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Industry
Leisure exercise and physical labour show divergent links to dementia risk, study finds
Physical activity during leisure time may lower the risk of dementia, while physically demanding labour may raise it, a study found. An international team led by the University of Southern California analysed 74 studies covering more than 4.2 million people in 30 countries, followed for a median of 10 years. Leisure activity was linked to a 24 percent lower risk, while occupational activity was linked to a 20 percent higher risk.
AI & Enterprise
China bans \'AI lovers\'; ByteDance, Alibaba to drop companion and persona features
ByteDance and Alibaba are shutting down agent features in key consumer AI products as China moves to regulate services that simulate human-like personalities and emotional interaction. Doubao users were notified the agent function will end on July 15, with related data managed under the company’s privacy policy after Oct. 15 and not recoverable. Alibaba’s Qwen will end human-like and user-generated agents on July 10 and further agent services on July 15.
AI & Enterprise
Even at high prices, users stay as monthly AI subscriptions reach 1,500,000 won
More users are spending hundreds of dollars a month on premium generative AI subscriptions such as Anthropic’s Claude Max, ChatGPT Pro and Google AI Ultra, treating them as work infrastructure rather than consumer services. Some pay more than $1,000 a month to combine token limits and strengths across models. Time savings is a key factor, though complaints about high prices and weaker performance are also growing, including around Anthropic’s Opus 4.7 model.
