This Week in Snark: Courthouse Robots, AI Flip Phones, and IBM’s Money Printer Robots are suing journalists, flip phones are getting AI makeovers, and IBM is cashing in on buzzwords — just another week in tech absurdity, recapped with maximum snark by SiliconSnark.
One Small Step for Robots, One Giant Leap to the Courthouse for Figure.ai After Fortune published a story suggesting Figure may have exaggerated its BMW "fleet," CEO Brett Adcock launched a legal threat, accusing the outlet of defamation and clickbait.
Motorola Razr: Now With More AI, Less Razor Remember when a Razr just let you text your friends “where u at” and ignore your parents’ calls? Now it transcribes conversations, generates playlists based on your salad, and helps you mirror your AI avatar’s vacation aesthetic to your smart fridge.
Generative AI? More Like Generative ATM for IBM If you want a company that makes money like a termite colony builds nests—slowly, methodically, and impossible to eradicate—then IBM’s your guy.
Fireflies Unleashes 200+ Agentic AI Apps Because Your Meeting Recap Needs a Personality Now Fireflies AI just dropped 200+ “agentic” AI apps so every department can experience hyper-personalized micromanagement at scale.
WarrenAI Has Arrived, And So Has My Undeniable Path to Wealth Investing.com has announced WarrenAI, a new “cutting-edge” AI-powered financial researcher that promises to do everything short of physically hold your trembling hand during market crashes.