News Summary

• If the promising early results are any indication, this new technology could someday be commercialized, Brian writes.Fidelity hacked: Real estate services giant Fidelity National Financial has confirmed hackers stole data on 1.3 million of its customers during a November cyberattack that knocked the company offline for a week..
• For drivers who want an AI-based chatbot to read researched content out loud to them, of course.Amazon, GenAI and apparel: After recently turning to generative AI to enhance its product reviews, Amazon this week shared how it’s now using AI to help customers shop for clothing online..
• The new and improved Ballie is around the size of a bowling ball, sporting a 1080p projector and a spatial lidar sensor to help it navigate rooms and obstacles.Volkswagen cars get ChatGPT: Volkswagen is getting into the ChatGPT game..
• Morgan has the full story.New day, new exoskeleton: A joint team from Harvard and Boston University has developed a soft robotic exoskeleton that detects movement and utilizes algorithms to estimate the walker’s gait..
• Good news — TechCrunch is churning out episodes that’ll do the trick.On Equity‘s newly revamped Wednesday episode, the crew dug into news that PhotoRoom is raising more money, Treasure Financial is cutting staff, and two micromobility companies are tying the knot to try and use scale to their advantage..
• But the world didn’t stop turning for CES.In this edition of WiR, we cover Carta’s allegedly unethical tactics, Samsung’s Ballie home robot, Volkswagen bringing ChatGPT into its cars and Amazon embracing more generative AI..