The Scarlet Briefing

Every week, the team at Scarlet selects what we consider the most compelling news in A.I., digital assistants and tech that affects and helps the lives of humans. To get the Scarlet Briefing delivered to you inbox, just sign up here.

• We’ve been really enjoying WNYC’s Infomagical series which is taking a deep dive into our relationships with our phones. (Note to Self at WNYC)
• Search isn’t dead, it may actually be getting smarter. Google’s AI boss is taking over. (Re/code)
• IBM’s Watson ingested 2,000 Ted Talks and analyzed the speaker’s presence and personality. The Watson team is calling it a new “discovery engine.” Try it out here watson.ted.com.
• A big deal for augmented reality this week. Magic Leap a “secretive augmented reality start-up” raised $793 million, without ever showing a product to consumers. Nothing fake about that money. (New York Times)
• This guy hacked his bathroom mirror and the result is pretty impressive. (Medium)
• And at the Google mothership, the company’s AlphaGo computer masters the complex game of Go. (The Google Research Blog)
• This is wild. Dutch police train hawks to take out drones. (Vice)