In the past, OpenAI has explicitly refrained from allowing users to create prompts and generate images mimicking Studio Ghibli’s art style to avoid potential copyright lawsuits from the anime giant. That is, until the company released a new ChatGPT update earlier this week touting its technological ability to create more “precise, accurate, photorealistic outputs.” The […]
Garmin’s New Paid Tier Is Filled With AI, but Actually Seems Useful
If there’s anything we’ve been learning these last couple of months, all good things must end. Fortunately, Garmin isn’t putting an end to its free tier, but it is introducing a premium plan called Garmin Connect+. The perks will sound familiar if you subscribe to apps like Strava. And because its 2025, the paid features […]
You Can Now Peruse All the Books Meta Pirated to Train its AI
Our access to free literature is being abused from two ends, on one side is a U.S. government taken over by tech oligarchs, the other side is some of the oligarchs and other big tech firms. AI developed by companies like Meta have gobbled up millions upon millions of books from piracy sites. But if […]
Yale Suspends Palestine Activist After AI Article Linked Her to Terrorism
The dystopian future is here. Yale University has suspended a scholar in its law school after a Jewish news website that uses AI to produce articles called her a member of a terrorist group. It comes as the Trump administration has launched a relentless campaign to silence any speech sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Already, […]
Sam Altman’s AI Short Story Sucks, and He Doesn’t Know Why
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s job is to talk up the promise of AI, whether its capacity to destroy the job market, destroy the world, or merely how well ChatGPT can put words in front of other words. Like most tech bros who read science fiction and imagine themselves creating the “torment nexus” of their dreams, […]
Hey Sony, There’s a Right Way and Wrong Way to Use AI on PS5
AI NPCs aren’t the future for PlayStation 5, but you know what is? Improved AI upscaling. Source link
A Reminder That Google Gemini’s Best Features Are All Behind a Paywall
Exciting news this week for folks who rely on the Google Workspace suite for everyday tasks: A new feature from Gemini in Gmail lets you quickly add the mere mention of an event to your calendar with just a button. It’s way easier than adding an event now, which requires manually adding it in another […]
Tony Gilroy Has the Perfect Reason His Andor Scripts Weren’t Released
One of the biggest reasons Andor is so good is one you probably don’t even think about. Sure, you can look at the gorgeous images on screen, the intense performances, and the beautiful sets, but none of that is possible without the writing. Show creator and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Tony Gilroy is the man most responsible […]
Samsung’s Super Cheap Galaxy A-Series Smartphones Come With ‘Awesome Intelligence’
It is the season for affordable smartphones to duke it out among one another. We had Apple, we’re expecting Google, and Samsung just threw its roster into the ring. The Galaxy A-series is set to be refreshed next month. It starts with the Galaxy A36 starting at $400, then the Galaxy A26 at $300. The […]
HP EliteBook X G1a Review: An AI Laptop That’s All Business
On the surface, the HP EliteBook X G1a ($2,199 testing, $1,999 starting) looks like any other business laptop. It’s got a safe, elegant design that screams “work laptop.” But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find the EliteBook X G1a, one of the most intriguing business laptops of the year to date. It’s one of […]