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- Guardian AIcommunityHollywood AI-listers: is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?
As a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut, experts are split on whether mainstream adoption is a long way down the line – or just around the co…
- Guardian TechnologycommunityGooglebook review: Google’s new laptops are woefully underbaked
Great hardware let down by software flaws on these pricey machines that combine ChromeOS with Android Google’s attempt to create a new type of laptop to compete with Windows and macOS machines is finally here, combining…
- Guardian AIcommunityDon’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliff
The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cul…
- TechRadar AIcommunityWhat happens when an AI interviewer meets AI interviewee? YouTuber stands up for those facing faceless hiring processes
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- LessWrongcommunityYou Aren't Worried Enough About the Economy
Your bus breaks down over some old train tracks, and you and your fellow passengers have taken it upon yourselves to move it. Most of the passengers, particularly the largest and strongest, are very concerned about being…
- LessWrongcommunityPermanent underclass taxonomy
Epistemic status: My own thoughts. Not predictions, just illustrations for the taxonomy. I think the taxonomy is still not perfect. AI use: research, discussion of the taxonomy and examples, grammar and phrasing, fact-ch…
- LessWrongcommunityhuggingface.wtf, an accessible but complete explanation
Announcing www.huggingface.wtf, a site that explains: "Hugging Face. Wtf?" I wrote the most accessible-but-complete explanation I could. Along the way, I made a nice AI Quotes database that I think will be useful for peo…
- AI BusinesscommunityHow Boston is becoming a physical AI hub
Robotics talent, customers and investment are concentrating in Boston, and what that means for the U.S. physical AI industry.
- TechRadar AIcommunityApple’s HomeView costs $299 / £299 — but that doesn't unlock all of its best features
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- Ars Technica AIcommunityAI game clones are making indie developers afraid to show their work
Delayed Steam Next Fest demo is a sign of a growing problem for indie devs.
- TechCrunch AIcommunityPeople are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again
Fed up with ads, tracking, and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs.
- TechRadar AIcommunityAnthropic says its workforce has been getting older, but is also spending more time in meetings
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- LessWrongcommunityCapital Ownership Will Make You Go Crazy First
People worried about a “permanent underclass” often assume that owning capital will protect them from disempowerment , or at least that they will be disempowered last, after the jobless masses dependent on UBI. I think s…
- TechRadar AIcommunityYou would not use a Ferrari for the school run. Why are you doing it for AI?
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- TechRadar AIcommunityEnterprise AI outcomes depend on the art of unlearning
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- The Register AI + MLcommunityAI’s epic cash call is matched only by its ability to strangle revenue streams
The first technology created with a self-disrupt button... But why oh why didn't they call Claude clone Fauxtoshop?
- TechRadar AIcommunityHands on: Ugreen HomeAgent HA100
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- Guardian TechnologycommunityThe one change that worked: I deleted Instagram – and embraced the joys of a truly private life
I’d become obsessed with appealing to my invisible audience. But since I ditched the app a year ago, my quieter moments have taken on brilliant new meaning I first downloaded Instagram when I was 17 and became hooked on…
- Guardian Technologycommunity‘No influencers’: the hotels, restaurants and beauty spots restricting photoshoots
Backlash against content creators includes restricted hours for filming and even outright bans Stand in any vaguely photogenic spot these days on holiday and the chances are you will come across people posing with raised…
- LessWrongcommunityIf God is real why is there so much suffering in the animal kingdom?
This is a crosspost from my Substack. The Role of Emotional Suffering in the Animal Kingdom The Problem of Animal Suffering for Theism While non-human animal emotions received very little attention during the heyday of b…
- Guardian TechnologycommunityWikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile
Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago A few years ago, I was struck by the tension between how Wikipedia was used…
- Guardian TechnologycommunityThe best toys and gifts for eight-year-olds, tested by eight-year-olds
From science kits to karaoke machines, shower sets to brain-boosting games, here are the presents our mini testers loved the most • The best gifts for seven-year-olds Eight is such a wonderful age. Kids are old enough to…
- Tom's Guide AIcommunityI tried Ray-Ban Meta's camera-free AI glasses — 5 unexpected uses that surprised me
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- WIRED AIcommunityData Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip
Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.
- LessWrongcommunityChain of Thought For Humans
These past few weeks, I’ve been conducting interviews, and I often open with “make sure you articulate your thoughts out loud, so I can follow along with your thinking”. This is primarily because I’m not a mind reader, b…
- LessWrongcommunityThe Most Important Political Dimension is Certainty
People love to create political compasses. The most famous one has left vs right on one dimension, and authoritarian vs libertarian on the other. Another popular one has political vs social liberal/conservative. Broadly…
- LessWrongcommunityThinking Too Much is Bad for Society
One side effect of the current college system in the US is that it gives us a ruling class that has spent most of their formative years cut off from the real world, living in educational institutions (k-12 school, colleg…
- Simon Willison's WeblogcommunityInline rendering with document.currentScript
Inline rendering with document.currentScript Lean Rada describes a neat trick that takes advantage of the document.currentScript property. You can use that to drop in a tiny inline element that replaces itself when the…
- LessWrongcommunityI Did This Without Your Knowledge
It was fortunate that I was the first one to wake up on 8/1. The past week had been one where sleep was rare. The next year loomed large — I was dreading college applications. The stress woke me up bright and early at 5:…
- Guardian AIcommunityInside the long, bitter fight over one man’s quest to build the biggest AI datacenter in California
A modern-day prospector promised rural Imperial thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue – but his plan has set off a firestorm of resistance Sebastian Rucci zoomed in on a map in late 2024, looking closely at a lar…
- LessWrongcommunityHow it feels talking to a hedonistic utilitarian
Epicurean status: strawman, kind of. Gourmet George: Yum! This chocolate is so sweet and tasty. Sweet Caroline: Yeah, it’s pretty good. And someday in the glorious hyperculinary future, we’ll figure out how to make it ev…
- Guardian AIcommunityMadeline Horwath on AI food advertising – cartoon
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- Guardian Technologycommunity‘You can’t make this stuff up’: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes
The entrepreneur turned fraudster is the subject of an Oscar-tipped new documentary that takes an unusual look at her strange legacy David Agus’s first encounter with Elizabeth Holmes at a health conference came as a sho…
- Latent Spacecommunity[AINews] High Taste Testers Ep. 1
a quiet day lets us pilot a new show
- Latent Spacecommunity[AINews] High Taste Testers Ep. 1
a quiet day lets us pilot a new show
- Guardian TechnologycommunityWhich coffee chain was founded in London in 1971? The Saturday quiz
From Divine, Frank Fiegel and Helen Kane to the West Sussex estate pioneering rewilding, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 Which classic of political theory was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici? 2 What is the on…
- Engadget AIcommunityHow to create iPhone Shortcuts with Apple Intelligence (and why you should)
When it works, it works!
- LessWrongcommunityIs your AI yours?
Epistemic status: my personal reflections. AI use: Claude (Fable 5.1, one of the models discussed) fact-checked the claims, found the sources, fixed grammar and light phrasing, and wrote the footnotes; the ideas and the…
- Guardian AIcommunityDecluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI
The average person spends 40% of their waking hours online. Clearing out digital clutter can minimise environmental impacts and boost productivity Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Satu…
- Simon Willison's WeblogcommunityQuoting Addy Osmani, Morgan Westlee Lunt, and Qing Wang
We think "did a human read the code?" is an imprecise proxy for "what could go wrong with this change, and which check—automated or human—is the right one to catch it?" Asking that question also changed when review happe…
- LessWrongcommunityA semi-scientific account of what makes me happy and/or what happiness makes me do, etc
I like to record what happens. It feels wrong that life goes on in all its concrete splendor, and there’s nowhere I can get an official record of what it was. It feels crazy that it might just not be knowable what happen…
- SiliconANGLE AIcommunityWhat to expect at Dell Technologies New York Symposium: Join theCUBE Oct. 20
Most financial institutions today don’t suffer from a lack of customer data; the problem is how to turn the data they have into something useful. The challenge lies in sifting through CRM logs, channel interactions, tran…
- TechRadar AIcommunityDeveloper vibe-codes a free local Office clone for your browser
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechCrunch AIcommunityMark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."
- The DecodercommunityOpenAI's new Rosalind Academic Plan gives research labs up to 30 free seats for a year
OpenAI is launching the Rosalind Academic Plan, a free offering that's currently open only to research labs at US universities without an enterprise contract. The article OpenAI's new Rosalind Academic Plan gives researc…
- Guardian TechnologycommunityHow to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution
Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweaters The first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped cement the early aughts image of Mark Zuc…
- WIRED AIcommunityAI-Generated Hot Girls Are Ripping Off Comedians to Boost Their Horny Content
A network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.
- TechRadar AIcommunityAI adoption has a talent problem - here’s how to solve it
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- Guardian TechnologycommunityPenguin Colony review – an Antarctic odyssey of Nazis and Lovecraftian horrors
PC; Origame Digital This odd but absorbing adventure sends you waddling across Antarctica in search of an eldritch entity – uncovering a world far stranger than it first appears A Nazi kneels down on frozen snow, staring…
- SiliconANGLE AIcommunity8 insights from LogicMonitor’s Elevate event: AI-driven observability moves toward autonomous IT
Enterprise IT is moving beyond traditional monitoring as AI-driven observability helps organizations manage complex infrastructure and respond to incidents faster. At this week’s LogicMonitor Elevate event in Chicago, th…