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Greg Sargent writing for The New Republic: There’s no clean way to hive off terms like fascism or authoritarianism from Trump’s policies. Even if you disagree that the words apply, their use is backed up by a genuine attempt at intellectual justification for it. The use of...

ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials.

ChatGPT creator OpenAI and Microsoft announced on Monday a reworking of their joint partnership agreements. The repositioning by both companies

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They want deliberately slow chatbot responses to make people trust the answer more. And it makes me trust the researchers less.

They want deliberately slow chatbot responses to make people trust the answer more. And it makes me trust the researchers less.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on magical thinking and elite impunity. “We are ruled by a class of people who seem either to believe or presume that war, disease, and apocalyptic destruction are things that will only ever happen to poorer and browner people.”

More people having access to the courts is potentially good, but it’s not clear how the system can handle this increase in cases.

This essay by Nilay Patel is getting a lot of attention. I’ve been saying for a while that there is going to be a serious rift in society over AI. That doesn’t mean that everyone hates it. Nearly a billion people use ChatGPT every week. Mac fans used to dream of the future t...

Despite launching less than two months ago, the M5 MacBook Air has dropped back down to its lowest price since launching.

Busy day working on new RSS-based project. Will return later today or tomorrow. Still diggin!

Note: As I was writing this I became aware of an even better project covering much the same ground in a more detailed way - I Left Port 22 Open...

The move comes as the trial for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI kicks off in federal court in Oakland.

With apologies to Walt Whitman. - - - I sneeze myself, I excuse myself. For every sniffle belonging to me as good belongs to you. Sorry! I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass, clawing my eyes as I reach for Zyrtec-D and “fast-acting” eyedrops. I, now ...

David Pierce:

On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay are joined by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber to talk about their reactions to the news, the (mostly) smooth transition Apple seems to have pulled off, and what we should really make of Tim Cook’s legacy as a product person. Really, the question is: Do we blame Cook for the Touch Bar, or do we blame him for not trying hard enough to make the Touch Bar great?

I know that sounds like a joke but I really do think the biggest problem with the Touch Bar wasn’t that the first crack at it wasn’t good enough, but that they never took a second crack at it. Going back to dumb fiddly F-keys with functional icons printed on them was uncharacteristically lazy for Apple.

Best known for his role as Ron Swanson on ‘Parks and Recreation,’ Nick Offerman plays a former professional wrestler reconnecting with his estranged daughter in ‘Margo's Got Money Troubles.’ He spoke with producer Ann Marie Baldonado about transforming into a wrestler, his ‘Parks’ group chat, and advice for young woodworkers. 

Also, John Powers reviews ‘Big Mistakes,’ starring Dan Levy on Netflix.


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Nicole Nikolich is a textile artist whose current focus is making crochet artworks that reference old school technology. You can explore her work on her website, at Paradigm Gallery and on Instagram. Some of her artworks are available for sale here. I’m a sucker for these types of projects because innovations in textile production led to the development of the first computers and the work of artists like Nikolich bring that relationship full circle. See also The Embroidered Computer. Tags: art · computing · crochet · Nicole Nikolich

The rumors were true: GitHub announced today that it’s overhauling how it charges for Copilot, shifting to a usage-based billing

The post GitHub moves Copilot to usage-based billing as AI coding costs climb appeared first on The New Stack.

The Boston Red Sox are owned by the same people who own Liverpool FC and are therefore acutely aware of the crucial soccer rubric that managers should be fired every few months in order to keep the job tender and supple on the grill. And yet, despite that, they hadn't fired ...

The suspected shooter at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner faces three felony charges. He currently remains in custody following Monday's hearing.

Livestream of the Big Bear bald eagle nest (perched 145 feet up in a pine tree) with two fuzzy bald eagle chicks that hatched 3 weeks ago.