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Farrago 2 soundboard for Mac arrives with 50 new features including Shortcuts and Stream Deck integration →
Rogue Amoeba is releasing a major update to Farrago, the great soundboard app for Mac. Farrago 2.0 includes 50 new features ranging from fun emoji art to well-designed Stream Deck interactivity.
Learning to code isn’t enough →
A decade ago, tech powerhouses the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon helped boost the nonprofit Code.org, a learn-to-code program with a vision: “That every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science as part of their core K–12 education.
Tech companies are finally firing tech workers →
Software engineers made up the biggest portion of tech layoffs in 2023. That advice is starting to feel even less welcome.
Amazon and Microsoft’s AI Gains Mask Cloud Slowdown →
(Bloomberg) -- The buzz around artificial intelligence that’s helped juice gains for Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. this year may also be masking struggles in a business far more critical to the pair’s bottom lines.
Palantir Demos AI to Fight Wars But Says It Will Be Totally Ethical Don’t Worry About It →
Palantir, the company of billionaire Peter Thiel, is launching Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), software meant to run large language models like GPT-4 and alternatives on private networks. In one of its pitch videos, Palantir demos how a military might use AIP to fight a war.
Microsoft is busy rewriting core Windows code in memory-safe Rust →
Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in the Rust programming language, and the more memory-safe code is already reaching developers.
The first babies conceived with a sperm-injecting robot have been born →
Last spring, engineers in Barcelona packed up the sperm-injecting robot they’d designed and sent it by DHL to New York City.
Learning to code isn’t enough →
A decade ago, tech powerhouses the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon helped boost the nonprofit Code.org, a learn-to-code program with a vision: “That every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science as part of their core K–12 education.
OpenAI’s hunger for data is coming back to bite it →
OpenAI has just over a week to comply with European data protection laws following a temporary ban in Italy and a slew of investigations in other EU countries. If it fails, it could face hefty fines, be forced to delete data, or even be banned.
Why I'm no longer writing stories with AI →
Preface: Stories by AI is on hiatus. We may or may not be back soon. If you’d be interesting in writing stories for us, get in touch! contact@storiesby.ai I won’t be publishing any more stories with storiesby.ai. What was once a quirky lark of a side-side-project hits darker now.
AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are →
Inside the many debates swirling around the rapid rollout of so-called artificial intelligence, there is a relatively obscure skirmish focused on the choice of the word “hallucinate”.
ChatGPT Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour →
ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot, is powered by machine learning systems, but those systems are guided by human workers, many of whom aren’t paid particularly well. A new report from NBC News shows that OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, has been paying droves of U.S.
A 23-year-old Snapchat influencer used OpenAI’s technology to create an A.I. version of herself that will be your girlfriend for $1 per minute →
These boyfriends are dating a virtual version of Marjorie, powered by the latest artificial intelligence technology and thousands of hours of recordings of the real Marjorie.
AI Tools Are Scraping Your Website. Is That a Good Thing? →
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been disruptive. Things are changing rapidly. And it seems like this technology is posing new moral, ethical, and existential questions each day. There are plenty of stories and opinions to choose from. But one recent incident caught my eye.
Generative AI is changing everything. But what’s left when the hype is gone? →
Generative AI is one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2023. Explore the rest of the list here. It was clear that OpenAI was on to something. In late 2021, a small team of researchers was playing around with an idea at the company’s San Francisco office.
Inside the Discord Where Thousands of Rogue Producers Are Making AI Music →
On Saturday, they released an entire album using an AI-generated copy of Travis Scott's voice, and labels are trying to kill it.
Before AI Takes Over, Make Plans to Give Everyone Money →
The U.S. needs policies now to support workers made redundant by artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is coming for all our jobs.
Your digital life isn’t as permanent as you think it is →
Robyn Caplan understands the fragility of digital memories intimately. After tragically losing both of her parents during the covid pandemic, Caplan treasures the digital possessions she inherited.