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A.I.’s Hidden Layer (And Why I Joined Puck)
A.I.’s Hidden Layer (And Why I Joined Puck)
At Puck, Ian’s goal is to reground the reporting surrounding A.I. with an insider’s view of the business and unbiased understanding of the technology, itself.
·puck.news·
A.I.’s Hidden Layer (And Why I Joined Puck)
Folklore.org: Swedish Campground
Folklore.org: Swedish Campground
Finally she came across a floral symbol that was used in Sweden to indicate an interesting feature or attraction in a campground. She rendered a 16 x 16 bitmap of the little symbol and showed it to the rest of the team, and everybody liked it. Twenty years later, even in OS X, the Macintosh still has a little bit of a Swedish campground in it.
·folklore.org·
Folklore.org: Swedish Campground
'Vibe Coder' Who Doesn't Know How to Code Keeps Winning Hackathons in San Francisco - Slashdot
'Vibe Coder' Who Doesn't Know How to Code Keeps Winning Hackathons in San Francisco - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shared this report from the San Francisco Standard: About an hour into my meeting with the undisputed hackathon king of San Francisco, Rene Turcios asked if I wanted to smoke a joint with him. I politely declined, but his offer hardly surprised me. Turcios has built a reputatio...
·developers.slashdot.org·
'Vibe Coder' Who Doesn't Know How to Code Keeps Winning Hackathons in San Francisco - Slashdot
Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts
Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts
Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback.
·techcrunch.com·
Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts
Apple pulls the curtain back on durability testing of iPhone, iPad, and more
Apple pulls the curtain back on durability testing of iPhone, iPad, and more
Apple continues to open up its product durability testing to outsiders in an effort to let customers know how the company continues to balance design, durability, and repairability for the iPhone and other products.
·appleinsider.com·
Apple pulls the curtain back on durability testing of iPhone, iPad, and more
Apple Considers Launching Public Cloud
Apple Considers Launching Public Cloud
Apple has considered launching its own public cloud for its millions of developers, The Information reported  Thursday. The service would run on Apple’s chips and could potentially handle certain workloads more efficiently than the major cloud players. Apple sees its cloud as potentially useful for tasks like artificial intelligence inference, the process of using pre-trained AI models to
·theinformation.com·
Apple Considers Launching Public Cloud
Meta Hires Researcher Gross to Join New AI Superintelligence Lab
Meta Hires Researcher Gross to Join New AI Superintelligence Lab
Daniel Gross, the former chief executive officer and co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Safe Superintelligence Inc., is joining Meta Platforms Inc.’s new superintelligence lab focused on AI.
·bloomberg.com·
Meta Hires Researcher Gross to Join New AI Superintelligence Lab
Amazon Has About as Many Robots as Humans in its Warehouses
Amazon Has About as Many Robots as Humans in its Warehouses
Amazon now has over one million robots in its warehouses, nearly as many human workers as the e-commerce giant employees in the facilities, The Wall Street Journal reported. Robots now contribute to about 75% of Amazon’s deliveries around the world, according to the report. That automation has increased the productivity of each of Amazon’s workers, allowing the average warehouse worker to
·theinformation.com·
Amazon Has About as Many Robots as Humans in its Warehouses
ICE-tracking app tops App Store
ICE-tracking app tops App Store
ICEBlock, an app that lets users track and report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, reached the top of the App Store after receiving criticism from the Trump administration.
·theverge.com·
ICE-tracking app tops App Store