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Discover Daily by Perplexity is your bite-sized briefing on the latest developments in tech, science, and culture. In a few minutes, each episode curates fascinating stories and insights from Perplexity's Discover feed to enrich your day with knowledge and spark your curiosity. From AI breakthroughs to space exploration, leadership shakeups at tech giants to the societal impact of advancing technologies, Discover Daily keeps you informed on the trends and ideas shaping our future. Leveraging ...
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we look at how scientists are getting closer to achieving human hibernation, with Harvard Medical School researchers identifying specific neurons in the hypothalamus that control torpor states in mice. This breakthrough discovery provides the first clear entry point…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we begin with a closer look at a groundbreaking archaeological discovery. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have unearthed the world's oldest known alphabetic writing in Syria, dating back to 2400 BCE. Found in a non-royal tomb at Tell Umm-el Marra, these p…
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EU's Gorilla Glass Investigation, Algebra's Representation Theory Breakthrough, and a Supervolcano is Waking Up
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore the European Commission's groundbreaking antitrust investigation into Corning's Gorilla Glass business practices. The probe examines potential anticompetitive behavior, including exclusive agreements that require manufacturers to source nearly all their s…
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Amazon Invests $4B in Anthropic, Midcontinent Rift's Hydrogen Trove, and Chemotherapy's Precursor
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore three compelling stories shaping our world. First, Amazon deepens its AI ambitions with a $4 billion investment in Anthropic, designating AWS as the company's primary cloud provider while allowing Anthropic to maintain partnerships with other tech giants.…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Scientists have dated this single-celled organism from which all modern life descends, to 4.2 billion years ago - just 400 million years after Earth's formation. This ancient organism possessed remarkable complexi…
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Pokémon Data Creates AI Model, Baltic Sea Cable Sabotage, and Chicken or Egg Paradox May Be Solved
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore how Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go, is using player-generated data to develop a sophisticated Large Geospatial Model. With over 30 billion processed images and 10 million scanned locations worldwide, this AI system is creating detailed 3D maps of t…
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Norwegian Fishermen Catch U.S. Submarine, Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint Experiment, and an Alternative Theory of Gravity
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore a tense encounter between Norwegian fishermen and a U.S. nuclear submarine that highlights the complex reality of NATO operations in the High North. The USS Virginia's entanglement with fishing nets near Tromsø brings attention to the increasing milita…
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World's First AI-Generated Video Game, Ghost Jobs Flood the Market, and the Silurian Hypothesis
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore the world's first fully AI-generated video game, Oasis, developed by Israeli company Decart. Running entirely on a large language model, this groundbreaking game generates its Minecraft-like world in real-time, offering a unique glimpse into the future…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily we explore a new revelation: scientists have discovered that NASA's historic 1986 Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus occurred during an extremely rare solar wind event, leading to decades of potentially misleading assumptions about the ice giant's magnetic environment. The sp…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore two major technological breakthroughs shaping our future. First, we discuss DeepMind's release of AlphaFold 3's source code, a significant advancement in protein structure prediction that promises to accelerate drug development by up to three years. With …
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TSMC Halts Chinese Chip Shipments, Beatles Make AI History with Grammy Noms, and How the Body Stores Memories
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode, we explore TSMC's significant move to halt shipments of advanced AI chips to Chinese companies following U.S. Commerce Department directives. This decision specifically affects 7-nanometer and smaller designs, marking a crucial shift in the global semiconductor landscape and highl…
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South Africa Allows Human Genome Editing, Notre Dame's Bells Ring Again, and The Law of the Magic Third
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore South Africa's groundbreaking decision to become the first country to explicitly permit heritable human genome editing. This controversial move has sparked intense debate within the global scientific community, as it contrasts sharply with the prohibitive…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! Deep in Utah's Fishlake National Forest lies Pando, the world's largest known living organism - a remarkable quaking aspen that appears to be a forest of 47,000 individual trees but is actually a single interconnected being. This 106-acre giant, weighing approximately 6,600 tons and surviving for an …
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore a shift in technology design as major companies like Volkswagen and Apple lead a return to physical buttons. This movement, driven by safety concerns and user experience, represents a significant departure from the touch screen-dominated interfaces of rec…
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Mysterious Siberian Craters, 100-Year Chemistry Rule Debunked, and Machine Learning Shows Predictable Evolution
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, hosts Alex and Sienna dive into the mysterious craters appearing in Siberia's permafrost. Recent scientific investigations reveal these massive holes, measuring up to 230 feet across and 160 feet deep, are caused by climate change triggering explosive releases of me…
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Chinese Military Builds Llama-based AI Model, The Pantheon's Self-Healing Concrete, Another Creature Can Reverse Aging
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore how Chinese military researchers have adapted Meta's open-source Llama model to create ChatBIT, an AI tool capable of performing at 90% of ChatGPT-4's capability. This development raises critical questions about the control of open-source AI technology…
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Google's $20 Decillion Fine, Toxic Black Plastic from E-Waste, and Ecuador's Forest Wrote a Song?
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore a symbolic clash between Russia and Google, where Russian courts imposed an astronomical fine of $20.6 decillion - a number so large it exceeds the world's total wealth. This unprecedented penalty, while unenforceable, highlights growing tensions between …
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore Reddit's remarkable journey to profitability, marking its first profitable quarter since going public with $348.4 million in revenue and a 47% increase in daily active users. The platform's success is bolstered by strategic AI partnerships with OpenAI and…
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Apple Wins $250 in Smartwatch Fight, NASA Generated $76B for US Economy, and the Neural Impact of Clutter
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore how Apple secured a symbolic $250 victory in its ongoing smartwatch patent battle with Masimo, highlighting the complex landscape of intellectual property rights in wearable technology. While the amount seems minimal, Apple's true goal is blocking Masi…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we begin with Google DeepMind's Habermas Machine, an AI-driven mediation tool designed to help groups find consensus on divisive topics. By analyzing individual opinions and generating balanced group statements, the Habermas Machine has shown promising results in in…
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Named Bitcoin Creator in Hiding, Powder Can Capture Carbon From Air, and The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore the mysterious world of cryptocurrency as a new HBO documentary reignites the debate over Bitcoin's creator by suggesting Canadian developer Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto. Todd has gone into hiding following the documentary's claims, which present cir…
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China's Record-Breaking Magnet, America's Obesity Shift, and The Mind-Bending Grandfather Paradox
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In today's episode, we explore China's groundbreaking achievement in electromagnetic technology with their new 42.02 Tesla resistive magnet, a device powerful enough to charge 538 Tesla Model 3 batteries in an hour. This remarkable advancement at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Hefei marks a si…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of 'Discover Daily' by Perplexity, hosts Alex and Sienna explore groundbreaking discoveries in reproductive biology and the world's longest-running laboratory experiment. They delve into how researchers used the Nobel Prize-winning AI tool AlphaFold to identify a trimeric protein comp…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, Sienna dives into the fascinating world of the Method of Loci, an ancient memory technique that's making a comeback in the digital age. The Method of Loci, also known as the memory palace technique, involves visualizing a familiar location in your mind and mentally …
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, hosts Alex and Sienna explore the latest developments in tech, medicine, and AI safety. They discuss the rebranding of Sam Altman's Worldcoin to "World" and the unveiling of the next-generation Orb 2.0 technology, which aims to create a global identity verification …
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Olympic Defender Space Defense Coalition, TikTok Pivots to AI Moderators, and Google Signs Nuclear Deal
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we begin with a discussion of TikTok's shift towards AI-driven content moderation, which has raised concerns about job displacement and the effectiveness of automated systems in understanding cultural nuances. The hosts then delve into Google's groundbreaking deal w…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of 'Discover Daily' by Perplexity, we begin with a look at Adobe's latest innovation, the Firefly Video Model. This AI-powered toolset boasts video editing features like Generative Extend, now available in beta in Premiere Pro, and offers commercial safety and ethical considerations t…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, host Sienna dives into the fascinating concept of the Kardashev Scale, a method of measuring a civilization's technological advancement based on its energy consumption and utilization capabilities. As humanity inches up the scale, currently ranking at Type 0.7276, t…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we begin with recent research from MIT, which reveals that AI can now recognize faces in inanimate objects, a phenomenon known as pareidolia. This development suggests intriguing links between evolutionary survival skills and our tendency to see faces in everyday ob…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, host Sienna dives into a big development in laser technology from China. Scientists at Hunan Normal University have created the world's most powerful "sound laser," a device that emits focused beams of sound particles (phonons) instead of light. This phonon laser bo…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily," hosts Alex and Sienna explore the fascinating world of technology, science, and culture. The show kicks off with a closer look at the recent shakeup in the "Magnificent Seven" group of top U.S. tech companies, as Broadcom surpasses Tesla in market capitalization. …
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, host Sienna explores the fascinating world of the Trachtenberg system, a unique method of rapid mental calculation developed by Russian engineer Jakow Trachtenberg during his imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps. This innovative approach to arithmetic eliminates…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, hosts Alex and Sienna explore the frontiers of science and technology, from the lingering dangers of World War II bombs to the groundbreaking mapping of a fruit fly's brain. The episode kicks off with a startling incident at Miyazaki Airport in Japan, where a 500-po…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, hosts Alex and Sienna begin with Liquid AI's new Liquid Foundation Models, which are challenging traditional large language model architectures. They also discuss Telegram's significant shift in privacy policy, as the messaging app agrees to share user data with aut…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily," we explore the latest developments in the world of tech, science, and culture. We begin with Nvidia's aggressive acquisition spree in 2024, as the leading AI chip manufacturer snaps up several startups to bolster its dominance in the rapidly evolving artificial in…
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First Schizophrenia Med in 30 Years, New Cell Type Discovered, and The Nine Planetary Boundaries
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily," hosts Alex and Sienna explore groundbreaking advancements in medicine, cellular biology, and our understanding of Earth's planetary boundaries. First, they discuss the FDA's approval of Cobenfy, the first new medication for schizophrenia in over three decades. Thi…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! Dive into the fascinating world of multiverse theory with "Discover Daily" by Perplexity. This episode explores groundbreaking research that challenges our understanding of parallel universes and the nature of reality itself. From new insights into cosmic inflation and quantum mechanics to surprising…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we begin with Meta's Orion AR glasses prototype, which uses silicon carbide lenses and a neural wristband for intuitive control. These lightweight glasses project holograms onto the real world, offering a 70-degree field of view and gesture controls. While still in …
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily," we begin with significant leadership changes at OpenAI and Stability AI. Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, has announced her departure, leaving a void in the company's technical leadership and raising questions about the continuity of ongoing projec…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily" by Perplexity, we begin with news that former Apple design chief Jony Ive has joined forces with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to create an innovative AI hardware device, aiming to revolutionize how we interact with technology. This collaboration, backed by substantial fun…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore a remarkable theory suggesting that Earth had a spectacular ring system, similar to Saturn's, around 466 million years ago during the Ordovician period. The study, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, presents evidence that a large asteroid p…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily" by Perplexity, we explore the Federal Reserve's lowering of its key interest rate by half a percentage point, signaling a shift in monetary policy. We delve into the implications for the economy, housing market, and inflation, as well as the criticism from some eco…
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Snap's Large AR Spectacles, CATL's Million-Mile Battery, and 'Third State' Beyond Life and Death
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we begin with a look at Snap's new fifth generation Spectacles. These AR glasses boast impressive hardware improvements, including a larger field of view, powerful processors, and a custom operating system. Snap's developer-focused approach aims to foster a robust e…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we dive into the latest developments in AI and electric vehicles. First, we explore how Slack is transforming into a "work operating system" by integrating AI agents from partners like Salesforce and Adobe, aiming to streamline workflows and boost productivity. Howe…
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Apple's AirPods Redefine Hearing Aids, Starlink Dominates the Sky, and Gen Z's Typing Troubles
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of Discover Daily, we explore the surprising challenges faced by Generation Z when it comes to keyboard typing skills. Despite being digital natives, data shows a dramatic decline in typing proficiency among younger generations, with many struggling to keep up with the demands of acad…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily," we begin with the 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes, celebrating unconventional scientific achievements that make people laugh, then think. From researchers discovering mammals can breathe through their anuses to a team flipping coins over 350,000 times to study probability, t…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily," we begin with Roblox's new AI tool that allows creators to generate entire 3D environments using simple text prompts, potentially transforming the landscape of user-generated content on the popular gaming platform. We delve into how this technology works, its impl…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this Elon Musk-centric episode of "Discover Daily," we explore developments at two of his companies: Neuralink and SpaceX. First, we delve into the progress of Noland Arbaugh, Neuralink's first human patient, who received his brain implant in January 2024. Arbaugh is now using the device to learn …
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Apple iPhone event, AI Spots Fake Science Articles, and Nuclear Clocks Surpass Atomic Accuracy
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily" by Perplexity, we start with Apple's "Glowtime" event, unveiling the iPhone 16 lineup featuring Apple Intelligence AI capabilities, improved cameras, and the new A18 chip. The event also introduced updates to the Apple Watch and AirPods, showcasing Apple's signific…
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What would you like to see more of? Let us know! In this episode of "Discover Daily" by Perplexity, we begin with a recent study from Harvard, where researchers found that students using an AI tutor in a physics course showed substantially higher engagement and motivation than those in conventional classrooms. The AI tutor offered personalized lear…
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