May 2023

Boba Train #5: Brain Implants, Google AI, and May 2023 Books & Podcast Recs

Photo by Katie Rainbow 🏳️‍🌈 on Unsplash

Hi, 👋 folks!

Welcome to the 5th edition of my monthly newsletter — Boba Train 🧋🚂.

The drink of choice today is not actually a Boba! Instead, it’s a hot chocolate with whipped cream and a chocolate chip cookie.

This month’s issue is a little later than usual. My apologies for that. Personally, it’s been a very busy June for me, sprinkled with some difficult times at work and sad news from family back home.

That being said, I am doing better now, so let’s get straight into it.

What’s in this issue?

- The Magic of Brain Implants
- US Surgeon General Blames Social Media
- Disastrous generative AI and Blue Twitter Verification
- Instagram or Twitter
- Google Helps Identify AI Images
- Google Makes Faking Reality Easier
- Reading updates & recs
- Podcast updates & recs
- What I wrote this month— — — — — — — — 

The Magic of Brain Implants

There is some technological advancement that amazes me every month. Last month was no different.

A paralyzed man was able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants.