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Vision Pro Stalls, OpenAI Lobbies Hard, Robots Tumble · Newslit Daily

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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Monday,
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  SPEAKER_00: August 18th,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you are listening to Newslit Daily,
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  expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to
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  supercharge your
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  SPEAKER_00: mornings.
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  SPEAKER_00: In today's edition,
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  SPEAKER_00: Apple's Vision Pro is suffering from a lack of immersive video.
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  Apple's Vision Pro is facing hurdles as Apple delays the
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  rollout of immersive
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  SPEAKER_00: video,
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  SPEAKER_00: creating challenges for adoption.
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  SPEAKER_00: The company also detailed new AI and smart home roadmaps,
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  SPEAKER_00: while Meta prepares to launch display glasses under $1,000.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bringing in the big guns,
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  SPEAKER_00: Sam Altman's campaign to keep ChatGPT on top,
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  SPEAKER_00: OpenAI is enlisting Democratic veterans in California,
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  SPEAKER_00: including ex-aides to Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom,
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  to manage state scrutiny of its restructuring and secure a
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  multi-billion dollar
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  SPEAKER_00: investment.
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  SPEAKER_00: At China's humanoid robot games, athletes fell down a lot.
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  SPEAKER_00: At Beijing's humanoid robot games,
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  SPEAKER_00: machines from 16 countries attempted soccer,
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  SPEAKER_00: track,
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  SPEAKER_00: and kickboxing events,
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  SPEAKER_00: showcasing both advances in balance and speed,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the limitations that still leave many tasks out of reach.
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  SPEAKER_00: The latest government gift to big tech and corporate power.
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  Lawmakers are pushing new age verification and online safety
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  bills across the US,
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  measures that critics say expand surveillance and could further
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  cement big tech's
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  SPEAKER_00: dominance while threatening smaller platforms.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bill Gates meets Willy Wonka,
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  how Epic's 82-year-old billionaire CEO Judy Faulkner built her
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  software factory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner,
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  SPEAKER_00: 82,
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  SPEAKER_00: has led the $5.7 billion health software giant for 46 years,
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  SPEAKER_00: keeping it private,
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  SPEAKER_00: powering nearly half of U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: hospitals, and setting a succession plan to preserve her vision.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it for today.
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  SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.