AI Inside The Kleenex of AI
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Jan 28, 2026 They test Chrome’s Gemini-powered browser agents and the new Auto Browse autonomous features. They debate Yahoo Scout’s AI search approach and Apple’s rumored Gemini-powered Siri revamp and wearable. They cover Mozilla’s open-source push, DeepMind’s genetic-analysis tool, EU moves to open assistant access, Microsoft’s new AI chip, Shopify’s ChatGPT fee, and an EU probe into deepfake abuse.
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Jeff Jarvis's Fall And Hospital Stay
- Jeff Jarvis described falling and sustaining an L3 compression fracture and a strep blood infection that landed him in the hospital.
- He recovered at home on long-course antibiotics and joked about resisting AI-based self-diagnosis due to energy and anxiety concerns.
Let Agents Work While You Do Other Tasks
- Use agents to run tasks while you do other work, not to watch them perform every step.
- Require explicit confirmations for purchases and sensitive actions to avoid unwanted transactions.
Yahoo Leverages Legacy Reach With Scout
- Yahoo Scout is a chat-based assistant that synthesizes Yahoo's content and presents visual summaries, tapping Claude and Bing for backend sources.
- Its novelty is mainly Yahoo's existing audience and knowledge graph rather than fundamentally new AI capability.