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Your Roomba is circling the drain with iRobot filing for bankruptcy. Remember credit default swaps? Turns out they’re not just for hedging housing anymore. Nano Banana looks so realistic because it’s mimicking your sub-par smartphone camera output. And why can’t everybody participate in early stage startup investing?
Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy and Will Go Private (Bloomberg)
How iRobot lost its way home (TechCrunch)
Investors seek protection from risk of AI debt bust (FT)
Kindle’s New AI Feature Can Answer Questions About Your Books (Whether Authors Want It or Not) (PCMag)
AI image generators are getting better by getting worse (The Verge)
Inside the Invitation-Only Stock Market for the Wealthy (WSJ)
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