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AI and Chocolate Factory, anyone?
Oreo maker Mondelez is using tools like AI to speed up the creation of snack recipes and customize them to fit certain flavor profiles.
Human tasters, however, are still required to approve the final product.
With each passing day, it feels like the world is getting closer to a sci-fi dystopia.
Case in point: a school in Arizona will reportedly hand over teaching duties to AI in 2025. While details regarding the company providing support for the tech drive are unclear, the school maintains that it will improve learning. The school will also keep teachers around – just a few of them.
ICYMI: In 2024, edtech startups try to regain their footing after two tumultuous years. They hope that 2025 will give them some relief.
Meanwhile, Chinese media is abuzz with excitement about humanoid robots. Agibot, a robotics startup launched in February 2023, has reportedly already begun mass production of general-purpose humanoid machines.
ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022 has changed the AI landscape, with the combined market capitalization of the six biggest tech companies growing by $8 trillion since then. NVIDIA has been the biggest gainer, followed by Microsoft and Amazon.
In other news regarding AI, chatbots are showing signs of cognitive decline just like older people. According to a study in BMJAlmost all major adult language models show signs of mild cognitive impairment on tests widely used to detect early signs of dementia.
We will talk about it in today’s newsletter
- Top Christmas Destinations in India
- Dating trends in 2025
- AI in asset management
Here’s your trivia for today: In 2021, a team of climbers completed the first winter ascent of which mountain?
Travel and leisure
Christmas destinations in India
‘Tis the season of joy! Christmas marks the birthday of Jesus Christ and all things festive. Houses are decorated and streets are bustling with activity as church choirs sing classic songs like ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Silent Night’.
YS Life has curated the top travel destinations for the season.
Lighting and Music:
- Goa is a must visit for Christmas. Visit the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Se Cathedral, and St. Cajetan Church to marvel at the decorations or take part in the midnight crowds.
- Every year, the century-old 80-foot rain tree at Veli Maidan in Kochi, Kerala is lit up with bells, streamers and a baby Santa! Lights up every year, it’s popular for Instagram photo-ops.
- For a white Christmas, head to Lansdowne, a cantonment town in Uttarakhand. The town is home to St John’s Church, which has iconic whitewashed walls and a sloping red roof. Step inside and you’ll be amazed by its arched ceilings and use of woodwork. Not only that—paintings and murals depict scenes from the Bible.
Lifestyle
Dating trends in 2025
While dating apps may have made it easier to find potential partners, relationships are still trickier than ever. In a departure from the “positions” of the past, millennials and Gen Z are taking more focused approaches to building relationships. YS life Explores the dating trends of the coming year.
For love:
- For young adults, anything remotely vague is not acceptable in dating. of the dating app Tinder Swipe the year to 2024 The report revealed that more than half of young adults are setting boundaries, putting more emphasis on quality conversations.
- In 2025, AI will enter our dating life. According to Ravi Mittal, founder and CEO of India-based QuackQuack, AI will hold Gen Z’s hand as a friend, philosopher and guide.
- As far as millennials are concerned, they are likely to move away from archaic beliefs and shift their priority to value-driven connections over personal desires, emotional fulfillment, and societal expectations.
Startup
AI in asset management
LotusDew, a Hyderabad-based startup, leverages technology to modernize the role of Registered Investment Advisors (RIA), offering tailored financial guidance and stock analysis.
Unlike traditional RIAs, which rely on manual processes, LotusDew automates deep data analysis to create curated stock baskets.
A good investment:
- LotusDew’s 22-member team creates portfolios using proprietary datasets and AI-driven strategies, focusing on board governance, global investor behavior, and institutional disclosures.
- Its listed venture capital basket analyzes data points such as board composition, tax litigation history and educational background of directors to assess a company’s governance and potential growth.
- Operating in the liquid options space, LotusDew competes with established firms like Deepak Shenoy’s CapitalMind, Wright Research, and Premji Invest-backed Dezerv but differentiates itself through a technology-driven approach.
News and updates
- Search engine: Alphabet’s Google has proposed loosening agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices to address a US ruling that illegally dominates online search.
- Spyware: WhatsApp has claimed a legal victory over the makers of the Pegasus spyware. An Israeli company, NSO Group Technologies, was indicted for infecting and surveying the phones of 1,400 people in two weeks in May 2019 through its infamous Pegasus software, Meta’s messaging app.
- Royal Family: Members of Greece’s former royal family have applied for Greek citizenship and formally accepted the country’s republican system of government in a historic move 50 years after the end of the monarchy, officials have confirmed.
In 2021, a team of climbers completed the first winter ascent of which mountain?
Answer: K2. On January 16, 2021, Nirmal Purja and a team of Nepali climbers became the first to climb K2 in winter.
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