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AI

Samsung’s AI Washer Wants to Choose Your Laundry Cycle, But Should You Let It?

I keep asking the same question about smart appliances: when does convenience stop helping and start taking useful control away? The Samsung Bespoke AI Washer puts that question on a 7-inch screen. Samsung says AI OptiWash & Dry adjusts wash and drying conditions based on the load. Amazon lists the Dark Steel WD90F53AVSUS at $1,999, […]

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Samsung’s AI Washer Wants to Choose Your Laundry Cycle, But Should You Let It?

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'Like the Industrial Revolution': Netanyahu launches National Artificial Intelligence Program

The program has been under development for several months and was launched in a joint ceremony by Netanyahu and the Head of the National AI Directorate, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Erez Eskel.

  • Prime Minister Netanyahu launched Israel's National Artificial Intelligence Program.
  • Program aims to make Israel a global AI superpower and boost economic success.
  • Leveraging Israel's strengths in cyber, physical AI, and societal challenges.

·jpost.com

Your AI agent grades its own homework

Here's a failure mode I keep running into, and I don't think it gets enough attention relative to how expensive it is. An AI coding agent finishes a task. It tells you what it did.

  • AI agent grades its own homework by parsing transcript
  • Checks verify claims, find secrets, identify irreversible actions
  • Faster, cheaper, more reliable than separate model evaluation

·dev.to

Cline After 5 Months: The Free VS Code AI Agent That Isn't Actually Free

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  • Cline is a free VS Code extension for AI coding assistance
  • It offers agentic workflow with plan/act modes and automation
  • Cline costs $0 but incurs average API bill of $60-90/month

·dev.to