Dot is an AI companion (a real companion, not a solar CASIO) that resembles Pi (a short lived personal companion, whose founder, Mustafa Suleyman, moved to Microsoft and left Pi in struggle). Dot is made by The New Computer, a five persons company, of which some worked for Apple and
So here came this day, but it took a hit in the head first for FBI to realize end-to-end encrypted messaging apps are the only solution to protect from eavesdropping. John Gruber, at Daring Fireball: It seems kind of new for the FBI to call encryption “our friend”, but now
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The Browser Company, makers of ARC browser, are making another AI-based browser. This time better and smarter, it is called DIA and it is fully AI-based. Take a look: https://vimeo.com/1035951032 (I cannot link to X, it is against my religion…)
OpenAI is discussing plans to introduce advertising to its artificial intelligence products, as the ChatGPT maker seeks new revenue sources as it restructures as a for-profit company. Sarah Friar, chief financial officer at OpenAI, told the Financial Times in an interview that the $150bn AI start-up was weighing up an
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The Biden administration said Tuesday that it would award up to $7.86 billion in direct funding to Intel, with the U.S. chip giant set to receive at least $1 billion of that money before the end of the year. The money is a reduction from Intel’s preliminary
As the left flees and X loses broader relevance, it becomes a more overtly right-wing site. But the right needs liberals on X. If the platform becomes akin to “alt-tech platforms” such as Gab or Truth Social, this shift would be good for people on the right who want their
I’m 80 years old, and I’m looking forward to many more years of creating new and interesting things with AI. Link From 60s music, to marriage advice, to hypothetical matchup between Romans and Vikings. It is captivating and mind opening how people are enriching their lives with AI.
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An "experimental art installation" dubbed "Deus in Machina" by the St. Peter's Church in Lucerne has seen a confessional booth outfitted with a vertically aligned monitor, a bunch of computer equipment and a big blue button for adventurous penitents willing to ask questions to
Thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls were compromised by attackers exploiting two recently patched security bugs. The intruders were able to deploy web-accessible backdoors to remotely control the equipment as well as cryptocurrency miners and other malware. Link No comment.
First: I must warn you that Bluesky is weird. It’s getting less weird by the day, but it’s still full of drama, inside jokes, not-safe-for-work images and quirky subcommunities, all of which can be jarring for newcomers. (To give you a sense: One of the early trends on
NYT Got Into Your Kitchen I like New York Times, their insights and editorials. The newsletters are more on the mild side of my interests, but this type of kitchen appliances troubleshooting I was not expecting.
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“We’ve been impressed by Anthropic’s pace of innovation and commitment to responsible development of generative A.I., and look forward to deepening our collaboration,” Matt Garman, the chief executive of Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS, said in a blog post announcing the deal. Link Let’s see