OpenAI intros new generative text features while reducing pricing (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI is introducing new versions of its text-generating models with expanded capabilities -- while reducing pricing.
Paul McCartney is using AI to create a final song for The Beatles | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
I am very interested to see how soon the artist meta will shift from fighting AI to embracing AI. At the end of the day, it's just another tool.
Accenture announces jaw-dropping $3 billion investment in AI (venturebeat.com)
Accenture said it will double the size of its Data & AI practice from 40,000 at present to 80,000 through a combination of hiring, training
Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook – The Markup (themarkup.org)
Chinese tech groups suffer as foreign investors take flight (www.ft.com)
Geopolitical tension and poor economic recovery drive stock price falls and funding shortages
Building a smart home in 2023, where to start?
Hey all, we're moving into a new place soon and I want to start making it a smart home. I have some experience with wifi-based smart bulbs from TP-Link Kasa and a ring camera, but that's about it. I need to update the switches in the house anyway, so I figure that's a good place to start....
OC Computer Over the Decades by Free AI Tools (www.youtube.com)
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Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft, here is how to disable that (www.neowin.net)
Microsoft Edge has many convenient features to improve your browsing experience. However, some of those features raise privacy concerns. One, for example, sends images you view directly to Microsoft.
OC Does this AI rapper sound believable? (www.youtube.com)
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Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's new Twitter-like social network | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips (youtu.be)
Although Zuckerberg is probably the last person you want to trust with your data, he seems to a supporter of decentralization.
Rare Sale On Quality Sony Headphones & Earbuds (electronics.sony.com)
If you are into these type products, looks like a sale is on at Sony.com (from USA site)....
What's your favorite AI tool? (heypi.com)
I'm using it right now to wrap my head around the fediverse and just how "federated" different instances and protocols are. I never 100% trust everything it says—it's gaslit me in the past, but this isn't exclusive to pi either.
The First Search Engines, Built By Librarians (hackaday.com)
Before the Internet became the advertisement generator we know and love today, interspersed with interesting information here and there, it was originally a network of computers largely among various universities.
When your main router died suddenly, and you need an emergency replacement...
Reddark - An open source website to watch subreddits going dark (reddark.untone.uk)
Looks like someone threw up a tracker checking on subreddit going dark. Live status looks interesting....
A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will. (www.technologyreview.com)
Her case highlights why we need to enshrine neuro rights in law.
Reddit’s users and moderators are revolting against its CEO (www.theverge.com)
A lot of Reddit will go dark soon in protest of API changes
The largest floating solar farm in North America is officially online (electrek.co)
New Jersey is host to an 8.9 megawatt floating solar farm – the largest floating solar array in North America.
DeSantis election campaign uses AI generated photos of Trump and Fauci - DailyArtificial (dailyartificial.com)
OC Narrat game engine v2.14.0: Tons of new features since last update (lianana.itch.io)
I haven't posted about Narrat updates here in a while, so here's a news update with a quick non-exhaustive description of the most important new things in recent Narrat versions (2.14.0 as of today!)...
What happened with the C suite severance fight at Twitter?
Back in the day, when the old CEO of Twitter was fired, he was fired for cause to avoid having to pay severance....
Technology - Beehaw (beehaw.org)
Rumors, happenings, and innovations in the technology sphere. If it’s technological news, it probably belongs here. Subcommunities on Beehaw: - Free and Open Source Software [https://beehaw.org/c/foss] - Programming [https://beehaw.org/c/programming] - Operating Systems [https://beehaw.org/c/operating_systems]
Bad tech news continues - YouTube Orders ‘Invidious’ Privacy Software to Shut Down in 7 Days (iptv.legal)
Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out (apnews.com)
Hundreds of German Protestants attended a church service in Bavaria that was generated almost entirely by artificial intelligence. The service was created by ChatGPT and Jonas Simmerlein, a theologian and philosopher from the University of Vienna. It was one of hundreds of events at the convention of Protestants in the Bavarian...
An eating disorders chatbot offered dieting advice, raising fears about AI in health (www.npr.org)
The National Eating Disorders Association took down a controversial chatbot, after users showed how the newest version could dispense potentially harmful advice about dieting and calorie counting.
