🗝️ Your Face Is the New Key

In today’s email:

📸 Cameras are taking over from passwords—your phone’s camera is now the key to your digital world, making security smarter and more seamless.

⚠️ Agentic AI is on the rise, but with autonomy comes risk—find out how to safeguard your systems from potential AI-driven cyberattacks.

💭 AI that thinks before it speaks? Yes, it exists—OpenAI’s new reasoning model is changing the game, but you’ll need to master the art of prompting.

Intrigued? Keep scrolling!

📷 Cameras Are the New Password

In the world of AI, the camera is becoming the most important way we interact with machines—no more fiddling with keyboards. It’s all about cameras that can see us, not just what we’re doing.

Here’s why this matters:

• Super-smart cameras: Your phone's camera isn't just for selfies anymore. It’s packed with sensors, depth maps, and AI that can verify your identity, making it harder for imposters to get in.

• Deepfakes beware: Old-school webcams can’t keep up with AI-generated fakes, but fancy smartphone cameras can spot fraudsters.

• Two ways to secure your info: You can integrate an API into your tech or just buy a ready-made solution that keeps your accounts safe.

But there are some things to watch out for:

• Assurance: Not all cameras or security products are equal, so make sure you’re using the best.

• Old tech: Some older phones don’t have the right sensors—so always have a backup plan.

Bottom line: Cameras are the new keyboard in the AI age, making digital interactions smoother and way more secure.

⚠️ Smart AI, Risky Business

By 2028, 33% of enterprise software will be powered by agentic AI, and this could change everything, including how we shop online and make decisions.

While it sounds cool, agentic AI can also open the floodgates to some nasty cyberattacks, like smart malware and malicious agents. You need to watch out for stuff like:

• Autonomy: AI making decisions means bigger risks if it messes up.

• Identity issues: When AI handles your stuff (like money transfers), tracking who's behind it becomes a headache.

• Code execution: If the AI can run code, it could do anything from deleting your files to wreaking havoc.

To avoid this mess, experts suggest layering on security like:

• Guardrails for the AI to prevent it from going rogue.

• Limiting what the AI can do (keep it in check).

• Constant monitoring to stay one step ahead of new threats.

So, while agentic AI has potential, it's a game of balancing coolness with caution.

💭 AI That Thinks Before It Speaks?

AI's new reasoning models are here, and everyone’s trying to keep up with OpenAI’s o1 model. It’s slower but smarter—basically, the tortoise of AI models. Unlike regular AI that spits answers out instantly, these models pause, reflect, and double-check themselves, which makes them ace at tough problems. But they cost a fortune ($15 vs. $1.25 per million tokens for GPT-4o), so folks are debating if it’s worth it.

Key takeaway? If you’re not prompting them right, you’re wasting your money. An ex-Apple guy, Ben Hylak, shared his pro tip: stop writing prompts; start writing “briefs.” Give the AI tons of context and let it figure out the "how" itself. It’s like giving your buddy all the ingredients for a cake and trusting them to bake it instead of micromanaging every step.

Even OpenAI’s president retweeted this advice, so you know it’s legit. Plus, there’s some fun chaos happening with non-reasoning models, too—apparently, tricking them into “trusting themselves” works wonders.

Bullet points for success:

• Write detailed briefs, not basic prompts.

• Let the reasoning model handle the process—it’s literally built for that.

• Practice your Spanish or hike-planning with AI—sky’s the limit!

AI prompting: still an art form!

Other cool AI stuff that is trending right now 🔥🔥

💭 OpenAI’s new reasoning model sometimes starts thinking in Chinese midway through solving problems in English, and honestly, no one, not even the experts, can explain why... - Read more

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🇬🇧 Can Britain juggle the US and EU AI ambitions without falling flat on its face—or is it doomed to be the clumsy middle child of global tech policy? - Read more

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🎊 Blaize, the AI chip startup founded by ex-Intel engineers, is ready to make a splash on the Nasdaq this week. Despite a rocky financial start, it's betting big on AI-powered gadgets like drones and smart cameras to steal the spotlight from the data center giants. - Read more