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Spiraling with ChatGPT
ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times.
Twin – A Textmode WINdow Environment
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Godot 4.4 RC 2: The Highlights and Changelog
Last week, we released the first of our Release Candidate builds, a state suitable for production settings. This is the second entry, and already shaping up to be our last, as all relevant release blockers have been dealt with! While we prepare for the stable release—no more than a week’s time from now—let’s enjoy one … Read more
This Vietnamese Grandmother Is Using YouTube to Fight Misinformation
Đọc bằng tiếng Việt. Meet Bùi Như Mai, a 67-year-old Vietnamese grandmother who is also a YouTube influencer. “I didn’t think I was going to be a YouTube newscaster at the age of 67. But these days you will often see me at my daughter’s house, holding my grandchild while translating articles from Politico or … Read more
Telephone Exchanges in the UK
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Taiwan places export controls on Huawei and SMIC
Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls.
Writing Toy Software Is a Joy
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Everything You Trust Is Built on GPS. That’s a Huge Problem.
What do self-driving tractors, high-speed trading, Amazon deliveries, airline schedules, power grids, Uber rides, and your phone’s blue dot all have in common? They’re all tethered to a fragile signal, drifting 12,550 miles above Earth, transmitted at a power level so weak, one engineer called it “a tenth of a millionth of a billionth of … Read more
The Real Cost of Relying on AI in a Lonely America
In defeating one demon, we often create another. Arguably, humankind did this with hunger. In 2015, for the first time, more people died from overeating than from starvation. The arrival of processed and fast foods helped alleviate hunger, but it created a new crisis of obesity and poor health. The use of AI chatbots to … Read more