Nat Rubio-Licht

nat@thedailyupside.com

Nat Rubio-Licht (they/them) is a senior reporter at The Daily Upside and the lead writer of Patent Drop, a newsletter about innovation and development at Big Tech companies. They previously worked at Protocol as a writer for the Source Code newsletter, and at the Los Angeles Business Journal as a technology and aerospace reporter.

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NVIDIA’s Conversation Starter

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NVIDIA’s wants to make chatbots that can handle both work and play.

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Monetizing the Metaverse: Meta’s Comeback Plan

Meta may have a plan to make some cash back from its metaverse bet.

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Oracle’s Data Janitor

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Oracle wants to make sure your data is neat as a pin.

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Amazon’s Vocal Vault

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Amazon wants to keep your secrets between you and your Alexa.

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Snap’s Sleeping Dragon

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Checking out the nuts and bolts of Snap’s AI integration.

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Google’s AI Wants To Do It All

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Patent filings from Google reveal AI that could make anyone a UX designer or app developer – no experience necessary.

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Mastercard Sees Double

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Mastercard performs an AI balancing act to sniff out was is and isn’t fraud.

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JPMorgan Chase’s Robo-Investor

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Chase wants to make a due diligence Tinder for companies and investment bankers.

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Tesla’s Vehicle Endoscope

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Tesla wants to get up close and personal with its passengers to personalize their ride.

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Intel’s Great Wall

Check out tech from Intel to put a 20-foot fence around AI, Adobe’s tech to whip neural networks into shape, and PayPal’s plans to prevent breaches…

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Microsoft Goes Sleuthing

We’re taking a peek into Microsoft’s cybersecurity sleuth, Google’s tech to predict your next move, and how Ford is heating up its EV…

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Block’s crypto banking gameplan

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Meta’s Perfect Picture

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Apple’s bug in your ear

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Google’s ego breaker

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Visa’s AI spending temptress

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The speech recognition dilemma

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Microsoft’s Unquenchable AI Thirst

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A greener metaverse

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PayPal's AI private eye

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