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Data Centers Lit the Fuse on the Next Nuclear Age - EUROPE SAYS
Just five years ago, no one could predict the surge in electricity demand that the United States is currently experiencing because of the proliferation of
Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Sora 2, Open AI's new AI video generator, puts a visual watermark on every video it generates. But the little cartoon-eyed cloud logo meant to help people distinguish between reality and AI-generated bullshit is easy to remove and there are half a …
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Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway!
Microsoft is trying to opt its home users of Office 365 into Copilot by stealth. But businesses just aren’t buying Copilot. By August, just 1.81% of the 440 million Microsoft 365 subscribers had paid for Copilot — just under 8 million enterprise customers. [Where’s Your Ed At]
Microsoft is now telling home users to bring their home license into the office and use it at work — “even if their work account doesn’t have a Copilot license.” [Microsoft]
Microsoft is trying to opt its home users of Office 365 into Copilot by stealth. But businesses just aren’t buying Copilot. By August, just 1.81% of the 440 million Microsoft 365 subscribers had paid for Copilot — just under 8 million enterprise customers. [Where’s Your Ed At]
Microsoft is now telling home users to bring their home license into the office and use it at work — “even if their work account doesn’t have a Copilot license.” [Microsoft]
Comprehension Debt: The Ticking Time Bomb of LLM-Generated Code
An effect that’s being more and more widely reported is the increase in time it’s taking developers to modify or fix code that was generated by Large Language Models. If you’ve wo…
Robin Williams’ Daughter Tells Fans to ‘Stop Sending Me AI Videos of Dad’: It’s ‘Gross’ and ‘Not What He’d Want’
Zelda Williams tells fans not to send her AI recreations of father Robin Williams, calling them "gross."
Is AI Good for the Planet? - JSTOR Daily
The algorithms that promise to predict wildfires and optimize energy grids are powered by servers that drink up rivers and belch out more carbon than cars.
Chatbot dreams generate AI nightmares for Bay Area lawyers
As recently as mid-2023 it was a novelty to find a lawyer getting in trouble for submitting court filings referring to non-existent cases conjured up by artificial intelligence.
Scientists enlist AI to map regions of the brain in unprecedented detail — and that’s just the start
Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them create one of the most detailed maps of the mouse brain to date.
MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry | TechCrunch
If MrBeast is openly questioning whether AI is an existential threat to his business and others like it, then it's fair to say that smaller creators are likely even more worried.
OpenAI Will Let Developers Build Apps That Work Inside ChatGPT - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: OpenAI is introducing a way to work with apps right inside ChatGPT. The idea is that, from within a conversation with the chatbot, you can essentially tag in apps to help you complete a task while ChatGPT offers context and advice. [...] Apps ava…
AstraZeneca Signs Up For $555 Million AI Deal With Algen To Develop Therapies - Slashdot
AstraZeneca has licensed Algen Biotechnologies' AI-powered gene-editing platform, AlgenBrain, to develop immune-related therapies in a deal worth up to $555 million. Reuters reports: AstraZeneca will get exclusive rights to develop and sell approved therapies, if any, that target immune system-rela...
Deloitte Issues Refund For Error-Ridden Australian Government Report That Used AI - Slashdot
Deloitte will partially refund payment for an Australian government report that contained multiple errors after admitting it was partly produced by AI [non-paywalled source]. From a report: The Big Four accountancy and consultancy firm will repay the final instalment of its government contract after...
ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot
ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, marking an increase of adoption among consumers, developers, enterprises, and governments.
OpenAI Will Let Developers Build Apps That Work Inside ChatGPT - Slashdot
Apps available inside ChatGPT starting today will include Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, and Zillow. In the "weeks ahead," OpenAI will add more apps, such as DoorDash, OpenTable, Target, and Uber. [...] Developers can access the SDK for making apps in preview starting today. Later this year, developers will be able to submit apps for review and publication, and OpenAI also plans to offer a directory for users to browse apps, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company will share guidance about monetization "soon,"
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Can AI Predict Solar Storms? The Future of Space Weather Forecasting - Astronex
In the spring of 2024, a powerful barrage of solar activity unleashed coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, racing toward Earth at speeds exceeding 1,900
Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from ...
Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud
OpenAI prepares $4 ChatGPT Go for several new countries
OpenAI has been testing a new, cheaper ChatGPT plan called "Go," and it's now rolling out to more regions.
Deepfakes in the Spotlight: Politics, Power, and Sora 2
When presidents post AI videos and new tools make them easier than ever to create, educators must step in to teach students what’s real and what’s not.
Amazon's Ring Plans to Scan Everyone's Face at the Door - Slashdot
Amazon will be adding facial recognition to its camera-equipped Ring doorbells for the first time in December, according to the Washington Post.
"While the feature will be optional for Ring device owners, privacy advocates say it's unfair that wherever the technology is in use, anyone within sight...
OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’
Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation
Instructions for Custom AI Calculus Tutors
AI Calculus Tutor Examples Custom GPT Hawkulus Precalculus and Calculus Coach: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-68d992b987fc8191b6b394cb1dfd1593-hawkulus-precalculus-calculus-coach Gemini Gem Newton: Precalculus and Calculus Learning Coach: https://gemini.google.com/gem/1IojGkCEzOKL5o2w5ve-LEjZLCnFDTZwF?...
Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Is Now Available to Everyone
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Can you trust AI Overviews? Recent studies suggest they may not be as accurate as you think
Accuracy is crucial for humans, but AI doesn't seem to think it's important
OpenAI’s H1 2025: $4.3b in income, $13.5b in loss
Research and development expenses were its largest cost, totaling US$6.7 billion in the first half.
Experts Urge Caution About Using ChatGPT To Pick Stocks - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With AI chatbots growing in popular usage, it was only a matter of time before large numbers of people began applying them to the stock market. In fact, at least 1 in 10 retail investors now consult ChatGPT or other AI chatbots for stock-picking...
Meta Launches Vibes, an Endless Feed of AI Slop for Your Viewing Displeasure - Slashdot
Meta has rolled out Vibes, an endless feed of AI-generated videos within its Meta AI app and meta.ai website. Users can create short-form synthetic videos from scratch or remix existing AI content from the feed, adding music and adjusting styles before redistributing the artificial output to Instagr...
Culture Magazine Urges Professional Writers to Resist AI, Boycott and Stigmatize AI Slop - Slashdot
The editors of the culture magazine n + 1 decry the "well-funded upheaval" caused by a large and powerful coalition of pro-AI forces. ("According to the logic of market share as social transformation, if you move fast and break enough things, nothing can contain you...")
"An extraordinary amount o...