MikeElgan

MikeElgan, 3 days ago to random

Phrase of the moment: "drone wall"
https://www.rferl.org/a/drones-baltics-nato-wall-security-bilotaite/32962679.html

MikeElgan, 4 days ago to random

Google released Gemini, and pulled it because it produced black nazis. Google released AI Overviews, and pulled it because it says put glue on pizza. Google releases major products and doesn't seem to know they're disasters. How does Sundar Pichai still have a job?

MikeElgan, 5 days ago to random

What if all publishers federated their sites? https://digiday.com/media/why-publishers-are-preparing-to-federate-their-sites/

MikeElgan, 5 days ago to random

Here's something I've seen only in the US: pecan pie (this one baked by my wife, Amira).

MikeElgan, 9 days ago to random

Losers gonna lose https://www.mediaite.com/tech/trumps-truth-social-media-company-lost-nearly-330-million-last-quarter-on-track-to-lose-more-than-1-billion-by-end-of-year/

MikeElgan, 9 days ago to random

I'm with her https://www.eonline.com/news/1402028/scarlett-johansson-slams-openai-for-using-eerily-similar-voice-on-chatgpts-sky-system

MikeElgan, 9 days ago to random

AI glasses + multimodal AI = a massive new industry https://www.computerworld.com/article/2112469/ai-glasses-multimodal-ai-a-massive-new-industry.html

MikeElgan, 10 days ago to random

Technology of the moment: "projection-based hair rendering" https://www.patentlyapple.com/2024/05/apple-won-a-patent-for-one-aspect-of-creating-realistic-virtual-personas-in-apple-vision-pro-involving-hair-generation.html

MikeElgan, 11 days ago to random

ChagGPT finds Trump guilty in election interference trial https://ca.news.yahoo.com/asked-chatgpt-juror-donald-trumps-092202694.html

MikeElgan, 11 days ago to random

Nothing says "America" like a Mexican hamburger sold only in Japan. https://www.burgerking.co.jp/#/campaignDetail/1649

MikeElgan, 11 days ago to random

Military branch of the moment: "Drone Corps" https://dronedj.com/2024/02/13/ukraine-creates-official-integrated-drone-branch-of-its-armed-forces/

MikeElgan, 12 days ago to random

Who made this?

MikeElgan, 13 days ago to random

Number of the moment: 46,000 (Over the past eight months, 46,000 aircraft flying over Central and Eastern Europe have experienced issues with their GPS signals because of reckless Russian GPS jamming. https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/05/15/russian_recklessness_over_the_skies_of_europe_1031571.html

MikeElgan, 13 days ago to random

San Francisco team builds $20 open source AI glasses, called "Open Glass. The downside is that it looks like this. https://basedhardware.com/openglass

MikeElgan, 14 days ago to random

Google teases AI glasses. The demo was amazing. But will Google ship them this year? https://machinesociety.ai/p/google-teases-ai-glasses

MikeElgan, 15 days ago to random

Under a new Belgian law, prostitutes who say “no“ to sexual acts too often will be forced by the government to say “yes.” https://www.thepublica.com/belgian-government-will-intervene-in-cases-where-prostitutes-refuse-sexual-acts-too-often/

MikeElgan, 16 days ago to random

AI feature of the moment: OpenAI's new GPT-4o model can "perceive your emotion" https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/13/openai-launches-new-ai-model-and-desktop-version-of-chatgpt.html

MikeElgan, 18 days ago to random

Claim of the moment: "Google is killing independent websites" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq7KErC6aTc

MikeElgan, 21 days ago to random

Initials of the moment: BYOAI (bring your own AI)
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/08/employees-bring-their-own-ai-microsoft-linkedin

MikeElgan, 22 days ago to random

Dog-killing Trump loyalist and VP candidate Kristi Noem got her book ("No Going Back") published on Amazon today, and some of the reviews are pure gold:

"When you have a gun everything looks like a puppy"

"How did this get published?"

And my favorite so far: "My cat loved this book" https://www.amazon.com/No-Going-Back-Politics-America/dp/B0CTNX1VKK/ref=sr_1_1

MikeElgan, 22 days ago to random

The iPad Air is now heavier than the iPad Pro and nothing makes sense anymore https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151193/apple-ipad-air-ipad-pro-weight

MikeElgan, 24 days ago to random

This bee drone swarms, but doesn’t sting https://machinesociety.ai/i/143864854/this-bee-drone-swarms-but-doesnt-sting

MikeElgan, 28 days ago to random

Trump whined that his election-interference/hush-money trial would prevent him from attending the high school graduation of his son, Barron. The judge called his bluff, explicitly allowing him to attend, and now Trump will feel obligated to show up to one of his kids' high school graduations for the first time ever. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-barron-graduation-melania-trial-b2531310.html

MikeElgan, 1 month ago to random

Percentage of the moment: 2% https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/2982017/study-finds-only-2-of-tiktok-health-and-nutrition-advice-is-accurate/