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Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit

Bond wants you to get off the couch and get back into the real world, its creator says. The new platform's AI system is designed to motivate users to do things away from the app.

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Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit

Bond wants you to get off the couch and get back into the real world, its creator says. The new platform's AI system is designed to motiv...

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NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI

Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber repo...

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