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Bluesky is starting to add blue checkmarks to certain user accounts. These checkmarks are a way to show that an account is real and belongs to someone important or well-known. The…
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America’s first nuclear power plant to use artificial intelligence is, ironically, the last operational one in California. As CalMatters reports, the Diablo Canyon power plant is slated to be decommissioned by…
Gun Intended An expensive AI gun detection system appears to have been a massive waste of money after it failed to detect the weapon used in a school shooting. As NBC…
Failed Experiment Apple has temporarily halted its disastrous “Apple Intelligence” feature which consistently bungled its one task of summarizing breaking news alerts. An upcoming iOS 18.3 update will disable the…
Falsity Fallacy New York City has been forced to reveal that its AI-powered gun-scanning pilot for its sprawling subway system was a total bust. As CBS New York reports, experts who…
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Imagination Suped Up Imagine a system that allows users to create a video game entirely from scratch, without any coding, giving them the ability to change anything from the setting to…
Today’s links AI art has no anti-cooption immune system: The seeming of intention, with no intender. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014,…
Xbox fans, brace yourselves for changes to your beloved Game Pass subscription. Microsoft is shaking things up with price increases and a new tiered system. Beginning July 10, new subscribers…
A polygraph test ostensibly measures a person’s breathing rate, pulse, blood pressure, and perspiration to figure out if they’re lying or not — though the 85-year-old technology has long been…