644: Grok Hole Sun
ISP's get nutrition labels; Truth Social continues to drop; X, for free speech, gets anti-speech lawsuit dismissed; Grok fake news; Tesla taxi, maybe; problems with Starlink; Biden considering dropping prosecution of Assange; training AI on Youtube; Geek Squad layoffs; Texas replaces human graders with AI; Dove stays on brand; no selfie zones; Dune Part 2 leaks; Fallout; the Regime; Shaun of the Dead; Renegade Nell; Roku ad injection patent; Humane AI; the Anxious Generation; Wool; Lost in Time; fun with Suno; Apple Vision Pro demo.
ISP's get nutrition labels; Truth Social continues to drop; X, for free speech, gets anti-speech lawsuit dismissed; Grok fake news; Tesla taxi, maybe; problems with Starlink; Biden considering dropping prosecution of Assange; training AI on Youtube; Geek Squad layoffs; Texas replaces human graders with AI; Dove stays on brand; no selfie zones; Dune Part 2 leaks; Fallout; the Regime; Shaun of the Dead; Renegade Nell; Roku ad injection patent; Humane AI; the Anxious Generation; Wool; Lost in Time; fun with Suno; Apple Vision Pro demo.
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IN THE NEWS
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Dove Says It'll Never Use AI on Women in Its Advertisements
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MEDIA CANDY
Dune: Part Two Leaks Early on Pirate Sites ‘In Memory of EVO’
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APPS & DOODADS
Roku looks into serving you ads on whatever you plug into its TVs
The Humane AI Pin is the solution to none of technology's problems
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New Federal Bill Could Require Disclosure of Songs Used in AI Training
AT THE LIBRARY
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Setting the MIT open source license to music.
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