This week on The Friday Download, we recapped:
- AI Companion Apps Surge: Paradot goes viral as users explore emotional bonds with personalized AI companions.
- Healthcare Breakthrough: New AI models detect early signs of Alzheimer’s using retinal scans, enabling earlier intervention.
- Tech Snack: OpenAI releases o3-mini, a compact reasoning model supporting wider accessibility in AI development.
References:
• Paradot App Trend Coverage – TechRadar & TikTok Usage Reports, 2025
• AI Retinal Screening Study – Journal of Neurology / BioRxiv Preprint, 2025
• OpenAI o3-mini Release Notes – OpenAI Developer Blog, 2025
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