AI Prescribes Meds, Raises Billions, and Watches You Do Chores: The Week AI Gets Personal
Summary
AI is going deeply personal this week: Utah launches a pilot letting AI renew psychiatric prescriptions for just $19/month, OpenAI secures a record $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation, and thousands of workers worldwide are filming their daily chores to train the next generation of humanoid robots.
Key Points
- Utah approves a one-year pilot allowing an AI chatbot to renew psychiatric prescriptions for 15 lower-risk medications at $19/month, as 500,000 residents currently lack access to mental health care.
- OpenAI closes a record $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation, while Anthropic acquires biotech startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million to push into drug discovery and scientific research.
- Thousands of gig workers across 50+ countries are earning $15/hour strapping iPhones to their heads to film household tasks, supplying humanoid robot companies like Tesla and Figure AI with real-world movement training data.