Adi Robertson

Or at least it’s supposed to look like one, and it’s a metacommentary on ChatGPT? Showrunner Issa López explained on X/Twitter:

The Scholarly Press Backlist Revival will put out-of-print academic monographs online for free under deals with publishers like MIT Press, hoping to fix a “black hole in the cultural and scholarly record.” If it works out, it seems like a great option for a swathe of copyrighted works that aren’t seen as profitable to sell — but shouldn’t be locked away because of it.

Bluesky user Illumi found another fun example of lingering challenges for AI tools: grasping the concept of a “Where’s Waldo” illustration. I tried making ChatGPT create one for myself, and, well... you can see the results below.

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg suggested Tumblr’s unloved Live service wasn’t long for this world last year, and it’s now shutting down January 24th. Users can transfer any in-app currency they bought to the video chat service MeetMe, which uses the same underlying tech. The Tumblr userbase, unsurprisingly, seems pleased.

Last week Qualcomm announced a new AR/VR chip and reference design aimed at competing with Apple’s upcoming headset; yesterday Xreal (formerly Nreal) debuted some new spatial computing glasses with the same goal. And today the two companies announced a multiyear partnership that could include:

Oral arguments in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton — respectively concerning whether Florida and Texas can take over social network moderation — were finally put on the docket. Will we see a continuation of last year’s surprisingly circumspect internet law discourse? Or will Clarence Thomas decide the time is right for the crackdown he so craves? We may find out in a couple months!