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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    Human artists are taking AI’s job for a change.

    According to 404 Media, Kaedim — an AI service that claims to “magically generate custom 3D models in minutes” — often paid human artists between $1-$4 to actually make the models.

    Kaedim founder Konstantina Psoma (featured in a recent Forbes 30 Under 30 list) said last year that the company’s human artists simply fix low-quality models, but at least one source claims the work “felt more like outright production” over quality control.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    ‘It doesn’t make sense to just build AGI in secret and drop it on the world.’

    In a Wired report exploring OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman discusses the company’s history and pursuit of creating true artificial general intelligence — even if it doesn’t know what AGI is just yet.

    “It’s not a single Turing test, but a number of things we might use,” he says. “I would happily tell you, but I like to keep confidential conversations private.”

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Here’s to the women who helped pioneer US space travel.

    In this episode of Bloomberg’s The Big Take podcast, former Verge space reporter Loren Grush recounts the careers of some of the first women to graduate from NASA’s astronaut training program, including Sally Ride, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon.

    You can find out more via Grush’s new book: The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    The Chinese Room has resurrected Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2.

    After several developmental delays, the long-awaited sequel to the original 2004 cult hit is now being developed by the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

    Based on the popular World of Darkness tabletop RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 will be released in ‘Fall 2024’ on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X, with a gameplay reveal planned for January next year.