic’s Claude. | The Pentagon and Anthropic have been in a dispute over limits on how the military can use its AI tools, and Anthropic is now challenging its supply-chain risk label in court. | The move is part of a wider Pentagon AI push, with the department also working with AWS, Microsoft, Nvidia and Reflection AI. | Imagine telling someone in 2022 that ChatGPT would have a Pentagon edition four years later. -MG | Would you trust AI with military admin and planning? | | Vote for live results and see results + opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | | | | AI ASSISTANTS | | | AI agents are usually built to help with work. Fambot wants to use them to help parents manage family life. | The startup calls itself an “AI chief of staff” for parents, helping families keep track of school events, children’s activities, emails, WhatsApp groups and calendars. | Fambot was founded by former Instagram engineer Greg Karlin, former Uber product head David Reich, and ex-Google and LinkedIn employee Jason Morrow. | Reich says the idea came from trying to juggle work, three children and dozens of family updates every day. | Families can connect their email, calendar and selected WhatsApp groups. | Fambot then creates a daily checklist, flags upcoming events and pulls important information into one place. | Here’s what you should know: | It brings family admin into one daily checklist. It works across text, mobile and web. There will be more integrations with schools, clubs and sports apps.
| Meet the household operations department | Unlike some AI agents that mainly work through text messages, Fambot is also available on mobile and the web. It plans to add more school, sports and club apps over time. | The company says it uses several AI models, but does not allow them to train on users’ data. | Fambot was tested with more than 1,000 families before launch and has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding. | It is currently free in beta on iOS, Android and the web, with paid pricing expected to be around the cost of a Netflix subscription. | That name came straight out of Futurama - MV |
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