🥯 Today on Bagel Bots:

• 🤯 Robots in Amazon Warehouses Are Boosting Efficiency

• ⚡️ Fresh tech of the day - Runway’s Frames Brings Precision Image Generation

• 📰 The latest AI and tech news

• 🤖 Cool new apps for you to check out

• 🧠 AI-Powered Out-of-Office Messages That Impress

• 🤔 Can you guess which image is real and which one is AI? Go vote!

(Read time: five minutes) - Fun fact: I never change this.

One Big Story: Robots in Amazon Warehouses Are Boosting Efficiency

Amazon’s warehouse robots—Robin, Cardinal, Sparrow, Proteus, and Digit—are stepping in to speed up order fulfillment and reduce repetitive tasks. These bots can lift heavy packages, sort items, and even move carts autonomously. While they promise greater efficiency, they also bring challenges to the workforce.

Takeaways:

• Efficiency Gains: Robots like Cardinal handle heavy packages, while Sparrow and Proteus streamline sorting and moving. Robin is already active in dozens of warehouses.

• Worker Impact: Automation reduces strain but raises job security concerns. Amazon is retraining employees to adapt to higher-skilled roles.

• Still Developing: Robots like Digit are being tested, focusing on improving collaboration between humans and machines.

My Take: Amazon is redefining warehouse work with robots. The efficiency is undeniable, but the big question is how workers adapt to the shift. It’s a glimpse into a future where automation and human ingenuity must coexist.

It’s Not Too Late to Drive Black Friday Sales

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Cool Tech: Runway’s Frames Brings Precision Image Generation

Runway’s latest model, Frames, takes image generation to the next level by offering unmatched stylistic control. It’s designed for creators needing precise, consistent aesthetics across their projects while enabling broad creative freedom. The styling options blow me away.

Takeaways:

• Stylistic Precision: Frames ensure consistency while letting you explore creative variations within your chosen style.

• Creative Flexibility: Perfect for crafting unique worlds with specific looks, feels, and atmospheres.

• Seamless Integration: Gradually rolling out in Gen-3 Alpha and the Runway API, streamlining your creative process.

🔗 Get the full scoop here.

Latest News

🚗  Uber has launched "Scaled Solutions," a division employing gig workers to label data for AI models, extending its contractor-based approach to the AI industry. This initiative offers services like data labeling, testing, and localization to companies such as Aurora and Niantic, with workers from Canada, India, Poland, Nicaragua, and the U.S.

🏝️ Facing the existential threat of rising sea levels, Tuvalu is creating a digital twin of itself in the metaverse to preserve its culture and heritage. This initiative involves digitizing everything from homes to natural landscapes, ensuring the nation's identity endures even if its physical territory becomes uninhabitable.

🪴 Four Growers, a Y Combinator-backed startup, has developed autonomous robots to address labor shortages in greenhouses by harvesting crops like tomatoes. These robots use stereo cameras to identify ripe produce and navigate around unripe fruit, enhancing efficiency and reducing reliance on human labor.

✝️ St. Peter's Church in Lucerne, Switzerland, introduced "Deus in Machina," an AI-powered installation featuring a digital Jesus that engages visitors in spiritual conversations. The installation aims to explore the intersection of technology and faith. While some participants reported meaningful experiences, others criticized the AI's responses as generic, sparking discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in religious practices.

Fresh Apps to Play With

Are you looking to automate your work or life? Want to play with excellent new AI tools? Every post has five new AI apps for you to try for yourself.

🔗 Watto - Conversational AI made simple. No code required

🔗 NotClass - AI-Powered Video Search

🔗 ReadPo - ReadPo is an AI-powered reading and writing assistant. Collect, curate, and create content at lightning speed

🔗 Koncile - From contracts to reports: turn all your documents into actionable insights

🔗 Remotebase - Quality-assured AI trainers, pre-vetted by experts to elevate your AI’s potential with speed and skill

Check out these AI apps, and let me know what you think. You can reply to this email or tweet me directly.

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Today’s Tip: Use AI To Find the Best Black Friday Deals

Black Friday is a prime opportunity to score significant savings, and leveraging AI tools like Perplexity can enhance your deal-hunting experience. To do this, log in to Petplexity and search the following: “Black Friday deals on [brand name]

Instant results with links to purchase. That’s incredible, isn’t it?

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🤔 Which image is real?

One of these images is real, and one was created with AI. Vote for which one you think is real, and tell us why you voted that way. My only goal is to choose such good photos that the majority of votes are wrong. This may be the toughest one yet.

The last edition’s results—58% were wrong!

Did you vote in the poll from Nov 26th? The bottom image was real, but both looked extremely believable (to me, at least)! Go back and see the photos here.

This was a tough one! One voter said: “Both are incredibly believable, but I chose the bottom image because of how weird yet consistent the robots were. There's no way AI can get that consistent across three robots without each looking like it's own creature”

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